Labor Gains Shorter Hours At Bargaining Table Across Sectors
Organized labor reports contracts covering eight million workers reduce hours to under 40. Office staff, printing trades, and garment workers show large shares on shorter weeks with minimal use of strikes. New York electricians at 25 hours weekly cited. gradual cuts like ten minutes per day advance toward 37.5 hours by 1966 as unions push for a 35-hour standard under federal Act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Organized Labor
Congress
Afl-Cio
Labor Organization
The
American Federationist
Labor Department
New York Electricians
Chemical
Burroughs, Welcome & Co
Tuckahoe
N.Y
Fire destroys main section of Clemson Grammar School
Fire devastated the main 18 classroom wing of the two story Clemson Grammar School in downtown Clemson. The blaze, fought for about two and a half hours by local and university units, caused an estimated 500000 dollars in damage with 800 students out of class after the Christmas holidays.
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Clemson, S. C
Clemson Grammar School
Clemson
Clemson University
J. C. Durham
Pickens County
Durham
Two Plead Guilty and Get Life Terms in NC Murder
Two men, Jesse James Arnold and George Dixon Jr., pleaded guilty to first degree murder in Kinston North Carolina and were sentenced to life imprisonment for the slaying of 63 year old George T McArthur at a roadside fruit stand on September 10 1961. The defendants had won a new trial after an appeal to the U.S Supreme Court which cited systematic exclusion of Negroes from the grand jury. Evidence from the first trial included a confession to robbery and an incident where Arnold shot McArthur while Dixon wrestled with him.
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Kinston
N. C
Jesse James Arnold
George Dixon Jr
Lenoir County
George T.mcarthur
U.S. Supreme Court
High Court
SBI
John Edwards
McArthur
Arnold
Dixon
Court Ruling Hailed by Leaders and Activists
Atlanta leaders jubilant over the Supreme Court upholding the Civil Rights Act public accommodations section urged compliance. John Lewis praised the ruling as a landmark while others warned of potential demonstrations at the Heart of Atlanta Motel and Ollie’s Barbecue as cases monitor compliance.
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Atlanta
Supreme Court
Johnson
Lester Maddox
Maddox
John Lewis
Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee
South
Lewis
Birmingham
Ala
Ollie
Moreton Rolleston
Moreton Rolleston, President of the Motel Corporation
Pentagon Reorganizes Army Reserve for National Guard Integration
The Pentagon aims to finish a sweeping Army Reserve reform in about 16 months with a final action target of March 1966. Guard and Reserve units may enter summer training in their current forms while the 150000 Reservists are shifted into the National Guard. A preliminary troop list will determine which 2000 units transfer, with states learning changes by mid February and governors briefed on skeletal plans from Defense Secretary McNamara.
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Washington
Pentagon
National Guard
Army Reserve
Associated Press
Army Staff
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
McAuliffe recalls Bastogne siege and famous NUTS reply
Gen Anthony C. McAuliffe, then 66 and retired, reflects on World War II siege of Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge. He recalls insisting "Nuts" to the German surrender ultimatum and the infamous final sentence about American humanity.
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McAuliffe
Anthony C. McAuliffe
Bastogne
Belgium
Army
Fred S. Hoffman
Washington
Gen
Comfortale
Washington Avenue
Normandy
Ardennes Forest
Hitler
Antwerp
Heinrich von Luettwitz
Neuburg
Germany
Luettwitz
Anthony McAuliffe
German Recalls Battle of Bastogne Strategy
German général Heinrich von Luettwitz recalls the 1944 Bastogne bid as a doomed effort. He argues terrain and fog nullified major armor advances and that capturing Bastogne would not have altered the Ardennes outcome. The 57th Armored Corps pushed toward Bastogne while Allied air superiority prevailed.
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Bastogne
Luettwitz
Ardennes
U.S. Airborne
Reims
Charges Against Officers Quashed in Charlotte
Superior Court Judge James Latham quashed 42 indictments against Charlotte police officers after defense arguments that officers are not public officials. Indictments from November stemmed from a State Bureau of Investigation probe. Solicitor Downs may appeal to the North Carolina Supreme Court. Police Chief John Hord among those freed on bond pending appeal. One former detective Stogner indictments quashed. Mrs Helen House Huhlman’s manslaughter case remains.
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Charlotte
N. C
Superior Court
James Latham
Latham
State Bureau of Investigation
Mecklenburg County Grand Jury
Kenneth Downs
North Carolina Supreme Court
John Hord
Bernie Stogner
Helen House Huhlman
Stogner
Harris Survey reveals Americans' hopes and disappointments
Louis Harris reports that Americans prioritize family health, finances, and education as core hopes and disappointments. Major disappointments include death in the family and debt, while top hopes are better health, advancement at work, and ensuring children receive good education.
Rockefeller Says Goldwater Should Blame Himself
Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller says Sen. Barry Goldwater should blame himself for the GOP losses, accusing Goldwater of undermining unity and public confidence. Goldwater counters that Rockefeller and Gov. George Romney helped defeat him and argues only Eisenhower could have beaten Johnson.
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Albany
N.Y
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Barry M. Goldwater
Goldwater
Rockefeller
U.S. News & World Report
George Romney
Michigan
Johnson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Romney
Hatfield
Oregon
W. Scranton
Pennsylvania
Allies push private Allied nuclear command despite France
The United States Britain and West Germany advance private talks on a multilateral nuclear fleet with 25 ships carrying 200 Polaris missiles. France protests exclusion while De Gaulle opposes final command control remaining with the U S president.
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Tom Ochiltree
PARIS
United States
Britain
West Germany
France
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
U.S
Dean Rusk
Charles de Gaulle
Rusk
Patrick Gordon Walker
Gerhard Schroeder
Germany
Atlantic
de Gaulle
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