AFL-CIO Plans Extra Dues to Cover Budget Gap
The AFL-CIO will levy a temporary three cent per member monthly assessment on its 12.5 million members to offset a deficit from job losses and weak organizing. Leaders anticipate a permanent two cent hike at the December convention as they seek to adapt to a shifting economy with fewer manual labor jobs and more skilled clerical work.
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Associated Press
Miami Beach, Fla
Apthe Afl-Cio
Afl-Cio
Labor Union Federation
Aflcio
Union Council Seeks Freedom for Unionists
The AFL-CIO Executive Council criticized the 2 to 10 year hard labor sentences for eight unionists in the Henderson NC textile strike as too severe. The council urged Gov. Terry Sanford to free Setham a Boyd Payton of Charlotte and others, noting no damage occurred and the men had clean records. George Meany defended the court decision but supported clemency.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Afl-Cio Executive Council
North Carolina
Terry Sanford
Boyd Payton
Charlotte
Carolinas
Textile Workers Union of America
TWUA
Harriet and Henderson
Henderson
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Parish Seeks New Superintendent As Redmond Resigns
Orleans Parish School Board moves to find a new leader after Dr. James F. Redmond, 45, announces nonrenewal of his contract effective July 1. Redmond, longtime head of a $100 million operation, leaves amid desegregation tensions, having not been paid since last November.
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New Orleans
Orleans Parish
James F. Redmond
Redmond
Louis G. Riecke
Louisiana
Burglary Crew Bungles Heist Loot Totals 14 Dollars
A Nottinghamshire gang bungled multiple crimes over nine days. They blew a shop safe, toppled a roof, tried to break a brewery vault, sparked a fire at a bank, and fled as fire crews arrived. The total loot reported was 14 dollars.
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London
Nottinghamshire
Kimberly
Daybrook
Former Inmate Testifies He Could Buy Dope In Prison
Robert Frederick Hall 26 testified in Greensboro that while at the State Prison in Raleigh he could buy dope anytime from other prisoners during his 1959 forgery term. He said money came from his Danville Virginia parents and that he was wounded in Korea and became addicted. He returned to Greensboro after release and was later arrested on forgery and false hotel registration charges.
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Greensboro
State Prison
Raleigh
Robert Frederick Hall
Robert M. Gambill
Hall
Danville
Korea
John N Lummus, Miami Beach Pioneering Mayor, Dies
John Newton Lummus 89 longtime Miami Beach pioneer real estate developer and first mayor died Sunday in Florida. He helped establish the Atlantic Ocean enclave and guided its early growth.
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Miami Beach
Fla
John Newton Lummus
Atlantic Ocean
Policemen Seek Wider Arrest Powers In North Carolina
Police officials in North Carolina press for three new laws to broaden arrest and search powers. The proposal includes warrantless arrests at accident scenes, warrantless arrests for unserved warrants, and warrants to seize property used to commit or evidence a crime. Police Chief Jesse James led the discussion with the Mecklenburg County delegation in Raleigh.
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Raleigh
Jesse James
Charlotte
Police Executive Association
Mecklenburg County
Greater Productivity Is Secret Says Hodges
Secretary of Commerce Luther Hodges tells the Associated General Contractors convention that foreign producers outpace the US not only on wages but due to modern factories, efficient labor, planning, sales, and research. He notes government will review tax laws and push practical steps to boost business.
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Boston
Luther Hodges
United States
North Carolina
Associated General Contractors of America
Hodges
Public Service
President Kennedy Calls Hanford Bob Williams by Mistake
An attempted call to rancher Bob Williams in Hanford California connected to President Kennedy by error. The president spoke briefly before the line was redirected to a state senator named Bob Williams in Hanford.
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Hanford
Calif
Bob Williams
John F. Kennedy
Williams
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