Belgian rail disaster driver sought after deadly crash
In Liege police held a signalman on negligent manslaughter charges and searched for a hit-and-run driver blamed for knocking out signals leading to a triple train crash. At least 12 killed and 70 injured as a motorist crashed through a crossing gate and short circuited signaling equipment. In Detroit the UAW moves toward easing its strike on Ford by sending workers to two parts depots to move parts for the Defense Department.
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Liege
Belgium
UPI
Detroit
UPS
South Vietnam
United Auto Workers
Ford Motor Co
UAW
Defense Department
Snow tire shortages widen across the nation
From Boston to Des Moines dealers report tight supply as summer strikes against major producers push shortages nationwide. Distributors blame a long labor stoppage for the tire crunch.
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United Press International
Boston
Bismarck
Hartford
Harrisburg
Denver
Des Moines
Rockefeller Reagan ticket would win 55 percent in poll
The Gallup poll shows a Rockefeller Reagan Republican ticket leading Johnson Humphrey 55 percent to 41 percent with four percent undecided if the election were held today.
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Princeton
N.J
UPI
Gallup
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
California
Ronald Reagan
Johnson
Stokes Heads Back On Campaign Trail For Cleveland Mayoral Bid
Carl B. Stokes resumes campaign efforts to become the first Black mayor of a major U.S. city. He rested Wednesday, then read hundreds of telegrams from well wishers including Hubert Humphrey and Martin Luther King Jr.
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Cleveland
UPI
Carl B. Stokes
Stokes
Hubert H. Humphrey
Martin Luther King
Senators Seek More Asian Help in Vietnam War
Nearly two dozen senators, led by Charles H. Percy, sponsor a resolution urging President Johnson to press non-Communist Asian nations to contribute more to Vietnam. The measure argues that U S forces should not bear an ever increasing share of the fighting.
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Washington
UPI
Charles H. Percy
Johnson
Vietnam
United States
Trucker wounded as eight union trucks hit by rifle fire
A New York driver Erwin F. Kelley 32 Brockton NY was shot in the arm when a bullet hit his cab on the Union Turnpike east of the Norwalk Sandusky interchange. Eight trucks were targeted between midnight and 1245 am with 21 bullet holes found on one cab.
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New York
Unio
Norwalk
Sandusky
Turnpike
Erwin F. Kelley
Brockton
N.Y
Fisher-Titus Memorial Hospital
James H. Brawley
Brockport
Ind
Monroeville
Huron County Sheriff’s Department
Lyme School
Richard Andres
Melvin Rahrig
You Don't Work You Don't Get Paid Amid Steel Haul Violence
Norwalk independent haulers strike over pay as violence spikes. Ray Blystoe of Clarence Schoenegge’s Trucking describes threats and shootings that have shut most trucks from running. Schoenegge reports 20 percent of normal output and 22 drivers amid seven weeks of conflict with no current strike.
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Jim Schoen
Tom Dillon
Norwalk
Ray Blystoe
Blystoe
Clarence Schoenegge
U. S. 20
Schoenegge
Weather and services brief noting births and deaths
Weather report for Lake Erie area with wind speeds and temperatures for today and Wednesday. Birth notices list six couples with newborns in Greenwich Willard and Attica. Death notices include Rev. Joseph I. Williams aged 73 from Rural Norwalk and Frederick H. Robson aged 42 from Willard.
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Lake Erie
Joseph I. Williams
Norwalk
Frederick H. Robson
Willard
Willard City Manager denounces council over salary clash
Willard city manager R Keith Armstrong criticized unnamed councilmen after a 4-3 vote defeated his salary increase from 10077 to 11277. He said he did not ask for a raise and charged some councilmen show little interest in municipal affairs. Armstrong stressed study sessions and plant tour as examples of engagement. The statement circulated as he prepared for a Chicago municipal meeting.
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Willard
R. Keith Armstrong
Armstrong
Chicago
City Council
Strike Under FBI Scrutiny
Striking steel haulers in an eight state walkout drew FBI scrutiny as officials investigated possible federal law violations. Ohio leader Skip Burkett said orders to halt all trucks except those hauling steel were issued by the strike council. Violence on highways then waned in Ohio and Pennsylvania.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
FBI
Ohio
Skip Burkett
Pennsylvania
Norwalk NAACP Chapter Seeks Charter and Officers
The Norwalk chapter of the NAACP has applied for a charter from New York and will elect officers Sunday. Sandusky NAACP President St Clair Robinson notes the chapter serves its community and fights for equality, existing since 1909.
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Norwalk
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
New York
NAACP
St. Clair Robinson
Sandusky
Robinson
Hooded bandits seize $1.5 million coin collection in Miami
Five masked gunmen robbed Willis H. DuPont at his 42 room Miami mansion at 2 a.m. They forced him to open two safes and took a $1.5 million Grand Duke Mikhailovitch Russians coins. DuPont, wife, child, and staff were bound and gagged.
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UPI
Bayside
Willis H. DuPont
Mikhailovitch
du Pont
Soviet Union
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Amherst
Virgil Fletcher
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Michael Krumholtz
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