Gromyko to deliver Soviet reaction at United Nations on Viet Nam peace
At the United Nations Gromyko will present Russia's formal reply to the U S peace proposals for Viet Nam after talks with Dean Rusk. He may instead announce a Kremlin financial contribution to offset U N deficit. Canada calls for a political settlement and supports ICC mediation through ICC members Canada India and Poland.
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United Nations
UPI
Andrei Gromyko
Dean Rusk
Russia
U.S
Viet Nam
Gromyko
General Assembly
Arthur J. Goldberg
Kremlin
U.N
Paul Martin
Canada
China
Martin
Goldberg
International Control Commission
ICC
India
Poland
Johnson signs sweeping minimum wage bill in White House ceremony
President Johnson signed the federal minimum wage act boosting the rate to 1.60 dollars by February 1968 and extending coverage to 8.1 million workers. The two-year fight in Congress marked Labor's major victory this year and tripled the minimum since 1938.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
White House
Organized Labor
Democratic Party
Congress
Payroll probe follows Powell after beatdown in House clash
Rep. Adam Clayton Powell faces a new hurdle as a House payroll investigation committee starts work Monday on member staff payrolls, following a 27-1 vote to curb his power as Education and Labor chairman. Powell remains defiant amid internal opposition.
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Arnold B. Sawislak
Washington
UPI
Adam Clayton Powell
Harlem
House Education and Labor Committee
House Administration
House
Powell
Education and Labor Committee
No Link Found Between Butter Spoilage and Theft
State police said there is no link between spoiled butter found in the high school cafeteria and butter stolen last December from the county surplus warehouse. Sgt. David K. Ruhlman said the investigation has not found evidence to support theft claims but will continue to pursue the missing county butter. He noted several tips and letters have come in as the inquiry continues.
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David K. Ruhlman
Ruhlman
Rsons
Living costs rise again squeeze on factory workers
UPI reports August cost of living rose four tenths of 1 percent led by food and medical costs. Net spendable earnings of 13.6 million factory workers fell two cents a week from July to August, while the CPI stood at 113.8, up 3.5 percent year over year.
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Washington
UPI
U.S
Labor Department
McNamara Boosts Viet Nam Warplane Production
Defense Secretary Robert McNamara ordered a 700 million increase in combat aircraft production, raising 12 month output by about 260 fighters and attack planes starting July 1. The Navy would receive the majority, with operations over North Viet Nam. The move follows a prior bombing halt offer linkage and aligns with South Viet Nam operations.
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Washington
UPI
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Viet Nam
Navy
McNamara
North
United States
South
Arthur J
Goldberg
United Nations
U.N
Steelworkers set 1968 goals at Atlantic City convention
The United Steelworkers Union wrapped up its annual convention in Atlantic City with 1968 contract goals including guaranteed wages profit sharing and travel compensation. Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey urged members to back the administration in the fight against inflation while Johnson asked labor to restrain wage demands and improve productivity. The delegates approved revisions in bargaining procedures and goals covering job security amid automation stock options and profit sharing.
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Atlantic City
N.J
UPI
United Steelworkers Union
USW
Hubert H. Humphrey
Humphrey
Johnson
Weather and Viet Nam unit notes from local desk
Western Pennsylvania sees mostly cloudy skies with scattered showers and a few thundershowers. Cooler tonight with a high in the 60s and a low in the 40s. Saturday remains cool and partly cloudy. Local weather data show a 67 degree max and 46 min with 0.6 inches of rain. Shenango River at 4.6 feet. In Viet Nam, Pfc. Boots and two friends from Massachusetts and Ontario were wounded or awarded the Silver Star as their unit fought near a VC camp, with sniper fire and helicopter moves described by Boots and Berberick. Continued Page 2.
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Boots
Wilbur Boots
Stiefel Ave
Ellwood City
Riverside High School
Army
Ft. Jackson
S. C
Viet Nam
Ft. Sam
San Antonio
Tex
Orioles clinch first league pennant
New York report notes Saul Raskin a painter of religious subjects died at 88. His works were shown at major venues including the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Orioles
New York
UPI
Saul Raskin
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Air Force B52s Strike North Vietnam Weeks Multiple Deployments
UPI reports B52 Stratofortresses bombed targets inside and north of the DMZ for the first time in six months, with two U.S. air groups and South Vietnamese forces engaging Viet Cong near Saigon. Dozens killed or wounded. seven U.S. soldiers dead in a minefield incident near Phuc Vinh.
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Ho Chi Minh Trail
Tran van Do
UPI
Hanoi
U.S
United Nations
Arthur J. Goldberg
U.S. Air Force
41St
Saigon
U.S. 1St Infantry Division
Surveyor 2 crashes into moon surface
Surveyor 2, a $65 million moon explorer built to soft land and relay images, slammed into the lunar surface at 5,800 mph after engine failure during a midcourse maneuver. JPL officials reported 63 hours aloft and more than 38 attempts to halt violent rotations before tests confirmed the crash.
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Pasadena
Calif
UPI
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
JPL
California Institute of Technology
Moon
Surveyor
Presbytery Major Gifts Campaign Opens in New Wilmington
The Shenango Presbytery began its Fifty Million Capital Needs drive with a New Wilmington dinner attended by 46 major gift prospects. The goal is 550 000 over three years, led by Rev. Ernest J. Lewis and J. Fred Rentz with film from Rev. George Day highlighting needs in hospitals schools new buildings and equipment across 26 countries.
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New Wilmington
Ernest J. Lewis
College Hill Presbyterian Church
Cincinnati
Philippines
George Day
Shenango Presbytery
America
J. Fred Rentz
Major Gifts
New Castile
Shenango
Death Record notices in 1966 brief list
Death notices list Christina Hess 177 of 1349 Princeton Road Albert Bates Street 82 of Elizabethtown Pa and Mrs Russell Graves 240 West Grant Street among recorded deaths on September 23 1966 in local listings.
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Christina Hess
Princeton Rd
Albert Bates
Elizabethtown
Russell Graves
W. Grant St
Pennsylvania Ohio split over Mahoning River stream rules
Officials from Pennsylvania and Ohio remain divided on a common pollution standard for the Mahoning River after a day-long hearing at the New Castle YMCA. Dr. Charles L. Wilbur Jr. expressed optimism, while Edward B. Ransom of Ohio objected to Pennsylvania limits on iron wastes. The issue will be debated again at a Harrisburg meeting next month.
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Mahoning River
U.S
Stewart L. Udall
Pennsylvania
Ohio
New Castle
Wilbur
Harrisburg
Edward B. Ransom
Ohio Department of Health
John C. Jordan
Youngstown
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LBJ
Pentagon
Demilitarized Zone
Richard F. Fontana
Dong Ha
Ellwood GI
Shenango River
St. Francis Hospital Laboratory
Pfc
Edward T. Rosso
Feeding Hills
Mass
Paul J. Berberick
Guelph
Ontario
1St Infantry Division
Rosso
Berberick
Colum
Beaver Falls
Business World
Eee Eens
Ene Eens
Cross Word
Ee Ee Ee
Cee Peewee Senes Ellwood Ee Eeeernens
Seeesias
Ee Ee Society
Seer Eeeae
Phuc Vinh
Guam
Presbytery
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