Giant Auto Industry Faces New UAW Contract Demands
UPI reports looming three year auto industry contract talks with Ford, Chrysler, GM and AMC. The UAW seeks substantial wage gains, higher pay for some 30,000 skilled workers, weekly salary for production staff, parity with Canadian plants, and expanded fringe benefits amid sales and cost pressures. Past strikes cited include GM disputes in 1958, 1961, 1964 and a 119 day 1945-46 GM walkout.
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Detroit
UPI
Auto
United Auto Workers Union
Ford
Chrysler
General Motors
American Motors
AMC
UAW
Pews Saved Lives In Church Collapse
In Baltimore during an eight o'clock Mass the roof and walls collapsed on about 100 worshippers, many children. Only three injured seriously. Investigators consider two main theories including heavy snow load and extreme cold weakening beams. The event is dubbed the miracle of St. Rose of Lima as no fatalities occurred despite tons of debris.
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Baltimore
UPI
St. Rose of Lima
Michael Cheswick
Francis O’brien
Father O’brien
Thomas Carter
Mark Blair
O’brien
John Cwick
St. Agnes Hospital
Fatalities Rise in 1966 Highway Death Toll
National Safety Council notes a 7 percent rise in highway fatalities to a record 52,500 in 1966, along with a 5 percent jump in miles driven to 935 billion. Licensed drivers hit 102 million and registered vehicles 96.1 million. Council leader Howard Pyle cites more young drivers and resistance to seat belts as factors delaying any drop in deaths for years.
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Chicago
UPIC
National Safety Council
Howard Pyle
Dodd vows to fight back amid ethics probe turmoil
Sen Thomas J Dodd of Connecticut breaks a long silence to defend himself against accusations of misused campaign funds air fare duplications and a company car gift amid ongoing Senate Ethics scrutiny He denounces fellow senators as unfair and vows not to stay silent while hearings loom in Washington and Accra Ghana hosts a global trade fair opening with 32 nations including the United States United Kingdom India and Japan
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Washington
UPI
Thomas J. Dodd
D-Conn
Connecticut
Senate
Dodd
Senate Ethics Committee
Chicago
Julius Klein
John J. Williams
Rdel
Accra
Ghana
United States
Britain
India
Japan
Students Say Reagan Led By Economic Terms In Higher Ed
UC student leaders after a 50 minute talk with Governor Reagan say his higher education policy is based on economics. About 3500 UC students and faculty marched on the capitol in protest of budget cuts. A larger march is planned for Saturday by university and State college groups. Jay Jeffcoat, Santa Barbara campus student body president, said Reagan answered all questions in economic terms.
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Sacramento
Calif
UPI
University of California
Ronald Reagan
Capitol
Jay Jeffcoat
Santa Barbara
Reservists Morale Erosion Ties to Defense Reorgs
Washington based House Armed Services Committee warns morale of U S military reservists has eroded threatening program viability. In a largely party line 27 to 1 vote the panel approves a reserve reorganization bill amid claims of chaos from Defense Department civilian backup cuts and failed support to reserve components. The plan would keep Army reserve and National Guard as separate entities with fixed strengths of 260000 and 380000 respectively.
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Washington
UPI
House Armed Services Committee
Defense Department
Lucien N. Nedzi
D-Mich
Executive Branch
Army
Organized Reserve
Army National Guard
Organized
Army Reserve
National Guard
McNamara
Reserve
Guard
Mystery surrounds abortive Indonesian Red coup and Sukarno ties
A 1965 coup attempt in Indonesia leaves gaps in President Sukarno’s actions the night before and after the uprising. Reports note his presence at Halim Air Base by dawn, Nasution’s survival, Suharto’s leadership, and rumors of his influence with the rebels. Disposition of leaders and arms from China fuel speculation on his role and fate.
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Sukarno
Suharto
Dewi
Halim
Untung
Omar Dhani
Dhani
Bogor
Jakarta
China
Nasution
Chicago Ships Its Snow South
Officials of the Illinois Central Railroad prepared to send more than one million pounds of snow southward after a 14 car shipment arrived in Memphis. They loaded extra snow from Chicago's 40 inch Jan 26 snowfall into empty hoppers to melt en route to McComb Miss and New Orleans.
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UPI
Illinois Central Railroad
Chicago
IC Johnson Yard
A.W. Pirtle
Pirtle
Windy City
IC Yards
J.H. Jefferson
Jefferson
McComb
Miss
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