U S Steel Hikes Prices as Johnson Pushes Hold Line
Pittsburgh AP U S Steel Corp raised prices on hot rolled sheet and strip to 5.40 a ton and on related products for auto and appliance uses. The move, second in a week, defies President Johnson’s plea to hold prices. The company says inflation not caused by steel and notes potential industry wide effects.
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Illinois Delegates Back Nixon Big Vote Bloc
Illinois delegates pledged strong support for Richard Nixon at the GOP National Convention with 50 or more votes expected on the first ballot. Governor Reagan's looming influence, Nixon's private meeting remarks, and comments from Ogilvie Page and Harris shaped a crowded caucus ahead of the vote.
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New York
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Ray Page
William Harris
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Jobless Rate Drops in July
The Labor Department reports a July drop in the U.S. jobless rate by one tenth of a percent, with 3.2 million people unemployed. Unemployment fell 400,000 from June as schools closed, while the seasonally adjusted rate stood at 3.7 percent for July, down from 3.8 percent in June and higher earlier months.
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Labor Department
Eisenhower Heart Attack Update From Walter Reed
Army doctors report Eisenhower has spent a comfortable night after a heart attack yesterday morning. Vital signs remain stable and physicians say they are satisfied with his current progress though heart damage assessment may take days.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Republicans OK Platform Peace Push at National Convention
The GOP convention endorses a platform calling for a just peace and unity. Sen. Everett Dirksen leads the platform committee as candidates Wixon Rockefeller and Reagan back the manifesto. Gov. Romney supports keeping the platform intact despite a floor-spotter amendment attempt by R. T. Hood Jr.
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Richard M. Wixon
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Ronald Reagan
Vietnam
Michigan
George Romney
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R. T. Hood Jr
Gerald Ford
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Stolen Canoe Report From Riverfront Theft
James D. Carneal reported two men in scuba gear stole his 12 foot canoe. He said the pair slipped from the James River into his yard and submerged the craft before swimming away.
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James D. Carneal
James River
Nixon Daughters See Victory At End of Campaign Trail
Julie Nixon Eisenhower and sister Tricia with David Eisenhower expressed confidence Nixon would win on the first ballot at the Republican National Convention. They described the hard campaign and a brutal demonstration outside their hotel, praising their father’s grit and their own role as campaign supporters.
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Dirksen Silences Delegates with Burying Nine Pounds of Speeches
At the Republican National Convention in Miami Beach Everett Dirksen wields authority over the floor as he discards nine pounds of prepared speeches. He promises to throw them wherever the delegates want, then launches into a fiery attack on The Great Society and the nation’s Turbulent debts. He cites Lincoln and Franklin to rally the crowd while leaving unclear whose speeches were discarded.
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Celebrities Back GOP Promoters at Rockefeller Events
The GOP recruited well known names to bolster their cause at Nelson Rockefeller gatherings. Helen Hayes Kitty Carlisle Teresa Wright Nancy Ames and Hildegarde stand among supporters while Wilt Chamberlain of the Los Angeles Lakers towers in the crowd at 7 feet 2 inches.
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Helen Hayes
Kitty Carlisle
Teresa Wright
Nancy Ames
Hildegarde
Richard Nixon
Wilt Chamberlain
Los Angeles Lakers
Carbon Hill Man Electrocuted During Air Conditioning Install
Raymond Smith fifty of Carbon Hill died after a 250 volt shock while installing an air conditioner under his mobile home at Sixth and Judson Streets. The accident occurred about 4:50 p.m. and his body was taken to Patterson Funeral Home in Braidwood. He served in the Air Force and received multiple medals. Funeral services are set for Friday at Patterson and graveside rites at Camp Butler.
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Charge Fraud In Production Of Launchers
Four individuals and two firms were indicted for conspiring to defraud the U S government of about four million dollars by rigging Navy rocket launcher contracts between 1962 and 1967. Chromcraft Corporation and Alsco Inc faced charges. executives created dummy firms to route funds into Swiss banks.
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U. S
Navy
U.S
Chromcraft Corporation
St. Louis
Alsco Inc
Akron
Ohio
Chromecraft
Andrew L. Stone
St Louis
Francis N. Rosenbaum
Evelyn R. Price
Stone
Robert B. Bregman
Bregman Electronics Inc
New York City
Justice Department
Bregman Electronics and Scientific Electronics Ltd
Beverly Hills
Calif
Heat and Humidity Persist With Highs in the 90s
Yesterday's hot humid pattern continued as Collins Weather Station logged 94 degrees with a 71 degree low. Today expected again in the 90s with temperatures Thursday to Monday averaging near 86 to 88 highs and 61 to 67 lows, with a Thursday shower and a cooling trend into Friday.
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Boy Hurt When Gun Discharges In Jeep Incident
Tracy Stump, 3, son of Richard Stump of Wauponsee Township, was slightly wounded on the left hand by a .38 caliber pistol he found in his father's Jeep at about 8 30 p.m. Tuesday. The gun discharged after the glove compartment was unlocked. the bullet ricocheted and struck him. He was treated at Morris Hospital and released.
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Task Force Kills 219 Viet Cong
A U S South Vietnamese task force invaded a major Viet Cong depot and killed 219 enemy soldiers in a week of clashes in the Mekong Delta. Allied casualties were six U S infantrymen and three South Vietnamese marines wounded, with no allied fatalities. Riverine forces and gunboat escorts moved 1,000 American infantrymen and 500 South Vietnamese Marines into action.
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U S Plans Release of 14 North Vietnamese Seamen
At the Paris peace talks the United States announced it will free 14 captured North Vietnamese sea men as talks proceed. The session noted the release followed earlier U S and North Vietnamese gestures amid stalled discussions on a bombing halt and troop movements in the South.
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Nomination On First Ballot Appears Likely
Nixon rushes to wrap up GOP nomination as 12 hours from voting. Hatfield is tipped as running mate pick while Rockefeller and Reagan fight to keep favorite son bids alive. Delegates reported Nixon leading with 629 votes, Rockefeller 271, Reagan 176, with 667 needed.
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