FTC to Probe Food Price Gimmicks and Games
The FTC launched an inquiry into whether supermarket Bingo sweepstakes and other games of chance raise food prices. It cited deceptive trade practices and urged voluntary elimination of unfair methods. One member suggested the probe may be wasteful and slow to stop illegal activity if found.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
FIC
Scultaltine
Everette Macintyre
MacIntyre
Saigon Ammunition Dump Hit by Viet Cong Mortar Blast
A Viet Cong mortar attack on a Saigon ammunition dump blasted the area killing or injuring an undisclosed number of American soldiers. The explosion cratered the ground, shattered windows, and sent flames and debris across the city as GIs worked 90 minutes to control the fire and secure scattered projectiles. The Third Ordnance Battalion and Security guard force faced the immediate casualties. Exact figures were withheld for military security.
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Saigon
Third Ordnance Battalion
Judge cannot find elopement invalid in court hearing
The judge rejects claims of an invalid elopement and Griffin objects to the admission of evidence about the marriage. The hearing is said to concern only the charge at hand while Mrs Birch is accused of depriving her husband of habeas corpus. Birch, reportedly a California Baptist, appears in court in a wheelchair.
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Griffin
Birch
Eien
No damn duel shocks Oklahoma town over 6.60 bill
Fort Gibson officials charged treasurer Richard McLemore and Marshal Johnny Scott with dueling after a Saturday gun battle in front of McLemore’s home over a $6.60 sewer bill. McLemore said he was ambushed and fired only in self defense. Both men were hospitalized with gunshot wounds. mayor Bill Bennett faced an accessory charge.
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Fort Gibson
Okla
UPI
Oklahoma
Richard H
Pete) McLemore
McLemore
Muskogee General Hospital
Glass Factory
Animal Control Adopted in Doradica Vallow Town
An animal control ordinance was adopted Thursday by Doradica Vallow Town Council. The measure falls short of leash requirements in nearby communities and does not mandate fenced yards or leashed pets.
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Doradica Vallow Town Cmamnril
Candy making and beef prices headline town pages
Page 3 features Goddard and Jack Williams answering questions on a sweet business candy making. Page 9 promises a feature by Charles. Page 16 includes Morgan’s yarn about possibly the most expensive beef in history. The town approves an animal impound ordinance expanding to all animals with three readings, effective in 30 days, with county health dept. pickup.
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Charles. Morgan
Maricopa County
Adolescent Relationships Seen as Open Phase Says Wattenberg
A fragment cites Wattenberg on adolescence as a stage where relationships become open and exploratory. The text notes signs of growing autonomy and shifting social boundaries among youths.
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Wattenberg
Automakers hit 1967 model year output high
Detroit plants push weekly production above the 1965 week level and forecast 216 326 cars for the 1967 model year, a four percent rise from last week and one percent from the year-ago period. Third quarter 1966 earnings for the Big Three slid.
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Detroit
State hearing on APS rate case resumes in Phoenix
The State Corporation Commission will resume hearings Thursday in Phoenix to determine if Arizona Public Service Co. has received a fair rate of return on invested capital. Officials expect testimony to conclude by Friday.
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Phoenix
Arizona Public Service, Co
State Corporation. Commission
Capital
Commission
Georgeermore
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Keinergarten
Kacina
Goddard
Jack Williams
Houston
Michael Debakey
Debakey
Pittsburgh
Westinghouse Electric Corp
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
U.S. Bureau of Mines
Allan Sherman
Bureat
Aberfan
Wales
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