New York Democrats Split Over McCarthy Delegates
McCarthy backers storm out as 62 of 123 June 18 delegates favor McCarthy while old guard leaders offer 15 percent at-large seats. Tensions rise as Paul O'Dwyer and Allard Lowenstein press for fair share and unity amid boos and jeers at the Windsor Ball room.
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New York
UPI
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Democratic Committee
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Democratic State Committee
Democratic Party
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U.S. Senate
Hubert H. Humphrey
Old Guard
Chicago
O'Dwyer
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Commodore Hotel
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French
Allard K. Lowenstein
Congress
Johnson
Robert F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Humphrey
New York State
Pretzel bakers sue over fluoridated Reading water
In Reading Pennsylvania three pretzel bakers filed suit in Berks County court to block fluoridation of the city water arguing it makes pretzels unsafe. Plaintiffs include Richard T. Heller and Francis Faller along with E.J. Faller Pretzel Co. and Heller's Pretzel Bakery.
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Pennsylvania
John J. Atonis
Matonis
Berks County Court
R. H. Yarnell
R. Davis Chelius
Water Bureau
Carl H. Krott
Richard T. Heller
Heller's
Pretzel Bakery
Francis
Raymond Faller
E.J. Faller Pretzel Co
Marie Gehret
Tea party yields promise to end Ford Dagenham strike
Mrs Barbara Castle meets eight female stitchers at Ford Dagenham and wins a pledge to seek an end to the three week petticoat strike. The walkout has halted 5,000 workers at Dagenham and 4,000 at Halewood, with Ford facing 19.2 million dollars in lost exports. Meanwhile Britain faces a 32 hour rail shutdown as 270,000 railway workers seek higher pay with no strings.
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London
UPI
Britain
Barbara Castle
Ford
Dagenham
British Railways
National Union of Railwaymen
Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen
Man faces drug charge in motel robbery case
Richard Eugene Jackson of 68 St. Louis Ave was charged with possession of dangerous drugs in connection with an armed robbery attempt at Castle Motel on May 25. He was bound over to the September grand jury after a hearing before Justice Betty Lou Kradel and held in Lawrence County jail in lieu of a $10,000 cash bond.
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Youngsmon
Castle Motel
Richard Eugene Jackson
St. Louis Ave
Jackson
Justice of the Peace
Betty Lou Kradel
Lawrence County
Heckathorne Sentenced in Murder Case
Heckathorne 18 of New Wilmington RD 2 was sentenced to 10 to 20 years after pleading guilty to second degree murder in his great uncle Claire Heckathorne’s 1966 slaying. His brother James was acquitted. the uncle was killed at the New Wilmington farm. Giuseppe Genco Russo, 75, reputed Sicilian mafia boss, returned to a village hotel under police surveillance after a drug and smuggling case acquittal involving 16 others.
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Mercer
Herbert Heckathorne
New Wilmington RD 2
Claire Heckathorne
James
Lovere
Italy
UPI
Giuseppe Genco Russo
United States
Giant Galaxy C5A goes through final checks before maiden flight
Mechanics at Marietta Georgia prepare the Galaxy C5A for its first flight after an auxiliary power unit change. Lockheed Georgia officials report no APU failures and plan four hours of work and taxi runs led by chief test pilot Leo J. Sullivan. The test follows three days of ground runs and precedes an hour long air test over northern Georgia.
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Marietta, Ga
UPI
Lockheed Georgia
Leo J. Sullivan
Wright Brothers
Georgia
Lockheed
City protests New Castle bypass design over Cedar Street issues
Mayor Carl A. Cialella Jr disclosed a letter to state highways secretary detailing objections to the Mahoningtown segment of the New Castle bypass. He warns a Cedar Street landfill may force a sewer relocation and hinder fire department mobility, jeopardizing neighborhood revitalization for over 5,000 families.
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Carl A. Cialella Jr
State Secretary of Highways
New Castle
Mahoningtown
Cedar St
Maple St
Liberty St
Newell Ave
Raymond P. Shafer
Highways
Robert G. Bartlett
Cialella
Settlement near on Pueblo seizure reported by Seoul paper
Kyunghyang Shinmun cites informed American sources that a secret plan to return the Pueblo crew was agreed in talks at Panmunjom. State Department had no comment and U S forces in Korea limited their reply. Pueblo seized January 23 off Wonsan with 83 crewmen, one later died.
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Seoul
UPI
United States
North Korea
U.S
U.S. State Department
Washington
U. S
Korea
Kyunghyang Shinmun
Panmunjom
Wonsan
Six-Alarm Blaze Rips Through North Side Plant
A six alarm fire damaged an old meat packing plant on Pittsburgh's North Side Friday night causing about $25,000 in damage. Police blocked traffic from downtown across the Allegheny River as thousands watched. The site, once Fried and Reineman Packing Co and later used by Anodizing Products Co, made aluminum specialty products.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
Allegheny River
Fried and Reineman Packing Co
Anodizing Products Co
Johnson dedicates Tennessee dam honoring congressman
President Johnson arrives in Nashville to dedicate a $50 million dam in rolling hill country once Indian hunting grounds. The ceremony honors late Rep. J. Percy Priest D Tennessee, with Priest's widow and daughter unveiling a plaque. Priest chaired the House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce and served as Democratic whip. Johnson will return to Washington after the ceremony, his second Tennessee visit in a year.
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Tenn
UPI
Johnson
J. Percy Priest
D-Tenn
Priest
House Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Johnsons
Washington
Tennessee
Hermitage
Andrew Jackson
Union weighs demands from District 15 in USW talks
Pittsburgh dispatch notes District 15 leaders representing 43,000 Monongahela Valley workers approved a set of contract demands. They seek retirement after 20 years with a pension of 10 dollars per year of service, full dependency coverage, a guaranteed 40 hour week, a cost of living clause, job classification revisions, and simpler contract language.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
United Steelworkers Union
USW
Big 11
Monongahela Valley
I. W. Abel
District 15
Summer Weather Returns Across Nation After Storms
The Weather Bureau reports pleasant and warm conditions for most of the United States under clear skies. Tropical storm Candy moved off the northeast coast of Maine, leaving scattered showers from Nebraska to Minnesota and the Pacific Northwest, with Florida seeing some showers. Temperatures ranged from the 70s to 80s in the south, El Paso and Needles tying a 88 degree 3 am high, Mullan Idaho at 37, and Boston recording its 17th day of rain in the month.
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U.S. Weather Bureau
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Nebraska
Minnesota
Pacific Northwest
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Florida
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Tex
Needles
Calif
Mullan
Idaho
Boston
Alderson Heads Lawrence Red Cross Chapter
Vern W. Alderson, superintendent of Neshannock Township Schools, was elected chairman of the Lawrence County Chapter American Red Cross. Officers include vice chairs Richard E. Whittaker R. K. Thompson and R. J. Schill secretary Mrs. Gerald Zieve and treasurer Wallace L. Cunningham. An executive committee was named with Dr. Borland Dr. James N. Bower Lester Hauschild Mrs. Eliah Kaplan Richard Kimmel Rev. Jackson Parsons and others.
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Lawrence County
American Red Cross
Richard E. Whittaker
R. K. Thompson
R. J. Schill
Gerald Zieve
Wallace L. Cunningham
Alderson
Alvin D. Shenhan
John Borland
James N. Bower
Lester P. Hauschild
Eliah
Vo-tech school ends busy year with shifts in approach
The vo-tech program blends one week of academics with one week of shop work, eliminating weekend homework to raise effort and grades. Officials emphasize a strong academic base, current courses, and plans for expansion, including summer sessions and potential Middle States Association evaluation in three years.
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Zarone
Jameson
Phillip Phelps
Phelps
Vo-tech
Middle States Association
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