Athens County Engineers Faced With Possible Work Stoppage
Athens County engineering department workers consider a work stoppage next week after Engineer Harry Dust barred signing a contract with AFSCME Local 1915. Dust cited legal advice prohibiting bargaining with a public labor union, prompting union officials to warn of action if no agreement is reached.
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Athens County Engineering
Athens County Engineering Department
Athens County
Harry Dust
American Federal Federation of State
Dusz
Homer B. Gall
William Saxbe
Tuscarawas
Saxbe
Guy Simons
Dcal
Scioto
Hamilton
Clark
Montgomery
Ohio University
Dust
Simons
Godfrey Franklin
Franklin
Hocking Valley Labor Council
GOP Faces Unity Call at National Convention
Arkansas Governor Winthrop Rockefeller urged Republicans to select a presidential standard bearer at the national convention and avoid “smoke-filled hotel rooms” to unite against Johnson in November. He signaled support for the party’s choice even if not his brother Nelson Rockefeller of New York. Rockefeller noted his brother remains in contention for the nomination.
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Columbus
Ohio
Arkansas
Winthrop Rockefelter
Johnson
Rockefeller
Nelson Rockefeller
New York
AR CHIR SPEAKER AT ATHENS DINNER
AR regional mission chairman to address attendees at a dinner in Athens. Separate items note an American Wind Symphony concert on the Ohio River in Meigs County and Ohio State football links, plus plans to repurpose the Ames Building in Logan for Hocking County officials.
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Appalachian
Athens
American Wind Symphony
Ohio River
Meigs County
Segal
Ohio State
AMES
Logan
Hocking County
Israel Jets Bomb Jordan Artillery Front Across 50 Miles
Israeli jets hammered Jordanian artillery nests along a 50 mile Jordan river front from Jericho to near the Syrian border. The air attacks followed heavy exchanges of artillery mortars and machine guns as Israeli forces sought to respond to Jordanian attacks and a guerrilla mine blast that killed four Israelis and an American volunteer.
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Tel Aviv
Jordan
Jericho
Im Kais
Amman
Jordan River
Beisan
Gilad
Nurdan
Fertile
Gesher
Beit Yosef
Yardena
Nests Hit in Massada Mine Incident Amid Region Tensions
A tractor-towed banana grove blast near Massada south of Lake Galilee wounded a fifth passenger, an American, as Arab leaders warned of looming conflict. Reports from Amman Beirut and Baghdad cited Israeli troop buildups and renewed fears of war following recent Jordan clashes and Palestinian raids.
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Lake Galilee
Cairo
Beirut
Damascus
Amman
Bagdad
Israel
Jordan
Jordan Valley
Veast
Syria
Sinai
Lebanon
Hussein
Army General Headquarters
Charles Helou
Abdwllah Yafi
Arab League
Abdel Khaled Hasseina
Abdel Rahman Aref
Aref
U.N. Peachey
Gunnar Jarring
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
Memphis Riots Shock City Amid Beale Street Unrest
National Guard and police enforced curfews as 6,000 marchers led by Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. faced clashes with authorities. Fires burned in downtown Memphis with 148 fire alarms, a two alarm blaze at a feed mill, and guards on firetrucks kept firefighting crews safe through the night.
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Memphis
Tenn
Beale Street
Martin Luther King Jr
National Guard
National Guardsmen
North Viet Claims U S F-111 Shot Down Over Vietnam
North Vietnam said on a Hanoi broadcast that a U S F-111 supersonic bomber was shattered by enemy fire over Ha Tinh Province about 100 miles northwest of the DMZ near the Laos border. The U S spokesman offered no confirmation while noting the aircraft was overdue.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
U.S
Hanoi
Tokyo
Ha Tinh
Demilitarized Zone
Laos
McCarthy and Kennedy Clash in Indiana Primary Fight
Sen. Eugene J. McCarthy and Robert F. Kennedy move toward a head to head clash in Indiana on May 27 as both antiwar Democrats vie to deny Johnson renomination. Kennedy filed signatures for the May 7 ballot in Indianapolis while McCarthy supporters acted earlier. Goodwin, a McCarthy lieutenant, signals likely Kennedy or McCarthy victory. McCarthy campaigns in Wisconsin with Kennedy urging votes against Johnson, and Kennedy tours campuses planning farm policy remarks amid broader national race tensions.
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Associated Press
Eugene J. McCarthy
Robert F. Kennedy
Indiana
Johnson
Kennedy
Berg
Indianapolis
McCarthy
Roger D. Branigin
Richard Goodwin
Spo
Wisconsin
Alden Seeks Tuition Increase To $600 For In-State Students
Ohio University President Vernon R. Alden announced plans to ask the board of trustees for a 30 dollar per quarter increase in comprehensive registration fees. The changes aim to offset potential state-fund losses, fund library and department needs, and would take effect in the summer quarter. Non-residents would face 1200 dollars annually.
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Ohio University
Vernon R. Alden
Board of Trustees
Ohio Board of Regents
Athens
Alden
Board of Regents
Columbus
Stae
Miami University
Ohio State University
Bowling Green University
Kent State University
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Messenger City Editor
Stockholm
United States
France
U. S. Treasury
Henry H. Fowler
USA
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National Farmers Organization
Cleveland
Newton Falls
Raymond BR. Franklin
Cincinnati
Pete Eee
Ean
Heloise
Middleport
Chauncey
Nelsonville
W. Glouster PY. Pleasant
Logan Ener Eraser
Pomeroy Waneneee
Marie Mullally
Park Boys Hotel
Kensington
London
U.S. Filia
Cial
Dong
Selver
National Transportation Board
Washington
Silver Bridge
Point Pleasant
Charleston
W. Va
William Foster
Coast Guard
Louis M. Thayer
U.S. Navy
Board of Inquiry
Goodwin
Milwaukee
Lyndon Johnson
University of New Mexico
University of Arizona
University of Nebraska
America
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