West Virgin ia coal strikes and California canneries walkout loom
Strikes and roving pickets idled about 4 000 coal miners in West ia as negotiators failed to avert a Teamsters walkout against 28 California fruit and vegetable canneries. Federal mediators pressed talks with electrical workers in Pittsburgh while Westinghouse plant shutdowns spread nationwide. Public officials urged settlement as hospital and sanitation walkouts continued and labor leaders warned of wider action.
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Teamsters
California
Federal
Pittsburgh
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
Atlanta
New York City Health Department
Seattle
Cincinnati
United Mine Workers
Cedar Coal Co
W. J. Usery
Westinghouse
Washington
Dutch Embassy In Spain Bombed
A powerful bomb hit the Dutch embassy in Madrid early Tuesday amid a wave of about 30 bombings across Spain. The blast caused limited damage with no injuries while police investigated. The building is on 64 Generalissimo Ave on the embassy’s third floor.
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Madrid
Spain
UPI
Generalissimo Ave
Flag Raised Over Berlin as U.S. Troops Prepare Occupation
On this date in 1945 the United States flag was raised over Berlin as American troops prepared to join the occupation government after World War II.
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U.S
Berlin
Sierra Club
United States
India
Sen
Abraham Ribicoff
India plutonium production cited as 10 to 20 bombs yearly
Former U.S. disarmament official Herbert Scoville testifies at NRC hearings on Edlow Corp uranium sale to India for Tarapur reactor fuel. He warns India’s program yields about 100 kg plutonium annually, with 400 kg stockpiled, enough for 10–20 bombs each year, signaling proliferation risks and U.S. policy concerns.
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Washington
UPI
U.S. Disarmament Agency
India
Herbert Scoville
U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
United States
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Commission
Edlow Corp
Tarapur Atomic Power Station
Scoville
U.S
FBI Slush Fund Probe Reaches Hoover era Officials
The Justice Department probes whether funds from the FBI’s recreational association were diverted to assist J Edgar Hoover and top officials. The Times cites a Callahan led fund from 1970 to 1973, totaling over 80 000 dollars, with testimony from two grand jurors.
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Washington
UPI
Justice Department
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
New York Times
Nicholas Callahan
Clarence Kelley
Callahan
Bureau
the Times
Hoover
Clyde Tolson
Tolson
California
South Africa fea rs new black rioting in Soweto
Reinforced police patrolled Soweto as fears rose of a new outbreak following last month’s violence that left 176 blacks and two whites dead. Schools postpon ed reopening amid rumors of anti government demonstrations. militants urged strikes while commuters entered Johannesburg. Public meetings banned, arrests under preventive detention laws reported, Fort Hare riot fallout spread to other campuses and a threatened courthouse arson attempt near Johannesburg. Desmond Tutu urged government to heed black voices amid tension.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Soweto
Pretoria
University of Fort
Gert Prinsloo
Foundation 2 Funds Runaway Youth Shelter in Cedar Rapids
Foundation 2 will open a runaway youth facility in Cedar Rapids by Sept 1 after receiving a $48,000 grant from the office of youth development. Richard Osing, director, says the program will divert juveniles from the juvenile justice system and offer shelter, meals, counseling, and parent support for up to 12 youths.
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Cedar Rapids
Richard Osing
Foundation 2
C Avenue NE
Osing
Office of Youth Development
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Eighteenth Street
Mike Turner
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