Auto Union Head Pushes For Strike Approval
Flint AP Walter Reuther urges UAW members in Flint to back strike authorization as bargaining stalls with GM Ford and Chrysler. Rallying with Leonard Woodcock, Reuther aims for strong support among 70 000 GM hourly workers and 650 000 union members nationwide. Reports say companies delaying economic offers to provoke a strike.
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Flint, Mich
Walter P. Reuther
Detroit
General Motors Corp
Ford Motor Co
Chrysler Corp
Reuther
UAW
Leonard Woodcock
Flint
General Motors
Woodcock
Ford
Chrysler
Ken Bannon
Douglas Fraser
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Steel price jump boosts industry costs across consumer goods
Prices recognized as a barometer of the economy rise in a second major steel increase in two weeks. U.S. Steel Corp and Bethlehem Steel Corp lead, lifting steel plate nearly three percent or four dollars a ton. Allen Wood Steel Co. follows, signaling broader hikes that may press on cans, beer, and auto steel along with higher inputs for ships, construction, and railroad cars.
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Pittsburgh
U.S. Steel Corp
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Allen Wood Steel Co
Conshohocken
U.S. Steel
Bethlehem
Parochial School Aid Bill Dies in Harrisburg
Harrisburg AP reports that a bill to provide financial aid to private and parochial schools is dead for the session. Rep. Martin Mullen, key backer, failed to win Gov. Shafer or the House appropriations panel’s support, as the challenge of a $1.5 billion general appropriations bill loomed and the panel released it without amendment.
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Harrisburg
Martin P. Mullen
Philadelphia
Shafer
House Appropriations
Mullen
Director Lowers Charges U.S. Aid To Education
Washington AP report shows John F. Hughes saying compensatory education funds were used by some Southern officials to segregate Negro students by steering services to Negro schools not offered to those transferring to white schools. Nolan Estes counters there is no evidence of discrimination with Title 1 funds.
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U.S
Washington
John F. Hughes
U.S. Office of Education
Nolan Estes
Senate
Estes
Hughes
Harold Howell
Mississippi
Panola County
Drew
Sunflower County
Office of Education
M. Hayes Mizell
South Carolina
American Friends Service Committee
Mizell
South
Battle reports rise as air strikes reach Hanoi area
Lt Col Nelson J. MacDonald led a Thunderchief raid on Yen Vinh railyard above Hanoi while Navy pilots hit Port Wallut near Haiphong. A Phantom was downed and six other planes lost with eight fliers listed as missing. China denounced the raids, calling them war provocation, as U S and allied forces suffer tied losses and disputes over cross border actions unfold.
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Nelson J. MacDonald
Berkeley Heights
N.J
Yen Vinh
Hanoi
Tonkin Gulf
Red Naval
Port Wallut
Haiphong
U.S. Command
Red China
Air Force
China
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