Construction strikes cripple Western Pennsylvania projects
About 10 000 craftsmen statewide walk out halting hundreds of millions in work. Major projects include a 225 million New Florence plant and a 175 million Keystone facility in Indiana County. U S Steel suspended work at sites with union labor. Carpenters and engineers join the walkout. Wage demands and roller use sparks contract fights across multiple locals and counties.
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Pittsburgh
UPS
Pennsylvania
New Florence
Westmoreland County
Keystone
Indiana County
Crawford County Area
U. S. Steel Corp
U.S. Steel
Clairton Works
Carpenters District Council
Carpenters
Master Builders Assn
MBA
Engineers Local 66
Local 66
Johnstown
Boilermakers Local 154
Painting and Decorating Contractors of America
Francis J. Water
Contractors
Bricklayers Local 2
Mason Contractors Assn
Marines Fight Night Assault In Quang Tri-Hiep Duc Valley
American Marines reported killing about 450 North Vietnamese troops during a night assault in the Hiep Duc Valley near Da Nang amid heavy mortar and machine gun fire. Officials noted 174 Marine casualties including 54 dead, with two battalion commanders killed and a helicopter hit while evacuating wounded. A separate air-sea operation south of Quang Tri staged 125 missions over North Vietnam, leaving three crewmen missing.
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Saigon
UPI
Virgil Kret
5Th Marine Regiment
Hiep Duc
da Nang
2Nd Regiment
Hoi An
Tam Ky
Chu Lai
Kenneth J. Houghton
Arlington
Ly Ly River
Kret
Quang Tri
U.S
North Vietnam
Mayor Jamison to attend U S Congress of Mayors in Hawaii
Mayor Robert E Jamison will join mayors nationwide at the U S Conference of Mayors in Hawaii June 18 to 21. Resolutions include New Castle priorities like a 61 607 model cities grant and a 250 000 urban transportation system tied to redevelopment and traffic control. The city will fund the remaining 50 percent plus installation with 726 authorized to cover all travel costs.
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Robert E. Jamison
U.S. Conference of Mayors
Hawaii
Congress
New Castle
Bus Plunge Injures 23 On Turnpike Near Morgantown
A chartered bus carrying 44 Willey Elementary School children from Hamilton Township New Jersey plunged off a Pennsylvania Turnpike embankment injuring 23 people. One child suffered serious injuries while 20 others had minor injuries and three adults were hospitalized in satisfactory condition.
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Morgantown
UPI
New Jersey
John Isherwood
Trenton
N.J
Willey
Hamilton Twp
Ruth Houck
Drexel Hill
Red Chinese Call Mobilizes Hong Kong Protesters
The Peoples Daily urged Hong Kong and Kowloon Communists to mobilize for a battle against British rule. Red Guards and allies were told to be ready to respond to the motherland and to smash imperialist British control. Demonstrations of 50,000 peasants and Red Guards gathered in Kwangtung Stadium to condemn British authorities in Hong Kong.
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Hong Kong
UPI
Chinese Communist Party
Peking People’s Daily
Red Guards
Kowloon
People’s Daily
China
Communist New China News Agency
Kwangtung
Peking Radio
Wilson heads to New York for Middle East talks
British Prime Minister Harold Wilson flies to New York for talks with UN Secretary General Thant on the Middle East crisis after meeting President Johnson in Washington. He praised UN authority and noted signs of breathing room amid a tense Gaza situation.
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Washington
UPI
Harold Wilson
New York
Middle East
United Nations
Thant
Hubert H. Humphrey
Wilson
Johnson
U.N
Gaza Strip
White House
Earle Wheeler
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Death of Anna Urbick Vago Recorded in City Obituary
Mrs. Anna Urbick Vago, 80, of 1619 East Washington Street, died Saturday June 3 1967. Funeral and burial arrangements were reported by local authorities and family. Vago was a longtime resident and member of the community with ties to several local organizations.
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Anna Urbick Vago
Washington St
Levy Guilty on Refusing Medics Training Faces 3 Years
Captain Howard Levy a 30 year old dermatologist from Brooklyn was sentenced to three years hard labor and dismissal from the Army for disobeying orders to train Green Beret medics and for denouncing Vietnam war efforts. He faces transfer to Fort Jackson stockade and eventual federal custody with an automatic appeal planned.
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FT. Jackson
S.C
UPI
Howard Levy
Green Beret
Levy
Ft. Jackson Stockade
Brooklyn
N.Y
Leavenworth
Kaw
Col
Earl V. Brown
Richard M. Shusterman
Courtmartial Board
Vietnam
U.S
Courtmartial
Wars Grip Middle East as Arab Israeli Forces Stand Ready
World diplomats seek talks while troops stay on high alert across borders. Nasser warns Egyptians to prepare for an Israeli invasion and air raids if needed, while Israel rejects the blockade of Aqaba and vows action if diplomacy fails. Moscow reports ships toward the Mediterranean as a border incident leaves two Israelis and a Syrian dead.
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Middle East
United Arab Republic
U.A.R
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Israel
Gulf of Aqaba
Red Sea
Eaath
Africa
Far East
Abba Eban
al Ahram
Nasser
Johnson
Washington
London
Cairo
Harold Wilson
Egypt
Aqaba Gulf
Elath
Mahmoud Riad
U.A R
Dyess
Port Said
Suez Canal
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Soviet Union
Soviet Seaman Dies After Raid On Cam Pha Vessel
Tass reports Turkestan crewman Rybachuk died of injuries after American planes attacked the Cam Pha port in North Vietnam. Another sailor named Zemster remained in critical condition after a three hour operation. The ship was damaged while carrying cargo for Hanoi.
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Moscow
UPI
Tass
Turkestan
Rybachuk
Cam Pha
Haiphong
Viktor Sokolov
Weather Outlook for Western Pennsylvania This Weekend
Mostly sunny and warm today and Sunday with fair and cool tonight. Highs range 77 to 85, tonight lows 45 to 55. 24 hour period to 7am shows max 81, min 47, no precipitation. Shenango River stage at 5.1 feet vs 4.5 feet last year.
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Pennsylvania
Shenango River
Boston riot leaves 47 injured and 61 arrested in Roxbury
Police clash with rioters in Roxbury as hundreds attack with rocks and bottles. At least 47 injured and 61 arrested, including a civil rights leader. About 25 stores looted and two set afire. Police fired 40 warning shots at daybreak to disperse a 200 person crowd. Mothers for adequate welfare staged a silent vigil prior to the riot.
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Boston
UPI
Roxbury
William Bradley
John F. Collins
Thomas Atkins
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Grove Hall
Daniel 4. Cronin
Nigeria prepares for showdown with breakaway nation
Nigeria under Maj. Gen. Gowon says it will use force if needed to crush the eastern secessionist regime. The government called for more army volunteers, citing a need for radio mechanics carpenters nurses clerks and drivers to meet the secessionist challenge.
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Lagos
Nigeria
UPI
Yakubu Gowon
Africa
Gowon
Defense Ministry
East
Grant to toe mound for New Castle High Monday
Al Grant is slated to start on the mound for New Castle High School baseball team in a Monday game against Monaco. The brief note appears on page 9 and page 12 in Today’s News Inside.
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AL Grant
New Castle High
Monaco
Pentagon plan to reshape reserves faces House veto
The Defense Department’s proposed reorganization to shift guard and reserve units toward combat and training roles may be blocked by the House Appropriations Committee. It seeks to cut 38,000 reserve and guard members, keep total strength at 660,000, and convert 15 under strength divisions into brigades, with guards on 400,000 and reserves at 240,000. Governors foresee state-level protests.
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John Stennis
D-Miss
House Appropriations Committee
Stennis
Appropriations Committee
Congress
Pentagon
Guard
Defense Department
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Eugene V. Risher
United Press International
By Walter Logan
Sene
Eevee
Ellwood Beseeesaes
Eeeene Society
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