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Newspaper
Danville Register
Location
Danville, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1966
Page
5
Soviet experts said the winter wheat crop should exceed the five year average and approach 28 million tons, though drought and late planting kept last year’s 31.9 million ton record out of reach. Foot and mouth disease spreads south and west, threatening meat and dairy output and possibly delaying West purchases.
About 30 workers from the Specialty control department picketed the General Electric Plant in Waynesboro on Friday afternoon. They protested the firing of a female employee, identified as Mrs Wiseman, and urged GE to recognize the United Electrical Workers Union as the bargaining agent. Negotiations continue between the company and union officials as the plant, with over 2,000 employees, seeks terms of representation.
Streamed together to shatter the post midnight silence as a bolt from a thunder storm hit and shorted the electric alarm system. The event disrupted warning for the Adriatic port resort's 100000 residents.
Frankfurt AP reports the West German Bookdealers Association awards its peace prize jointly for the first time to Augustin Cardinal Bea, president of the Vatican Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity, in a gesture of ecumenism.
The chartered plane crash near Ardmore Oklahoma on April 22 killing 83 people involved pilot Reed Pigman who suffered arteriosclerosis and a long heart condition not disclosed to authorities. Post mortems showed co pilot Wilbur Marr had mild arteriosclerosis. Eighty three dead, fifteen survived as the aircraft sought Ardmore for refueling en route from Monterey California to Fort Benning Georgia.
Friendly talks occurred during a visit by Brezhnev to Romania with Brezhnev and Ceausescu exchanging opinions on expanding cooperation between the USSR and Romania and between their communist parties. No further details were provided.
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