Rail strike widens as unions press court action
Locomotive firemen move to lift a back to work injunction after spurning Labor Secretary Wirtz. The walkout affects eight railroads across 38 states with freight and passenger service crippled. Pennsy reports 32,000 idled. GM hushes 60,300 workers across four states. Ford and Chrysler cut operations. ABLF continues protests after talks with Wirtz fail. The crisis compounds broader economic disruption and antiwar turbulence in Vietnam.
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Wirtz
Johnson
Pennsylvania Railroad
Harrisburg
Pittsburgh
General Motors
Ford
Chrysler
H. E. Gilbert
Afl-Cio Brotherhood of Locomotive
Saigon
U.S
Alexander
Holtzoff
Britain’s Labor landslide vows new Britain and active world role
Labor leader Harold Wilson won a sweeping majority and pledged to build a new Britain, pursue disarmament and world peace, and assert a decisive stance on national reforms. The victory gives Wilson power to push socialist goals at home and a firmer line with the United States on foreign policy.
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UPI
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Miame Beach
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Pham Xuan Chieu
Third Revolutionary Council
Viet Cong
Ement
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Mecca
Heath
Labor Party
Reservist call up unlikely shapes Vietnam war effort
Washington reports indicate the Viet Nam effort may rely less on reserve mobilization. Officials say the Army will surge 30,000 trained replacements monthly and draft calls stay around current levels. About 100,000 U.S. troops are in the theater with Marines reinforcing near Hue and Saigon.
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UPI
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Hue
Saigon
Viet Nam
U.S
Robert S. Stroops
McNamara
Albuillup
Army Reserve
Cap
Warm break promises balmy Elyria area weather
U S Weather Bureau experts predicted a warm spell for Elyria with temperatures rising to the high 70s tonight and the 80s tomorrow. The outlook calls for clearing skies and notably pleasant conditions, with hopeful forecasts for a bright April Fools Day.
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Elyria Area
U.S. Weather Bureau
Cleveland Hopkins International
Weather forecast shows warm trend after windy periods
Variable wind, warmer today with partly cloudy skies and high near 48. Tonight stays cool around 32 with scattered snow flurries. Through Wednesday temperatures run about 61 degrees below normal, with Cleveland 37 and 57 noted for highs and lows, and Columbus 57/35, Chicago 50/48. Weekend stays well below normal, then a warm turn early next week.
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Ormal
Cleveland
Union OKs pact as UAW ends strike at Pfaudler plant
Local 1161 UAW members approved a three year contract with Ritter Pfandler Corp at the Pfaudler plant in Ritter Pfandler. The overwhelming vote followed a day long strike by 25 members.
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United Aue Workers
Pfaudler
Ritter Pfandler Corp
Lowella
UAW
Federal funds for waterline still untapped
Fragmented text shows federal funds for a waterline project remain unused. Mentions heating furnaces on Taylor Street and plans by Plandker management. References to cost sharing, monthly payments, and unclear details about benefits or recent developments.
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Plandker Management
le Cohantia
Develonmens Devens Ma
Chicago
Wheat Bank plan to raise winter wheat prices
Ohio Farm Bureau leads a Wheat Bank plan to store harvested winter wheat and withhold it from sale to push prices higher. Signups will occur in Ohio Michigan and Illinois with Indiana watching. A 15 member advisory panel will guide Landmark storage sales and payouts.
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D. R. Stanfield
Ohio Farm Bureau
Wheat Bank
Michigan
Illinois
Indiana
Lorain County
Farm Bureau Federation
Farm Bureau
Landmark
Stanfield
Ohio
Congress may extend medicare sign-up window
President Johnson asked Congress to extend the $3 Medicare enrollment window to May 31 to cover about 1 million Americans age 65 and over who had not signed up or rejected the plan. The Senate Finance Committee voted to extend the deadline and could act soon.
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Medicare
Washington
UPI
President Johnson
Johnson
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Lorain County Medi care drive contacts most eligible
About 98 percent of Lorain County residents eligible for the new federal Medicare program were contacted before the filing deadline. Some 92 percent of the roughly 20,000 reached signed up for the $3 monthly plan. A few remaining applicants at the deadline were abroad or vacationing. extension possible through Sept. 1.
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Ray C. Kepner
Social Security Administration
Kepner
Lorain County
Czechoslovakia
Italy
Florida
Washington
Today's chuckle an optimist is a fisherman who brings along a camera
A light humorous line notes that optimism turns everyday fishing into a photo opportunity. The quip frames an upbeat view of patient skill and readiness.
Bandits in Chaplin Mask Rob Bank Safe at Harbour Isle Spa
Four masked men wearing fake mustaches and Chaplin disguises entered Harbour Isle Spa Hotel before dawn. They bound two employees and bound a deliveryman, then spent about 40 minutes forcing open safety deposit boxes.
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Harbour Isle Spa
Officials inch toward Beaver Park signal installation plan
Lorain officials move a step closer to securing an agreement on installing signals at Beaver Park railroad crossing. Avon bids for federal aid for sewage system construction to be discussed at the Water Pollution Control Board meeting. Spencer officials seek a path to federal aid for a sanitary sewer project. Art Hudnutt of Elyria among top wine golfers in Cleveland area. Elyria baseball team drew a first round bye in sectional tournament.
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Beaver Park
AVON
Spencer
Pace
Art Hudnutt
Elyria
Cleveland
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