Globe-Union Strike Over Four Day Week Sparks Picketing
Globe-Union workers walk out after the company moves to a four day week as the UAW Local 1371 votes to strike. Plant operations halt with about 100 employees affected while managers report no contact with the union and a pending negotiating session. Union leaders say overtime rules and seasonal production drive discontent amid stalled contract talks.
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Globe-Union
United Auto Workers Local 1371
James D. Williams
Williams
Globe Union
North Bennington Road
James A. Spofford
UAW
Spofford
Globe Union Inc
United Auto Workers
Sullivan
Romney Appeals for 5000 Federal Troops in Detroit Riot
Gov. George Romney urged President Johnson to deploy 5,000 federal troops to back 10,000 guardsmen and police facing a Detroit riot that has spread arson looting and fire across Negro neighborhoods. At least nine people dead, over 1,000 arrested, and damage exceeding 100 million dollars as tanks and armored carriers reached the West Side.
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Detroit
UPI
George Romney
Johnson
Romney
National Guard
Jerome P. Cavanagh
Ramsay Clark
Michigan
Nasser Threatens Israel With Guerrilla War
United Press International reports Abba Eban urging direct peace talks as Gamal Abdel Nasser returns to hard line. In a speech marking 15 years since King Farouk's overthrow, Nasser calls for total mobilization and reorganizing the Egyptian armed forces for a second round against Israel, stating the struggle has only begun.
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Abba Eban
U.A.R
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Israel
Nasser
Farouk
Cairo
Egypt
Eban
London
New York
Suez Canal
Russia
Puerto Rico Retains Commonwealth Status Vote
Puerto Ricans voted to keep the commonwealth status with 425,081 votes. Statehood supporters trailed at 273,315, while independence drew 4,205. Former Gov Luis Muñoz Marín led the commonwealth camp and hailed the result as an enduring decision on Puerto Rico’s status.
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San Juan
UPS
United States
Puerto Rico
Commonwealth
Independence
Luis Munoz Marin
Commonwealth Forces
Munoz
Luis A. Ferre
U.S
Rio Piedras
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Revolutionary Action Proposed to End Black Bondage in U S
Newark dispatch reports a national conference on black power endorsing revolutionary action to end black bondage in America. About 1,100 delegates from 190 Negro organizations approved boycotts, black nationhood, and increased black representation in Congress, while condemning Israeli treatment of Arabs and urging youth to refuse Vietnam drafts. The event followed Newark riots that left 25 dead amidst clashes with police and National Guardsmen.
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Newark
N.J
UPI
America
Free Wheeling
Vietnam
John Wilson
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
SNCC
Lane Found Innocent By Reason of Insanity
Ronald Francis Lane, 26, was acquitted of second degree murder in the 1966 Shaftsbury strangling of Mrs. Rose Thibodeau by reason of insanity after a five day trial. The verdict, read aside by jury foreman J. Bennett Beattie, directs confinement at Windsor State Prison with possible remand to a state hospital or private facility.
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Manchester
Ronald Francis Lane
Rose Thibodeau
Shaftsbury
J. Bennett Beattie
Manchester Depot
Lane
Larrow
Windsor State
Vermont State Hospital
Waterbury
Burlington
Dever
Runaway Auto Crashes Into Brooks Home
Warren report says a car driven by 19 year old John M. Johnson of Waitsfield roared off a curve on Roxbury Road and smashed into Ernest and Mrs. Brooks's living room. The vehicle caused extensive damage to the car and house while Johnson suffered only minor injuries. A smoky bedroom scene followed the crash as Mrs. Brooks woke to the vehicle in the living room.
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Warren
UPI
Ernest Brooks
John M. Johnson
Waitsfield
Brooks
Roxbury Road
Johnson
Summers festival draws crowds in Wilmington page
On the Inside Summers festival brings large crowds to Wilmington with festive events and community witnessing a busy day. Arson suspected in north village blaze as investigators probe possible ignition. Columnists Gerald Raftery and Alan Sophrin offer musings on cats and names respectively.
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Wilmington
North Village
Drawings Fail To Spur New York Lottery Sales
Albany officials announced July sales lag after the first month of drawings. Bank reports show only a slight rise in ticket purchases since Thursday, with total July sales below June, which fell 75 percent short of initial expectations.
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Albany
N.Y
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Revolutionary Action
Atty. O’neill
St. Paul
O’neill
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Cohen
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Runaway Auto
Gerald Raftery
Alan Sophrin
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
St. Francis de Sales
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