Shea to Charge UFWA With Unfair Labor Practice
North Bennington firm Shea Inc plans to file unfair labor practice charges with the NLRB in Boston against the United Furniture Workers of America UFWA. After 30 of 50 workers quit on April 3 over alleged discriminatory discharge and working conditions, UFWA sought an election to form a union local. A Friday hearing was set but likely postponed until Shea’s charges are resolved.
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North Bennington — Shea Inc
National Labor Relations Board
Boston
United Furniture Workers of America
UFWA
George Shea
NLRB
Hoff Praises Vermont Industrial Development Division
Governor Philip H. Hoff praised the Vermont Industrial Development Division as the state’s most effective economic tool. He highlighted a battery plant moving to Bennington employing at least 125 workers and noted mortgage loan guarantees up to 20 million dollars under the Vermont Industrial Building Authority plus available federal loans to aid business expansion.
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Burlington
UPI
Philip H. Hoff
State Development Department
Vermont
Doff
General Assembly
Vermont Industrial Building Authority
Mt Anthony Board Reasserts Shared Time Idea Policy
At a BCHS data meeting Mt Anthony board and Bennington Catholic High School leaders debated a shared time agreement. The exchange centered on political implications and the validity of the plan amid school governance tensions.
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Union High School
Bennington Catholic High School
Union Board
David Adler
Pownal
Hagerman
Mt. Anthony
Bob Hagerman
Alfred Allen Sr
Stark Street
John H. Williams II
Allen
J. Goodall Hutton
Bennington
Joseph F. Wiseman
Williams
Meyer Still Tangles Vermont Politics With Rumors
Rumors swirl that Bill Meyer may run again for office in Vermont as he denies a declared plan. Backers point to a consistent pattern in his career while critics see him as a party irritant amid talks of state senate and gubernatorial bids.
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Rupert
Vermont
Bill Meyer
Meyer
U.S. Senate
Brattleboro
Green Mountain Park
Pownal
Rupert Forcester
Itcos
Rupert Town
Robert Graf
Reid Lefevre
Frederick J. Fayette
Fayette
Winston L. Prouty
Senate
U.S
Prouty
Harold Arthur
Arthur
Robert T. Stafford
George D. Aiken
Sratetlebato
W. Robert Johnson
Democratic State Organization
Democratic Party
Hoff
Britain and U S move to end military nuclear fuel production
Britain announced gradual termination of military nuclear fuel production following U S and Soviet cuts. Prime Minister Douglas-Home said plutonium from civil reactors will not be used for weapons, with U S also pledging not to weaponize Britain supplied plutonium. The move aims to speed peace while preserving national security.
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London
UPI
Britain
United States
Russia
Alec Douglass Home
Douglas - Home
U. S
Douglas
U.S
Johnson
White House
John W. McCormack
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Soviet and U S Nuclear Cuts Viewed Roughly Equal
Soviet and U S announced parallel reductions in nuclear production at Geneva. President Johnson said the United States will cut uranium production by 40 percent and plutonium by 20 percent. Khrushchev pledged a substantial cut in uranium and halted two new plutonium reactors, without giving percentages.
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Geneva
UPIC
Russia
Johnson
United States
Moscow
Nikita Khrushchev
Khrushchev
Semyon K. Tsarapkin
Border tensions flare as Sino Soviet clash threatens frontier
London dispatch reports China reinforcing its Central Asia border with the Soviet Union amid stubborn talks in Peking over minor border changes. Moscow insists no territorial revisions, while China hints at claiming Far Eastern Soviet portions including Vladivostok. Suslov notes talks aim to clarify borders.
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London
RPI
China
Soviet Union
Central Asia
Peking
Russia
Asia
Vladivostok
Sinkiang
Moscow
Mikhail Suslov
U.S.S.R
Stall-In May Threatens World Fair Traffic Chaos
New York faces a possible traffic jam on opening day as CORE leaders refuse to cancel a planned stall-in of more than 2,500 cars to the World’s Fair. A court restraining order targets major routes to Queens and officials pledge enforcement.
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New York
UPI
Congress of Racial Equality
CORE
Robert F. Wagner
Queens
Long Island
Manhattan
Long Island Fair
Queens Dist
Frank D. O’connor
Roxbury Woman Found Murdered in Home
The body of a 27 year old woman identified as Johnnie Mae Moses was found in the kitchen of her Roxbury home with a nylon stocking around her neck, police said. Investigators tied the case to 11 unsolved stranglings of women in eastern Massachusetts. Two small children were removed from the apartment after the discovery.
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Boston
APSD
Roxebury
Johnnie Mae Moses
Massachusetts
Cleveland Bus Kills Girl After Freedom School
A five year old, Randy Gaskin, was killed in Cleveland after darting in front of a city bus following a civil rights freedom school held by a local group. The incident occurred during a boycott of Cleveland public schools by about 50,000 to 60,000 students protesting de facto segregation. Earlier this month Rev Bruce Klunder a white Presbyterian minister.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Randy Gaskin
Cleveland Public
Bruce Klunder
Jacksonville
Fla
Emanual Celler
New York City
New York State
Veterans memorial to be dedicated on Memorial Day
The Inside story notes a veterans memorial dedication planned for Memorial Day this year. Also mentioned are an editorial on Bible in schools and coverage of local race and civil rights tensions around the World’s Fair.
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National Labor Relations Act
Benenington
Robert S. Babcock
South Burlington
Babcock
Meyer-Hoff
Chittenden County
Nikita) Khrushchev
Brit
Bronx
Herbert Callender
Wagner
Callender
Straneling
Freedom
United Press International
William Barry
Williams College
Kentucky
Jackson
Miss
Tougaloo Southern Christian College
Notasulga
Ala
J. W. Kitchens
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