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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1964
Page
15
Dissident longshoremen staged wildcat walkouts in New York and Baltimore as a Maine to Texas dock strike threat renewed. Forty piers in New York and two in Baltimore were tied up after the 80 day no strike injunction expired, prolonging stalled talks with Gulf Coast shippers.
Detectives report Fleck's Pure Oil Service Station at 1700 Kanawha Blvd W was broken into three times in a month. Burglars pried open a vending machine cash box, taking between $20 and $30, with total losses around $80 across all three break-ins.
Charleston firemen answered four calls on Monday including a car blaze on Watts and Costello streets and a malfunctioning incinerator at Evans Super Market with minor damage. AFL CIO Longshoremen president Thomas Gleason met aides to discuss a proposed new contract and ordered locals to hold meetings and vote on acceptance by January 8. Union leaders push for a phased wage and crew reduction but the talks stalled in Galveston and Galveston talks threaten a possible strike. Baltimore district council seeks end to wildcat walkouts at two piers.
A charge of discharging firearms within the city limits against Dewey Huffman aged 61 of Mth Street was dismissed after the complainant failed to appear. Jean Stump, 31 of Oak Street Sunbar forfeited a $32 bond on a simple assault charge linked to a warrant by Elaine Coates of 1327 O'Dell Ave.
The Associated Press published The Torch Is Passed a Kennedy assassination book. Copies are available at $2 each to Gazette readers with delivery in several weeks. Fill the coupon mail to The Charleston Gazette 1001 Virginia St. E. Charleston WV.
Limited copies of the adjoining coupon mail order book The Torch Is Passed are on sale at the Charleston Gazette desk 1001 Virginia St. E Charleston. Price two dollars includes postage. Readers may request mail delivery by filling out the form and making checks payable to Charleston.
Washington sources predict a combined Social Security increase and Medicare package passing early in 1965. The plan envisions a 6 percent benefit rise for about 1 million people, tax hikes, a higher wage base, and possible pensioner health care options amid shifting administration support and congressional votes.
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