Costs Rise Sharply in April as Living Standards Edge Up
Labor Department data show consumer prices up three tenths of one percent in April the sharpest gain in six months with food prices down but clothing furniture gasoline and medical costs rising. Housing transport and utilities also edged higher while wholesale prices reversed recent declines and may lift retail costs later. Average weekly earnings rose modestly but purchasing power fell from a year earlier.
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Washington
Labor Department
Commissioner of Labor Statistics
Arthur M. Ross
Bureau
Ross
Arson Suspected After Brussels Department Store Fire
Brussels AP report says arson suspected in a five story Innovation department store fire that injured 100 and left about 200 missing amid Monday shopping rush. Twenty one dead with 13 identified including one Spanish woman. Belgian victims predominated.
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Brussels
Fire Brigade
Niteroi
Brazil
Innovation Department
Pierre Belle
Brinks Robbery In Brockton Nets About 700000 In Cash
Armed bandits seized an armored Brink's truck outside the East Side branch of the First County National Bank in Brockton. Three guards and a bank employee were bound and later treated for bruises. Loot includes 460000 taken from the Campello branch receipts.
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Brockton, Mass
Brink's Inc
Puteida
Lincoln
Campbello
Raynham Dog Track
East Side
Cole
Richard FE. Hailey
Brockton
George LeMoine
Bridgewater
Gutterson
Brockton Hospital
Reds Continue Truce Violations Amid Viet Nam Fighting
In Vietnam a 24 hour Buddha's birthday truce held in most areas while U S forces reported 10 American deaths and 17 wounded from Communist attacks since midnight. Three U S planes were downed over North Vietnam and two over South Vietnam with another MIG shot down. Four American pilots were missing. The U S Command questioned if North Vietnamese movement of supplies would increase during the truce. The allied stand down ends at midnight noon EDT. Communist forces declared a 48 hour truce ending at 7 am Wednesday. In the first 12 hours 21 incidents were logged, including a firefight in Quang Ngai Province that killed six Americans and wounded nine. Civilian Viet Cong toll last week rose with 80 killed and 109 wounded. 98 abducted. Gen Nguyen Chi Thanh, the Viet Cong commander, has returned to a jungle hideout.
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Effant
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U.S. Command
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
101St Airborne Division
Quang Ngai
Nguyen Chi Thanh
Twin Cities Chit Chat: Loftin Wins Third in Library Contest
Elizabeth Loftin daughter of Mr and Mrs John C Loftin 902 College Ave Monroe placed third in Randolph Macon Woman s College senior library competition in Lynchburg Va The award by Macon Bookshop reflects the quality of her personal library She is a psychology major Page 5A
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Elizabeth
Sissi) Loftin
John C. Loftin
College Ave
Monroe
Randolph. Macon Woman's College
Lynchburg
Macon
Pay Your Taxes With A Smile Optimist Says
A humorous line recalls the optimist’s quip to pay taxes with a smile while lamenting sending cash on last April 15. The joke reflects tax day frustration and lightens the mood with a witty regret.
Civil Defense pushes fallout shelter plan for new buildings
Washington AP Civil Defense officials say 70 million Americans would be unshielded in a nuclear attack by 1972 and urge adding fallout shelter potential to planned buildings. A mail campaign targets about 3 000 projects in seven states to fund early architectural changes at little extra cost.
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China
United States
Office of Civil Defense
Civil Defense
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Florida
Louisiana
Massachusetts
Tennessee
Texas
Wisconsin
Roberts
McNamara Long
State Appropriations Panel OKs Private School Aid Plan
Louisiana House Appropriations Committee approved a bill to channel Public Welfare funds into a private school scholarship plan. Rep. John Garrett's measure proposes up to 350 dollars per student based on income, aiming to aid needy children who opt for private schooling. Perez supported the effort amid a two hour debate and secret vote.
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News-Star
Baton Rouge
House Appropriations Committee _ today
John Garrett
Claiborne
Plaquemines
Leander Perez
Garrett
Claiborne Parish
Joint Legislative Committee
U.S. Justice Department
Louisiana Financial Assistance Commission
Perez
Strong Nuclear Test Rocks Nevada Buildings
A large underground nuclear test at the Nevada test site produced a strong shock wave that swayed tall structures in Las Vegas over 100 miles away. The intermediate yield device, buried 2,450 feet on Pahute Mesa, equaled 200 000 to 1 000 000 tons of TNT and was reported as delivering a good roll at the control point nine miles from ground zero.
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Nev
Nevada
Atomic Energy Commission
Nevada Test Site
Pahute Mesa
Fair Weather Forecast For Monroe Area
The Monroe area will have clear skies today and Wednesday with mild afternoons and cool nights. Tonight's low is 52 to 58, with today’s high around 70 to 79 and north winds 8 to 18 mph. Monday's Twin Cities high was 75. Monroe's low this morning was 54.
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Twin Cities
U.S. press seeks united stance on Mideast crisis
Washington seeks broad backing from Britain, the Soviet Union and other nations as Nasser bars the Gulf of Aqaba. Rusk Rostow and Egyptian envoy Kamel plan talks after White House policy session. U.S. warns of grave risks of any military action and advises nonessential travelers to leave Egypt Israel Jordan Syria.
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Kamel
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Rusk
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Walt W. Rostow
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Syria
Jordan
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Nasser
Eilat
London
Moscow
River Stage Readings Signal Rising Flood Levels
River stage data show increases at Monroe and Camden with rise indicators. Monroe reports 40 stage units and Camden 26, both marked as rising, signaling potential flood adjustments along the river.
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Monroe
Camden
Bomb destroys Cuban exile office in Miami protest
An explosion damaged the Cuban Exile Representation offices in Little Havana Miami injuring no one. The blast followed a 24 hour labor strike linked to demand for Felipe Rivero's release from Dade County jail amid anti Castro protests. Police and FBI investigated while witnesses saw four men flee in a white car. Rivero faces deportation hearings as authorities link the strike to broader exile actions.
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Rivero
Dade County
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Repre
Sentation
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New Jersey
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Ernesto Freyre
Bay of Pigs
Rivera
FBI
Everett Kay
Ile
Canada
House Democrats Weigh Deal On School Desegregation Bill
Washington A UPI report says House Democratic leaders mulled a deal with southern lawmakers to push President Johnson's 3.5 billion school aid bill through the House. The measure funds poverty area districts through fiscal 1969 as floor votes on amendments loomed after lengthy talks between McCormack Algert Perkins and southern reps Waggonner and Sikes.
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Johnson
John W. McCormack
D-Mass
Carl Algert
Okla
Carl D. Perkins
D-Ky
Education and Labor Committee
Joe Dpd
Waggonner Jr
D-La
Robert L. F. Sikes
D-Fla
Lawyer calls D A power mad in Kennedy probe
Dallas lawyer Ernest Colvin Jr. denounces New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison as power mad during an extradition hearing for Arcadia Smith, accused with Arcadia and Gordon Novel of conspiring to burglarize a Houma munitions bunker in 1961. Arcadia fears retaliation and notes job loss amid the probes.
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Atty
Jim Garrison
John F. Kennedy
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Sergio Arcadia Smith
Garrison
Texas
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Arcadia
Gordon
David W. Ferrie
Houma
Ferrie
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Louisiana
Hill
John Connally
Lee Harvey Oswald
Oswald
Warren Commission
Kennedy
Rush Begins By Sea Air From Israel
Tension in the Middle East escalates as Israel and Egypt move toward war. Nasser blocks the Gulf of Aqaba, threatening Israel’s only outlet. U Thant flies to Cairo to urge calm. The U.S. advises Americans to depart hotspots, while the 6th Fleet remains nearby and a carrier task force watches developments. The Amalia clears Aqaba en route to Elath.
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Middle East
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Gulf of Aqaba
U.S. State Department
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Syria
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Red Sea
Elath
Hong Kong Reds Shift Tactics To Labor Front
After days of anti-British rioting, Hong Kong Communists mobilized labor action shutting 400 plus double decker buses and halting much of public transit on Hong Kong Island. Three thousand dockyard workers staged a sitdown strike while unions planned broader disrupt actions against utilities and commerce.
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Hong Kong
Labor Front
Seamen’s and Textile Workers
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