Britain’s election race swamped by a riot of noise
London AP reports Britain's final week of campaigning as Prime Minister Alec Douglas-Home and Labour leader Harold Wilson clash in crowded meetings. Heckling erupts, tempers flare, and voters prepare for a 630 seat House of Commons vote. Douglas-Home and Wilson seek prime ministership with Conservatives hoping a fourth straight victory and Labour aiming to end 13 years out.
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Harold Wilson
House of Commons
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Wilson
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Hone
Conservative
Liberal Party
Douglase Home
Perthshire
Huyton
Liverpool
Winston Churchill
Harold Macmillan
Hugh Gaitskell
Aneurin Bevan
Wellsville High Names Homecoming Queen and King Finalists
Wellsville area finalists for homecoming royalty are seven girls and seven boys chosen Friday October 9. Queen nominees are Mary Burrell Pam Myers and Barbara Walter while king hopefuls are Jack Corwine John Mitchell and Blaine Scott. coronation to reveal winners at 9 30 a m October 23. Wellsville won softball against De Soto on Friday with eighth grade 13 11 and seventh grade 6 5. Jim Perkins and teammates hit homers. A safety program by Trooper Smith from Chanute spoke to elementary and high school students on driving safety with slides and reenactments.
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Wellsville High School
Mary Burrell
Pam Myers
Barbara Walter
Jack Corwine
John Mitchell
Blaine Scott
Wellsville
DeSoto
GM Strike Could Marginally Hit Economy if Prolonged
AP reports that a swift GM strike resolution would limit economic damage beyond the automaker. Production would rebound. suppliers and steel mills would rush to resume parts and shipments. A prolonged stoppage could ripple into transportation and retail, hurting GM dealers with delayed deliveries.
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Sam Dawson
AP Business News
NEW York
General Motors
Industry Turns To Schools To Supply Skilled Workers
Industry calls on educational institutions to train workers for new and complex machinery. Firms send supervisors back to classes to teach recruits, addressing unemployment and skilled labor shortages. Managers connect sales teams to centralized courses via TV and phone networks. Foremen at Jones & Laughlin train nearly 200 to staff a new $80 million electronic rolling mill. Baltimore's Eastern Stainless Steel trains 100 supervisors to improve efficiency and morale. Educational TV and campus courses expand, with industry leaders stressing rapid retraining to meet automated plant needs.
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Jones & Laughlin Steel
Cleveland
Eastern Stainless Steel
Baltimore
R. Lynn Kalmbach
South Carol Television Center
Columbia, C
Eddie Cantor Entombed With Wife and Daughter
The 72 year old entertainer Eddie Cantor was laid to rest today beside his wife Ida and one daughter after private services at Groman Mortuary. Cantor died of a coronary occlusion following a long heart ailment. Ida Cantor died in 1962 and their daughter Marjorie died in 1959. The three are entombed at Hillside Memorial Park Mausoleum.
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Eddie Cantor
Ida
Groman Mortuary
Cantor
Marjorie
Hillside Memorial Park Mausoleum
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