Lone Star Steel labor talks hinge on final wage offer
A weekly plant area series reports on Lone Star Steel Company labor conditions as a long union dispute nears closure. After weeks of negotiations and a December 20 revision, the company reissued a sizable, union-shaped proposal offering higher base pay and improved benefits. Union reps call the latest terms insulting, while supporters argue the revised package preserves jobs and overtime for at least 1200 strikers.
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Lone Star Steel Company
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Lone Star Steel
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Weldon Hosts District UIL Meet Completes Debates
Weldon school hosted the District II and District I AA Interscholastic League events this past week. Local students earned several honors with Elsie Porter and Vabbie Owens taking First Division in Debate on the topic Resolved That the United States Should Establish a Sys- tem.
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Weldon School
Elsie Porter
Vabbie Owens
United States
Delores Cole
Rhonda Gayle Hill
Prairie View
Rhonda Hill
Debora Cox
David Floyd
Flora Hunt
Leonard Johnson
Richard Jones
Emily Thomas
Patsy Bean
Fort Craile linked to Yankee Doodle origin and contest notes
Fort Craile in New York state, built in 1700 as a manor and fortress, is cited as the place where Yankee Doodle was composed. The report also recalls a compulsory service theme, student awards in extemporaneous speaking, and state meet plans for April 25 26 at Prairie View. Hurricane Coleen aided the freighter Matipo by lifting it off a reef near Noumea.
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Fort Craile
Garfield Hill
Delores Cole
The
United States
W. E. Jones
Rhonda Gayle Hill
N. (Buzz) Messner
Prairie View
Junior Spellers
Rhonda Hill
Debora Cox
Janet Pursley
David Floyd
Albert Hawley
Patricia Clark
Earnestine Williams
David Thompson
Flora Hunt
Leonard Johnson
Declaimer
Richard Jones
Ruby Jones
Emily Thomas
Patsy Bean
George Schultz
Auckland
New Zealand
Coleen
Southwest Pacific
Noumea
New Caledonia
Athol Rusden
Jury convicts Sirhan in Kennedy assassination trial
A Los Angeles jury of seven men and five women finds Sirhan Bishara Sirhan guilty of first degree murder in the June 1968 assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy. The second phase will decide life or death, with prosecutors not insisting on the death penalty. Sirhan showed little emotion as he was led to a cell. defense argued mental illness and lack of premeditation.
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Los Angeles
Sirhan Bishara Sirhan
Robert F. Kennedy
San Quentin
Lynn C. Compton
Sirhan
Herbert V. Walker
Jordan
Ambassador Hotel
Kennedy
California
Israel
Middle East
Grant B. Cooper
Conservation Plans For Pasture and Grass Planting
E L Culver plans to clear timber and establish improved pasture with a pond site for two pastures. Dallas residents Neece and Stiles will clear timber plant coastal bermuda and sow bahiagrass while constructing ponds for livestock water. Reeves and Adams outline pasture development and water conservation on farms near Longview and Grice.
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E. L. Culver
Cal- Simpsonville
Burk Ritch
Dallas
Bermuda
Grice
Heteter
Charles Cox
Longview
Gilmer
C. W. Neece
Pensacola
Neece
James E. Stiles
Richardson
Morris Shrum
Houston
Bettie Gee
T. C. Baucham
Baucham
Ewing Adams
Adams
Fresh Strains of Wit from a Morning Glory Morning
A playful collection of quips on old-fashioned druggists, old timers, housework, dad in charge, and a light jab at newspapers. The lines mix humor about home life and everyday quirks with a wink at modern gadgets and human error.
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