Compromise ends 11-week Newark teachers strike
Newark, April 1971. Mayor Kenneth A. Gibson brokered a settlement ending an 11-week teachers strike that strained race relations. 347 striking teachers will be reinstated, a permanent arbitration panel will be created, two disputed contract clauses will be settled, and teachers receive a $500 raise in year two of a two year contract.
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Newark
N.J
UPI
Kenneth A. Gibson
Gibson
City Hall
Carole A. Graves
Newark Teachers Union
NTU
Jesse Jacob
Clerks Strike at Railway Express Affects Airports Nationwide
Members of the Brotherhood of Railway and Airline Clerks walked out nationally at 12:01 a.m. striking Railway Express Agency over contract breaches. Local 2147 leader Steve Milone says 25,000 workers impacted with pickets at Kennedy, National, and O Hare airports amid ongoing mediation and wage seniority disputes.
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New York
UPI
Brotherhood of Railway
Railway Express Agency
Ahone
Steve Milone
Kennedy
Washington
National
Chicago
Ohare
REA
Milone
Evers launches bid to be Mississippi governor in 1971
Civil rights leader Charles Evers launched his campaign for Mississippi governor making him the first black candidate for the post in modern state history. At a biracial Loyalist Democrats rally in Jackson a crowd of over 2,500 packed College Park Auditorium as Evers vowed to make Mississippi a model for the American dream and urged supporting black candidates for sheriff county posts and legislature.
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Jackson, Miss
UPI
Charles Evers
Mississippi
Evers
America
College Park
Jackson State College
Aaron Henry
Clarksdale
House of Representatives
Henry
Hodding Carter III
Greenville
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Hostages Freed as Kingston Penitentiary Uprising Ends
In Kingston Ontario police report, five guards held since Wednesday were released unharmed as inmates in the central block of Kingston Penitentiary ended a siege. One prisoner was killed and 11 injured, while authorities evacuated most inmates to Millhaven and Collin's Bay/Joyceville facilities. Justice officials in Ottawa announced the situation was under control after mediation efforts with a citizen committee.
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Kingston
Ont
UPI
Kingston Penitentiary
Ottawa
Commons
Jean-Pierre Goyer
Goyer
Millhaven
Collin’s Bay
Joyceville
Syd Roberts
Roberts
Who is Pete McCloskey Running for President
Washington asks who Pete McCloskey is as he declares a presidential bid. The 43 year old Republican House member is known for beating Shirley Temple for Congress in 1967 and for urging Nixon’s withdrawal from Vietnam if no one else opposes him. The piece compares McCloskey to past would be candidates and notes questions about funding and Hoover’s retirement. The columnist recalls historical runs of Kennedy Nixon and Johnson to frame McCloskey’s bid.
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Washington
UPI
Pete McCloskey
McCloskey
Republican House
Shirley Temple
Congress
Nixon
J. Edgar Hoover
Sen
Eugene McCarthy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Johnson
LBJ
Texas
Lyndon Johnson
Senate
John F. Kennedy
White House
California
Richard Nixon
Harry S Truman
Thomas E. Dewey
House
Rose
Mudge
Guthrie
Alexander
McCloskey GOP Dove Faces Vietnam War Dissent
Rep Paul N McCloskey Jr a California Republican reserve Marine colonel and noted environmentalist is publicly opposing the Vietnam War labeling it illegal and suggesting Congress consider impeaching President Nixon He combines military ribbons with a clean image and a reputation for courtesy yet his stance puts him at odds with the party line.
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Korea
House
Congress
Nixon
See Parris and Die book probes Marine boot abuse
Boston report on See Parris and Die by Dick Levitan and H Paul Jeffers reveals alleged brutality by drill instructors at Parris Island and Camp Pendleton. The book cites maltreatment, conspiracies of silence, and cases including a recruit who died after abusive drills. Marines say abuses are not condoned and are prosecuted when found.
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Boston
UPI
Parris and Die
Dick Levitan
H. Paul Jeffers
WINS
New York City
Parris Island
S.C
Camp Pendleton
Calif
Levitan
Dis
Korea
Vietnam
Crooks
Jeffers
Ree Pvt
Jose L
Concepcion
Bronx
N.Y
Mario Biaggi
Dn.y
Last Man Club shrinks as cognac bottle ends era
In Spokane six of nine WWI veterans attended the Last Man Club 38th annual meeting, toasting with their 1919 cognac bottle. The symbol recalls a member’s postwar purchase in France. The club began in 1933 with 24 members and will die with the last survivor.
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Spokane, Wash
UPI
Victor Linden
France
Linden
America
Patton Honored in Lowell Massachusetts Parade and Plaques
General George S. Patton will be honored May 16 in Lowell with a ceremony and parade. A portrait and two plaques will hang in the Hall of Flags at Lowell Memorial Auditorium to honor Patton and all Americans wounded in action. A drum corps parade will travel from the auditorium to the Ayer House, birthplace of Patton’s wife Beatrice Ayer.
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Lowell
Mass
UPI
George S. Patton
U.S
Africa
Europe
Patton
Lowell Memorial Auditorium
Fort Bevens
Drum and Bugle Corps
Ayer
Beatrice Ayer
Gen
Railpax hires agency accused of deception
Railpax, the government backed rail travel push, hires Ted Bates & Co. New York, amid past false advertising cases. Board member Catherine May Bedell said Bates was chosen unanimously, despite Bates cases discussed. The firm faces FTC cases over Wonder Bread and Hostess claims and a 1965 Supreme Court ruling on Colgate Rapid Shave.
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Washington
UPI
Railpax
Ted Bates & Co
New York
Catherine May Bedell
GOP
Bates
Colgate-Palmolive Co
Supreme Court
Come
Colgate’s
Rapid Ve
Federal Trade Commission
Wonder Bread
Hostess
Profile Bread
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Jacob
Clerks Strike Railway Express
Main ST
Bennington, VT
W. E. Grace Fur Co., Inc
Merchants Row
Rutland
Vermont
Paul N
Pete) McCloskey Jr
R-Calif
Estes Kefauver
Parris
Marine Corps
Richard Harris
Cromwell
Harte Theatre
The
New Yorker
Prig
Ken Hughes
Marlon Brando
Manchester
Williamstown
G.C.C
Harte
William Crooks
Marines
Bennington
Banner Publishing Corp
United Press International
New York Times News Service
Matthews, Shannon & Cullen Inc
Massachusetts
Ronald Beattie
Washington, D.C
Military Order of the Purple Heart
Robert N. Hill
Pecan
Patnod Securities Company
Winston
Monument Motors, Inc
Bennington, VI
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