Lorillard Workers Vote to Strike at Greensboro Plant
Production workers at the Lorillard Co. plant in Greensboro voted to strike at midnight Sunday. About 2,400 of 2,500 Local 317 members participated in the unanimous ballot against a proposal for compulsory binding arbitration on grievances and job classifications as negotiations drag since mid January. Picket lines to begin at the plant.
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Greensboro
N.C
P. Lorillard Co
Jerry Lankford
The
United Tobacco Workers
Lankford
Lankfoot
Robert G. Boliek
Japan Textile Proposal Deemed Meaningless Delaying Tactic
Charlotte AP report quotes Donald F. McCullough of Collins & Aikman Corp calling Tokyo’s proposed textile import limits meaningless. Textiles executives in North and South Carolina call the plan a delaying ploy to avoid real controls, urging U.S. negotiators to reject it.
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Charlotte, N. C
American Textile Manufacturers Institute
Congress
Donald F. McCullough
Collins & Aikman Corp
Tokyo
United States
McCullough
North
South Carolina
Abernathy Ends Nine Day Fast in Atlanta
The Rev Ralph David Abernathy president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference ends a nine day water and unsweetened tea fast. SCLC spokesman Hosea Williams says the fast ended after staff unity and consensus on spring actions against repression. Williams announced after the staff's retreat at Camp Calvin in Jackson Georgia.
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Atlanta, Ga
Ralph David Abernathy
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
SCLC
Hosea Williams
Abernathy
Williams
Camp
Calvin
Jackson
Finalists named for Sanford Award in NC education
The North Carolina Association of Educators announced 19 finalists for the Terry Sanford Award for creativity and innovation in teaching and school administration. The winner, to be revealed at the NCAE convention in Charlotte, will receive a cash prize and a plaque.
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Raleigh
North Carolina Association of Educators
Terry Sanford
NCAE
Charlotte
Society Labels a Single Woman as Prude or Scandalous
The remark reflects a common social pattern that a single woman is quickly judged as either morally upright or immoral. It underscores rigid gender norms shaping public perception and gossip in communities.
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Philco T.V
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Jarahnee H. Bailey
Plymouth
Everett K. Gobble
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Miriam Gwinette Ricks
Adelia P. Ten
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Nancy I. Gamewell
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Donald D. Jones
Kings Mountain
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W. Thrift
Hickory
Fred B. Crawford
Morganton
Richard Lee Hoffman
Mars Hill
Nancy Potts Coward
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Davis Patrol & Watchman
Piedmont
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