Maritime Union Begins Strike Shuts Down Merchant Fleet
The National Maritime Union began a wage reopeners strike at 12:01 a.m., potentially tying up about 70 percent of the U.S. merchant fleet. About 100 ships are in port across Atlantic, Gulf, and Pacific coasts, with 497 freighters and 158 tankers at risk. Union president Joseph Curran said vessels carrying military cargoes to Vietnam would not be struck. Ships on the Great Lakes and river systems are not affected.
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New York
National Maritime Union
American
Union
Atlantic
Gulf
Pacific
NMU
Maritime Service Committee
Tanker Service Committee
Joseph Curran
Jetliner Lands at Wrong Airport Near Dum Dum
A Pan Am Boeing 707 traveling from Bangkok to Karachi landed at Barrackpore airstrip instead of Dum Dum International Airport during a storm. All 100 aboard were unharmed and the plane was undamaged. The incident comes 16 days after a Pan Am crash near Dum Dum that killed six.
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Calcutta
Dum Dum
Demonstrators Clash at University of California Berkeley
About 300 protesters smashed windows in Sproul Hall and the student union on the UC Berkeley campus before helmeted police formed skirmish lines and drove them off. Earlier, demonstrators shattered patrol car windows with concrete as a street rally by the Young Socialist Alliance protested De Gaulle’s treatment of French students. Tear gas was used to disperse the crowd.
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Berkeley
Calif
University of California
Young Socialist Alliance
de Gaulle
Sproul Hall
Mafia Boss Watcher Returns Under Police Surveillance
Giuseppe Genco Russo, 75, reputed Sicilian Mafia boss, returned to a village hotel in Italy to live under police watch. He and 16 others were acquitted this week on charges of smuggling drugs tobacco and emigrants into the United States.
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Lovere
Italy
UPI
Gieppe Genco Russo
United States
Mayors for Nixon Meet at Indianapolis
Mayors for Nixon Committee opened its campaign in Indianapolis with Mayor Richard Lugar attending alongside Daniel Cohen. Lugar cited Indianapolis as a strategic kickoff city and said the effort targets mid to large urban centers to secure endorsements from city leaders.
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Indianapolis
UPI
Mayors For Nixon Committee
Richard Lugar
Lugar
Hoosier
United States
New York
John Lindsay
Nelson Rockefeller
Daniel Cohen
Minneapolis
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
America
Hubert H. Humphrey
Eisenhower Still Improving After Fifth Heart Attack
Washington UPI reports former President Dwight D. Eisenhower is making satisfactory progress in his recovery at Walter Reed General Hospital. Spokesmen say he is sitting up briefly each day and remains in excellent spirits. Visitors are restricted to immediate family.
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Washington
UPI
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Walter Reed General Hospital
Eisenhower
Illinois Delegates Pick at State Democratic Convention
Springfield AP announces sixty eight delegates chosen for the Democratic National Convention with two automatic selections from Illinois national committee members Jacob Arvey of Chicago and Dorothy O'Brien of De Kalb. The list includes Gov. Samuel H. Shapiro and many state officials and prominent party figures from across Illinois.
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Springfield
Ill
Jacob M. Arvey
Chicago
Dorothy O’brien
de Kalb
Illinois
Samuel H. Shapiro
Paul Simon
Troy
Paul Powell
Vienna
Michael J. Howlett
Fannie G. Jones
Alvin Fields
East St. Louis
Roy R. Anthony
Decatur
Joseph Knight
Dow
Leo M. Fitzgerald
Ashland
Thomas Keegan
Rockford
Bennie Cherry
Ziegler
Irma Tgo
Mount Vernon
Andrew J. Toman
Riverside
Alan J. Dixon
Belleville
Maurice Joseph
Clyde Choate
Anna
Alex Leith
Hinsdale
Margaret
Francis R. Barron
Ottawa
William J. Pages
Barrington
William S. Miller
George L. Saal
Pekin
Atty
William G. Clark
Francis S. Lorenz
Adlai E. Stevenson III
Paul H. Douglas
Daniel D. Rostenkowski
William N. Dawson
James A. Rowan
Edward V. Hanrahan
Joseph J. McDonough
Ruby Ryan
Sidney R. Olsen
Thomas A. McGloon
John P. Touhy
Paul Edward
John Stamos
Edward J. Barrett
Clarence Cobb
John FE. Egan
William Lee
Donald Walsh
Matthew J. Danaher
Joseph Germano
Peter P. Kezon
Frank Chesrow
Clair M. Roddewig
Raymond Schoessling
Robert Gibson
W. Nornert Engels
New Directive for Contractors in Indiana
Indiana road contracts will require bidders to hire proportionate numbers of minority group members. The State Highway Commission aligns with a U S Labor Department directive on federally funded contracts. A new equal opportunities officer will monitor compliance, with contractors urged to employ minority workers in proportion to local populations.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
State Highway Commission
U.S. Department of Labor
Robert S. Whitehead
Highway Commission
Highway Department
William Stafford
Indiana Civil Rights Commission
Stafford
Whitehead
Mrs Taft Dies in Washington at 51
Mrs Blanca Noel Taft wife of Rep Robert Taft Jr R Ohio died of cancer at her Washington home Friday aged 51 Funeral services set for Monday at Indians Hills church Survivors include her husband four children Robert Taft 26 Winfield P Jones 23 Deborah Taft 21 and Jonathan Taft 14
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Cincinnati
UPI
Blanca Noel Taft
Robert Taft Jr
Ohio
New York
Deborah Taft
University of Pennsylvania
Jonathan FE. Taft
Killed Playing Russian Roulette in Detroit
Detroit youth Richard Sobeck Jr. died after a friends game of Russian roulette at a home in Detroit. Sobeck, 19, urged Paul Kolodziej 18 Peter Mitchell 17 and Janet Kolodziej 16 to join. He loaded one bullet into a .32 revolver spun the cylinder and shot himself. He died three hours later in a Detroit hospital.
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Detroit
Richard Sobeck Jr
Sobeck
Paul Kolodziej
Kolodziej
Peter Mitchell
Janet Kolodjiej
Young Fisherman Drowns In River Near Norway Dam
Samuel Hayden twenty seven of Pittsburg Indiana drowned Friday night when his fishing boat overturned in the Tippecanoe River just south of the Norway dam in White County. State police said another fisherman attempted the rescue but his boat also overturned.
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Norway, Ind
Samuel Hayden
Rt. 2
Pittsburg
Ind
Tippecanoe River
Norway Dam
White County
Hayden
Personal ads offer hearing aid evaluation and wig sale notices
Belton area notices advertise free hearing evaluations and in home demonstrations by appointment. Also promoted are an introductory sale on men’s toupees at 99.95 and wig center discounts. Contact Greenwood Wood Drugs and Dr. M C Grainger for services. See Taylor Long at Kruger Buick for transportation needs.
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Belton
Earing Aid Center
Merchants Bank
Richard
Sale
Wabash
Greenwood Wood Drugs
Nn. Tr
M. C. Grainger
Two Inmates Foiled Escape at Indiana Reformatory
Indiana Reformatory officials foiled an escape attempt by inmates Davis Briner and Hank Reuter Friday afternoon. They hid inside large cartons moved from the reformatory to a warehouse but were discovered missing at night count. Capt. Harold McDaniels recovered them within three hours on reformatory grounds. Briner had prior escapes. Reuter was serving a 1-10 year term for assault and battery with intent to commit a felony.
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Pendleton
Ind
UPI
Indiana Reformatory
Jerome Henry
Davis Briner
Hank Reuter
Reformatory
Henry
Harold McDaniels
Briner
Putnamville
Reuter
Marion County
Johnsons host early birthday party for Luci Nugent
President Johnson and wife gave their daughter Luci Newgent an early 21st birthday party in the White House rose garden. A lemon cake with 21 candles was served before she flew to Texas with her son. Luci will celebrate the actual date in Austin with friends and neighbors.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Luci Newgent
White House
Rose Garden
Texas
Johnsons
Luci
Austin
Adoption and estate notices issued in Vigo Circuit Court
Legal notices from Vigo County Indiana include an affidavit of non residence in the Daniel Lewis Whorley adoption case and a final account filing for Warren G Torrence estate. Also notices announce additional appropriations for Terre Haute city operations, with hearings set and taxpayers invited to attend.
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State of
Indiana
Vigo
Daniel Lewis Whorley
Daniel Lewis Whoriley
Lewis L. Whorley
Dorothy J. Adams
Richard . Setliff
Ernest M. Wright
County of Vigo
Vig Circuit Court
Warren G Torrence
Warren G, Torrence
Robert W. Torrence
H. Ralph Johnston
Terre Haute
Vigo County
Park Department
Board of Public Works & Safety
Police Department
State Board of T Ax Commissioners
County Auditor’s Office
L. Schuman Hunter
City of
Care for infant and child in home ad
Southeast area listing calls for CARE for 1 infant or small child in my home. Contact 235-2515. Also will care for children in my home. 234-4559. Days available in North area at 466-1758. Child care in my home for preschool age children. North area contact 235-6786.
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Old River Road
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Margaret Morgan
South 17Th St
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Clara’s
Spelterville Inn
Norma Montgomery
Cook
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S. 4Th
Wallace Nursing Home
24Th
Poplar
N. 23Rd
Woodley Ave
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Krausbek’s
HILL
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Cecil South
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