Tentative TV Radio Strike Settlement Reached
Negotiators reach a tentative agreement in the first national TV and radio strike pending ratification by AFTRA. The deal ends a 24 hour bargaining session but terms remain unreleased while pickets continue outside NBC in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicholas Pileggi
New York
American Federation of Radio and Television Artists
ABC
CBS
NBC
Rockefeller Center
New York City
Ralph C. Patterson
Patterson
State Toll Rises to 146 in Fatal Weekend Crashes
The Associated Press reports ten people died in Minnesota traffic accidents over the weekend, lifting the 1967 toll to 146, three fewer than last year. Victims include James Gleis 21 and Duane Gleis 19 of Slayton and Richard Tolzin 21 of Fulda in a head on Highway 30 collision near Slayton. Also killed were Oscar Marind 83 of Kenyon Rita Lutterman 17 of Sherburn Henry Soderstrom 62 of Minneapolis Grant Bratt 78 of Minneapolis Roger Riel 25 of Cloquet Dale Poppin 18 of Round Lake and Lonnie Johnson 18 of Sauk Centre in separate incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Minnesota
Slayton
James Gleis
Duane
Lake Wilson
Minn
Richard Tolzin
Fulda
Gleis
Tolzin
Oscar Marind
Kenyon
Rita Lutterman
Sherburn
Henry A. Soderstrom
Minneapolis
Grant W. Bratt
Roger Riel
Cloquet
Dale Poppin
Round Lake
Lonnie Dale Johnson
Sauk Centre
Johnson
LBJ Opens Old Funds for Highways and Construction
The Johnson administration released about 1.1 billion dollars from previously frozen funds for highways and related projects. Budget Director Schultze cited the anti inflation program as reducing price pressures and enabling thawing of roughly half of the 5.2 billion total freeze. The bulk of the release, 1 billion, comes from unspent highway balances with an additional 146 million for hospitals airports and sewage plants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Johnson Administration
Charles L. Schultze
Schultze
Riots Rock Nashville Negro Colleges After Carmichael Speech
Overnight violence at Fisk and Tennessee State universities left one student wounded and many arrested. Police charged two men with inciting a riot linked to Stokely Carmichael, with fires from Molotov cocktails, gunfire, and looting reported across the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Washington Ware
Atlanta
Ernest Stephens
Tuskegee
Ala
Ware
Stokely Carmichael
Stephens
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Carmichael
Vanderbilt University
Fisk
Tennessee
Tennessee State
Calvin Conners
Memphis
Government-Troops Inaction Sits Over Trucking Lockout Talks
Washington AP reports trucking contract talks resume as 1500 firms halt shipments in a sector wide lockout tied to Teamsters strikes. Government officials weigh Taft Hartley injunction options amid fears of parallel railway shutdowns and rising wage demands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Teamsters
Trucking Employers Inc
Taft- Hartley
Trucking Employers, Inc
F100s Strike South Vietnam Camp Killing Enemies
Three U S Air Force F100 Supersabre pilots were killed as they attacked a South Vietnamese base camp in Darlac Province. They killed ten enemy soldiers, triggered two large explosions, started several fires, and destroyed three fortifications about 30 miles south southeast of Ban Me Thuot. Maj Edward E. Seaman from Oxnard California and Capts James H. Wright from Mobile Alabama and Roger D. Shields from Ottumwa Iowa were the airmen involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
South Vietnam
Darlac
Air Force
Edward E. Seaman
Oxnard
Cal
James H. Wright
Mobile
Ala
Roger D. Shields
Ottumwa
Iowa
Ban Me Thuot
Apollo Defects Delay Program
The Apollo 1 tragedy board cites numerous design and engineering failures delaying the moon mission. It urges major spacecraft overhauls, safer interiors, quick-escape hatch, and review of electrical and life support systems amid fire findings at Cape Kennedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Strothman
AP Aerospace
Cape Kennedy
Fla
America
U.S
Apollo
Weather outlook warm trend with possible showers
The forecast calls for mostly fair and warmer conditions tonight and Tuesday with highs near 48 to 55 and low temperatures around 32 to 38. Wednesday may bring scattered showers and continued warmth.
Humphrey Returns From Europe Amid Backing From Johnson
President Johnson welcomed Vice President Humphrey home from a European tour declared as successful despite antiwar protests. Johnson praised Humphrey as America's authentic voice and eyes and ears in Europe while Humphrey spoke of renewed Western unity and Asia's role in progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Kelly
Washington
Johnson
Hubert H. Humphrey
Europe
Humphrey
Asia
White House
America
Council
Vietnam
West
Lady Bird
Governors Meet in Wisconsin to Join Regional Commission
In St Paul AP reports Gov Harold LeVander plans a Tuesday trip to Madison to meet Gov George Romney of Michigan and Gov Warren Knowles of Wisconsin. The leaders will officially join the Upper Great Lakes Regional Commission. LeVander returns to St Paul Tuesday. Aden AP notes a week of clashes ends as 16 Arabs die and a port strike ends near the Red Sea entrance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Paul
Harold
Aden
Red Sea
Chicago Trucks Halted in Local Strike and National Lockout
Chicago traffic ground to a halt as a local independent union strike combines with a nationwide truck operators lockout. The disruption affects over 56,000 drivers, dock workers, and warehouse staff and 4,700 firms, while federal mediators resume talks in Washington to resolve the national dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Washington
Pledge Returns with Quie Autograph Proof
Doug Tate an 18 year old Phi Epsilon pledge at St. Olaf College is back in Northfield with Rep. Albert H. Quie autograph as proof of a trip to Washington. He carried a one way plane ticket to Washington and hid $11 in a shoe with funds smuggled by friends to finance the journey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northfield
Minn
Doug Tate
Phi Epsilon Fraternity
St. Olaf College
Albert H. Quie
Washinton
D.C
Tate
Washington
Quie
Pentagon Announces Largest Draft Call of Year for June
The Pentagon issued its biggest draft call of the year, seeking 19,800 inductions in June for the Army. Through six months, total inductions average 14,600, far below 1966 levels, with defense plans aiming for about 120,000 in the next six months and continued one year Vietnam assignments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pentagon
Washington
Army
Robert S. McNamara
Defense
Vietnam
Schedule of Pages Area 3 Editorial 4 Society 6
The brief page plan lists editorial content on page 3 area and society items on page 4 with sections for marketing and sports on pages 6 and 7 plus comics on page 3 and classified listings on pages 10 to 11.
ISU Students Lead 2.5 Mile Peace March in Ames
About 75 participants, including Iowa State University Student Body President Donald Smith, marched from Memorial Union to a downtown park in a two and a half mile peace demonstration. The event, ending with a 30 minute vigil by the Ames Friends Meeting, carried a banner reading Peace in Vienna and reported no incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Iowa
Iowa State University
Donald Smith
Campus Memorial Union
Ames Park
Ames Friends Meeting
Vienna
Mrs Schrafel Files for Austin School Board Seat
Mrs C Edwin Schrafel of Austin files to join the Austin School District 492 board as the second candidate this morning. She brings decades in education and Red Cross service, with roles from teacher to librarian and disaster staff. Incumbent Ardell Nemitz also filed, while Chairman Dr C D Sitz declined to run. filings close April 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Edwin Schrafel
Austin Rt. 3
Austin School Board
Austin
National Red Cross
Kansas
Missouri
Iowa
Minnesota
Midwest
Ardell Nemitz
Dr. C. D. Sitz
Director of Business
Local Truckers Join Strikers Amid Union Dispute
Murphy Motor Freight shuts down this morning amid a truckers and Teamsters controversy. Ellsworth Freight Line says it operates as a perishable food hauler. Milwaukee Motor Transportation backs drivers back on duty and expects local service to recover. Midwest Coast Transport reports no local impact while noting possible West and East Coast delays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphy Motor Freight
Teamsters Union
Ellsworth Freight Line Inc
Milwaukee Motor Transportation
Milwaukee Road
Midwest Coast Transport Inc
Trucking Firms Vow Nationwide Tie Up in Labor Rift
In Chicago hundreds of trucking firms vow not to move cross country loads amid a labor dispute with the Teamsters Union. National talks in Washington ended at 4 a.m. Sunday. Trucking Employers, Inc. with 1,500 member firms orders a 100 percent lockout of drivers, signaling potential economic impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Teamsters Union
Teamsters
Washington
Trucking Employers, Inc
U.S
Science Center Contracts Set at St Olaf College
Northfield Minnesota AP contracts for a 3.2 million science center at St Olaf College were awarded by the board of regents. Groundbreaking set for April 15 with completion aimed for fall 1968. Bor-Son Construction Co. received 1.8335 million general contract, Kirckof Plumbing and Heating 931 thousand mechanical, and Prior Lake Electric 434 thousand electrical. The center will house classrooms offices and labs for physics biology and chemistry with separate wings for lectures a library and a greenhouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northfield
Minn
St. Olaf College
Board of
Regents
Bor-Son Construction Co
Minneapolis
Kirckof Plumbing and Heating
Rochester
Prior Lake Electric Co
Prior Lake
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National Board of Aftra
AFTRA
John Daly
Fran Allison
Ed McMahon
Union
Los Angeles
National Broadcasting Co
48Th St
New
York
LBJ
Nashville
Nash
Nashville, Tenn
TEI
Gordon Knapp
Frank Fitzsimmons
Congress
Executive Branch
Knapp
House
Senate Space Committee
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Clinton P. Anderson
Dn.m
Senate Aeronautical and Space Sciences Committee
Olin E. Teague
D-Tex
NASA
Apollo 1 Board-Of-Review
Virgil I. Grissom
Edward H. White II
Navy
Roger B. Chaffee
Grissom
Floyd L. Thompson
Langley Research Center
Editorial
Society
ISU
Schrafel
Edwin Schrafel
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