Firefighters threaten walkout over new contract in NYC
New York City firemen voted overwhelmingly for a total strike if a satisfactory contract is not reached. The walkout could slow city services next week alongside teachers and sanitation workers amid ongoing labor actions and a looming school year.
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New York
New York City
Michael J. Maye
Uniformed Firefighters Association
Uniformed Sanitationmen‘s Association
Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association
Kansas plans grant to improve law enforcement practices
TOPEKA AP A planning grant of 50510 dollars was awarded to the Governor's Committee on Criminal Administration by the Justice Department. The grant covers 20 percent with the rest due in the next two months announced at a Topeka committee meeting. CHICAGO AP Demonstrators are expected to march along Michigan Avenue and gather in Grant Park to protest police action at the Democratic National Convention. The rally backs ending the Vietnam War and amnesty for arrestees from the convention week ending Aug 25. Permits were issued. march will pass the site of a clash where police and demonstrators clashed and many were injured.
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Governor’s Committee On Criminal Administration
Justice Department
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Chicago
Michigan Avenue
Grant Park
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Greek regime tightens security before Athens referendum
Greek police enforce strict measures as opposition pamphlets urge a no vote and transport disruptions hinder return home for voters. An emergency law requires long-distance voters to travel up to 300 miles to cast ballots, while officials push the draft constitution as democratic and timely.
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Athens
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Percy of Illinois To Visit Chanute
Sen Charles Percy will stop in Chanute next Saturday en route to a fundraising dinner in Salina. He travels with Rep Bob Dole and Kansas gubernatorial candidate Rick Harman, who will attend a barbecue at Keas Lake near Chanute before campaign events in Manhattan and Lawrence.
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R - NL
Chanute
Republican Party
Tom Blancett
Republican Central Committee
Senator Percy
Bob Dole
Kansas
Rick Harman
Salina
Harman
Congressman Dole
Reuben Burkman
Illinois
Keas Lake
University of Kansas Student Union
Dole
U.S. Senate
Czechs Await New Moves In Moscow Talks
Soviet forces may withdraw 100000 permanently with 400000 more leaving during the night of Aug 21. Premier Cernik and leaders like Dubcek face pressure as Moscow hints at leadership changes while a government or military rule could be imposed if liberal leaders are removed.
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Soviet Union
Oldrich Cernik
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Cernik
National Assembly
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Smrkovsky
Czechoslovakia
Ball Sparks Bitter War of Words in Campaign Fight
Former US ambassador George W. Ball clashed with Republicans after resigning to join Hubert Humphrey’s campaign. He branded Nixon as Tricky Dick and his running mate as a fourth rate hack politician. GOP leaders called Ball a Humphrey hatchet man as the battle stretched from the Senate to the UN and campaign trails.
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George W. Ball
Ball
Richard M. Nixon
Humphrey
United Nations
Hubert H. Humphrey
Nixon
GOP
Rey C. Bliss
Senate
Sen
Gordon Allott
R-Colo
U.N
Maryland
Spiro T. Agnew
Agnew
State Department
Thruston B. Morton
Rey
Melvin R. Laird
R-Wis
Florida
Tampa
West Coast
Bombers pound frontier positions in Southeast Asia clash
U S B52 bombers dropped nearly four million pounds of ordnance Friday and today on enemy positions mainly along the Cambodian frontier as fighting slackened in the northern war zone. Ground fire hit the Thuong Duc Special Forces camp near Da Nang with two Vietnamese defenders killed and 11 wounded.
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Saigon
Cambodian
Thuong Duc
da Nang
Tay Ninh
Mexico City faces Olympic tension as student strike persists
In Mexico City student leaders vow to keep the two month old strike until demands are met, meeting rector Javier Barros Sierra and rallying about 5000 people. The standoff tensions threaten opening day October 12 and raise fears of renewed violence and cancellations amid missing patrons and mounting losses. The Eastern Kansas Oil and Gas Association holds its annual meeting at the National Guard armory with registration at 5:30.
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Mexico City
Javier Barros Sierra
University of Mexico
Gustavo Diaz Ordaz
Universal Grafico
Eastern Kansas Oil and Gas Assn
National Guard Armory
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha Reveals Diplomat's Undiplomatic Terms
A captured note shows diplomat Mr Ball using blunt language in correspondence marked intercepted. The brief communication hints at tensions or challenges in official discourse while maintaining suspense over context and recipients.
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Mr. Ball
Lawrence High students return after march for Negro recognition
A group of 45 Negro students at Lawrence High School returned to class after securing a promise from Superintendent Carl Knox and Principal William Medley to discuss their demands. The group sought a Negro cheerleader, a Negro homecoming queen, a Negro history course, and a Negro athletic coach, among other requests.
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Lawrence, Kan
Lawrence High School
Carl Knox
William Medley
Knox
Medley
Mediey
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