Johnson moves to end Avco Lycoming strike in 80 day cooling off
President Johnson orders DOJ to seek a Taft Hartley injunction forcing an 80 day cooling off period in the Avco Lycoming plant strike near Stratford Connecticut over wages cost of living benefits and pensions. UAW Local 1010 president says union will not resist the injunction. Defense Secretary McNamara notes engines needed for Vietnam.
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Johnson Administration
Vietnam
Johnson
Justice Department
Avco Corp
Fie
United Auto Workers Union
Avco
Lycoming
Stratford
Conn
Russell Booth
UAW
Booth
Robert S. McNamara
U.S
Presidential Advisory Board
Leo C. Brown
Center For Social Studies
Cambridge
Mass
Rocky Mount quiet amid predicted civil rights drive
Rocky Mount faces a planned grass roots civil rights and antipoverty drive after a weekend meeting attended by about 200 activists from North Carolina Virginia and Washington Police posted outside the church during the 14 hour gathering Spokesman John Salter said the session was closed to newsmen and funded by the Highlander center Local NAACP and SCLC groups opposed the meeting Mayor John Minges warned of potential strife and civil disobedience and urged minimal outside interference to avoid Los Angeles Watts or Oxford Miss style unrest.
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Michael Putzel
Associated Press
Rocky Mount
N. C
North Carolina
John Minges
Virginia
Washington
John Salter
Highlander Research and Education Center
Knoxville
Tenn
Salter
North Carolina Fund
Minges
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Martin Luther King
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Good Neighbor Committee
Watts
Los Angeles
Oxford
Miss
Little Rock
Rivers Says Unpopularity Of War Grows
In Charleston Rep. L Mendel Rivers says the Vietnam War grows less popular as it drags on. He tells AP that many Americans are fed up with the way it is fought and want to win, distinguishing them from war opponents he calls beatniks and cowards.
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Charleston
S. C
L. Mendel
Rivers
D-5.c
House Armed Forces Committee
United States
Vietnam
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