Baltimore Teachers End Strike Ends After City Pact
Baltimore teachers ended a three day strike after city officials agreed to allow a single bargaining agent election. AFT Local 340 won the key demand for a secret-ballot bargaining election, with 1,200 teachers remaining out and 70 pickets arrested.
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UPI
American Federation of Teachers
AFT
Joseph Cascella
Theodore McKeldin
Afl-Cio
Public School Teachers Association
PSTA
National Education Association
Maryland State Teachers Association
MSTA
Washington, D.C
Robert Dubel
Pope Paul VI Arrives at Fatima for Peace Pilgrimage
Pope Paul VI flew from Rome to Fatima to pray for peace in Vietnam and meet Sister Lucia the sole survivor of the Fatima visions. More than a million Catholics waited through rain as 100000 gathered around the basilica for an outdoor Mass. Sister Lucia, 60, will attend and be received after the Mass at the Pala Pavilion. The visit marks the 50th anniversary of the Fatima miracle and recalls the Three Secrets of Fatima including a still unrevealed third secret.
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Basilica of Our Lady of Rosary
Jose Cardinal da Costa Nunes
Fatima Legation
Basilica
St. Peter’s
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Coimbra
Pala
Virgin Mary
Lucia Dos Santos
Jacinta
Francisco Marto
Francisco
Jacinto
Europe
John XXIII
Paul VI
Thousands Parade Today in New York for Vietnam Support
In New York City a flag ceremony in Central Park preceded a Support Our Men In Vietnam parade. Eisenhower, Nixon, governors and lawmakers back the march with civil and veterans groups, including Masons and Marine veterans. Medal of Honor recipients lead the parade along Fifth Avenue. weather threatens with a 40 percent chance of showers.
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UPI
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Richard M. Nixon
Thomas J. Kelly
Medal of Honor Society
Kelly
Eisenhower
Nixon
Veterans of the Corps
1St Marine Division Association
Chu Lai
City Council
Frank D. O’connor
Francis Cardinal Spellman
International Longshoremen’s Association
National Maritime Union
Wpix-Tv
Weather Bureau
Demonstrations erupt after Jackson State shooting protest
About 400 Negroes, escorted by police, marched to City Hall in Jackson to protest the fatal shooting of Benjamin Brown during rioting at Jackson State College. A National Guard helicopter patrolled the route as 350 to 400 guardsmen remained unseen.
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National Guard
Paul Johnson
Charles Evers
Mississippi
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Benjamin Brown
Jackson State
Pratt Memorial Church
Lawrence Guyot
Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
FDP
Brown
Willie Ricks
Cleveland Sellers
Stokely Carmichael
Atlanta
Ricks
Sellers
Carmichael
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
SNCC
Tax Figures Confuse Pownalites
POWNAL taxpayers faced two sets of figures on assessment notices the fair market value and the list value due to an error that placed the Grand List figure in the market value line. Sister Harvey Burdick Jr said the numbers are accurate, the mistake is the mislabeling. The state shift to 50 percent fair market value has caused tax concerns though the rate adjusts to keep taxes steady.
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Harvey Burdick Jr
Burdick
Richard Champney
Joseph Tornebene
Pownal
Harvey
Brooke says King errs in mixing civil rights with antiwar stance
Sen Edward Brooke of Massachusetts criticizes Dr Martin Luther King Jr for tying civil rights to Vietnam protests saying it costs African Americans support. Brooke warns King risks alienating allies by urging draft resistance and argues war funding should take priority over adding peace goals.
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Washington
UPI
Edward W. Brooke
D - Mass
United States
Martin Luther King
King
Vietnam
Brooke
Massachusetts
Martin
Congress
Highlights of State Citizenship Tour and Workshop Washington
Marion Harris county extension agent outlines last week's State Citizenship Tour and Workshop in Washington. Picture story shows new patient and intensive care area under construction at Putnam Memorial Hospital. Shaftsbury Boy Scouts are pictured making pack frames as the final part of their snow hike project.
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Marion Harris
Washington
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Shaftsbury Boy Scouts
Soviet Ships Stop Harassing US Vessels in Sea of Japan Incident
Washington reports no evidence linking the two days of close Soviet passes and a Walker collision to Vietnam tensions. The US Navy ends anti-submarine exercises as four ships including USS Hornet head toward Sasebo, Japan. Soviet vessels remained observed but did not interfere, while Moscow Radio blamed US maneuvers for the incidents.
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UPI
Sea of Japan
U.S
State Department
Vietnam
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US Navy
Sasebo
Japan
Walker
Pentagon
U. S
War Cost May Force Stiffer Tax Boost
The Vietnam war may cost $5 billion more in fiscal 1968 than planned, potentially forcing President Johnson to request a larger tax surcharge than the 6 percent he proposed. If taxes aren’t raised, the deficit could reach $15 billion for the year starting July 1. Officials have signaled escalating Vietnam spending to big business at a spring corporate meeting, while economists warned tax hikes could slow a soft economy before October.
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UPI
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Congress
Vietnam
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Washington
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