Teamsters ratify three year wage pact amid strikes
The Teamsters approved a three year contract covering more than 425,000 members by a wide margin. It guarantees a 50 cent rise in year one, 25 cents in 1971, and 35 cents in 1972 for about 325,000 city drivers, plus mileage hikes for 100,000 long haul drivers. Pension and health benefits rise $2 weekly. Some striking locals in Los Angeles and Chicago seek higher pay. Separate ballots for 12,000 autonomous drivers viewed.
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Michael J. Reilly
Washington
Teamsters
Los Angeles
Chicago
Teamsters Union
Eight candidates seek three Austin School Board seats
Tuesday voters in Minnesota’s School District 492 decide three of eight candidates for the Austin School Board. Eligible residents 21 plus who have lived in Minnesota six months and in the district 30 days may vote between 2 and 8 pm at their elementary polling place. No registration required.
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Austin
State of
Minnesota
League of Women Voters
Gerald Wilson
Ronald Collins
6Th Ave. SW
Mower County Mental Health Center
Margaret Simons
6Th St. NW
Norman Stuewer
2Nd Ave. SW
Austin Post Office
C. E. Schrafer
Rt. 3
Stephen Wright
20Th St
Geo. A. Hormel Co
William
Donna) Myers
7Th Ave
Bryan Toney
4Th Ave
Ted Petersdorf
Austin Rt. 2
Hormel Co
Shaw School
6Th St
Moos calls day of mourning for Jackson State deaths
President Malcolm Moos urged the University of Minnesota community to observe a day of mourning for two Jackson State College students killed in Mississippi. Classes proceed with a noon memorial near Coffman Union and reflections on race are urged in campus teach-ins and events.
Wilson expected to call election in Britain
London AP reports Prime Minister Harold Wilson is expected to announce a general election with June 18 as the predicted date. He discussed strategy with the Labour party executive and cabinet for six hours and planned to inform Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace before meeting opposition leader Edward Heath at No. 10 Downing Street. Heath canceled his appointments awaiting the call.
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London
Harold Wilson
Britain
Wilson
Labor Party
Queen Elizabeth II
Buckingham Palace
Edward Heath
Downing St
Heath
Prairie fire north of Pipestone may be meteorite sparked
A prairie fire burned land eight miles north of Pipestone late Sunday night witnesses say it may have been sparked by a meteorite.
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Pipestone
Minn
Romney warns of potential revolution in U S cities
Secretary Romney says the nation edges toward upheaval if basic policies aren not reformed. He cites rising unrest among youth and urban blight, warns action beyond rhetoric is needed, and notes worsening conditions in major cities but claims FHA efforts now are stronger and more focused.
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Washington
United States
George Romney
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Romney
San Diego
Associated Press
Michigan
Agnew Calls Student Protests A Spring Lark
Vice President Spiro Agnew dismissed college demonstrations near the White House as a spring lark and said many protesters opposed to Cambodia policy were not deeply hostile. He noted 60,000 to 100,000 people gathered in Washington a week earlier to oppose Cambodia involvement and Ohio student deaths. Senator Fulbright mocked Agnew as myopic in response.
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Washington
Spiro T. Agnew
White House
Agnew
Ohio
J. W. Fulbright
Senate
Nixon
U.S
Cambodia
Jackson State student salutes amid memorial march chaos
A Jackson State College student raises a clenched fist in a Black Power salute during a memorial march on campus. Behind him a bullet-riddled women’s dormitory bears the scars of police gunfire amid student disturbances. Two Black youths died in last week’s gunfire.
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Jackson State College
Mitory
Weekend traffic accidents claim five lives in Minnesota
Five people died in Minnesota traffic crashes over the weekend raising the 1970 toll to 258. Victims include Ardyce Gilmer 30 Bloomington and Christena Gilmer 84 Minneapolis in a Long Lake car truck collision on Highway 12. Verna Jo Page 26 Mound died in Shorewood crash. James Marcy 18 Moorhead died after a Moorhead crash. Samuel J. Leslie 22 New Ulm died from a New Ulm crash.
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Associated Press
Minnesota
Minneapolis
Lake Minnetonka
Long Lake
Highway 12
Ardyce Gilmer
Bloomington
Minn
Christena Gilmer
James Marcy
Moorhead
Fargo
N. D
Marcy
Verna Jo Page
Mound
Shorewood
Samuel J. Leslie
New Ulm
Youths turn to democracy amid campus turmoil in 1969
Thousands of young Americans flocked to Washington after the Cambodia invasion and Kent State killings to engage in politics. Students, teachers, and friends sought reform through lobbying and congressional outreach, hoping peaceful, nonviolent action could change the country and channel frustration into ballots and debates.
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Washington
U.S
Cambodia
Kent State University
Ohio National
David Feffer
University of North Carolina
Rep. Allard K. Lowenstein
D-N.y
Baudler appointed to defend Cunningham
District Judge Warren Plunkett has filed an order appointing Bryan Baudler defense attorney for Alvin Cunningham. Cunningham, 31, is charged in the death of Jesse Smith, 50, who died after an alleged beating at the Brown Derby Bar. Cunningham was arraigned on first degree murder charges and held on $50,000 bond with a preliminary hearing set for Friday, June 26.
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Warren Plunkett
Bryan Baudler
Alvin Cunningham
Cuningham
Jesse Smith
4Th St. SE
Smith
Rochester
Cunningham
Mower County
District Court
Local Temperature Readouts Show Mild Week Ahead
The data records today versus last year noting temperatures with a low of 54 and a high of 78 on the main reading at 11 a.m. Compare Sunday shows a high of 77 and a low of 54 with year ago figures of 70 and 54 respectively.
Abernathy to lead march protesting six Georgia slayings
Reverend Ralph David Abernathy announces a 100 mile march across Georgia from Perry to Atlanta to protest six racially charged slayings. The route includes a mule drawn wagon carrying six coffins as a symbol linking to prior civil rights protests and the Poor People’s March. The procession ends with a rally at the state capitol in Atlanta.
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Abernathy
Augusta
Ralph David Abernathy
Georgia
Southernhristian Leadership Conference
SCLC
Perry
Atlanta
Sammy McCullough
Washington
Martin Luther King Jr
State Capitol
Mississippi
Jackson State College
Kent State University
Ohio
Liner collision at Gibraltar halts ship for checks
The Italian liner Raffaelo collided with the Norwegian tanker Cuyahoga in the Strait of Gibraltar and entered Gibraltar for damage assessment. Officials gave no details on the damage or delay to the 45,933-ton liner en route from Italy to New York.
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Gibraltar
Raffaelo
Cuyahoga
Strait of Gibraltar
Italy
New York
National Airlines
Washington
Labor Department
Job Corps Center
OK Minneapolis
Odin Langen
R-Minn
Department of Labor
Bemidji State College
Lydick Lake
Green Milk Mechanical Cow Hits Green Milk Breakthrough
British scientists unveil a mechanical cow that eats grass chews cud and produces high protein milk described as deep green and cake solid. The ad urges readers to place classifed ads in the Austin Daily Herald to sell unwanted items and frame it as easy money by listing household goods to dispose of.
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Austin Daily Herald
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4Th St
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2Nd Ave
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C. E. Schrafel
Mrs. Margret Simons
Mrs
Donna Myers
Moos
Jackson
Jackson State
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Blue Shield
ST. Paul
Blue Cross
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Minnesota House Committee On Insurance
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