Johnson urges price restraint during press conference
President Johnson called for voluntary restraints to keep prices wages and profits stable. He rejected dismissive talk of dumping Humphrey in 1968 and confirmed a weekend tour to Idaho Colorado and Oklahoma while denying influence of President's Club contributions on contracts.
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Washington
Johnson
Hubert H. Humphrey
Bellman
Senate
House
Idaho
Colorado
Oklahoma
United States
Labor Department
Congress
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Robert F. Kennedy
New York
Kennedy
President's Club
Damaging Floods Strain Dell City and Carlsbad Areas
Floods from heavy rains caused widespread damage in Dell City Texas and Carlsbad New Mexico. Army helicopters delivered food water and medicines to evacuees while search crews recovered a missing man and battled washed out roads. Crops and farm land suffered severe losses across 95 percent of Dell City and surrounding areas.
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Marooned Dell City
Tex
el Paso
Ft. Bliss
Carlsbad
N.M
Dell City
Carlsbad Caverns National Park
Weather Bureau
Pecos
Joe Little
National Guard
KPBM
U.S
New Mexico Line
Guadalupe
Hueco
Salt Flat
Lakewood
George S Yerger Dies Today Rites Slated Thursday
George Sizer Yerger 63 of Mounds died this morning at Mercy Hospital in Vicksburg after a weeklong illness. A planter and merchant, he served on the Fifth District Levee Board and Madison Parish School Board. Funeral at 3 p.m. Thursday at Trinity Episcopal Church Tallulah, burial in Vicksburg City Cemetery. Memorials to Trinity Church Building Fund. Survived by widow Maye Hutcheson Yerger, a son, two daughters, five brothers, and two grandchildren. Pallbearers include Rufus Yerger Jr. and William Yerger Jr.
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Mounds
George Sizer Yerger
Mercy Hospital
Vicksburg
Miss
Fifth District
Madison Parish
Trinity Episcopal
Maxwell Yerger
Rufus Yerger
Tallulah
Andrew Yerger
Edward Yerger
William Yerger
Rufus Yerger Jr
George Howard Yerger
Joseph Yerger
Maxwell Yerger Jr
William Yerger Jr
Edward Yergeroh
James Federick
Elmer Neill Jr
Barry Mitchell
H. C. Sevier Jr
Fred Hutcheson
Twin Cities Chit Chat On Fall Mornings And Reunion Visit
Falllike mornings bring cool breezes and long sleeves with talk of coats. Ed Giering hosts three Air Force friends from Knob Noster Missouri who enjoyed boating and skiing on the Ouachita River over the weekend.
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Ed Giering
Riverside Dr
Air Force
Knob Noster
Walt Blackmer
Rick Bondie
Jim Russell
Ouachita River
Solons Okay Law To Curb Antiwar Acts
The House Un American Activities Committee approved antiwar bill penalties on groups aiding Viet Cong. Amendments eased penalties for aiding enemies and blocking troop movements while keeping harsher penalties for supplying enemies. Ramsey Clark warned the bill may be unconstitutional. Rep. Joe Pool touted ongoing support.
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Solons
Okay
Washington
House Committee On UN
Charles L. Weltner
D-Ga
George F. Senner Jr
D-Ariz
United States
U.S
Ramsey Clark
Joe R. Pool
Texas
Viet Nam
Pool
Clark
Hurricane Faith Taming Try Slated
Experts from Project Stormfury prepare to launch from Roosevelt Roads Puerto Rico to seed Hurricane Faith with silver iodide to weaken or alter its path. A large fleet gathers as scientists warn seeding may intensify or calm the storm and confirm man’s control over such hurricanes.
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Miami
Fla
Stormfury
Puerto Rico
U.S. Navy
Roosevelt Roads
Florida
California
Western Hemisphere
Harry Hawkins
National Hurricane Research Laboratory
Giltedge Securities
Faith
San Juan
P.R
Jamaica
Debris Searched For In Plant Explosion Killing Two
In Fort Wayne Indiana investigators searched the wreckage of a wire factory executive building for three missing after a multimillion dollar blast. Two people died and eighteen were injured as gas explosion investigators probed the cause at Phelps Dodge Copper Products plant.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Charles Lancaster
Phelps-Dodge Copper Products Corp
Earl Smith
Organic Research Laboratory
Mild Weather Continues Here
Mon roe forecasters predict generally fair and not warm temperatures through Thursday with north easterly winds 5 to 15 MPH. Highs 82 to 88 and lows 62 to 68, about 10 degrees below normals for the mid South. A stationary front along the Gulf Coast will change little, with high pressure bringing unseasonably cool air for several days.
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Monroe
Mid South
Loetseana Gulf
mid-South
Mayor Blames U S Programs for City Ills in Senate Hearing
Oakland Mayor John H. Reading told a Senate panel that federal programs and red tape fuel big city problems. He cited FHA mortgage insurance spurring suburban migration and highway aid removing land from city rolls while urging more federal aid for unemployment and housing. Reading noted $87.4 million in federal assistance but complained delays in EDA loans hinder civic projects. Senator Ribicoff challenged federal aid estimates as inflated.
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Washington
Oakland
Calif
John H. Reading
Senate
Federal Housing Administration
Reading
Economic Development Administration
Abraham A. Ribicoff
Dconn
Youth Fined For Glue Sniffing In Louisiana
Mer vin Payne 19 of Zachary was fined 25 dollars or 15 days in jail after a reconviction on glue sniffing. Harold Butler 19 faces a later trial on the same charge. The pair were arrested August 15 after police said they appeared intoxicated.
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Baton Rouge
Mervin Payne
Zachary
Harold Butler
Witty Missouri Lounge Sign Promotes Safety
A Missouri cocktail lounge displays a Chuckle Sign urging patrons to stay put rather than drive when in doubt about driving condition. The sign emphasizes safe choices and avoiding risky behavior.
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Missouri
Marines Assault Viet Reds Camp southwest of Da Nang
U S Marines pushed into a Communist training camp 20 miles southwest of Da Nang killing about 211 enemy with light own casualties. They reported 44 Communist dead and a large cave and rice store destroyed. Other actions included a heavy 12 hour battle near Cam Lo Valley with 17 enemy killed and 2 captured. The 1738rd Airborne Brigade was airlifted into Phuoc Tuy Province after finding Viet Cong 5th Division evidence.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
da Nang
Viet Nam
4Th Marine Regiment
Cam Lo River
Dong Ha
Demilitarized Zone
Bastrop Mill Worker Fatally Injured
Bastrop Louisiana International Paper Mill case reports 49 year old Thomas Anders fatally injured around 12:30 a.m. an accident on site while working on a machine. Coroner Dr Carter Cox pronounces death. mill manager John Oswalt says investigation ongoing. This marks a second fatality at the mill in one week. Funeral arrangements under Blackwell Golden Funeral Home.
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Bastrop
Colon Thomas Anders
Rt. 2
Old Monroe Road
International Paper Mill
Louisiana
Carter Cox
Morehouse Parish
John Oswalt
Carl Thompson
Papco Construction Company
Blackwell-Golden Funeral Home
Bernice Day Anders
Linda
Glen Edward
North Vietnamese poised for new offensive in central highlands
U S commanders warn Hanoi aims to strike again before the monsoon ends. North Vietnamese regulars operate in the Chu Pong Mountains near the central plateau border with Cambodia, with regrouping and resupply feared at the Cambodian front.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Highlands
Hanoi
Laos
Demilitar
Viet Nam
U.S
Chu Pong
Cambodia
Central Plateau
Hawthorne
Paul Revere I
Gov Kerner to Activate Illinois National Guard for Cicero March
Gov. Otto Kerner said he will activate the Illinois National Guard this week to protect civil rights demonstrators marching into Cicero. Officials say Cicero lacks adequate police, and King supporters plan to move in Sunday despite white opposition.
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Springfield
Ill
Otto Kerner
Illinois National Guard
Cicero
Kerner
Richard Ogilvie
Cook County
National Guard
Martin Luther King Jr
Chicago
al Capone
Illinois
Ogilvie
Christy Berkos
King
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
South Deering
Chicago Freedom Movement
West Elsdon
Gage Park
Motion Filed On Voters Aid In Louisiana Parishes
Baton Rouge attorney J David McNeill asked a three judge federal panel to bar federal observers from polling places. He seeks to intervene in a case over voter registration by federal examiners in five Louisiana parishes.
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Baton Rouge
J. David McNeill
U.S. Dist. Court
Louisiana
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