Telephone strike settlement nears with 6.5 percent annual rise
A tentative three year contract would lift wages and fringe benefits by 19.58 percent total for Bell System workers, costing the company over two billion dollars. AFL CIO officials said nationwide walkout by about 200000 workers could end next week after ratification. Negotiations continued in 17 cities as Virginia strike deadlines were extended, with talks involving Western Electric installers leading the pattern for remaining workers.
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Washington
Bell Telephone System
Bell System
Joseph A. Beirne
Afl-Cio Communications Workers of America
Beirne
Virginia
Defense Department
Pentagon
Arlington
New York
Bell
Western Electric Co
Detainees in Vietnam Attract Helicopter Pursuit
In the Mekong Delta a few hundred peasants in white shirts were chased by US gunships after being spotted in the fields. Col Hank Emerson led the air response as detainees lined up outside a 9th Division camp awaiting questioning about possible Viet Cong ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dong Tam
Vietnam
Hank Emerson
Milford
9Th Division
Hanoi rejects neutral cruiser for peace talks
Hanoi rejects a proposal to hold talks aboard an Indonesian cruiser in the Gulf of Tonkin. The North Vietnamese spokesman said Jakarta is not neutral and that talks must be in Phnom Penh or Warsaw. U.S. senators urged acceptance of Warsaw. Fulbright indicated support for a ship venue but doubted Hanoi would agree.
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Vientiane
Laos
United States
Gulf of Tonkin
Washington
Hanoi
Johnson
Indonesia
Jakarta
Sukarno
Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Warsaw
Poland
U.S
J. W. Fulbright
Dark
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Nicholas Katzenbach
Fulbright
South Vietnam
South Korea
Anoi
White House
Donesia
Adam Malik
North Vietnam
Malik
Maverick Asteroid Icarus Heads Toward Earth At 20000 MPH
Navy astronomers report the maverick asteroid Icarus, about a half mile across, will approach Earth within four million miles on June 14. It will not be visible to the naked eye and no collision danger is claimed, though scientists caution about potential future orbital changes and defense ideas.
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Washington
Navy
Earth
Robert S. Richardson
Richardson
Altadena
Calif
Icarus
Mercury
Poor People's March Begins in Memphis Dedication Ceremony
In Memphis the Poor People’s Campaign kicks off with a dedication of a memorial stone for Martin Luther King Jr at the Lorraine Motel. Ralph D. Abernathy leads a Memphis rally and the first contingent toward buses to Marks, Mississippi, amid calls for broad participation beyond black Americans.
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Memphis, Tenn
Washington
Martin Luther King Jr
Marks
Miss
King
Ralph D. Abernathy
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Lorraine Motel
Abernathy
Memphis
Mississippi
Quitman Count
Jack Harrison
Willie Bolden
SCLC
Appalachia
Congress
Indiana Primary Casts Shadows Over Democratic Battle
In Indianapolis Indiana two names Nixon and Humphrey loom over the Democratic presidential primary as Branigin Kennedy and McCarthy appear on the ballot. Humphrey boosts Branigin as a possible stand in while Branigin denies it but the race pits Kennedy and McCarthy against each other with Nixon facing a separate Republican contest and potential crossovers complicating the vote. Branigin campaigns and Nixon adjusts strategy ahead of the Indiana vote.
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Lina
Linnell Gymnasium
Saco
Madeleine Deshaies
Leo Warner
Roger Caouette
Susan Beaulieu
Indianapolis
Ind
Branigin
Kennedy
McCarthy
Nixon
Humphrey
Indiana
Hubert H. Humphrey
Roger D. Branigin
Robert F. Kennedy
New York
Eugene J. McCarthy
Minnesota
New Hampshire
Wisconsin
Richard M. Nixon
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Gamaign
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John Ray
Biddeford-Saco
States
District of Columbia
Afl-Cio International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Boston
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
International Brotherhood of Telephone Workers
New England Telephone Co
IBTW
Cambridge
Net&t
New England
Connecticut
Haverhill
George McArthur
Associated Press
Biddeford
Sace Rotary
Linnell
Thornton Academy
Kesslen
Kennebunk, Maine
A&p Super Market
Biddeford & Saco
Ont
Katzenbach
Maverick Asteriod
Maremont Corp
North ST
Leslie Fay
Jonathan Logan
King Winsor
Missy
Catalina
Cole of
California
Rose Marie Reid
Old Orchard Street
Old Orchard Beach
Jack & Larry
Cor
Alfred & Main St
S&h
Mr. Cormier
Mainline Shoe Co
North Berwick
Wangan
Saco Valley Shopping Center
Frs
Ken’s
Pine Point
Pine Point Road
Kesslen Shoe CO
General Electric
RCA Whirlpool
RCA Victor
Maines
Main Street
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