Rubber Workers Strike 19 U.S. Rubber Plants Across States
The United Rubber Workers of America representing about 23 000 workers struck 19 U S Rubber Co plants in 14 states after failing to reach a new contract. The old pact expired at midnight and talks with company officials continued after a 2 30 a m recess.
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New York
United Rubber Workers of America
Afl.-Cio
U.S. Rubber Co
Herbert Dawson
Dawson
U.S
236 Feared Dead In Japanese Coal Mine Disaster
In Kyushu at the Yamano mine rescue workers recovered 219 bodies after a gas explosion far underground. The disaster on Tuesday left 236 feared dead in this second-worst postwar coal mine collapse in Japan.
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Tokyo
Japan
Yamano
Kyushu
Soviet Attack on Israel Embassy Staff Escalates
Moscow reports its fifth attack on the Israel Embassy staff in two months accusing first secretary David Bartov of trying to lure Jews in Georgia to Israel. Zarya Vostoka claims he distributed feminine propaganda books cigarettes and prayer shawls in cities including Gori Stalin birthplace.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Israel
Georgia
Zarya Vostoka
David Bartov
Ferneli
Gori
Stalin
Tito Lies Ahead of Talks With Eastern Bloc Leaders
Belgrade AP reports President Tito left for meetings with Czechoslovak and East German Communist leaders to discuss the Moscow Peking rift and related tensions.
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Belgrade
Tito
Czechoslovakia
Germany
Moscow
Peking
Bolivian Junta Shifts Tin Mines to Restore Profitability
Bolivia's military government begins a drastic overhaul of nationalized tin mines with layoffs transfers forced retirements and pay cuts. The leftist miners union has not yet reacted to the announced measures.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
Miners’ Union
Senate approves $3.3 billion aid bill for distressed areas
The Senate passed a five year package totaling 3.3 billion dollars to aid economically distressed regions. It exceeds President Johnson's request by 775 million. Voting was 55 Democrats and 17 Republicans in support and 3 Democrats along with 9 Republicans opposed.
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Washington
Senate
Johnson
FBI Chief Says Communists Drive Antiwar Protests
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover warned that U S communists are leading agitation against U S foreign policy on Vietnam and the Dominican Republic and that they may organize nationwide actions like peace strikes or work stoppages to push their aims.
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Washington
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Viet Nam
Dominican Republic
Lawmaker Bill Advances 2 Billion for Federal Agencies
The House approved a 2 billion dollar appropriation to fund State Justice and Commerce departments, federal courts, and the U S Information Agency. The roll call was 322 to 60, sending the measure to the Senate for the next fiscal year beginning July.
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Washington
Senate
State, Justice and Commerce Departments
Federal Courts
U.S. Information Agency
GOP Probes Viet Nam War Policy and NATO Role
Republicans called for a free world conference on Viet Nam and dispatched a team to probe NATO. The GOP announced steps to fulfill 45 platform pledges while avoiding specifics on nuclear options and civil rights enforcement.
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Washington
Viet Nam
House
GOP
Johnson
Crops Hurt By Drought Across Georgia
Georgia reports drought damage with delays in planting soybeans and sorghum. By week’s end only about half soybean and a third of sorghum acres had seed. Cotton suffered late stands and replanting rose, while tobacco declined and corn and peach suffered delays. Peanuts and hay benefited from the dry spell, with rainfall below average and higher May temperatures.
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Georgia
Dinner with condemned killers sparks crime fight pledge
AP report from Chicago details businessman Fred T. Sommers dining with three inmates condemned to death at Cook County Jail. The Better Boys Foundation and partners pledged $40,000 to combat juvenile delinquency as warden Jack R. Johnson and inmates toured the jail and shared reflections before a subdued supper.
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Chicago
Fred T. Sommers
Cook County
Better Boys Foundation
Jack R. Johnson
Foundation
Johnson
Was
Ioai
Five U S Planes Shot Down In North Viet Nam Raids
U S Navy planes were shot down during raids on the North Viet Nam coast near Hanoi. five crewmen are missing and presumed dead. In the Chu Lai sector Marines killed 20 Viet Cong as ground fighting intensified, with U S forces reporting major actions around Pleiku and Nghia Hahn amid heavy casualties on both sides.
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U. S
North Viet Nam
Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Viet Nam
Chu Lai
da Nang
Vinh
Midway
Thanh Hoa
Pleiku
173Rd Airborne
Quang Nga
Nghia Hahn
Quang Neal
Skyhawk crashes off coast as raid unfolds over Vietnam
An A4 Skyhawk with one pilot plunged into the sea about a mile offshore. A modified Al Skyraider carrying four crewmen was hit and crashed inland. A spokesman said the aircraft had been diverted to search for the downed plane. It was the heaviest loss of American air crews since raids began in February. Five Skyraiders from the Midway were involved in other strikes against North Vietnam.
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George Wilson
Sommers
al Skyraidero
Omue
Cminiary
North Viet Nam
Midway
Space Agency
Christopher C. Kraft
Kraft
Elliott Elected In Miami Beach
Elliott Roosevelt won the Miami Beach mayoral race by 1400 votes at age 54. He pledged to remove the city’s tourist resort image and provide federal housing for young families, adding he had previously been elected a Democratic national committeeman from Florida in 1964.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Elliott Roosevelt
Elliott
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Florida
Widow of JFK assassin begins new married life
Marina Oswald, widow of John F Kennedy's assassin, and Kenneth J Porter, a 27 year old divorced father of two, wed in Richardson Texas. They met a month earlier and avoided Texas waiting rules by blood tests in Oklahoma.
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FATE
Tex
Marina Oswald
John F. Kennedy
Dallas
Mrs. Oswald
Kenneth J. Porter
North Texas
Porter
Oswald
Durant
Okla
Sherman, Tex
Texas
Oklahoma
Glen Arven pool to open with summer schedule
Patrick I. Fenlon, president, announced Glen Arven Country Club outdoor pool will open at 11 a.m. Saturday on its regular summer schedule. Hours are 2 to 7 p.m. on Sunday and Wednesday. The notice appears in local coverage with continuation on page 10.
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Glen Arven Country Club
Patrick I. Fenlon
Weather Readiness For Gemini 4 Flight Builds Confidence
The two NASA astronauts James McDivitt and Edward White prepared for Gemini 4 with strong confidence after a final preflight day. Mission director Kraft and physicians described high readiness and favorable launch weather, while satellites tracked cloud cover and storms in the path to space.
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Kraft
Charles A. Berry
Ernie Amman
U.S. Weather Bureau
Atlantic
Pacific Ocean
Babe
Carla
Japan
Alan B. Shepard
McDivitt
White
Space Program Shelves Negro Astronaut Dwight Jr.
Ebony magazine reports that America's first and only Negro astronaut, Air Force Captain Edward Dwight Jr., has been dropped from NASA for further training. NASA officials declined to name applicants, stating selection reflects relative qualification. Dwight, 31, has not been active at Cape Kennedy. Ebony says he is at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio.
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Chicago
Ebony Magazine
America
U.S
Air Force
Edward Dwight Jr
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Washington
NASA
Ebony
Dwight
Cape Kennedy
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Dayon
Ohio
Kansas City
Dixie Baptists Upset Over Growth Decline
Dixie Baptists voice concern as the Southern Baptist growth pace slows from earlier gains. At the 108th annual convention in Dallas, 11,000 messengers heard Rev. Dr. James L. Sullivan note factors behind the decline and call for renewed evangelical zeal and sweep of mission work led by convention president Rev. Dr. Wayne Dehoney.
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Dallas
Tex
Southern Baptists
James L. Sullivan
Nashville
Sullivan
Scopte
Wayne Dehoney
Jackson, Tenn
Australia Lights Up For Gemini 4 Astronauts
Melbourne and Perth will illuminate the facades of their tallest buildings Thursday night to honor the American astronauts aboard the Gemini 4 capsule as they pass over on their 14th and 15th orbits.
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Melbourne
Australia
Victoria
Perth
Western Australia
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