Meany Wins Backing for Expanded AFL-CIO Council
In San Francisco at the AFL-CIO anniversary convention George Meany secures election of an eight-man executive council slate, replacing aging leaders. The vote signals a younger, more responsive leadership, while policy remains largely unchanged. Delegates adopt 28 resolutions on automation farming and labor law, including reform of Taft Hartley and opposition to independent District 50.
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San Francisco
George Meany
Afl-Cio
Labor Organization
Meany
International
Afl-Cig Command
Labor Movement
Patrick E. Gorman
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butchers
Paul Jennings
International Union of Electrical Workers
Department of Justice
Congress
United Mineworkers
District 50
Aflcio
Edward J. Carlough
Sheet
Executive Council
Major Urban Projects Advertised For Bids By State Highway
Richmond bids will open for 12 road and bridge projects and for alterations to Lynchburg and Suffolk district offices on Jan 12 at 10 am. Projects include I 44 extension in Richmond, U S 460 relocation in Lynchburg, I 581 extension in Roanoke, and U S 23 arterial upgrade near Wise with four new lanes. Other locations include Route 47 at Drakes Branch, U S 58 in Jonesville, and multiple county highway widenings and reconstructions.
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Richmond
Virginia
State Highway Department
Lynchburg and
Suffolk Highway
U.S. 360
7Th Streets
Lynchburg
U.S
Pocahontas Street
16Th
Kemper Streets
Roanoke
Williamson Road
Elm Avenue
Jefferson
7Th Street
Appalachian Project
Indian Creek
Glamorgan
Wise North
Wise
Wise County
U.S. 23
Charlotte County
Drakes Branch
Lee County
Jonesville
Hill
Nansemond County
Suffolk
7Th
5Th Strets
R. F. and
S.A.L
Spotsylvania County
U.S. 1
Spottsylvania C. H
Arteria
U.S. 460
Josephine Street
Kemper
Jefferson Street
Dickenson County
Russell Fork
Bartlick
Dinwiddie County
Camp Picket Reservation
Stony Creek
Dinwiddie
C. H. Campbell County
Henrico County
R.f.&p
Staples Mill Road
Woodman Road
Brookland Junior High School
Parham Road
Marine To Get Flyswatters
Norfolk AP report says Marine Cpl. James Pat Tick Adams hopes to receive 100 flyswatters airmailed to Da Nang by Christmas after asking his Virginia Beach parents for Benny Conte fly swatters. The items would ease flies, insects, and spiders in huts, though odor and troop location concerns limit repellents.
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Norfolk
James Pat Tick
Pat) Adams
Pat
Viet Nam
Henry C. Adams
Virginia Beach
da Nang
Benny Conte
Conte
Gen Sink first commander of STRAC dies at Ft Bragg
Lt Gen Robert F Sink a North Carolina paratrooper pioneer of STRAC died at Ft Bragg at 60 from pulmonary emphysema. He led 506th in World War II and Korea and commanded vast forces including XVIII Airborne and the Caribbean area before retiring to Lexington in 1961. Burial at Lexington City Cemetery after a service at First Methodist Church.
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Sink
STRAC
Ft. Bragg
Lexington
N.C
Robert F. Sink
North Carolina
Strategic Army Caros
West Pointer
506Th Airborne
101St Airborne Division
Normandy
France
Holland
Blegium
Germany
Bastogne
Anthony McAuliff
McAuliff
Jack Hollan
Franklin
Europe
Korea
Charles
Belgium
Netherlands
Great Britain
506Th
Link
Lexington Memorial Hospital
Womack Army Hospital
Xviii Airborne Corps
Caribbean
National War College
Ryukyus
Seventh Infantry
11Th Airborne Division
Ft. Campbell
7Th Armored
Camp Roberts
Calif
44Th Infantry
Ft. Lewis
Wash
Rio de Janeiro
U.S
Military Assistance Advisory Group of
Brazil
Trinity College
Duke University
U.S. Military Academy
First Methodist Church
Mitchell Faulkner
Wilson flies today to press moves against Rhodesia
London reports Prime Minister Harold Wilson sails to meet President Johnson to push for an oil embargo on Rhodesia and urgent aid for Zambia. He plans Viet Nam peace talks, United Nations address, and a broader security role from Suez to the China Sea, with possible Beira blockade discussions.
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Wilson
Johnson
Rhodesia
London
Harold Wilson
Zambia
New York
Washington
Viet Nam
Britain
Hanoi
Middle
Far East
Aden
Singapore
Hong Kong
Suez
China Sea
United States
United Nations Assembly
Security Council
Assembly
Europe
Africa
Asia
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Executive Council of Choice
Gilus
FULT
American Finance
America
South Market
Marine
Chicago
Ill
Pamela Curtin
Henry Curtin
Jackie
A Bouyant
Jacqueline Kennedy
Alan Jay Lerner
Lexington City Cemetery
Fred C. Sink
Margaret Swimson
St. Petersburg
Fla
Robin Reavin
Fayetteville
Stephons
Thomas W. Cannon
Citadel
Charleston
S.C
Charles W. Cannon Jr
Oak Ridge Institute
Smith
U.N
Beira
Mozambique
Monthru
Ballou Park Shopping Center
Canada
Raney C
Phece
DIAL
Woolworth
Woolworth’s
Nor-Dan Center
Bourson Whiekey
I Proof
Stilling Gompary
Wigholasville
Aessamine County
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