Food Prices Rise Across Cities and Stores
The article notes higher food costs in Houston Phoenix El Paso Denver and Albuquerque with Ottawa also seeing year over year price increases. Grocers cite labor and prep costs for prepared foods as drivers while merchants suggest buying ingredients to prepare at home and watching for special bargains to save money.
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Kay Shank
Houston
Phoenix
el Paso
Denver
Albuquerque
Ottawa
Australians greet LBJ amid paint attack in Melbourne
About half a million to a million Australians booed and pelted President Johnson as his bubbletop limousine was sprayed with water based paint. Secret Service members were smeared. one officer fell from a security car but avoided serious injury. Johnson and Lady Bird continued with a four hour visit before returning to Canberra.
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Melbourne
Johnson
Viet Nam
Johnsons
Canberra
Slag Heap Disaster Hits Welsh Village School
In Aberfan Wales a coal slag avalanche engulfed a school and crushed homes. Within hours 32 bodies were recovered as rescue teams faced a grim toll with about 150 children missing and fears fatalities could reach near 200, many students among the victims. Miners labored through debris in a desperate bid to save survivors.
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Aberfan
Wales
Merthyr Tydfil
Food Sales Study Urged Amid Denver Housewives Boycott
Esther Peterson, Johnson administration consumer affairs aide, urged a high priority study of food sales costs including games of chance and trading stamps. She sent the request to FTC Chairman Paul Rand Dixon amid a Denver weeklong boycott by housewives demanding lower prices. Some chains were removed from the boycott for cutting prices and backing a federal inquiry. others remain, while fears of a price war persist.
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Denver
Colo
Johnson
Esther Peterson
Denever
Paul Rand Dixon
Federal Trade Commission
Peterson
Paul West
Miller Chain of Markets
Farr’s
Safeway
Red Owl Stores
King Soopers
Lloyd King
King
West
Miller and Furr
Denver Housee
Laotian Air Force Attacks Vientiane in Feud Fallout
Laotian air force planes bombed targets around Vientiane for about 30 minutes amid a clash between Brig. Gen. Thao Ma and the army high command. At least 11 killed and three injured as rival leaders reportedly fled toward Pakse, while Savannakhet remained tense and officials urged calm.
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Vientiane
Laos
Thao Ma
Army High Command
Thao
Ouane Raethikoun
Royal Army
Army
Khene
Chinaimo
Wattay
Three Injured In Seville Intersection Wreck
Three people received emergency treatment at Ransom Memorial Hospital after a three vehicle crash at Seventh and Main Streets at 9 53 a m. Mrs Lena R Piggott 67 of Osae watomie drove a 1963 Chevrolet running a red light and hit John S Davis 68 of Ft Collins Colo in a 1964 Chrysler then struck Lillian L Lantis 35 Ottawa RFD 3. Davis treated for shock Piggott bruises on left hip her husband George D Piggott 68 suffered a dislocated left shoulder and facial cut Lantis not injured Vehicles sustained dented grilles and damaged fronts but no damage estimates were provided Mrs Piggott cited for running a red light.
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Ransom Memorial Hospital
Seventh
Main Streets
Lena R. Piggott
Osaewatomie
Main Street
John S. Davis
Ft. Collins
Colo
Davis
Piggott
Ger
Lantis
Funeral Today For 12 Firemen
A solemn Fifth Avenue procession honors 12 firemen who died when a burning building collapsed last Monday night. Ten black draped engines carried the bodies past 15,000 fire and police from the U S and Canada to St Patrick's Cathedral and St Thomas Church.
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New York
Fifth Avenue
United States
Canada
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
St. Thomas Episcopal Church
Weather County Forecast Diminishing Winds and Cooler Temperatures
Generally fair conditions with diminishing southwesterly winds tonight. Saturday partly cloudy with shifting northwesterly winds and cooler temperatures. Widely scattered showers likely. Low tonight near 60, high Saturday around 70. Record highs and lows listed. hourly temps end at 8 am. Barometer 29.79.
Chest Total Tops $5,000 in Ottawa United Drive
Ottawa United drive surpasses $5,000 as advanced gifts workers begin turning in contributions. The goal is $26,250 this year, up from $26,200 last year, with more than $12,500 raised by the advanced gifts section. Residential and fair share sections start in November. The drive supports 15 organizations. checks through Peoples National Bank are encouraged.
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Ottawa United Chest Drive
Oakland Police Crack Down on Rights Agitators
Police doubled patrols in Oakland after a series of firebombs and vandalism tied to racial unrest. Twelve people were arrested, including ten juveniles, as 225 officers sought to quell disturbances linked to a boycott supported by the Ad Hoc Committee for Quality Education.
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Oakland
Calif
Oakeland
San Francisco
Coakley
Stuart S. Phillips
Ad Hoc
Committee For Quality Education
Jerome Keithley
Robert Preston
John George
Fremont High School
Castelemont High School
Ottawa Man Hurt On Job At Archie High School Roof
Kenneth A. Dodds 26 of 609 West 4th Ottawa man and iron worker for Dungan Construction Co fell 25 feet from the roof of a metal pre-fab gymnasium at Archie High School at 9 a.m. Wednesday. He was taken to Cass County Hospital and then transferred to Ransom Memorial Hospital with two compressed vertebrae and a badly cut hand. Hospital officials listed his condition as satisfactory.
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Ottawa
Archie
Kenneth A. Dodds
Dungan Construction Co
Kansas City
Dodds
Archie High School
Cass County Hospital
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Thank You Amy Lowell Whats That A Stogie
New York AP discusses a possible rise of cigar smoking among American women. Industry figures note gradual growth among career women and private use, while veteran male smokers resist. Historical references include Amy Lowell and Poker Alice. attitudes range from curiosity to ridicule.
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New York
Denemark
Anna Magnani
Poestess
Amy Lowell
Poker Alice
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Savannakhet
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Peoples National Bank
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