NLRB Strips Union Certification For Racial Discrimination
The National Labor Relations Board ruled the Independent Metal Workers Union in Houston guilty of racial discrimination and revoked its certification. The decision holds that a union committing racial bias and refusing to process a Black member’s grievance constitutes unfair labor practice and unlawful coercion impacting bargaining with Hughes Tool Co.
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Washington
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
Independent Metal Workers Union
Hughes Tool Co
Houston
Tex
Congress
Boyd Leedom
Gerald A. Brown
Howard Jenkins Jr
Frank W. McCulloch
John H. Fanning
Ivory Davis
High Court Judge Convicted in Tax Evasion Case
Oklahoma City report says U.S. district attorney presented evidence of a $150 000 bribe and undeclared gambling winnings. Corn, 80, a former Supreme Court judge from 1934 to 1959, received 18 months in prison and a $11 250 fine after pleading no defense.
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Oklahoma City
Okla Oh
U.S
Corn
Supreme Court
Goma
Roy W. Harper
Scranton Urges Exuberant Spirit for GOP Nomination
Oregon GOP delegates hear Pennsylvania Governor Scranton warn of lifeless party drift and urge forward looking Republicanism. He seeks movable delegates to block a first ballot Eisenhower nomination, with Goldwater counted among opponents. Oregon bound delegates to Rockefeller vote.
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Richard L. Graves
Eugene
Ore
Republican Party
Pennsylvania
William W. Scranton
Oregon Gop
Scranton
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Goldwater
Colorado
Florida
Illinois
Oregon
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Father Sure Hanged Boy Murdered
In Atlanta a 14 year old Black boy, Jerry Maxey, was found hanging in a wooded northwest area. His father, Robert Maxey, identified him and said he believes the death was murder. The body was found near an urban renewal site eight blocks from the nearest house.
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Atlanta, Ga
Jerry Maxey
Robert Maxey
Atlanta
Henry Snell
Fulton County
Scranton Plans Convention Battle For Republican Delegates
Washington AP Governor Scranton and backers push to gain delegate strength at the Republican convention. Senator Hugh Scott and Henry Cabot Lodge hint at a potential platform fight while Michigan Governor George Romney may align with Scranton if a clash occurs. Representative Melvin Laird cautions process within party factions.
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Washington
William W. Scranton
Hugh Scott
R-Pa
Republican House
Henry Cabot Lodge
Scranton
Michigan
George Romney
Romney
Congress
Melvin R. Laird
R-Wis
Platform Committee
Nga
Ter
Goldwater
Barrwater
Guerrillas Ambush Viet Cong Convoy Near Pleiku
Viet Cong guerrillas ambushed and destroyed a nine truck government convoy along Route 19 in Kontum Province killing 29 troops. Government forces reported 104 guerrillas killed in a mopping up operation north of the ambush as the clash sent casualties across Saigon and the Mekong Delta.
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Peter Arnett
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Central
Vietnamese Defense Ministry
Qui Nhon
Pleiku
Kontum
Ceas
Defense Ministry
U.S
Mekong River Delta
Ser By
Senate OKays Measure Pay Raise For Congress Members
The Senate approves a $564 million federal pay raise bill retaining a $7,500 increase per member. House changes and timing with Johnson’s signing remain uncertain before recess and the Republican convention in San Francisco. Proxmire and Miller oppose large raises and senior staff boosts citing cost and need for competent leadership.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
House
San Francisco
R-Vt
Jack Miller
Iowa
U.S
Congress Passes Civil Rights Bill in Historic Action
Congress completed action on the civil rights bill as the House passed and sent it to the Senate approved version. President Johnson is expected to sign quickly to ease racial tensions and curb demonstrations. The measure combines multiple provisions to promote equality for Negroes across national life.
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Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Johnson
White House
Reedy
Princess Margaret Wears Bold Dance Fashion With Wig Bow
In London, Princess Margaret danced in a nearly topless dress Wednesday night. She wore a smoky blue wig with a bow and a jeweled pale blue gown with a low corselet and a butterfly clasp.
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London
Margaret
Knee Snowdon
Princess Margaret
General Maxwell D. Taylor Retires to Become U S Ambassador
Maxwell D. Taylor retired after nearly fifty years as a soldier and accepted a new post as U S ambassador to South Vietnam. At the Pentagon ceremony Secretary McNamara praised his leadership and role in shaping defense policy while Taylor pledged continued support for U S security worldwide.
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Washington
Maxwell D. Taylor
South Viet Nam
United States
Free World
Taylor
Pentagon
Joint Chiefs of Staff
U.S
Robert N. McNamara
Oak Leaf Ag
Normandy
Korea
Berlin
McNamara
Roscoe Pound Dies. Revered as Legal Authority
Roscoe Pound, born 1870 in Lincoln Nebraska, longtime Harvard Law School dean and revered authority on law, died at Harvard's Stillman Infirmary at age 92. Chief Justice Earl Warren praised his jurisprudence impact. Pound studied law at Harvard starting 1889, but earned A B M A and Ph D from Nebraska.
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Roscoe Pound
Cambridge, Mass
Harvard Law School
Harvard
Stillman Infirmary
Pound
Earl Warren
University of Nebraska
Lincoln
Neb
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Boston
Lodge
George C. Lodge
Scrantonites
By Jack Bell
Ted
By Joe Hall
Proxmire
Mouse
Mate
Maxwell Taylor
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