Percy announces bid for Illinois Senate in 1966 GOP field
Charles H. Percy 46, Bell & Howell board chairman, declares a vigorous progressive bid for the Republican nomination to the U S Senate. He predicts a strong two party contest with incumbent Democrat Paul H. Douglas and aims to win endorsements at the January GOP meeting and compete in the June primary.
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Charles H. Percy
U. S. Senate
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Bell & Howell Co
Sheraton-Chicago
Otto Kerner
U. S
Paul H. Douglas
Douglas
Charles Percy
University of Chicago
Republican State Conference
GOP
Illinois
Kerner
Bell & Howell
Kohler UAW End Long Labor Dispute Settlement
Kohler Co and the United Auto Workers announced a final agreement ending their 112 year dispute. The firm will pay 3 million in back wages and 1.5 million to reinstate pensions, per UAW secretary-treasurer Emil Mazey at a press conference.
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United Auto Workers Union Today
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Wilkins Named to Head Civil Rights Unit
President Johnson designated Roger W. Wilkins to direct the Community Relations Service, a Commerce Department agency aiding cities in delivering civil rights to all citizens. Wilkins, 33, is the nephew of NAACP leader Roy Wilkins.
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Commerce Department
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National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
UAR Joins Four Nations in Break With Britain Over Rhodesia
The United Arab Republic advised Britain of a rupture effective at sunset, joining Ghana Tanzania Guinea and Mali in breaking with London over Rhodesias white minority rule. Other OAU members Nigeria Mauritania Senegal and Congo Republic Brazzaville reportedly also breaking with Britain.
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Ign
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George Middleton
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Mali
Organization of African Unity
London
Tan Smith
Tass
OAU
Nigeria
Mauritania
Senegal
Congo Republic
Brazzaville
Smith
UAR
Strike at St John’s University Over Dismissals
The St John’s University teachers’ union calls a strike for January 3 after Christmas recess to protest the firing of about score or more faculty. The UFCT AFL CIO unit executive board condemns the administration’s immediate dismissal notices as conscionable.
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United Federation of College Teachers
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Weekend Weather Outlook With Cool Skies
Increasing cloudiness and continued cool tonight with a low near 30. Partly cloudy and cool Saturday with a high in the mid to upper 30s.
12 GIs Hurt In Saigon Terror Wave
In Saigon a teenage terrorist threw a grenade into a truck with U S soldiers injuring 12 GIs. The assault marked the fourth day of terror on the fifth anniversary of the Viet Cong National Liberation Front. One American was seriously hurt.
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Gemini 7 Heads Toward 14 Day Space Marathon
Gemini 7 crews report fuel cells holding after a tense night as they push toward a 14 day space endurance record. Frank Borman and James Lovell aim for 5 149 400 miles and an Atlantic Ocean landing around 8 05 a m CST Saturday. Astronauts Schirra Stafford and others observe and comment on the mission progress.
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Thomas Stafford
Wasp
Elliott Lee
Borman
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Sought Carbondale Man Linked to Douthit Slaying
Donald Lee Hinkle 35, a former mental patient, is being sought on a murder charge in the slaying of SIU student Charles M. Douthit Jr. Douthit’s body was found in a drainage ditch west of Carbondale after a night of drinking with Hinkle. An autopsy showed a fatal head wound and drowning as the cause. Authorities report cooperative police work across multiple agencies and urge tips to Carbondale police.
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Robert Schwartz
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Lincoln State School
Gemini 7 and 6 Rendezvous Marks Space History
Space history unfolds as Gemini 7 and Gemini 6 near rendezvous 162 miles above Earth. Wally Schirra and Tom Stafford photographed the moment as they completed a fly around maneuver after reaching proximity. Gemini 6 missed the Wasp by under 15 miles. Borman seeks precise splashdown data as weather and power conditions hold. Flight directors project a full mission continuation beyond the 14 days amid a fuel cell warning that self-corrected.
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Tom Stafford
Lovell
Bermuda
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Hodge
Borman
Air Force
Navy
Gemini 6 Crew Return to Cape Kennedy after mission
Astronauts Wally Schirra and Thomas P. Stafford land at Cape Kennedy aboard a C140 Jet Star from Bermuda after a festive recovery, thanking more than 400 people who supported the mission. Alan Shepard escorts them to the base as Florida officials greet the space veterans.
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Thomas P. Stafford
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United States
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Stafford
Florida
Earl Faires
Wasp
Fane
Sick Bay
Violence Surges Again in Santo Domingo Amid Strikes
Rioters sealed the main east west route in Santo Domingo and blocked Duarte bridge as an American Army convoy was moved. No casualties reported. The strike violence that began Thursday appeared to lessen except near the bridge area. U S and Brazilian units remain stationed in the downtown district.
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Dominican Republic
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U. S
Six Thousand Bodies Recovered in East Pakistan Cyclone Area
Reports from Daily Pakistan say about 6,000 bodies have been recovered in Coxs Bazar area as 20,000 people are missing and 5,000 fishermen feared dead after a cyclone lashed East Pakistan. Gov. and relief teams rush aid. Sonadia Island reports numerous fishing missing.
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