Rubber Big 3 Reach 28 Cent Wage Settlement in Rubber Industry
Akron AP reports Goodyear Firestone and Goodrich reached a tentative two year contract with the United Rubber Workers, averting large scale walkouts. The package valued around 28 cents per hour adds 70 cent first year and 9 cent second year wage increases plus a 1 cent inequity adjustment for skilled workers, a ninth paid holiday and extended vacation benefits.
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Akron, Ohio
Goodyears Tire & Rubber Co
United Rubber Workers
Firestone Tire & Rubber
B. F. Goodrich
Goodyear
Firestone
Goodrich
American Federation of Labor and
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Nontire
General Tire & Rubber Co
Cleveland
United States Rubber Co
New York
United States Rubber
General Tire
Palamountain Named President of Skidmore
Dr. Joseph C. Palamountain, provost at Wesleyan, named Skidmore College’s fourth president, effective July 1, succeeding the late Val H. Wilson. A Dartmouth and Harvard trained scholar, he chaired Connecticut’s effort to study a Middlesex University branch and has two sons.
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Saratoga Springs
Joseph C. Palamountain
Wesleyan University
Skidmore College
Wesleyan
Palamountain
Yale University Graduate School
Skidmore
Val H. Wilson
Dartmouth College
Phi Beta Kappa
Harvard University
Social Science Council
Washington, D.C
Brookings Institution
Paramountain
Connecticut
University of Connecticut
Middlesex County
Berkshire Eagle Subscription Rates and Policies
Subscriptions priced by mail and carrier with weekly rates of 45 cents for boy carriers and posted prices for various periods. Foreign and military members receive a discount. Change of address requires notice to avoid service interruption. Second class postage paid at Pittsfield Massachusetts.
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Berkshire Eagle
Pittsfietd
Massachusetts
New London man pleads innocent to murder charge
John Sargent 32 a Korean War Marine veteran is charged with first degree murder in the bludgeoning death of his wife Janet 30 and suspected killings of the couple’s four children William 7 Michael 9 William Lewis 9 and Gwendolynn 3 in New London New Hampshire. He stood in a basement courtroom held without bail awaiting grand jury action as autopsies proceed Concord Hospital.
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New London
N.H
College Town
John Sargent
Janet Sargent
William
Michael
Sargent
William Lewis
J. Duane Squires
Merrimack
Boscawen
Concord Hospital
Tyler Grace
Richard A. Bowser
First Baptist Church
Grace
Bowser
Javits Attacks Johnson Style at Rhode Island Dinner
Senator Javits accuses President Johnson of a consensus politics approach that panders to public opinion rather than leading it. He warns the nation risks euphoria over a Texan childhood tale instead of addressing future destiny and critical problems. He cites the voting rights speech versus the inadequate bill as an example.
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Cranston
UPI
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
Johnson
Javits
Rhode Island State Republican Committee
Congress
Russell resigns as South Carolina governor to join Senate
Gov Donald Russell resigns to accept the U S Senate seat vacated by the late Olin Johnston. Lt Gov Robert McNair will be sworn in and then appoint Russell to the Senate. Johnston died of pneumonia. Watson, a Goldwater ally, runs against conservative Democrat Preston Callison in 1966. Thurmond remains in the race as a Goldwater Republican.
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Columbia
S.C
UPI
Donald Russell
U.S. Senate
Olin D. Johnston
Robert E. McNair
Russell
McNair
Senate
Johnston
Albert W. Watson
Goldwater
Watson
Preston H. Callison
South Carolina
Sen
Strom Thurmond
Jake Jacobsen Joins White House Staff as Legislative Counsel
AP reports Jake Jacobsen an Austin attorney and friend of President Johnson has joined the White House staff. He will serve as legislative counsel working with Lawrence O'Brien and special counsel Lee White in congressional relations and policy matters in Washington.
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Washington
Jake Jacobsen
Austin
Tex
Johnson
White House
George EB. Reedy
Jacobsen
Lawrence O'Brien
Lee White
Navy volunteers exceed 3,250 for Vietnam duty
Washington report says more than 3,250 Navy men volunteered for service in South Vietnam. The Navy currently has about 1,000 sailors there advising the South Vietnamese Navy and performing housekeeping tasks.
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Washington
Vpd
South Viet Nam
Navy
Jacobsen's pay set near twenty-five thousand yearly
Reedy stated Jacobsen will earn about $25,000 annually, below the $28,000 salary for most presidential assistants. O'Brien earns $30,000, superseding the others. The noted disparity marks a pay gap among aides in the administration.
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Reedy
Jacobsen
O'Brien
U S backs a world system to warn of harmful drugs
President Johnson approved a plan to create an international adverse drug reaction center under the World Health Organization. The move, urged by HEW, would expand the U S FDA monitoring network to report drug adverse reactions worldwide and prevent tragedies like thalidomide linked deformities. Johnson touted global tech cooperation benefiting all.
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U.S
Washington
Johnson
World Health Assembly
Geneva
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
World Health Organization
U. S. Food and Drug Administration
Tem
President Installs AP and UPI Wires
In Washington President Johnson has placed News service printers of AP and UPI in his office. The White House press office previously delivered copies, but now the President can read incoming news himself as it prints. White cabinets keep the devices quiet to avoid disturbance.
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Washington
UPI
United Press International
Associated Press
Johnson
White House
Powell Charges Cities Violate Funds Rules
Washington AP report says Adam Powell chair of the House Education and Labor Committee asked the comptroller general to bar anti-poverty funds to New York Cleveland and Chicago unless they overhaul program administration. Powell cites committee testimony alleging violations of federal rules.
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Washington
Adam Clayton Powell
D-Nly
House Education and Labor Committee
Comptroller General
New York
Cleveland
Chicago
Joseph Campbell
Powell
New York City
Robert F. Wagner
Paul Berevane
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