Coast to Coast Calls Drop to 75 Cents in New Rates
The FCC and AT&T announce a $100 million set of rate cuts effective Nov 1 lowering coast to coast three minute calls to 75 cents during late night hours. Day and evening rates, for various call types, also fall with extended peak hours. An additional $20 million in cuts slated for next year as AT&T finances are reviewed.
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Washington
Federal Communications
American Telephone and Telegraph’ Co
Commission
At&t
Jury Clears Detective In Shooting
A Brooklyn grand jury declined to indict Detective John Rattley after he shot 14 year old Richard Ross in September. Rattley said Ross was fleeing while officers observed him helping others mug Samuel S. Samuels, a 73 year old white man, on a Bedford-Stuyvesant street.
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New York
Brooklyn
John Rattley
Richard Ross
Samuel S. Samuels
Rattley
Bedford-Stuyvesant
Sparks of Life on the Agenda Louisville
Delegates at a senior citizens conference in Louisville laughed at an item on the agenda about a talk on planned parenthood. The session planned to address health and Social Security issues.
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Louisville
Do It Yourself Upholstery Patterns for Chairs
Old chairs can be restored with expert upholstery patterns from the Winchester Evening Star ad. Step by step guides show how to retie springs and sew covers, with prices for patterns and mailing details to Alice Brooks. Includes Needlecraft catalogs from 1968 offering free patterns and various book pattern sets for quilts, afghans, and knitting.
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Alice Brooks
Winchester Evening Star
Needlecraft Dept
P.O
Old Chelsea Station
New York
N.Y
Needlecraft
Pope Paul VI Turns 70 As Synod Opens
Pope Paul VI, turning 70, defies doctors by planning limited work for the bishops synod opening Friday. Vatican flags fly and greetings pour in as the pope aims to deliver a speech and celebrate Mass in St. Peter's Basilica, despite exhaustion and an illness.
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Vatican City
Paul VI
Vatican
Paul
St. Peter's Basilica
Hamilton's Rolls Royce Impounded in Kingman
A Rolls Royce leased to actor George Hamilton was impounded by Kingman police after it was found unlocked behind an all night restaurant. The driver, William McMurchey, said he was transporting items for Miss Johnson. Hamilton confirmed the trip East for rehearsals and said the unlocked car alarmed him. The vehicle will stay at a private garage until Hamilton is heard from. Meanwhile Miss Johnson and Marine Capt. Charles Robb announced plans to marry December 9 in the East Room.
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Kingman, Ariz
George Hamilton
Lynda Bird Johnson
Kingman Police
Darrell Warrer
William McMurchey
Warren
Washington
Johnson
Hamilton
Beverly Hills
Calif
McMurchey
Los Angeles
Maryland
Virginia
New Jersey
Bob Colbert
Miss Johnson
Colbert
George
Bill
Kingman
Lynda Bird
Charles Robb
Acapulco
Mex
White House
Executive Mansion
Paralysis Grips New York City School System
Near paralysis gripped the nation's largest public school system as a teachers strike entered its third week. Negotiators remained deadlocked on key contract issues with talks at City Hall failing to reach a critical agreement.
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New York
City Hall
John V. Lindsay
Pup
Hans Kohler Elected Director in Cumberland Valley Chapter
Hans Kohler of Intertype Co Winchester has been chosen a director of the Cumberland Valley Chapter of Data Processing Management Asin formed last week in Hagerstown Twenty nine data processing executives voted for charter Officers named include President K C Kaser Fairechild Hiller Corp Hagerstown Md Vice President Otis L Care son Letterkenny Chambersburg Pa Secretary Fellmeth Faire Treasurer G C Heimbach Mack Trucks Inc Hagerstown Md
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Hagerstown
Hans Kohler
Intertype Co
Winchester
Data Processing Management
Asin
Cumberland Valley
District II
Otis L. Careson
Letterkenny
Chamberseburg
Dr. Fellmeth
Fairechild Hiller Corp
World’s oldest beer found in sunken 1800s tugboat
Swedish amateur diver Leo Oppitz claims to own the world's oldest beer after discovering intact corked bottles in a Baltic Sea sunken tugboat from the 1800s. The beer remained uncorked but no longer tasted fresh.
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Sweden
Leo Oppitz
Oppitz
Baltic Sea
Hope of 1967 Launch Fades for Lunar Module
CAPE KENNEDY, Fla. AP A plumbing problem on the lunar module threatens the 1967 maiden launch. Tiny leaks in plumbing between the two main engines prompt NASA to delay the first unmanned test flight until 1968, with official plans still showing a December lift off. The Saturn V launch demo also shifts to a tentative late October date after a one day postponement.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Lunar
Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corp
Bethpage
N.Y
Space Agency
NASA
Rhodesian Prime Minister Won't Speak at UVa This Fall
Rhodesian Prime Minister Tan Smith cannot accept an invitation to address the University of Virginia this fall. A Rhodesian official says a valid travel document is needed and sponsors should seek U.S. approval or British permission before any visit next spring.
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Charlottesville
Tan Smith
University of Virginia
University Student Legal Forum
Smith
Rosewell Page
United States
Great Britain
U.S
State Department
Rhodesia
Page
Deputies Freed After Grand Jury No Bill In Shooting Case
ABINGDON AP Two Washington County sheriff's deputies were released Monday as the county grand jury declined to indict them for shooting escaped prisoner Herbert Lewis Camper during an arrest September 19. The no true bill verdicts named Deputies John A. McCall and F E Musick. Camper, 30, faced an assault indictment at the Monday session.
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Abingdon
Washington County
John
A._ McCall
M. Musick
Herbert Lewis Camper
Camper
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