Labor Union Backs Humphrey At CWA Convention
The AFL-CIO Communications Workers of America, a 350000 member union, endorsed Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey for president over objections from some Southern delegates. The show of hands approval came from about 70 percent of the 1300 delegates as Charles Farrell of Orlando questioned delegate unity. The CWA joins roughly twelve other major unions in backing Humphrey, with no other candidate receiving union endorsement.
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Washington
AFL - Cio
Communications Workers of America
Hubert H. Humphrey
CWA
Charles Farrell
Orlando
Fla
Humphrey
Mayor Levies $874 in Fines
Mayor Elmer Dodson presided over a traffic court session Tuesday night where fines totaling 874 dollars were levied. Three witnesses testified about a 15-year-old Smith Road boy driving a sports car at high speed on Huber Road last week. The mayor warned the youth about driving without a license and fined him 77 dollars.
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Elmer Dodson
Smith Road
Dodson
GAO Upholds Army Handling for Rifle Pacts
GAO upholds Army decision on M16 rifle contracts amid suits in Kanawha County. Cases involve Gobel and Paxton disputes over collisions with a hayrake and cherrypicker used on a farm site near the C&O station. Firms FMC, Hydra-Matic, Harrington Richardson cited for ceilings on award totals.
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Kanawha
Com
Hayrake
C&o
Hydra-Matic
Walter Edmond
General Motors
Ypsilanti
Harrington Andisuit
FMC Corp
Moun- Richardson, Worcester
Masstain State Construction Co
Lur
Brothers and Valley
Edmond
G.M
Harrington
FMC
Richardson
South Charleston
Polaris A7 Missile Strays Into Sea and Is Destroyed
Police allege James A Black 18 of Woodall Drive Robert Rowe 19 of Patterson Street and a 17 year old were arrested in Charleston CAPE KENNEDY Fla after a Polaris A2 missile launched by the nuclear submarine Edison went off course over the Atlantic and was destroyed by range safety. it was the second A2 failure this year following a misfire on the Sam Houston last January.
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James A. Black
Woodall Drive
Robert Rowe
Patterson Street
Charleston
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Dunbar
Imas Edison
Atlantic Ocean
Nitro City Council Debates Firemen Overtime Pay
The Nitro city council tabled action Tuesday on a settlement of the firemen overtime dispute. Mayor W W Alexander said the fire chief was to resubmit overtime sheets covering April 1 1967 to March 31 1968, but time sheets from Drennen Postmaster Examinations will not be ready until today. The council plans further reading to supplement zoning rules for dwellings and to address unauthorized deductions of 50 per month from firemen pay.
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Nitro City
W. W. Alexander
Council Up
Imade
Kanawha
United Tire
Michael S. Fletcher
Fletcher Enamel Co
Dunbar
Drennen
Jacred
Alexander
Broadway
Penn Central
Drennen Post
Boundary Street
11Th ‘Council
Civic Center Policy Hit By Promoter
South Charleston promoter claims Lashinsky Brothers control the public Civic Center, blocking bookings by other acts. Premere Talent pushes for policy change after alleging year-long optioning and a large deposit lock. Lashinsky spokesman calls actions routine business and not blocking others.
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Civic Center
South Charleston
Lashinsky Brothers
Charleston Civic Center
Robert Hensley
Premere Talent
Lashinskys
Lashinsky
Crown Royal Whisky Promises Value and Taste
The ad touts Crown Royal as available locally, noting it costs more than others but tastes better. It urges shoppers to spend a little and live a little, positioning the whisky as a premium, neighborhood buy without traveling to Canada.
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Canada
Crown Royal
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John Robert Powers
Buchardt
Ron Buchardt
Moisture Creme Foundation
Gao
Polaris
West Side Kiwanis
Kanawha Valley Fellowship
Montrose Drive
Thomas J. Grealis
Ameen Joseph Sr
West Side
Kiwanis Club
Edward L. Canterbury
Lewis Raines
Nitro Tables
Eadide
Tagram’s
Seagram Distillers Company
New York
N.Y
Bert Wolfe Ford
Virginia
Maryland Ave
Harleston
W. Va
Harvey
Shreve Ford, Inc
Ava
St. Albans
W. V
Joneses
C&p Telephone Company of
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