Pittsburgh Press strike sparks midnight clash at plant
Police intervened to separate nonstriking printers from Teamsters Local 211 and Building Service Employes Local 28 pickets at the Pittsburgh Press Co. only first floor access allowed. The dispute tied to contract talks halted production and delayed Post Gazette printing as injunction talks with Judge John L. Miller began.
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Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Press Co
Teamsters
Building Services
Building Service
Press’ Printers
Post- Gazette
Wage and Price Increases 1967 to 1971 Chart
The chart compares the rise in the cost of living with the rise in hourly pay in manufacturing from 1967 through 1971, illustrating how wage growth tracked or lagged behind inflation during this period.
Fern Storm Haunts Texas Coast As Edith Rakes Honduras
Tropical system Fern made a near hurricane landfall along the Texas coast with heavy rain, tornados, and fires from lightning. Edith battered Honduras with 175 mph winds, forcing evacuations and flash flood threats as both storms moved inland and weakened.
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Fern
Texas
Edith
Honduras
Galveston
Gulf of Mexico
Freeport
Matagorda Peninsula
Texas City
Galveston Island
Weather Bureau
Ney
Honduran
National Hurricane Center
Miami
Africans Back U S Plan For Black Return To Africa
In Philadelphia the African-American Association reports Africans support a U S repatriation plan offering up to 25000 dollars annually for seven years to American Negroes wishing to move to Africa. The bill, reintroduced by Rep. Robert Nix, awaits House Foreign Affairs action amid uncertain prospects.
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Africa
U.S
Mustafa Hashim
Iation Association
Hashim
Ghana
Nigeria
Robert N.C. Nix
D-Pa
House Committee On Foreign Affairs
Nix
Congress
America
Association
United States
Lennon says Ono did not break up Beatles on Cavett TV
John Lennon says Yoko Ono did not cause the Beatles split and credits her with some music since the breakup. In a Cavett interview taped Wednesday, Lennon reflected on drifting apart, aging, and staying in touch with Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr recently.
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New York
John Lennon
Yoko Ono
Lennon
Dick Cavett
Cavett
Paul McCartney
George
Harrison
Ringo
Starr
Johnny Cash to receive honorary degree at Gardner Webb College
Johnny Cash will be awarded a Doctor of Humanities honorary degree at Gardner Webb College in Boiling Springs on September 28. The award honors his prison reform and rehabilitation work for drug addicts and alcoholics, according to college President Dr. E Eugene Poston.
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Boiling Springs
N.C
Johnny Cash
Gardner Webb College
Gardner Webb
E. Eugene Poston
Cash
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Corry Pizza & Downtown
Dupont Lavelle Knitting
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Corry
Flick’s
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