City Workers Walk Off Jobs to Be Replaced
Linton Indiana AP report says mayor A M Risher will replace city workers who quit or fail to report for duty after a walkout involving gas electric water street and garbage departments. About 25 workers in a 5000 population community participated amid wage dispute and a promised raise later reduced to 20 25 to meet federal guidelines. An injunction halted mass picketing but replacements will proceed for those still absent.
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Linton
Ind
A. M. Risher
Electric
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Risher
Indiana Dragon Found Guilty Of Arms Charge
Two Indianapolis men including William M. Chaney grand dragon of the Indiana United Klans of America were convicted by Washtenaw County Circuit Court on charges of carrying concealed weapons and illegal possession of a gas ejecting device. Arrested near Ypsilanti in August 1968, the defendants face up to five years for the felony concealed weapons charge and await sentencing set for March 3 before Judge William Agar Jr.
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Ann Arbor
Washtenaw County
William M. Chaney
William P. Washam
Ypsilanti
Chaney
Washam
William Agar Jr
Pioneer 10 launch postponed by high altitude winds
Jupiter mission pushback follows 115 mph upper level winds at Cape Kennedy delaying the Pioneer 10 launch. Countdown neared life time when weather balloons showed winds strong enough to threaten the Centaur rocket, with no new date set. Earlier, a separate Air Force postponement shifted a secret satellite launch by 24 hours.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Jupiter
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Air Force
United States
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