Walkout at GE Plant May Be Biggest Since 1960
Union workers at General Electric ordnance plants in Pittsfield began a noon walkout after 15 testmen left to meet with the union. Local 255 members from OP2 and OP3 joined, signaling a protest over pay grading for C rated versus B rated test work. The walkout, aimed at pressuring GE to restore higher pay for test duties, was described as a one day action under a militant new union program.
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General Elactric Co
Ordnance Department
Defense
Thomas M. Connolly
International Union of Electrical Workers
Arthur G. Melikan
Connolly
Legality
255
OPL
Ordnance Plant
Plastics Avenue
Melikan
OP2
OP3
Merrill Road
Draft Asked For Doctors In Buildup
Washington AP The Defense Department moved to draft 1,979 doctors dentists and veterinarians to support the armed forces buildup. The Selective Service was asked to call 1,529 doctors 350 dentists and 100 veterinarians for service in the Army Navy and Air Force starting in January. The action is tied to a 340,000 man boost approved by President Johnson bringing active forces near three million. The move follows a shortage of medical volunteers for Vietnam war requirements.
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Washington
Defense Department
Pentagon
Selective Service
Army
Navy
Air Force
Johnson
China Threat Based India Denies Claim
In New Delhi India and Pakistan ordered a truce in the Kashmir war with a cease-fire to take effect at 3 p.m. EDT after a UN deadline passed. Prime Minister Shastri appealed for resolve as Ayub Khan announced the halt in hostilities, with both nations pulling back to pre August 5 positions and Kosygin offering Soviet mediation. China denied Indian border intrusions on Sikkim and Tibet and warned of grave consequences if dismantling posts occurred.
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New Delhi
India
Kashmir
Pakistan
Red
China
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Shastri
Mohammed Ayub Khan
U.N. Security Council
New York
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Bhutto
Ayub Khan
Jammu and Kashmir
United Nations
Ayub
Karachi
Alexei N. Kosygin
Kosygin
Mos
Peking
Red China
Tibet
Sikkim
Rawalpindi
U.S
United Nations Security Council
Jeff
U.N
Copalaswami Parthasarathi
Military weighs tear gas use in Viet Nam action
In Saigon the U S military asks Washington to reexamine policy on nonlethal tear gas for special cases amid Viet Cong attacks in the Mekong delta. A Marine commander reportedly used tear gas to rout guerrillas from a civilian tunnel. U S losses rise as battles flare across An Khe and highlands. 21 soldiers killed, 106 wounded, 2 missing.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
U.S
Washington
Mekong
Guam
South
Dinh Tuong
1St Cavalry Division
Flying Horsemen
An Khe
1St Airborne
Midway
Binh Duong
Reuther Demands Chrysler Price Rollback in UAW Protest
Walter P. Reuther, president of the UAW, urged a Congressional probe into auto costs and profits after Chrysler announced price increases. He warned profiteering could spark inflation unless Chrysler rescinds the move. Moyers said the White House would study the plan, with focus on whether safety feature costs justified the hike.
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New York
Washington
White House
Bill D. Moyers
Chrysler
Commerce Department
President's Council of Economic Advisers
Moyers
Thalidomide Trial Aids Leprosy Patients In Israel
In Jerusalem Hansen Hospital specialists begin using thalidomide to ease pain and help leprosy patients sleep. The drug, once linked to birth defects, shows rapid improvement in skin efflorescence and eye inflammation with no serious side effects. Local Haifa firm manufactures the pills.
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Hansen Hospital
Haifa
Trucker Killed in Sandisfield Crash
A 27 year old Albany man, Philip J Saba tino, was killed when his tractor trailer left Route 8 north of New Boston and plunged into the Farmington River around 10 50 a m. The truck was reported to be heading south before the accident.
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Sandisfield
Philip J. Sabatino
Albany
N.Y
New Boston
Farmington River
Five Day Forecast Sketch With Hazy Details
The forecast indicates temperatures will average 9 degrees above the seasonal norm of 64 across the five days. A cooler spell is expected Friday and Saturday. Early Friday and Sunday may bring thunderstorms with a chance of rain on Sunday as well.
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Sonya
Federal Officials To Discuss Victory Hill Plan
A New York Public Housing Administration official said he will meet Pittsfield Housing Authority leaders to seek consensus on Victory Hill disposition. City officials delayed action as protests and local officials debate converting the 23 acre tract to a school site or housing, with a focus on new rent supplements and flexible programs under the Urban Development Act. Local authorities stress staying flexible and avoiding a single favored approach while Congress finalizes regulations.
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Victory Hill
Springfield
Herman D. Hillman
New York
Public Housing Administration
Pittsfield
Housing Authority
Hillman
Springfield Housing Authority
Sirronka Howard
Boston
The
Urban Renewal Administration
Arthur C. McGill
William E. Flynn
John D. Cox
Gerard F. McNeil
James R. Whyte
Dudne M. Breeze
Pitg Memoria Church
Whyte
South Congregational Church
Ex-Councilor’s $2,500 Donation Testimony Emerges
Former councilor Cronin testified he received a $2,500 campaign donation from Crimmins after the DiNatale reappointment was approved and did not disclose it to a Suffolk County grand jury. The jury is hearing the Furcolo era case against Crimmins Sullivan Stasini Favulli and cronin.
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Grand Jury
Boston
UPI
Edward J. Cronin
Newton District Court
Suffolk County
Cronin
Superior Court
Foster Furcolo
Joseph Ray Crimmins
Somerville
Raymond. F. Sullivan
Springfield
Ernest Co. Stasian
Fairhaven
Michael J. Favalli
Worcester
Harold M. Willcox
Crimmins
Anthony N. di Natale
Thomas E. Dwyer
Democratic
Watertown
Sullivan
Stasini
Favulli
Furcolo
DiNatale
Patrick J
Sonny) McDonough
Executive Council
Robert F. Murphy
Malden
Augustus G. Means
Eugene A.hudson
Crim
Mins
Turcolo
Tony
Stasiun
Newton
Fureolo
McDonough
Murphy
Anti Poverty Veto Issue Settled in Congress
Washington AP reports a House Senate clash over governors veto powers in the anti poverty program ended. Conferees accept the House version granting the director of the Office of Economic Opportunity override authority in certain cases to avoid plan blockage for political reasons. The bill authorizes 1.78 billion dollars for the program.
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Washington
House
Senate
Office of Economic Opportunity
Plame
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U.S Army
178Rd Airborne Brigade
South Viet Nam
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Canada
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Reuther
Afl-Cio Executive Council
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Israel
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