Copper Strike Boosts Hue Forces in Election Year Turmoil
The copper strike intensifies pressure on President Johnson and AFL-CIO allies as a broad boycott threat targets copper imports. Meany launches a $20 union drive amid a $15 million strike benefit fund while steelworkers prep dues to sustain the walkout. In Vietnam, heavy fighting around Hue's Citadel escalates with new N Vietnam battalions, shelling on Khe Sanh, and U.S. and South Vietnamese counterattacks leaving dozens of enemy killed and several Americans dead or wounded.
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Johnson
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Gulf Coast
W. Willard Wirtz
Thomas W. Gleason
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International Longshoremen
United States
Canada
Saigon
Hue
U.S. Maine
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da Nang
U.S
Vietnam
Ing
Vietnam Press
George McArthur
Con Thien
Demilitarized Zone
Florida teachers walkout nears end as Kirk claims recovery
Florida's statewide teachers walkout enters a second week with about a third of schools still closed. Governor Claude Kirk rallies that most teachers are returning while FEA refuses to concede and says 24,000 idle teachers remain off the job. Bay County votes to accept 345 resignations. Palm Beach County orders 1,275 off-duty teachers back or face loss of licenses. Dade County teachers group faces injunction.
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Fla
Florida
Bay County
Palm Beach County
Miami
Ray Nathan
Dade County Classroom Teachers Association
Lurleen Wallace Recovering After Cancer Surgery
Governor Lurleen Wallace, 41, underwent her third cancer operation in about two years at St. Margaret's Hospital Montgomery. Surgeons removed a malignant tumor from her abdomen and a bowel section. liver and lymphatic tests were normal. A further bulletin was planned midmorning and she faces two to three weeks of recovery in a fourth-floor room near the Capitol.
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Ala
Lurleen Wallace
Hor Tors
Wallace
M. D. Anderson Hosital and Tumor Institute
Ouston
Tex
State Capitol Dome
Governo
Lureen Wallace
Alabama
Montgomery, Ala
Jackie Kennedy braves near zero cold on Mt Tremblant
Mrs. John F. Kennedy skied with her two children at Mt Tremblant in Quebec as she confessed she is out of practice. The President's widow and her family stay with Mr and Mrs Robert Timmins in the Laurentians. Speculation about a London marriage with Lord Harlech is denied by the lord.
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John F. Kennedy
Mt. Tremblant
Robert Timmins
The
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Kennedy
New York
London
Lord Harlech
Peter Arno Dies At 64 Renowned New Yorker Cartoonist
PORT CHESTER N Y AP Peter Arno famed New Yorker cartoonist dies of cancer at 64 He shaped four decades of social satire through vivid images of the rich and powerful His work began with a $30 New Yorker cartoon in 1925 and rose to about 1000 a piece.
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N.Y
Peter Arno
New Yorker
Fifth Avenue
TransLux
Roosevelt
Arno
Curtis Arnoux Peters
New York City
Supreme Court
Hotchkiss
Yale
Hearing on Rap Brown Travel Restriction Violation
H. Rap Brown faces a federal court hearing in Richmond Virginia over alleged travel violations after a raucous weekend in California. Judge Merhige previously freed Brown on bond pending extradition appeals while other judges have raised or imposed travel limits in related cases. Brown spent Thursday night in Hanover County jail as authorities weigh bond and remand options.
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H. Rap Brown
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U.S
Robert R. Meraive Jr
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Merhige
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Louisiana
Atlanta
New Orleans
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Here
Guerrillas Attack Sara Van and Overrun Lao Ngam Headquarte
Communist guerrillas struck the Laotian town of Sara vane but were pushed back by government troops. They overran a regimental headquarters at Lao Ngam in the southern region, with the garrison falling in battalion strength according to military sources.
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Laos
Saravane
Ters
Lao Ngam
JCS
Morton to retire after two terms in Senate
Louisville Kentucky Republican Senator Thruston B Morton said he will retire at age 40 rather than seek a third Senate term next fall citing compelling personal reasons. He has served as a U S senator since 19 58 and was first elected in 19 60.
British Communist Expert Reports North Vietnam Open to Talks
A London based specialist says North Vietnam indicated willingness to begin peace talks after the United States declared bombing of North Vietnam had ceased. The report follows Hanoi's response to the U S move.
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Hanoi
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Vietnam
U.S
North Vietnam
Fire scorches two buildings in Buffalo West Side blaze
A pre dawn fire set or started today gutted a large rooming house and a vacant 23 story house on Buffalo N Y s West Side. Firemen said adjacent structures were damaged and the total loss reached 35000 dollars. Seven occupants fled into the 10 degree cold. No injuries reported.
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N.Y
Summerskill resigns as San Francisco State president
Dr. John Summerskill quits as president of San Francisco State College effective Sept 1 accusing Gov Reagan of little interest in California higher education. He cites campus disorders and furor over not calling in uniformed police but says inadequate state funding and lack of financial flexibility drive his resignation.
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John Summerskill
San Francisco State College
Ronald Reagan
California
Cornell University
California State Colleges
Six-man overland trek aims for North Pole from Montreal
A six man team led by Ralph Plaisted departs Montreal Thursday night aboard a DC4 for Fort Chimo on Ungava Bay as part of a second overland attempt to reach the North Pole from Ward Hunt Island.
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North Pole
Ward Hunt Island
Arctic Ocean
Ralph Plaisted
St. Paul, Minn
Fort Chimo
Ungava Bay
Call-Up Of 50000 Guardsmen And Reservists Debated
Washington AP reports the Joint Chiefs of Staff consider a plan to call up about 50000 National Guardsmen and Marine reserves to bolster home forces. The option also suggests alerting roughly 130000 more reservists for potential later use as part of a broader gap filling strategy.
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Washington
Joint Chiefs of Staff
National Guard
JCS
Earle G. Wheeler
Vietnam
Wheeler
Saigon
No Solution In Sight in N. M. Teacher Strike
In Albuquerque and Belen a teachers walkout closed schools serving over 80 000 pupils for a second day with no resolution. Gov. Cargo met with the Board of Education but did not act, saying the strike is primarily a matter for local boards while the state will begin developing a foundation style school financing plan.
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Albuquerque
N.M
Belen
David Cargo
Cargo
New Mexico Board of Education
Boards of Education
FBI Masses Hunt for Soviet Embassy Bomber
Washington police and FBI agents probe the early morning bombing at the Soviet Embassy. Demolitions experts comb debris while investigators seek a bushy haired man seen near the scene and chase leads from cabbies who pursued a man in a dark suit.
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FBI
Washington
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Richard E. West
Rockefeller says guns troops bombs not solution to problems
Gov. Nelson Rockefeller says Americans cannot solve domestic or international problems by pulling a gun or calling out the troops or dropping a bomb. He defends decisions during New York sanitation strike and urges peaceful, lawful solutions through discussion.
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New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
New York City
John Lindsay
National Guard
Vietnam
Soviet Armed Forces celebrate 50th birthday with poetry and displays
Moscow AP reports the Soviet Union opened its Armed Forces 50th birthday with displays in papers and poetry. Pravda lauds the armed forces as the favorite child of the people and warns of imperialist intrigues led by the United States. Nedelya republishes Pasternak war poems with his WWI photo.
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Soviet Union
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Soviet Communist Party
Nedelya
Boris Pasternak
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