House Debates 12th Cabinet Post and Defense Bill
The House considers a proposal for a 12th cabinet post to head a new department of transportation. Key debates include whether to keep the Maritime Administration as an independent agency and the large defense appropriation with reservist call up powers under Senate-House differences. Senate opens talks on financial regulation. Dirksen signals filibuster risk on open housing.
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Department of Transportation
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Transportation Department
Maritime Administration
Senate
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Dirksen
Nicholas Katzenbach
Jacob K. Javits
N.Y
Katzenbach
Truck Crushes Passing Auto in Tampa Fatal Crash
A tanker carrying 48,000 pounds of phosphoric acid overturned and crushed a passing car in Tampa. Two men, Samone Lauro and Emil Bender, aged 48 and 51, died. Passenger Paul Busse, 35, of Jacksonville, was seriously injured. truck driver Gerald Smith, 26, was uninjured.
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Tampa
Fla
Sam Samone Lauro
Emil Edward Bender
Paul E. Busse
Jacksonville
Gerald Parker Smith
Auto Industry Expected To Reject Union Request
The Big Three automakers General Motors Ford and Chrysler plan to reject the UAW request to reopen contracts to grant immediate raises to skilled workers. They will announce their decisions this afternoon as they also outline automatic wage hikes for 700,000 production workers totaling 168 million dollars in two weeks along with added hospital medical benefits. The union seeks a 50 cent hourly increase for skilled trades and potential bargaining rights for unskilled workers if contracts reopen, amid looming production pressures for 1967 car models.
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United Auto Workers
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Ford Motor Co
Chrysler Corp
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Ford
Ford Local 600
Walter P. Reuther
Fire destroys trailer home in Wheatfield
The trailer home of Mr and Mrs Paul Brown and their two children was gutted by a blaze yesterday afternoon. Responding at 2 15 pm the Strasburg Volunteer Fire Department found the structure already consumed by fire. The Browns were away at Mrs Browns parents house and lost all furniture and personal belongings.
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Paul Brown
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Princess Grace and Ranier fall into sea at Porto Cervo
Princess Grace of Monaco and Prince Ranier tumb led into water off Porto Cervo while watching a boat race. They laughed, swam to another boat, and resumed viewing the race. Belongings are reported undamaged. AGRICULTURAL FAIR OPENS FRONT ROYAL. The Front Royal Jaycees open their Warren County Fair with exhibits receival windows and schedule of events including country music, livestock judging, and a greased pig contest. BLACKSBURG. Three new deans named at Virginia Tech, including Harrison III as dean of the new Research Division Skelton to head Extension Division and Lacy as dean of admissions and records.
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Monaco
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Blacksburg
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William E. Skelton
Cooperative Extension
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World's Largest Pool Is Sea Water Tank in Casablanca
The Orthlieb pool in Casablanca claims the world’s largest seawater pool status. It measures 1,575 feet in length and 246 feet in width, creating a vast coastal swimming area.
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Casablanca
Two Officers Beaten in Los Angeles Altercation
Two police officers were beaten during a Sunday clash in south-central Los Angeles as about 150 African American residents gathered after officers questioned three men for past traffic violations. Reinforcements arrived, rocks and bottles were thrown, five people were arrested, and the injured officers remained on duty.
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Cupid Goes High Tech in Bryant Park Dating Service
New York Parks Commissioner Thomas P. F. Hoving announced a plan to install computerized matchmaking in Bryant Park near 42nd Street and Fifth Avenue. The system would connect park visitors with a dating service, though officials disclaim responsibility for date outcomes or events.
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Midtown Manhattan
Thomas P.F. Hoving
Hoving
Bryant Park
42Nd Street
Fifth Avenue
25 More Sleeping Sickness Deaths
Seoul reporting 25 more deaths from sleeping sickness in the last 24 hours raises South Korea's toll to 68. The Health Social Affairs Ministry said total deaths this month reach 68 and total cases across the country climb to 489 since early this month.
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Seoul
Korea
South Korea
Health Social Affairs Ministry
Building Collapses in Venosa Italy Killing Four
An as sent building collapsed in the southern village of Venosa to o, killing four people and ii ring seven others.
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Venosa
Italy
Theouthern
Iiring
Vikings Spread From Home Lands To Iceland And Greenland
The Vikings flourished from the 9th to 11th century as explorers and colonizers and seaworthy raiders. They moved westward reaching Iceland and Greenland where Eric the Red founded the first colony around 986.
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Greenland
Eric the Red
Typhoon Viola Lashes Central Japan Causing Minor Damage
Typhoon Viola weakens after striking central Japan bringing heavy rains over a wide area. The Maritime Safety Agency reports three fishing boats capsized in rough seas and one fisherman missing.
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Viola
Japan
Maritime Safety Agency
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