Wyoming primary yields close returns and varied leads
In Wyoming the 1966 primary returns were delayed by late ballots as conservative ex repres William Henry Harrison clung to a slim lead over Roy Peck by about 800 votes with two thirds counted. Other races show Ernest Wilkerson and Mayne Miller leading for governor and congress, while Stan Hathaway trails in the GOP governor contest.
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Washington
Wyoming
William Henry Harrison
Harrison
Roy Peck
Riverton
Ernest Wilkerson
Mayne Miller
Casper
Sukarno Demands U S Withdraw From Vietnam
In Jakarta on Indonesia’s 21st independence anniversary, President Sukarno urged the United States to leave Vietnam and warned of trouble if ignored. He condemned Malaysia as a British neocolonialist project and said Sabah and Sarawak must vote on federation status. About 80,000 listened as students walked out in protest.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Sukarno
United States
Viet Nam
America
Malaysia
Borneo
Sabah
Sarawak
Bangkok
UAW Demands Higher Wages in Open Contract Talks
UAW asks automakers to decide by Monday on reopening three year contracts to raise wages for skilled trades. Ford GM and Chrysler respond cautiously while union pressure grows. Leaders discuss a potential substantial increase amid competing worker pay claims.
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Detroit
United Auto Workers
Henry Ford II
Ford Motor Co
UAW
Detroit Tooling Association
Ford
Walter P. Reuther
General Motors
Chrysler
Detroit Uaw
Reuther
Weather Outlook For Morris Area This Week
The U S Weather Bureau calls for tonight partly cloudy with a chance of thundershowers and a low in the upper 60s. Thursday sees lingering showers end, then partly cloudy and cooler with a high in the lower 80s. Friday should be fair and a bit cooler. Collins station logged 88 Tuesday and 57 low, while Morris downtown readings reached 70 at 9 am and 1 at 11:30 am.
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U.S. Weather Bureau
Collins
Morris
King Daley talk on open housing in Chicago
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr and Mayor Richard Daley meet in Chicago to discuss open housing as protests continue. CCRR organizers say the session aims to resolve alleged discrimination by real estate firms amid marches and picketing across the city.
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Chicago
Martin Luther King Jr
Richard J. Daley
King
Daley
West Side
Chicago Conference On
James W. Montgomery
Episcopal Diocese of
CCRR
Jefferson Park
Martin Luther King
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
American Nazi Party
Red Ambush Kills 14 in Saigon and Coastal Clash
Viet Cong shells near Tan Son Nhut airport kill one Vietnamese and wound six. heavy bombardment damages few U.S. assets. In a separate incident a Marine jet crashes after takeoff from Da Nang, killing 26 villagers. Meanwhile 1000 Marines land east of Saigon on Highway No. 1 amid jungle and swamps, advancing unopposed toward a likely Viet Cong division.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Tan Son Nhut
da Nang
Walter J. Doherty
Gold Hill
Ore
U. S. Marine
South China Sea
Workers Picket at Diamond National
Eight workers from Local 626 of the International Brotherhood of Pulp Sulfite and Paper Mill Workers began a noontime picket at Diamond National Corporation on Armstrong Street after rejecting a two year contract offer. About 250 employees are in the local. machine operations halted.
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Diamond National Corporation
Armstrong St
International Brotherhood of Pulp, Sulphite and
Lester King
King
Eugene Ausili
Diamond National
Phil Troyk
Ausili
Ted Struck
James Kopezick
Wayne Roseland
al Parish
Emmett Mettille
E. High St
Banks Raise Prime Rates for Fourth Time This Year
Banks in several cities boosted prime lending rates to 6 percent marking the fourth increase in a year. The move prompts higher rates for consumer and small loans while keeping money available for personal credit. The administration urged banks to curb credit expansion as pressure grows on overall interest rates across sectors.
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Washington
Johnson
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry H. Fowler
First National City Bank of New York
Continental Illinois National Bank & Trust Co
Chicago
Bankers Trust Co
New York
William H. Moore
Bankers Trust
Pioneer 7 Enters Solar Orbit From Cape Kennedy
NASA reports Pioneer 7 launched from Cape Kennedy at 11 20 a m and reached solar orbit within 40 minutes. The 140 pound instrument package travels at over 24000 miles per hour amid a planned array of six sensors to study solar wind and radiation as a potential hazard to moon missions. The launch followed Lunar Orbiter 1’s successful moon orbit.
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Cape Kennedy Fla
Pioneer 7
United States
Moon
Cape Kennedy
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Ground Command
Drug Attorney Dragged From Hearing On Vietnam Aid
In Washington the House Un American Activities Committee ejected attorney Arthur A. Kinoy after he challenged testimony about his client Walter D. Teague of the National Liberation Front support group. Kinoy, an ACLU lawyer, was removed as others faced removal for loud antiwar applause. The session grew tense with arrests of several spectators and ongoing disputes over constitutional authority.
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Washington
U.S
Viet Nam
House Committee On UN
Teague
National Liberation Front of
William M. Kinstler
Kinoy
Rutgers University
Yale University
National Review Magazine
Pool
Philip A. McCombs
American Civil Liberties Union
Rhoads
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John OD. Melcher
Teno Roncalio
Clifford Hansen
U.S. Senate
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Hathaway
Torrington
Joe Burke
Arthur Linde
Laramie
Wilkerson
Yale
Jack Gage
Bill Nation
Howard Burke
Raymond Whitaker
Miller
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Christian
Morris Community Television System
CATV
Liberty Tower Co
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Herald
King and
Red
Weather Bureau
United States Weather Bureau
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Kiney Out
Richard Mark Rhoads
Alfred M. Nittle
Joe R. Pool
D-Tex
Progressive Labor Party
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