Two unions strike Western Union halting services nationwide
Two AFL CIO unions representing 21 000 workers walked out at 12 01 a m closing public offices and stopping domestic telegrams money orders and overseas cables. United Telegraph Workers and Communications Workers of America demand a 31 percent wage increase over two years after rejecting 20 percent offer. Earl D Hilburn expressed regret over the strike.
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New York
Western Union
United Telegraph Workers
The
Communications Workers of America
Aflcio
South Koreans Sink North Korean Boat in Sea Battle
In the third sea clash in four weeks South Korea says it sunk an intruding North Korean boat near Sohuk san Do after a three hour chase. All hands were believed drowned with 15 to 17 crew. A South Korean air force F9 plane with seven crew is missing believed shot down. A second plane survived despite damage. Two earlier May encounters ended with one North Korean boat escaping and another sunk near the east coast.
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Seoul
Defense Ministry
Sohuksan Do
British air ace Sheila Scott starts 34,000 mile world record bid
Sheila Scott, 43, launches a around the world flight totaling 34 000 miles as a human guinea pig for NASA. The plan aims to loop the globe 142 times with wardrobe shifts from tropical bikini to polar survival layers. She seeks to be the first to fly equator to equator over the North Pole in a light plane.
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London
Sheila Scott
U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Tropics
Scott
Equator
North Pole
Agnew Speech Attacks FBI Criticism as Political Motive
FBI Director Hoover distributes a Vice President Agnew speech blasting FBI criticism as politically motivated. Agnew spoke in New Orleans on April 26, and the full address was reprinted in the June 1 Law Enforcement Bulletin, a monthly circulatory to over 60,000 law enforcement agencies courts and prosecutors. He called recent criticism of the FBI and J Edgar Hoover a sign of an unpleasant political odor.
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Washington
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Spiro T. Agnew
Agnew
New Orleans
Law Enforce
Ment
Southern Gas Association
Princess Margaret and Snowdon In Minor Auto Crash
Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon were in a minor collision with photographer Ray Bellisario near Handcross in Sussex while returning from a village fete. No injuries reported. Bellisario, who has prior royal photo history, said Snowdon expressed displeasure at being photographed and the party departed shortly after.
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London
Margaret
Lord Snowdon
Snowdons
Ray Bellisario
Handcross
Sussex
Bellisario
Snowdon
Aluminum Workers Get Raise Amid Broad Steelworkers Deal
The United Steelworkers union and four major aluminum firms reach three year contracts giving about 32,400 workers an average 30 percent raise. A fifth producer, Olin Aluminum, faced a plant strike by 900 workers after talks failed. Alcoa commits to a 6 percent price rise on most fabricated products, while not increasing primary ingot prices.
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New York
United Steelworkers Union
Olin Aluminum Co
Hannibal
Ohio
USW
Aluminum Co. of America
Alcoa
Undecided New Ellenton magistrate weighs appointment
F L Eaves said he is undecided about accepting the gubernatorial magistrate appointment as seven other magistrates and new constables receive summons. He noted criticism over the governor not reappointing Mixon, who had no primary opposition. Eaves aims to decide soon while continuing his Cassels Oil Company duties.
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Ellenton
F. L. Eaves
Eaves
New Ellenton
John L. Mixon
Mixon
Glenn Holley
Aiken
Cassels Oil Company
Allied Aircraft Cover Retreat of Battered South Vietnamese
Parts of more than 50 bicycles believed stolen were recovered by the Aiken County Sheriff's Department. Deputies Evan Hayes and Charles Richardson arrested two youths, leading to the discovery of bicycles at a Northwest Aiken Mississippi Avenue home. Six youths have been arrested in connection with the thefts.
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Aiken County
Stumper Ripe For Picking at Aiken Standard
Aiken Standard advertises a Standard Stumper puzzle with a prize of 610.00 and a deadline to enter before noon tomorrow. The note notes a past grammatical error in May 27 answers and the editor promises to watch verbs in future editions.
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Bell- McClure Syndicate
Heavy Losses Reported as Saigon Forces Retreat from Snuol
Reports from Loc Ninh say about 200 South Vietnamese troops were killed or wounded as they fought their way out of Snuol five miles from the border. U S and South Vietnamese air and ground forces pounded North Vietnamese concentrations and supported the retreat with 150 tons of bombs and 375 helicopter gunship missions in eastern Cambodia.
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Saigon
Snuol
Loc Ninh
U.S
Highway 13
Sauol
Cambodia
Harold Fletcher to retire as Aiken Preparatory School headmaster
Harold A Fletcher retires after 32 years leading Aiken Preparatory School. He recalls a career as educator with a brief Wall Street spell and describes a conservative, value driven approach. Fletcher notes many alumni ties and favorite memories on campus as he leaves.
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Harold Fletcher
Aiken Prep
Harold A Fletcher
Aiken
Fletcher
Aiken Preparatory School
Wall Street
Wood, Struthers and Company
F. A. M. Tabor
Hitchcock
Tabor
Cape Cod
Seymour Knox
Knox
Northrup
Seymour Jr
Survey Favors Four Year Extension of University
More than 80 percent of about 500 Aiken area residents favor converting the two year extension of the University of South Carolina at Aiken into a four year campus. The survey covered Aiken New Ellenton Graniteville North Augusta and Horse Creek Valley with 93 percent of respondents with a family member who attended USCA backing the change. Only 52 percent would pay taxes to support the conversion while results were to be presented to the Aiken County Higher Education Commission.
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Aiken
University of South Carolina At
USCA
Aiken County Higher Education Commission
War Hero Audie Murphy Dead In Plane Crash
Wreckage of a chartered plane carrying Audie Murphy and five others is found on a Roanoke area mountaintop. Pathologists begin identifying bodies at Roanoke Community Hospital as officials say three may be recognized by features while three are burned. Murphy’s manager says indications point to Murphy, a highly decorated WWII hero with 24 American medals and a Medal of Honor.
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Roanoke
Audie Murphy
Roanoke Community Hospital
Audie
Lincoln Carle
Murphy
Hijacked Pan Am Jet Supposedly Detained Off Cuba
Pan Am says a 707 with 69 aboard may be held near Havana as four Cuban fishing boat captains face Key West piracy charges. Havana radio reports another flotilla heads to the area. Castro regime offers no comment on the three day detention while Pan Am seeks passenger release.
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Miami
Fla
Pan American World Airways
Havana
Key West
Havana Radio
Florida Keys
Pan Am
Robert Bohne
US Coast Guard
Cuba
Keys
Najeeb Halaby
Fidel Castro
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