Michigan teachers observe no work no contract pledge
Detroit area teachers keep classrooms closed as 500000 pupils face disruptions in 35 communities and 550 schools. The Detroit Federation of Teachers and Detroit Board of Education fail to reach a new contract with wage hikes and smaller classes central to the dispute. Courts may order teachers to work while protests spread to New York and other cities. UFT president Albert Shanker rejects a $125 million package as inadequate.
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Michigan
Detroit School Board
Detroit Federation of Teachers
DFT
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Detroit Education Association
Michigan Education Association
New York
Albert Shanker
United Federation of Teachers
UFT
Bernard E. Donovan
Shanker
Alabama Defends Teacher Choice Bill President
Governor Lurleen B. Wallace urged Alabama school superintendents to survey classrooms on teachers race to bolster the defense of the new teacher choice law. A three judge panel had issued a restraining order delaying enforcement while trials proceed. Former Gov. George Wallace refused to accept the notice on Tuesday to protest what he calls court mis treatment of Alabama.
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Ala
UPI
Lurleen B. Wallace
Alabama
U.S
Hugh Maddox
Maddox
George Wallace
Wallace
43rd Division Plans Reunion in Groton Conn
The 21st annual reunion of the 43rd Infantry Division Veterans Association will be at the Griswold Hotel and Country Club in Groton September 8 10. The division served in the South Pacific in World War I and in Germany during the Korean War. Former members and families are invited to attend. write Col. Joseph E Zimmer state Armory 360 Broad St Hartford Conn or call Hartford 242 4790 for info. Ernest Stone designated to notify local superintendents about a restraining order. A hearing to extend the order to a preliminary injunction is set for September 16, with a simultaneous request to enjoin the new tuition grant law.
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Conn
43Rd Inantry Division Veterans Association
Griswold Hotel and Country Club
South Pacific
Germany
Joseph E. Zimmer
State Armory
Broad St
Harteford
Hartford
GM and Chrysler to Run Plants Despite UAW Contract End
Detroit reports GM and Chrysler will continue producing cars on their own terms after the UAW contract expired at 12:01 a.m. Ford will strike. AMC also releases cars. GM ends automatic dues deduction, about $2 million monthly, risking union finances as members must pay voluntarily. UAW accuses GM of orchestrating the move.
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Detroit
UPI
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Ford Motor Co
General Motors Corp
Chrysler Corp
UAW
American Motors Corp
AMC
Chrysler
Leonard Woodcock
Jobless Drop Cited For Tax Increase
Washington (UPI) The August unemployment rate fell to 3.8 percent, the lowest since May, prompting administration claims that a tax increase is more necessary than before. Gardner Ackley of the CEA said sustained expansion could outpace production without restraint, and warned a Ford strike could later intensify inflationary pressures.
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UPI
United States
Johnson
Labor Department
Gardner Ackley
President’s Council of Economic Advisers
Bartonsvill e Man Dies in Fire
Bartonsville resident Henry A. Jacobs, 59, formerly of Wilmington, died in a residential blaze that raged for over an hour. State Police in Bellows Falls investigated the cause as firefighters from Springfield, Bellows Falls and Saxtons River battled the flames. Jacobs’ badly burned body was found by a firefighter. He was the sole Labor Day weekend fatality reported in Vermont.
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Bellows Falls
Henry A. Jacobs
Wilmington
Springfield
Saxtons River
Jacobs
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