AFL-CIO to Counter Backlash Over Civil Rights
The AFL-CIO pledged tough action to root out anti Negro backlash within labor to protect votes for President Johnson. Roy Wilkins of the NAACP and LeRoy Collins of the Community Relations Service urged labor to support equal rights and counter distortions linked to Goldwaterism. The federation, with about 13.5 million members, plans internal reforms and active participation in civil rights programs.
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Washington
Afl-Cio
Barry Goldwater
Johnson
LeRoy Collins
Roy Wilkins
Wilkins
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Goldwater
Mississippi
Collins
New
Collins and
George Meany
Express Interest Sale Recommended for Greyhound Bid
Express said its directors recommended that 60 railways owning the company offer to sell a 20 percent stake to Greyhound Corp for 10 million dollars. The move appears as a counter to Greyhound’s bid to buy the railway express company outright.
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New York
UPI
REA Express
Greyhound Corp
Railway Express Company
Offset Printing Plate Developed
NEW YORK OPI SCM Corp. announced a new microstatic paper offset plate to be made in its electro static photocopiers and used on any standard office offset printing press.
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New York
OPI
SCM Corp
Hartke Bayh Paired In Favor Of Medical Bill
In Washington both Indiana senators did not vote in person on the Gore health care amendment. Hartke rushed from Evansville to assist with the Medicare bill, arriving shortly before the roll call and being paired in favor. Bayh, injured in a plane crash, arrived after the vote and was paired in support.
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Washington
Hartke
Capitol
Bayh
Senate
Allende Seen Favored to Win Chile Presidency
Havana reports say Salvador Allende is expected to win the Chilean presidential race with a pro Marxist platform. The coverage notes fears of a regional shift toward peaceful or forced power and accuses the U S Embassy of interfering in Chilean politics.
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Havana
Salvador Allende
Chile
Allende
Latin America
Fidel Castro
Sen
Eduardo Frei
Popular Action Front
FAAP
Ltin Americ
el Mundo
Cuba
FRAP
U. S
Santiago
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Meridian
Kroehler Signature
Kroehler
Kelley
Slope Arm
Kroehler Design Center
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