UAW Moves Toward Secession From AFL-CIO
United Auto Workers leaders voted unanimously to pull officers from AFL-CIO roles while keeping control of the industrial union department. A special UAW convention set for April 20 to decide full secession, amid a 13.5 million member federation. Reuther Mazey Woodcock and Greathouse sent resignations to AFL-CIO, accepted immediately.
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Detroit
UPI
Walter Reuther
United Auto Workers Union
Aflcio
Reuther
George Meany
UAW
International Executive Board
Afl-Cio
Industrial Union Department
Emil Mazey
Leonard Woodcock
Pat Greathouse
Washington
AFL
Meany
Big Car Workers Union
Carrier To Visit Cape Town Daunts Apartheid Policy
The Pentagon ordered the aircraft carrier Franklin D. Roosevelt crew not to face South Africa's racial segregation during a Cape Town stop. Liberty ashore will be limited to organized trips and venues open to both races, with bars and theaters off-limits. The move follows congressional protests after initial guidance suggested crew must observe segregation laws.
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Washington
UPI
Pentagon
Franklin D. Roosevelt
South Africa
Cape Town
U.S
Navy
Roosevelt
Defense Department
Three Pilots Listed Dead Now Prisoners of War
Pentagon disclosed Friday that three Navy pilots, previously listed as killed in the Vietnam war, have turned up as captives of the enemy. Cmdr. Fred A. W. Franke Jr., Lt. Cmdr. Robert B. Doremus, and St. G. Porter A. Halyburton were identified as prisoners. Each man had been listed as killed in action on Aug. 26, 1965 or Oct. 20, 1965, with wives named in the release and home towns including San Diego Wilmington and Decatur.
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Washington
UPI
Pentagon
Navy
Fred A. W. Franke Jr
Jackie Louise Franke
San Diego
Calif
Robert B. Doremus
Dinah Doremus
Wilmington
Del
G. Porter A. Halyburton
Marthy Halyburton
Decatur
Explosions Rip Through U S Ammunition Dump North of Saigon
A series of blasts ripped through a key U S Army ammunition dump at Long Binh about 20 miles north of Saigon before dawn Saturday. Fire raged six hours after the first blast with no immediate casualty reports. A U S spokesman said the cause was unknown and there was no immediate sign of sabotage.
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Saigon
UPS
U.S
Long Binh
Vietnam
South Vietnam
173Rd Airborne Brigade
Four Americans Freed From East German Prisons
Four American civilians held in East Germany were released Friday. Identified are Mary Hellen Battle of Tennessee Moses R Herrin of Ohio Frederick Matthews of Pennsylvania and William W Lovett of California. Maxwell Rabb aided the release in consultation with the State Department and no concessions were reported. Matthews said he and Herrin helped five East Germans escape before arrest.
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U.S. State Department
U.S
Rabb
West Berlin
West
Lovett
Matthews
Herrin
Miss Battle
Bautzen
United States
Union Theological Seminary
New York
Red Chinese Foes In Showdown Battle
In Hong Kong, UPI reports a showdown battle for control of Shansi Province rages between troops loyal to Mao Zedong and rebel forces, including defectors from Mao's general command, with Radio Peking supporting the Maoists. other reports from Peking add details.
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Hong Kong
UPI
Shansi
Communist Party
Mao Tse Tung
Mao
Radio
Peking
Chou En-lai
Chiang Ching
Mme
Sun Yat-sen
Lin Piao
Liu Shao-chi
China
Peking Radio
Sinkiang
Heilungkiang
Kweichow
Two Killed as Car Plows Into Holyoke School Line
A car careened into children walking home from James Metcalf Elementary School Holyoke killing two and injuring eight. The driver died of a heart attack marking the city’s worst accident. Police and hospital staff responded as surgeons aided gravely injured children.
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Holyoke
Mass
UPI
Joseph Hahn
Springfield
Holyoke Hospital
James Metcalf
Marie Johannis
Sunset Road
Donald Hahn
Hitchcock Street
Hahn
Hitchcock
Martin Streets
Richard Rose
Harold Pine
Hospital
Trator
Roxanne Lafleur
James Ellis
David Cossey
James Cossey
Ronald Kusek
Susan Kusek
Constance Carr
Linda Markowski
Mark Tueschel
Laurie Klepacki
Legion Opposes Ratification of U.S. Soviet Treaty
The American Legion led opposition in Senate hearings arguing that the U S Soviet consular treaty would grant diplomatic immunity to consular staff and invite Soviet spies in the United States. supporters cited benefits for 18 000 Americans traveling in Russia while critics warned immunity could expand to hundreds of foreigners. The Legion Liberty Lobby and National Captive Nations Committee joined the critique, naming concerns about national security and imperial Moscow.
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Washington
UPI
American Legion
United States
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
the Legion
State Department
Johnson
Dwight D. Eiesnhower
the Liberty
Lobby
National
Captive Nations Committee
Dean Rusk
FBI
Russia
Warren H. McDonald
The
Lev E. Dobrinsky
Georgetown University
National Captive Nations Committee
Moscow
Navy Jet Crashes on Busy Beltway near Andrews
A two seat Navy T1A trainer crashed on Interstate 495 near the Pennsylvania Avenue exit east of Washington. Both airmen parachuted to safety. four others were hospitalized with burns as vehicles were set afire. Wreckage blocked Beltway traffic while Navy and Air Force crews fought the blaze and prepared to move the aircraft.
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Washington
UPI
Capitol Beltway
U.S. Naval Air Facility
Andrews Air Force Base
Pennsylvania Avenue
Air Force Base
Navy
Air Force
Inside Review of An Age of Barns by Katharine Ann
Katharine H Ann reviews Eric Sloanes new book An Age of Barns on Page 4. A photo feature shows a Red Cross Bloodmobile visit to Bennington on Page 5. A Shaftsbury home hosts a jewelry store and repair shop opening on Page 7.
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Eric Sloane
Katharine H. Ann
Red Cross Bloodmobile
Bennington
Shaftsbury
NASA Will Keep Apollo Schedule
NASA announced it will maintain the 1967 unmanned flight schedule despite the Cape Kennedy Apollo 1 fire. Contractors were told to proceed using the planned lunar flight cabin, with changes to be made after the AS204 investigation and flight schedules set.
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Board of Inquiry
Space Agency
America
Earth
Earth Orbit
NASA
The
Space Center
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