Teamsters Walkout Disrupts Three States During Sympathy Action
Members of Joint Council 40 representing about 35 000 truckers struck briefly in western Pennsylvania northern West Virginia and western Maryland in sympathy with Hoffa after his conviction was upheld by the Supreme Court. The stoppages touched Erie New Castle Pittsburgh and Wheeling before the strike was ordered ended. Local 397 chief Bud Minegar said the walkout pertained to violations of a national master freight agreement and ended by early afternoon.
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Pittsburgh
Teamsters Union Council
Trucking Association
Teamsters
James R. Hoffa
Bud Minegar
Erie
Joint Council 40
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Maryland
Minegar
Washington
Western Pennsylvania Motor Carriers Association
Hoffa
U.S. Supreme Court
New Castle
Wheeling
W. Va
Charles Salvatora
Lightning Eopress, Inc
Detroit
Powell Wife Declines Testimony at Closed Hearing
Rep. Adam Clayton Powell Jr. faces a congressional hearing over his payroll and travel funds as his wife, Yvette Flores Powell, refuses to testify. Chair Wayne L. Hays seeks to compel her appearance amid subpoenas for 17 aides, while Powell resists testifying.
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Washington
Adam Clayton Powell Jr
Wayne L. Hays
Ohio
House Administration
Powell
U.S. Marshal’s Office
New York Democrat
Congress
Minnesota delaying 27 highway projects amid federal funds cut
Minnesota Highway Commissioner John Jamieson announced postponement of 27 highway contracts planned for the next six months due to a 25 percent holdback of federal highway funds tied to the Vietnam era and inflation. Some projects will use state funds, with priority given to high accident areas.
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ST. Paul
Minnesota
John Jamieson
Jamieson
Twin Cities
Hennepin-Lyndale Bottleneck
Minneapolis
Ramsey-Anock County
St. Louis Park
Aitkin-Mille Lacs
Three Die As Minnesota Traffic Toll Reaches 925
Three youths died in separate northern Minnesota crashes, pushing the 1966 toll to 925. Laurie R. Schaak, 13, of Cass Lake died from injuries after a head on collision on Highway 2 west of Deer River. Her mother Irene R. Schaak, 54, was a passenger in the car. The other fatality occurred in Deer River hospital this morning from Monday’s crash. The second vehicle was a grain truck driven by Wilfred E. Baker, 40, of Kramer North Dakota. Road conditions were icy and snowy according to the Highway Patrol.
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Associated Press
Minnesota
Laurie R. Schaak
Cass Lake
Minn
Deer River
Irene R. Schaak
Wilfred E. Baker
Kramer
N.D
Highway 2
Highway Patrol
Kennedy Hopes for Compromise Over Book Publication
Senator Edward Kennedy says he hopes for a settlement in the dispute over William Manchester’s book The Death of a President about the Kennedy assassination. Look Magazine and Harper & Row defend publishing amid Mrs. Kennedy’s lawsuit seeking to block release with a Dec. 27 hearing set.
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Ted Kennedy
New York
Edward M. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
Massachusetts Democrat
Boston
WHDH
Channel 5
Kennedy
Look Magazine
Cass Canfield
Harper & Row
Reds Ignore Possible Holiday Truce Extension
The United States seeks a longer ceasefire in Vietnam beyond the Christmas truce, but officials report negative signals from Communist leaders. Thant and Pope Paul VI push for a longer quiet period while Washington weighs a broader bombing pause only if the Communists reciprocate. Negotiations continue through U Thant channels, Eastern Europe, the Soviet Union, and nonaligned states, with Harriman visiting Algeria.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
United States
Vietnam
U.N
U Thant
North Vietnam
Thant
Pope Paul VI
State Department
Soviet Union
Egypt
Algeria
W. Averell Harriman
Traffic Deaths Across Iowa Rise in Historic Snapshot
A brief item notes traffic fatalities in Iowa showing a contrast between a 925 year ago baseline and current counts with percentages and numeric references. The readable fragments hint at historical comparison and modern road risks in the state.
Schedule of Pages Late News Area Editorial Sports
A listing of page sections including Late News Area Editorial Sports Society and other divisions such as Markets and Tean with page numbers for navigation and reference. The schedule outlines where to find the latest news, editorials, sports results and society notices within the issue.
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Society
Tean
Variable cloudiness with mixed precip through Wednesday
The region logs variable cloudiness through Wednesday with a chance of snow flurries mixed with brief freezing rain in the extreme east tonight and early Wednesday. Mild conditions return with tonight’s low 26 to 32 and Wednesday’s high 32 to 42.
Armour Plans Closings At Five Small Plants
Armour and Co. will close five small plants in March as part of a beef business realignment. The sites are Kansas City Kansas North Platte Nebraska Sioux City Iowa Milwaukee Wisconsin and Peoria Illinois with about 750 employees affected. Transfers and severance are offered with relocation benefits and retraining programs through the Armour Automation Committee. Notice was given to workers under AFL affiliates.
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Chicago
Armour and Co
Kansas City
Kan
North Platte
Neb
Sioux City
Iowa
Milwaukee
Wis
Peoria
Ill
Armour Automation Committee
Armour
Automation Committee
United Packinghouse Food and Allied Workers
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of
North America
Construction Supervisor Shot to Death in Suburban Iowa Site
At a Cedar Rapids suburb site of a new supermarket, 49 year old Clark Kaiser of Cedar Rapids was shot and killed by an unidentified assailant who fled. In Minneapolis, the Health Department opened a diphtheria immunization clinic after a first case since February 1965, involving a 22 year old patient.
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Marion
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Spain
Clark Kaiser
Minneapolis
Johnson Meets McNamara at Ranch to Discuss Defense
President Johnson summoned Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara to his Texas ranch to talk about military spending and national security. He also arranged a conference with two American diplomats to review Latin American affairs and plan a Western Hemisphere presidents meeting early next year?
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Austin, Tex
Johnson
Robert S. McNamara
Texas
U S Seeks Return of 48 Chinese Fishermen
U S officials say 48 Chinese fishermen held since December are being treated as distressed seamen. The United States is taking active steps to return them to their homes on Hainan Island. No exchange for American prisoners in China is being sought.
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Washington
State Department
United States
Hainan Island
Wortham Faces Five Year Soviet Labor Camp Term
North Little Rock youth Buel Ray Wortham Jr and Craddock Gilmour Jr plead guilty to theft and illegal currency changes in Leningrad. Prosecution seeks five years for Wortham and a 1111 fine for Gilmour, with Wortham’s statue seizure and possible exile off the table. Art experts value the statue at about 300 rubles and urge keeping it in the USSR. Both men were arrested at the Finnish border while trying to depart October 1.
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Leningrad
U.S.S.R
Buel Ray Wortham Jr
North Little Rock
Ark
Craddock M. Gilmour Jr
Salt Lake City
Wortham
Gilmour
Alexander Borodankov
Soviet Union
Siberia
Police Seek Robbers of Diamond Importers Firm
Minneapolis police hunt two armed men who robbed American Diamond Importing Co. of diamonds and cash on Monday night. Loss estimated above ten thousand dollars. Victims Vernon and Mrs. Hyde describe masked robbers who entered with one gunman taking control and a second man joining. The pair, in their late thirties, wore silk stockings masks and fled after forcing the Hy dies and a part time janitor to the floor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
American Diamond Importing Co
Vernon Hyde
Hyde
Mrs. Hyde
Upper Midwest
Hormel Co Declares 35 Cents Regular Dividend
The Geo A Hormel Co board of directors on Monday declared a regular dividend of 35 cents a share on common stock payable February 15 1967 to stockholders of record January 28 1967.
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Geo. A. Hormel & Co. Board of Directors
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Feft
Pat Jones
Utah
Henry G. Howell
Cincinnati
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Howell
Elkhart General Hospital
Henley
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Hays
Harlem
Bahama Islands
Congressional
House Education and Labor Committee
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Perch Lake
St. Louis County
Duluth
Clearwater County
Bagley
Clearbrook
Norman-Polk
Fertile
Wright County
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Monticello
Becker-Otter
Otter Tail
Fergus Falls
Grant County
Elbow Lake
Hennepin County
Penn Ave
Excelsior
Lyndale Ave
Laurel Ave
Harmon Place
Hennepin-Lyndale
Fillmore County
Whalan
Freeborn County
Rice County
Faribault
Blue Earth County
Willmar
McLeod County
Hutchinson
Yellow Medicine
Clarkfield
Anoka-Ramsey
Ramsey-Anoka County
George Esper
Ment
Canfield
Broadhurst Theater
Kingsbury Smith
William Manchester
Mill City Immunization Clinic
LBJ
McNamara
U.S
Fense
Borodankov
Nikolai Lieberich
Alexander I
Anna I. Iskova
Hormel Co
Raymond Haley
Muscatine
Internal Revenue Service
Davenport
Haley
Steven
Mich
Ael
Sam
David
Raymond
Dan
Scott
Tony
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