Top Level Steel Talks Under Way
Pittsburgh USW and basic steel industry negotiators open bedrock talks on wages security and medical insurance after the union won part of its total job security demands from the can industry. Concessions totaling 45.5 cents an hour over 40 months were gained by the can companies and extended vacation terms became common in steel and cans. The steel contract expires April 30 and aluminum contracts June 1 with reopening notices planned.
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UPI
United Steelworkers Union
USW
Can
David J. McDonald
R. Conrad Cooper
U.S Steel Corp
Steel Coordinating Committee
Cooper
McDonald
Rusk bans resale profits by diplomats abroad
Secretary of State Dean Rusk ordered an end to profits from resale of import free autos and other scarce goods by U S diplomats and staff overseas. The rule requires selling at original price or donating profits to local charity via the ambassador. Informants cited Latin America where profits of seven thousand dollars or more were reported from autos refrigerators and televisions.
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Dean Rusk
U.S
Rusk
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Argentina
Brazil
Chile
Peru
Colombia
American Automo
Indian War Veteran Dies at Age 94
Iron Mountain Michigan accord reports Hugh McGuinness 94 an Irish immigrant and last U S Army survivor of the Battle of Wounded Knee dies in a veterans hospital Wisconsin native and state s last Indian war veteran funeral rites scheduled he would have turned 95 next month
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UPI
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U.S. Army
Wounded Knee
McGuinness
Wisconsin
Former Bank President Raises Perjury Issue
Washington inquiry reports that the former president of a defunct San Francisco bank is raising a perjury issue. The remark comes as congressional and legal probes examine past banking practices and the institution's collapse.
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Washington
UPI
San Francisco
Senate
Mon C. Silverthorne
San Francisco National Bank
McClellan
Johnson urges government honesty in world and nation
President Johnson told 42 state governors at a White House meeting that the greatest responsibility of the American government is to keep its word abroad in South Vietnam and at home in Selma Alabama. He said the nation stands for freedom justice and peace and plans further briefings for mayors and state leaders.
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UPI
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Selma
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Mississippi
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Arkansas
Alaska
Ilinois
Nevada
Indiana
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Senate
Last U.S. Bombers Leave Bases in Spain
The 16th Air Force SAC units at Torrejon and Moron bases prepare to return their B47 jet bombers and KC135 tankers to the United States, ending nearly eight years of nuclear deterrence duties from Spain as McNamara economy measures shift bases to support roles.
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Atlantic
U.S
Spain
Strategic Air Command
16Th Air Force
SAC
Torrejon
Moron
Sevilla
16Th
United States
Defense
Robert McNamara
Air Force
Traffic Tickets 50 Percent Fixed in Massachusetts
Bruce Campbell of the Massachusetts Safety Council says half of all traffic violations in the state are fixed, with 90 to 99 percent of parking tickets fixed in Boston. He notes police and judges often sort tickets into fixed and non fixed piles amid push for a no fix bill.
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Boston
UPI
Massachusetts Safety Council
Massachusetts
Bruce Campbell
Safety Council
Russia Adopts French Secam Color TV System
Paris agency reports the Soviet Union has signed an agreement with France to adopt the Secam color television system. The move, chosen over American and German options, follows two days before the Vienna European television color conference opening, and is seen as aiding France’s position at the talks.
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Paris
UPI
Russia
French Information Ministry
France
Bills to End Mail Order Gun Sales Introduced
Senator Thomas J. Dodd introduced administration backed bills to halt mail order sale of guns and other deadly weapons. He said the measures are stronger than earlier efforts opposed by a formidable lobby in legislative history.
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Washington
Thomas J. Dodd
Connecticut
No Elephant Joke
Uganda faces an elephant and hippo surplus prompting planned killings in Murchison Falls National Park. At least 2,000 elephants are to be shot to safeguard habitat, and about one third of roughly 10,400 hippos along a 50 mile Nile stretch will be culled after a committee meeting.
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Kampala
Uganda
Murchinson Falls
The
East African Wildlife Society
Nile
Cardinal Meyer Shows Slight Improvement in Recovery
Doctors report Archbishop Albert Cardinal Meyer aged 62 is showing slight improvement after brain surgery on February 25 to remove a malignant tumor the size of a walnut. He remains alert for longer periods and can express himself better though still fatigued.
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Chicago
Albert Cardinal Meyer
China
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