Union Oil Workers Strike Nationwide Across Refineries
Union oil workers walk out in a nationwide strike led by the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union. About 60,000 members joined pickets from Puget Sound to Marcus Hook as talks expired. The union seeks a 72 cent per hour raise over 23 months, higher than offers of 35 cents, with no immediate shortages expected though some plants will run with supervisory staff.
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Marcus Hook
Newal
A.F. Grospiron
South Africa
Cape Town
Christiaan Barnard
Africa
Texas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
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South Atlantic
United States
South Africans Crazy Over Sports
South Africa’s sports scene blends pride with political tension as apartheid disrupts events and limits athletes. Fans note world records by Karen Muir and Paul Nash, while Basil D Oliviera’s nonwhite status blocks tours. The piece surveys geography, history, language, and racial segregation framing daily life.
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South Africa
United Nations
South
Karen Muir
Paul Nash
Mexico
Muir
Nash
Liticians
Britain
Basil D'Oliveira
Project Proves Workers Will Migrate To Dallas Plant
The Ling-Temco-Vought project moved 2,184 Mexican American workers and families from the Lower Rio Grande Valley to Dallas area plants. LTV Aerospace built three Valley schools training 684 graduates in five weeks as sheet metal assemblers. Most stayed, with only 10 percent attrition and 2 percent returning to the valley, while new jobs and homes followed.
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Sandoval
Rio Grande Valley
Dallas
Ling-Temcoought Aerospace Corp
Alicia DeLeon
Alicia
Leon
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LTV
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LTV Aerospace Oe
Grand Rairie
Fort Worth
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Roman Catholics and Protestants clash near Londonderry march
About 150 Roman Catholic civil rights marchers clash with Protestants six miles outside Londonderry on a four day protest. At least 12 injured by rocks and gasoline bombs. Police charged with clubs near a bridge. Belfast MPs urge ONeill to recall the provincial legislature for talks on unrest.
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Northern Ireland
Belfast
Ulster Labor
Terence O'Neill
Onderry
Northern Counties
Trade Zone Hopes Hit By Setback For Maine Project
Maine Governor Curtis signals little chance of Federal action to aid Occidental Petroleum’s 145 million oil refinery plan in Machiasport and Portland. Curtis met with Sen Muskie and Interior Secretary Udall to seek advice and potential paths forward as Nixon administration reviews stall. Muskie has pressed Smith, who chairs the Foreign Trade Zones Board, to reconsider and aid Maine’s trade zone designation amid skepticism from officials.
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England
Maine
Kenneth M. Curtis
Johnson
Machiasport
Curtis
Portland
Edmund S. Muskie
Occidental Petroleum Corp
Udall
Occidental
Walter J. Hickel
Nixon
Muskie
Smith
Maine Trade Zone
Public Hearing Set On Saco Charter Impacts City Governance
A public hearing on a proposed council-manager charter for Saco will be held at City Hall at 7 30 p m. James F E Cartier chairman of the Jaycees city charter committee said amendments include electing a council chairman from among seven councilors replacing a mayoral office, redefining Board of Education membership, preserving police-fire department separability, removing capital see references, and scheduling a special referendum in Oct 1969 with potential November 1969 voting. The charter would take effect Jan 1 1970.
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Saco City Hall
Senate Returns Liberals Gain In New Leadership Shakeup
Washington AP The 91st Congress opens with Adam Clayton Powell restored to Harlem seat after a $25 000 fine and loss of seniority Kennedy and Scott win No 2 posts signaling liberal momentum though real power remains uncertain as Senate debates treaty and filibuster repeal Apollo 8 crew to address joint session Senate leaders Dirkson re elected minority chief in Illinois confirms party tensions and bid for 1972 White House run surfaces in Kennedy rise
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Adam Clayton Powell
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Senate
Johnson
White House
Richard M. Nixon
Powell
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New York
Harlem
Education and Labor Committee
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Kennedy
Minnesota
Eugene J. McCarthy
McCarthy
Adlai Stevenson
Robert F. Kennedy
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Scott
Hruska
Kennedy Wins Senior Senate Post Over Southern Bloc
In a 31 to 26 vote Kennedy defeats Senator Russell Long to become assistant Democratic leader, signaling a shift in party leadership. The 36 year old heir to the Kennedy political legacy will be a key spokesman on domestic policy during the Nixon era and a potential runner for 1972. Skeptics warn the move may push Southern Democrats toward the Republicans as Muskie and McCarthy comment.
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Senate
Edward M. Kennedy
Kennedy
Russell B. Long
Louisiana
Nixon
Sen
Edmund §. Muskie
Maine
Eugene J. McCarthy
Minnesota
Muskie
Long
McCarthy
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Kennedy Brothers
Congress
Mansfield
Montana
Geor Smathers
Florida
New Senators Featured In Class Of Sixty Nine
Washington AP profiles the Class of 69 new U S senators including Edward J Gurney of Florida William Saxbe Richard Schweiker Alan Cranston Charles Mathias James Allen and others detailing military service political careers marriages children and prior roles The article notes Gurneys WWII service Harvard Duke education mayoral tenure House terms and wartime wounds while outlining Saxbes Schweiker Cranstons and Mathias backgrounds and the varied political stances within the group.
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