White House Wedding Rehearsal Teems With Tears and Laughter
Lynda Bird Johnson and Marine Capt. Charles S. Robb rehearse in the East Room as President Johnson leads a 90 minute ritual with their families. The couple plan a Honolulu honeymoon after the ceremony and receive gifts from Harry Winston.
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Mark Lynda
Washington
UPI
Lynda Bird Johnson
White House
Johnson
Lyn Nugent
Marine Band
Lyn
Luci Johnson Nugent
Charles S. Robb
Lynda
Robb
Capt
Douglas Davidson
Kershaw
N.C
New York
Harry Winston
V. Lynda
Honolulu
Steel price hikes push 3 to 4 percent rise in consumer goods
Pittsburgh based executives warn the latest steel price increases taking effect Dec. 15 will lift costs for refrigerators washers dryers TVs and toys by 3 to 4 percent. Enamel Products & Plating Co. predicts downstream price jumps as metal costs pass through to final goods, potentially a $50 rise in car prices for every $10 metal cost increase. Rockwell Manufacturing sees limited impact beyond items with sheet steel bases or cabinets.
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Pittsburgh
API
Jack Valoon
Enamel Products & Plating Co
McKeesport
Valoon
Rockwell Manufacturing Co
Mekong Delta Clash Tallies Heavy Viet Cong Losses
South Vietnamese troops and American advisers fought in water up to their necks in the Mekong Delta, killing 365 Viet Cong in a daylong battle. U.S. sources reported five American advisers killed. In a separate Bong Son plain battle, 252 North Vietnamese were slain and 16 Americans died.
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Saigon
UPI
Mekong
U. S
Bong Son
1St Cavalry
U.S
22Nd Regiment
North Vietnam
Viet Cong Considers Coalition Government to Win
A captured Viet Cong notebook indicates the group concludes it cannot deal a lethal blow to Allied forces and may form a coalition government while keeping real power with the National Liberation Front. The notes claim VC forces are ten times stronger than before and report 200,000 Allied deaths through 1967 with VC losses rising.
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Saigon
UPI
U.S
Viet Cong
National Liberation Front
Airliner Crashes in Peru Killing 66 Including 2 Americans
A Faucett Airlines DC4 crashed into a mountainside near Huanuco Peru killing 66 people. Among the dead were Evelyn Craig 47 and Joseph Newman 69 two Americans. The flight from Lima to Tingo Maria with a Huanuco stop overshot and contact was lost then wreckage was found at a jungle mountain base.
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Lima
Peru
API
Faucett Airlines
Huanuco
Evelyn Craig
Joseph Newman
Faucett
Newman
Tingo Maria
Steel firms roll back hot rolled sheet price rise
Armco and Kaiser cut the $4 increase on hot rolled sheets to stay competitive with top producers who boosted cold rolled sheet by $5 per ton. Cold rolled accounts for 17 percent of output while hot rolled makes up about 13 percent. Both types are widely used in autos and appliances, as U.S. Steel and others raised cold rolled and galvanized prices while Armco, Kaiser, and Jones & Laughlin boosted hot rolled earlier in the week.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
Armco
Kaiser Steel
Kaiser
U.S. Steel
Armco, Kaiser and Jones & Laughlin
Snakes and Tweedleknees Tale Moves to Nest
A quirky feature recounts how Tweedleknees, after a donkey to elf transformation, ends up in a nest of snakes in a recurring Oddities column. The oddball adventure unfolds as readers follow the whimsical sequence across pages 6-A and 7-A.
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Tweedleknees
Anti-Draft Protests Erupt Across Several Cities
Across New York, New Haven, Troy and other locations, anti draft actions lead to clashes and numerous arrests. Police report 139 demonstrators jailed in New York after protests near Union Square while Yale and Rensselaer students join vigils and peace marches.
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Broadway
New York City
United Press International
New Haven
State College
Ft. Dix
Vietnam
Manhattan
Union Square
Midtown
Yale University
Yale
Connecticut
Navy
Ohio State University
Heart Transplant Patient Enters Critical Recovery Phase
Louis Washkansky 55, the first heart transplant patient, entered the most dangerous recovery phase as antibodies to reject the new heart are likely to develop. Surgeons noted he received a 25 year old donor heart last Sunday and remains under careful observation despite progress.
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Cape Town
South Africa
UPI
Louis Washkansky
Washkansky
Marius Barnard
Christian Barnard
Eisenhower Attacks Democrats as GOP Faces 1968 Challenge
Eisenhower via telephone from Palm Springs told the Republican Governors Association luncheon that Democratic leaders are badly split and harming the country. Senators Dirksen and Murphy urged party unity while Reagan welcomed Eugene McCarthy’s entry into California’s Democratic presidential primary, arguing division helps the Johnson camp.
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Palm Beach
Fla
UPI
Dwight D
Eisenhower
America
Republican Governors Association
Palm Springs
Calif
Johnson
Senate Gop
Everett M. Dirksen
Sen
George Murphy
Senate
Republican Campaign Committee
Murphy
Ronald Reagan
California
Eugene J.mccarthy
Minnesota
Reagan
The Quipster Divorce Sparks Across the Hearth
A witty aside critiques a wife offering burnt offerings before her husband thrice daily, noting the act does not prove worship or devotion. The quip frames domestic ritual as overstatement in marital dynamics.
Astronaut Robert H. Lawrence Killed in Air Crash
At Edwards Air Force Base California Maj. Robert H. Lawrence Jr. 31 the first African American military astronaut died when an F104 Starfighter crashed on the runway during a training flight Maj. Harvey J. Royer 36 was injured The Air Force will investigate Lawrence survived by his widow Barbara Cress Lawrence Chicago and one child Tracey 8
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Calif
UPI
Air Force
Robert H. Lawrence Jr
Harvey J. Royer
Aerospace Research Pilots School
Lawrence
Manned Orbiting Laboratory
Barbara Cress Lawrence
Chicago
Tracey
Cold Weekend Forecast for Permian Basin
Forecasters warn of a cold weekend as Pacific front moves in with highs around 55 today and 50 Sunday. Overnight lows drop to the mid 20s with partly cloudy to clear skies and winds 10 to 20 mph. precipitation is not expected and the front should exit by Monday.
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U.S. Weather Bureau
Panhandle
Odessa-Midland
U.S
Froureau
Terminal
Emperatures
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