House Group Approves Airline Strike Back-To-Work Bill
The House Commerce Committee backed the essentials of a back-to-work bill for striking airline mechanics amid failed arbitration efforts. The measure, already Senate approved, allows a 30 day return to work with possible 150 extra days by the President if the dispute remains unsettled. An added amendment extends the bill to any other airline facing a deadlock within 180 days.
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House Commerce Committee
House
Senate
House Committee
$2 Bill to Be Discontinued by Treasury
The Treasury Department will stop printing the $2 bill though it remains in government inventories. Only a few have been produced since mid-1965 and current demand would cover needs until July 1967. Collectors may drive a pick up in the remaining supply.
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Treasury Department
Agriculture Department
Five Count y Junior College Plan Moves Ahead
County superintendents from Union Johnson Pulaski Alexander and Massac push a petition for a five county junior college district. A meeting is set August 23 at Century High School Ullin to form petitions and discuss surveys despite SIU delays.
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Union
Johnson
Pulaski
Alexander
Massac
Century High
Ullin
Southern Illinois University
State Junior College Board
State Board
Pulaski County
Darrell Ferguson
Ferguson
Kenneth A. Brunner
Higher Education Department of
SIU
Brunner
Chicago
Rend Lake
Union County
Terry McClain
McClain
Planning Commission
St. Louis, Mo
Massac County
Alexander County
Johnson County
Glenn Jones
Jones
Harrisburg
Jackson
Williamson
Perry
Franklin
Century School
Halbert D. Killebrew
Two Killed Five Injured In Viet Nam Air Attack
Two Coast Guard crewmen died and five were wounded when U S Air Force planes attacked the Point Welcome near Hue. A British correspondent Tim Page was among the injured. An investigation was ordered into the mistaken identity strike.
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Coast
Point Welcome
Tim Page
Orpington
Kent
England
Viet Nam
Hue
da Nang
Mekong River
Truong Thanh
Can Tho
Cadet Shells Overload Fire In Bear Mountain Park
Five live artillery shells fired by U.S. Military Academy cadets landed in a Bear Mountain State Park recreation area causing a brush fire. An academy spokesman cited human error from overloading a 105mm howitzer, causing an overshoot of about 6 500 yards.
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West Point
N.Y
U.S. Military Academy
Bear Mountain State Park
Mansfield Senate Rights Bill Action Sought After Labor Day
Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield said he will push for Senate action on the civil rights bill after Labor Day on Sept 6. The House measure faces Senate opposition led by Everett Dirksen and could face a filibuster after the Chicago King group signals a possible halt to demonstrations if confrontations continue.
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Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
House
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Mansfield
Senate Judiciary Committee
James Oo. Eastland
D-Miss
Dirksen
Congress
King
Chicago
Martin Luther King Jr
Andrew J. Young
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Birmingham
Ala
Jackson
Miss
John Patrick Cody
Blood Tests Find No Drugs In Sniper Whitman
The Texas Department of Public Safety released a laboratory analysis showing Charles J. Whitman's blood contained no alcohol, barbiturates, drugs or stimulants after his rifle attack at the University of Texas, which left 16 people dead on August.
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Charles J. Whitman
Texas Department of Public Safety
University of Texas
Archdiocese Leader Archibishop In Car Crash Near Chicago
Archbishop John P. Cody of Chicago sustained facial injuries in an auto collision east of Elgin. Two aides, Rev. Eugene J. McClory and Rev. Edward Egan, were slightly hurt. The car driven by Father McClory hit a truck driven by Francis W. Westerhoff of Berwyn.
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John P. Cody
Archdiocese of
Chicago
Elgin
Chancery Office
Eugene J. McClory
Edward Egan
Illinois 72
Barrington Road
Schaumburg Township
Fathers McClory
Egan
Father McClory
Francis W. Westerhoff
Berwyn
Two More Feared Dead After Ottawa Bridge Collapse
In Ottawa Ontario workers hacked through twisted steel and concrete in a park today looking for two more construction workers believed killed when a bridge collapsed. Authorities say nine people were killed in the disaster as crews continue searching the wreckage.
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Ottawa
Rural Herrin Man Injured In I 57 Truck Crash
A Herrin man, Carl O Leeper, Rt 1 Herrin, was injured when his truck was rear ended by a semi trailer near Benton on Interstate 57. Elroy Jones of Sharon Tennessee drove the Argo Caller semi truck. Rescue teams battled heavy rain and mud as seven bodies were recovered and 53 hurt with 18 in critical condition. The New Heron Road bridge span over the Rideau River collapsed injuring workers and delaying rescue for 45 hours.
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Herrin
Benton
Carl O. Leeper
Rt. 1
Franklin Hospital
Leeper
Interstate Rt. 57
Elroy Jones
Sharon
Tenn
Heron Road
Rideau River
Illinois Production Down 9 Percent In Dry Summer
Springfield reports July rainfall shortfall lowers Illinois corn to 842 million bushels, down 9 percent from last year. Soybeans estimated at 151 million, down 14 percent. yields at 82 and 25 bushels per acre respectively. Wheat up 3 percent to 58.5 million bushels. oats 56 million, down 3 percent.
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Springfield
Illinois
Illinois Crop Reporting Service
Moon Orbiter Photos Due Next Week
Pasadena AP reports Lunar Orbiter, an 850 pound camera craft, launched from Cape Kennedy aims to orbit the moon and photograph landing sites. After initial trajectory fixes and midcourse maneuvers, it should enter lunar orbit to return 352 photos detailing the surface.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Lunar Orbiter
Moon
Lunar
Pioneer VII to Orbit If Launch Proceeding Wednesday
NASA plans to launch the 140 pound Pioneer B spacecraft next Wednesday from Cape Kennedy by Delta rocket. If successful the orbiter will be named Pioneer VII, a successor to Pioneer VI deployed last December.
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Washington
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Cape Kennedy
Fila
Mao Report Is Deleted From People's Daily
Japanese press reports that Mao Zedong reappeared in Peking and met with the masses at a Central Committee building were followed by the People's Daily deleting the story. The 72 year old leader had been absent since last fall amid health rumors and leadership questions. Dispatches noted delayed delivery and stand sales before a reprint four hours later.
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Communist Party
People’s Daily Today
Mao Tze-tung
Mao
Peking
People’s Daily
Central Committee
Asahi Shimbun
Kyodo
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