TV Strike Could Last A Week Or More In 4 Networks
New York AP report says the AFTRA walkout by 18 000 members against NBC ABC CBS and Mutual began Wednesday and may extend a week or longer. Negotiations with a federal mediator are not expected before Saturday as networks replace live talent with reruns and supervising staff.
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New York
American Federation of Television and Radio Artists
National Broadcasting Co
AFTRA
Afl-Cio
NBC
American Broadcasting Co
Columbia Broadcasting System
Mutual Broadcasting System
Movie Union
Screen Artists Guild
Washington
Chet Huntley
New York Union Stops Clock As Talks Extend Paper Strike
In New York, one of ten unions negotiating with the city’s five newspapers halted the clock at 11:55 p.m. to extend talks on a new contract. Mediator Theodore Kheel said progress was made and talks would continue without a full blackout, while other unions kept negotiating to avert a wider walkout affecting 17,000 newsroom workers. The printers union warned of slowdowns at the Daily News but did not call a strike.
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New York
Theodore Kheel
Deliverers
Daily News
the News
Ches
Ostewanen
Abby Wes
Dr. Brandstadt
Weekly Sunday Post
Sylvia Porter
Ney
Rachetrry Hequisen
Sunday Post
Weather Summary for Bridgeport and Vicinity
Variable high cloudiness and mild today with coastal highs in the upper 40s to mid 50s and inland upper 50s. Tonight fair and milder with lows in the upper 20s. Tomorrow partly cloudy and mild with near zero precipitation today and about 10 percent tonight. Winds southeast to southerly 1 to 15 mph.
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Weather Bureau
Bridgeport
Steel Union Wins Bargaining Rights at Handy Harman
The United Steelworkers of America won the right to bargain for about 550 production maintenance and clerical employees at Handy Harman in Fairfield after a National Labor Relations Board election. Results: 294 votes for USW and 212 against. prior to this, the century old metals firm had no union amid previous organizing efforts.
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United Steelworkers of America
Handy & Harman
Kings
Fairfield
National Labor Relations Board
USW
Scientists paint the skies with chemicals in wind study
NASA rockets fired from Wallops Island Virginia released ethyl borane and barium at altitudes from 50 to 200 miles. TEB formed blue and white clouds 50 to 90 miles high while barium produced red green and blue clouds 142 to 200 miles high. The sun had set as rockets launched around 7 p.m. EST.
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Washington
Space Agency
Seaboard
Bridgeport
Wallops Island
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Fire pay increases approved by Common Council
The Common Council voted to raise fire department pay on April 1 to match the 17 percent police hike. The top firefighter pay rises to 782 dollars and grades shift to new scales, with chief and assistant chief scales set and police sergeant ranges adjusted. The action also realigns Engine Co. 9, Truck Co. 10, and Squad 5, and adds uniform allowances and extended vacation benefits.
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Common Council
Engine Co
Madison Avenue
Putnam Street
Middle Street
Thomas J. Barrett
Fire Board
Civil Service Commission
Civil Service
Barrett
Fire Department
Knew Them All by James Polk
Juda Wisconsin residents mourn nine girls killed when a plane crashed into a motel during a New Orleans senior class trip. Teresa Zimmerman 20 at a grocery counter recalls knowing the victims while townsfolk cling to memories and words are spoken in hushed tones.
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James
Polk Juda
Wis
Teresa Zimmerman
Irma Norder
Jake
Nine Juda High Girls Among 18 Dead in New Orleans Crash
A DC8 jet on a practice approach crashed near New Orleans International Airport, igniting a fire that leveled part of the Hilton Inn. Eighteen people died including nine Juda High School girls on a senior class trip and five pilots plus an FAA inspector were among the victims. The jet sliced through two homes before striking the motel.
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Juda
Wis
New Orleans
New Orleans International Airport
Hilton Inn
Mississippi Gulf Coast
Delta Air Lines
Federal Aviation Agency
Humphrey Struck by Paint in Rome Opera House
Antiwar demonstrators threw yellow paint at Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey as he entered the Rome Opera House for Verdi's Ernani. Paint splashed on Opera Director Angelo Carlucci, eight people were detained, including an American and a Communist Youth Federation worker. Humphrey was in Rome after talks in Bonn and before meeting Pope Paul VI.
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Rome
Hubert’ H. Humphrey
Rome Opera House
Humphrey
Angelo Carlucci
Italian Communist Youth Federation
Bonn
Pope Paul VI
Carlucci
Verdi
Ernani
Dixon
Richard M. Nixon
Latin America
Inter American
Johnson
Pacific
Local Woman 61 Fatally Harmed in Philadelphia Alley
A 61 year old Bridgeport woman Mrs. Loutella Hamilton Walker was fatally harmed Friday night in a West Philadelphia alley. Police list her address as Bridgeport Conn and Father Panik Village area. A man identified as Charles McFarland 21 is involved with few details released.
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Philadelphia
Loutella Hamilton Walker
Bridgeport
Apt
Conn
Father Panik Village
Charles McFarland
Bill on Pollution Heads for Passage
Connecticut Governor Dempsey elevates pollution abatement as a top priority with a favorable committee report backing a $150 million bond issue. The plan provides 30 percent state aid to new projects and retroactive grants worth 40 percent of bond obligations for preexisting facilities, estimated at $18 million.
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Hartford
Dempsey
Connecticut
Clean Water Task Force
District PTA Conference Highlights School Challenge
Delegates at District 10 PTA Connecticut spring conference in Trumbull High School urged urban schools to adopt innovative methods to meet future needs. About 185 attendees elected district officers, heard three speakers on future trends, state efforts, and Bridgeport actions, with Mrs Curtis G Marshall of Fairfield chosen as district director.
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Connecticut
Parent-Teacher Association of Connecticut
Trumbull High School
Bridgeport
Marshall
Curtis G. Marshall
Rowland Road
Fairfield
First Steps Toward Brotherhood in Action Beginnings
About 115 members of Fairfield county fraternal groups met at Fairfield University to launch the Brotherhood in Action program. Leaders from Prince Hall Masonic Order, Masons, Bnai Brith, and Knights of Columbus outlined seminars and projects to raise funds and foster dialogue among groups. Health department population estimates project changes in Bridgeport Hartford New Haven and Stamford with county totals.
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Fairfield County
Fairfield University
State Brotherhood In Action Committee
Prince Hall Masonic Order
Masonic Order
B'nai B’rith
Knights of Columbus
Gene
Valentino
BIA
State Health Department
State Capitol
Hartford
Bridgeport
New Haven
Stamford
Health Department
Hartford County
Raid hits Thai Nguyen steel plant for seventh time
SAIGON AP American bombers pounded North Vietnam's Thai Nguyen steel fabrication plant 37 miles north of Hanoi for the seventh time in three weeks. Air Force Phantom jets from Thailand bases reported two MIG21 interceptions 57 miles west-southwest of Hanoi. Ground fighting continued with two bitter battles last week setting new combat death records for both sides. A US 1st Cavalry helicopter assault in Binh Thuan province linked with South Vietnamese troops, ending after three hours with 37 enemy killed.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
U.S
Air Force Fac Phantom
Thailand
Thai Nguyen
Hanoi
Thai Neuyen
Binh Thuan
U.S. 1St Cavalry
Johnson Urges Democrats to Work After 35 Years of Wins
President Johnson told party chairmen and vice chairmen that Democrats have legislated as winners for 35 years and must now show credit to the people. He warned a Republican win next year would signal a retreat in the campaign for a modern, compassionate America and urged clarity of action.
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Washington
Johnson
America
Democratic Party
Thompson Appeal Denied On Harding Principalship
The Civil Service denied Robert Thompson’s appeal regarding the Harding high school principalship. The ruling clears the way for Richard Mayer, the sole top candidate, to be certified for the position while Mayer serves as acting principal. City officials described ongoing steps with the Board of Education, the city attorney, and Educational Testing Service to resolve access to examination papers.
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Civil Service
Robert Thompson
Harding High School
Harding
Civil Service Office
Richard Mayer
Board of Education
Ar. Mayer
Stephen Jankura
John J. Linley
Thompson
Educational Testing Service, Inc
Linley
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Anthony DiBenedetto
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