Six Firemen Die as Manhattan Building Collapse Hits Fire
In downtown Manhattan three aging Broadway structures burned and collapsed trapping six firemen with 17 injured. The blaze near Madison Square and the Flatiron Building produced a massive debris pile as four floors gave way, possibly killing 12 total firemen in the worst loss in the fire department’s history.
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Pecos Water Group Backs Zuber Plan
The Pecos Valley Artesian Conservancy District backs the Zuber Water Shed plan to discharge diversion waters into the Felix River or a recharge well for the Roswell basin. Carlsbad Irrigation District protests Zuber’s extension outlets. PVACD budget rises for 1966 68 and a year extension on a study was tabled. Fire disaster at 7 E 22nd St Manhattan prompts rescue effort and tribute to fallen firefighters.
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Judge orders halt to GE jet engine plant strike
A federal judge issued a Taft Hartley injunction directing about 6000 General Electric employees at the Evendale Ohio jet engine plant to return to work. The move, sought by President Johnson, aims to prevent disruption of engines used in the Viet Nam war.
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Tide Wave Alert Lifts After Unclear Pacific Warning
Honolulu residents and visitors endured a near panic as a tidal wave alert spread across the Pacific basin. Coast Guard lifted the alert at 4 30 a m after four hours with no significant wave. President Johnson and Mrs Johnson were in Honolulu.
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Solons Sailing To Adjournment
Washington Congress moved swiftly to final adjournment this week by passing a four year 3.7 billion water pollution cleanup program and 979.57 million for military construction both at home and abroad. The day’s agenda includes continuing the war on poverty and funding for elementary and secondary education and higher education programs.
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Peru Quake Toll Climbs Toward 100
AP report from Lima says Peru central coast quake death toll nears 100 with 83 dead and 1,000 injured unofficially. Tsunami waves subsided after threatening Hawaii where Johnson began an Asian tour. Many homeless and displaced people sheltered in streets overnight.
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Supreme Court blocks merger plan of two railroads
The Supreme Court granted a stay on the proposed Penn Central rail merger between Pennsylvania and New York Central. A cloud of antitrust and regulatory questions paused the plan as legal challenges lingered.
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Housewives At Carlsbad Start Local Buydown Boycott
About 400 Carlsbad housewives endorsed a boycott of major grocery chains to pressure lower prices. The group Housewives for Lower Prices of Carlsbad plans to shift shopping to locally owned stores, eliminate trading stamps, and push permanent price cuts. Spokeswoman Barbara Ortegel named Farr's, Cashway, Safeway, and Farmers' Market as targets, noting nearby Artesia costs spur the action.
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JFK Move Is Disputed Over Kennedy Gravesite
Washington AP reports the Corps of Engineers clashes with other Army sources over relocating President Kennedy’s body. The body will not be moved until next year as final landscape plans are developed, delaying a planned reburial previously set for late November.
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Record Low Then Chinook Warmth Redefines Roswell Morning
A 29 degree low at 6:15 a.m. marked a fall record in Roswell, but a Chinook wind swung temperatures up to 64 by 7:40 a.m. The old fall low was 19 degrees set in 1898, with prior fall lows not dipping below 26. The phenomenon creates downslope warming from western mountains.
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Spike Death Mystery Shrouds Ohio Slaying of Dr. Spike
Dr. Robert W. Spike a prominent churchman educator and civil rights leader was found slain in a Columbus hotel guest room after an unexplained layover. The former executive director of the National Council of Churches Commission on Religion and Race died around noon Monday, dressed only in a green raincoat.
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Robert A. Evans
President Johnson’s quick recovery in Honolulu incident
President Johnson, greeting a large crowd on Nimitz Highway in Honolulu, accidentally touched a damp chin of an infant with a rubber pacifier. He then moved his hand down the baby's arm and dried it on the diaper as a mother held the child aloft.
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Johnson Leaves Honolulu on 17 Nation Asia Pacific Tour
President Johnson departed Honolulu for a 29 000 mile 17 day trip to six nations including New Zealand Australia Manila Manila summit on Viet Nam Thailand Malaysia and South Korea with a stop at American Samoa. He aims to temper expectations for the October Philippines meeting and stressed no new war strategy or peace plan is expected. Tens of thousands welcomed him in Hawaii as he pledged to focus on Manila and Viet Nam.
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Health Officials Advise Flu Shots for At Risk Groups
Health officials urge people over 65 and those with certain illnesses to receive flu injections despite expectations of no major outbreaks this winter. The report also recounts President Johnson’s Manila and Manila to Manila trip remarks and plans to visit American Samoa and Vietnam.
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