Settlement Reached in Charleston Strike
Charleston's three month old strike by 400 Negro hospital workers ends after day long talks via a federal mediator. rehiring of 12 workers, grievance procedure, and a employee credit union agreed. union recognition not granted. Abernathy to be released, curfew in city eased, wages set at $1.60 hourly for non professionals.
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Charleston
S.C
William McCord
State Medical College Hospital
McCord
Ralph Abernathy
Abernathy
Hospital Workers Union
Hospital and Nursing Home Workers Union
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
William F. Kelly
Robert E. McNair
Columbia
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
Medical College Hospital
Giuliani Urges Bankers To Join In Fight For Housing
Montpelier Vermont House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Peter Giuliani urged bankers at the Vermont Bankers Association conference to lead in solving the housing shortage. He proposed a private mortgage money pool and a home loan counterpart to the Vermont Development Credit Corporation to supplement existing programs. He warned talk has outpaced action, noting housing remains scarce and costly, and urged private enterprise to act with vigor.
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Giuliani
Vermont
Nerve Gas To Be Burned In Army Disposal Plan
The Army will burn and chemically deactivate most of 27000 tons of surplus World War II gas rather than haul it across the United States for sea burial. Mustard gas will be burned at either Rocky Mountain Arsenal in Denver or Toole Army Depot in Utah, with expert consultation on disposing of other poisons stored in steel and concrete containers.
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Washington
Academy
Heatwave Weekend Forecast With Storm Threat
The forecast calls for hot and muggy conditions Saturday and Sunday with highs in the 90s and a chance of afternoon thunderstorms. Nights stay warm and humid with lows in the 70s.
Nixon and Trudeau mark Seaway anniversary in Canada visit
President Nixon and Prime Minister Trudeau celebrated 10 years of the St Lawrence Seaway with ceremonies from New York State to Montreal. They toured Saint Helene Island, spoke of friendship and world leadership, and met at the Place des Nations amid heat and cheering, highlighting U.S. Canadian unity.
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Montreal
Nixon
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
New York State
St. Lawrence Seaway
Trudeau
Massena
N.Y
St. Lawrence River
Saint-Helene
Helena de Champlain
Place de Nations Stadium
Massenva
Place Des Nations
Kennedy and Brooke attack anti Knowles forces
In Boston on Friday Senators Edward M. Kennedy and Edward Brooke criticized groups opposing Dr. John H. Knowles for a top health post. They cited political pressure from Everett Dirksen and the AMA, while Knowles charged political debts and defended the democratic process amid a murder indictment against Army Sgt. Gerald Blondin in Vermont.
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Boston
Apt
Massachusetts
Edward M. Kennedy
Edward W. Brooke
John H. Knowles
Senat
Everett M. Dirksen
R-Ill
American Medical Association
AMA
Knowles
Kennedy
Brooke
John Knowles
HEW
Nixon
Massachusetts General Hospital
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Cleanup Looms After Rocky Flats Plutonium Fire
Golden Colorado May 11 blaze at Rocky Flats plant triggers a $10 million cleanup with 300 workers idle on Sunday. Investigators find no sabotage while monitoring shows no undue radiation yet a transport of 330000 cubic feet of contaminated waste to Idaho is planned. Environmentalists push for a site review as senators question Rocky Flats role in weapon production.
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Golden
Colo
Rocky Flats
Atomic Energy Commission
United States
Commission
Michael Carroll
Down Chemical Company
Federal
Michael J. Sunderland
AEC
Carroll
Frederick H. Coleman
Sunderland
Denver
Snake River
Idaho
Robert H. Williams
University of Colorado At Boulder
John Love
Dow Chemical
Rockies
Senate Appropriations
Senate Committee
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Shaggy Friend
Bennington
Methodist Church
Timber Trail Ranch
Shaftsbury
Wilhelm Strohmaier
Pownal
Dean Osgood
Harwood Hill
Brotherhood
Compassion
Canada
Armed Services
UPS
Senate Armed Services Committee
Senate
Soviet Union
America
The
Blondin
Windsor State Prison
Robin Farnham
Berlin
Ashington County Court
Vermont College
Montpelier
Farnham
Lawrence E. Davies
Times News Service
Colorado
Wyoming
South Dakota
Nebraska
Amarillo
Burlington
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