Teamsters UAW cool on returning to AFL-CIO
High officials of the Teamsters and the United Auto Workers urged against rejoining the AFL-CIO, citing financial strain and ongoing disputes. UAW leader Leonard Woodcock cited dues and GM strike fallout while Teamsters leader Frank Fitzsimmons and others said there is no current sentiment to reaffiliate. Both unions prefer operating independently despite Meany’s expressed interest in reconciliation.
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Teamsters
UAW
Afl-Cio
Miami Beach
United Auto Workers
American Labor
George Meany
Labor
Auto Workers
Leonard Woodcock
Woodcock
General Motors
Alliance For Labor Action
The
Walter Reuther
Meany
Reuther
Labor Federation
AFL Cio
Fornia
Mohn
Hoffa
Frank Fitzsimmons
Fitzsimmons
California
Aflcio
Pullout pace In Vietnam quickens as Nixon quotas near
Washington AP US troops have left Vietnam faster than Nixon’s planned pace, with Pentagon sources predicting slower withdrawals in July August and September. By December 1 troop strength should reach about 175000, about 9000 below Nixon’s target. He plans another major announcement November 15.
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Washington
U. S
Vietnam
Nixon
Pentagon
Demilitarized Zone
5Th Mechanized Infantry
Quang Tri
Dmz
U.S. Army
Thailand
RFK Involvement Alleged in Pentagon Papers Prep
ATLANTA AP The Atlanta Journal-Constitution cited an informed source claiming late Senator Robert F Kennedy helped prepare the Pentagon papers and sought to ensure President Johnson received full credit for botching the war. The papers reportedly aimed to indict Johnson's war handling and to influence the 1968 campaign.
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Atlanta
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Robert F. Kennedy
Pentagon
Johnson
Kennedy
Los Angeles
Fairfax Man Pushes 260-Foot Tractor Pull Mark
More than 6,500 people watched the All-Iowa fair Monday as Keith Sankert of Fairfax powered an International with an Oldsmobile engine past 260 feet to win the 7,000-pound hot rod class. Ron Bowser of West Chester won both the 7,000-pound stock and 9,000-pound stock classes with 212-3 and 237-8 feet, respectively, while Ernie Ropp of Kalona took the 12,000-pound stock class at 191-9.
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Keith Sanker
Fairfax
Sankot
Ron Bowser
West Chester
John Deere
Ernie Ropp
Kalona
Allis-Chalmers
Marvin Hovden
Decorah
Ken Kucera
Jack Simon
West Liberty
Bowser
Doug Hamm
Solon
Lawrence Ditmar
Waukee
Waukee, 229- 4; 4— Hovden, 203-4. 12,000-Pound Stock: 1 — Ernie Ropp
Robert Horn
Iowa City
Ed Parker
Martelle
Ditmar
Keith Sanket
All
Duane Huster
Sac City
Merlin Crawford
Keota
Emil Merta
West Liberty Lions Club
Brother 82 Suffers Stroke in Tacoma Hospital
Edgar Eisenhower, 82, brother of former President Dwight Eisenhower, was hospitalized after a stroke. A doctor said the stroke is not life threatening but caused brain damage leaving him unable to speak or understand speech. The physician suggested he may walk again, with some weakness on one side.
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Tacoma
Wash
Edgar Eisenhower
Eisenhower
L Eisenhower
Seek Cause Of Crackup Killing Five
Investigators searched wreckage of a twin engine plane that crashed during severe thunderstorms Sunday night. Five aboard were killed including jockey Vernon Sayler of Aberdeen South Dakota. The Piper Comanche took off from Sioux City at 6 30 p m and last radioed Peoria Illinois requesting a route change due to storms. Bodies were taken to Burnham City hospital Champaign Illinois.
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Philo, Ill
Sioux City
Iowa
Cincinnati
Illinois Civil Air Patrol
iChampaign
Illinois
South Dakota
Vernon Sayler
Aberdeen
S. D
Riverview Downs
Burnham City Hospital
Champaign
Civil Air Patrol
Peoria
Ill
Sayler
Gas Rates To Rise For Iowa Illinois Gas Customers
Typical residential heating customers in Cedar Rapids will see about a six cent monthly bill increase, totaling roughly $41,000 more annually for the area. The rise follows a cost-increase for gas purchased from Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America starting June 1, with exact charges tied to each customer's usage and Iowa-Illinois rate schedules on file with the Iowa commerce commission.
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Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric Co
Cedar Rapids
Edward J. Hartman
Iowa-Illinois
Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America
Iowa Commerce Commission
Top Winners in Flower Show at Fair Are Listed
The All-Iowa fair flower show announced leading winners in both senior and junior divisions. Feild won two rosettes plus two blue ribbons. Peterson and Rohlena led seniors with five and four firsts respectively. Several other exhibitors earned multiple blue ribbons and firsts, including Williams, Richardson, Schultz, and Layton. In the junior division, Karen Frantz and others took two blue ribbons and multiple firsts across ages 12 to under 12.
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C. A. Peterson
C Avenue
Charles Rohlena
Victoria Drive
Wilbur ‘Feild
Twenty-first Avenue
Feild
Peterson
Rohlena
Herbert Richardson
Ely
Arlo Schultz
Parkwood Drive
James Andrews
Marion
Carl Franks
Sixteenth Avenue
Robert Rohlena
Edward Gorman
Hertz Drive
Merle Williams
Twentieth Street
Pam Richardson
Karen Frantz
Palo
John Layton
Linmar Drive
Christine Gorman
Judy Colony
Oxford
Leah Smittkamp
Twelfth Avenue
Lisa Prachar
Cedar Rapids
Deborah Schultz
Susan Layton
Michelle
Shelley Stephens
Barbara Martin
Bever Avenue
Vicky Prachar
Sato Orders Ministers Not to Golf on Work Days
Tokyo officials report Prime Minister Eisaku Sato instructed new cabinet ministers appointed Monday to avoid golf on working days. He urged them to set an example for the public and prove they are morally ideal politicians, according to Kyodo News.
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Tokyo
UPI
Eisaku Sato
Sato
Kyodo
Explosion Damages NAACP Official Home in Chattanooga
Authorities say an explosion damaged the Chattanooga home of James Mapp, president of the local NAACP chapter, with about 1000 dollars in basement and bedroom damage. Mapp was away. cause not yet determined.
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NAACP
Chattanooga
James Mapp
The
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
Mapp
Charles Funk
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