Steel talks begin as import quotas loom
Two days of hearings and negotiations push a steel contract talks in New York and Washington next week may decide a looming strike and the fate of import quotas. Steelworkers seek a 10 percent wage rise across three years, while the industry expects six percent. Imports rose sharply, boosting calls for curbs.
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United Steelworkers of America
Steel Industry
New York
House Ways and Means Committee
Washington
United States
Vance Hartke
Ind
U.S
Vote Today in Potter Randall Races for Texas Governor
Voters in Potter and Randall counties face a Democratic primary run off with absentee participation high. The piece urges residents to cast ballots at home or in person, noting local Panhandle races and the governor's race. It emphasizes the stakes of the second primary and urges participation.
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Potter
Randall
Panhandle
Texas
Look Em Over Senate Panel Backs TV Campaign Time Change
Commerce Committee votes to report a resolution suspending Section 315 of the Federal Communications Act for the presidential race. If approved by Congress and the House, networks could grant time to top candidates without forcing equal time for minor ones. CBS president Frank Stanton supports the measure.
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Senate Commerce Committee
Senate
House
Frank Stanton
CBS
Pyramids built for work not burial says Oxford professor
Oxford scholar Kurt Mendelssohn proposes ancient Egypt used pyramid building as social work to curb idle masses during Nile floods. He cites annual harvest and grain reserves feeding labor, keeping crowds away from trouble while rulers maintained stability and tourism potential. Nostalgia notes.
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Egypt
WPA
CCC
Oxford University
Kurt Mendelssohn
Nile Valley
Mendelssohn
Science Journal
Newspaper Enterprise Association
Swedes Know Taste of Dust and Ashes in Student Power
A European travel note contrasts Stockholm’s calm with rising student activism in Sweden and Norway. It describes organized student groups across universities, a mature Swedish student, and radicals aligning with antiwar and anti-establishment causes, while noting pervasive malaise despite generous welfare.
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Stockholm
Europe
France
Charles de Gaulle
Paris
University of Stockholm
University of Uppsala
Sweden
Norway
Uppsala
Lund
Berlin
Sorbonne
Columbia
Delegate Explosion A Guest Editorial
The piece traces escalating vote allocations at Democratic conventions from 1 086 in 1912 to 2 622 for Chicago in this year. It argues inflation in delegate votes reflects growing party size and predicts venues like Houston's Astrodome may become necessary as crowds expand.
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Baltimore
Woodrow Wilson
Chicago
Adlai Stevenson
Los Angeles
the Great Society
Atlantic City
Democratic National Committee
Houston
Astrodome
Tulsa World
HHH
Hubert
Kennedy
Humphrey
Goldwater
Peace and Freedom Party
LBJ
Dow Chemical
Barry
Dirksen as Showman in Politics Draws Light from Adroitness
A reader treats Everett Dirksen of Illinois as a powerful yet largely theatrical figure. The piece compares him to a medical showman and cites a classic tale of a dry tap to illustrate bravado over real results, reflecting on political performance versus substance.
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Everett Dirksen
Ilinous
Congress
Sen. Dirksen
Murphy
Reagan
Shirley Temple
Hambone
J. Hamilton Lewis
Illinois
Dirksen
J. A. Jerger
Jerger
Vignettes From American Politics by Morrie Ryskind
Los Angeles column previews California primary contests for Democrats and Republicans. Reagan loyalists, McCarthy and Bobby Kennedy backers, Yorty fears the worst, while Humphrey supporters boast fundraising. A Stanford University vote signals education politics, and Rafferty targets Kuchel in the GOP race. An erratum corrects a misnamed police officer.
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Morrie Ryskind
Los Angeles
Ronald Reagan
California
Bobby
Sam Yorty
Meany pressures Gilligan as Humphrey push dominates talks
AFL CIO chief Meany cancels a Washington lunch with Ohio Senate hopeful John J. Gilligan over Gilligan’s support stance. Gilligan, a Chicago convention delegate, remains neutral amid heavy labor persuasion to back Hubert H. Humphrey. Meanwhile, optimism grows for Johnson’s 10 percent surtax plan with a hoped June vote window.
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Washington
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Hubert Tie
Humphrey
John J. Gilligan
Senate
Ohio
Meany
Gilligan
Robert F. Kennedy
Columbus
Kennedy
Frank Lausche
Americans For Democratic Action
Johnson
Lausche
Chicago
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Dr. Rafferty
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