Violent North Carolina Storms Uproot Trees and Overturn Cars
Hurricane force winds swept Charlotte killing power for hours and causing extensive damage. Vehicles overturned, trees uprooted, and debris littered streets as storms hit Cleveland Lincoln and Sampson counties with hail and heavy rain. More than 75 000 residents lost electricity. damages run into thousands.
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N.C
Associated Press
Charlotte
Cleveland
Lincoln
Sampson
J. D. Sloan
Duke Power Co
Charlotte Weather Bureau
Eastern Air Line
Douglas Municipal
M. I. Perkins
EAL
Belwood
Cleveland County
Charlotte Strike Averted by New Douglas Contract
Douglas Aircraft Co. plant workers in Charlotte accepted a three year contract with United Auto Workers Local 243 after a noon strike deadline was postponed. The pact raises wages to 2.67 per hour on average, adds a 60 percent wage leverage for layoffs, cost of living escalators, health insurance funding, and an agency shop requiring dues from non union members subject to North Carolina right to work law changes.
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Charlotte
N. C
United Au
Douglas
Aircraft Co
UAW
Oth
North Carolina
Cuban Refugee Skilled Workers Targeted for Latin America
The Protestant Latin American Emergency Committee in Miami plans a Latin American Technical Voluntary Exchange Program to recruit Cuban refugees trained as doctors teachers engineers and architects for service in Central and South America. Endorsed by 31 denominations and the National Council of Churches and Catholic Welfare Conference, the effort aims to place skilled refugees amid a wave of Cuban arrivals, with U S resettlement limits noted.
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Blue Ridge, NC
Miami
Peace Corps
Latin America
Oliver G. Grotefend
National Council of Churches
National Catholic Welfare Conference
Grotefend
Central
South America
Cuba
United States
Saskatchewan Doctors Reopen After Health Plan Settlement
Saskatchewan doctors end a 23 day boycott after a settlement with the government. The accord amends the Medical Care Act to let physicians practice outside the plan, while Premier Woodrow Lloyd schedules a special session to approve the change. Most doctors expect to work outside the act, with universal coverage accepted in principle by the profession.
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Saskatoon
Sask
Saskatchewan
Woodrow Lloyd
North America
the College of Physicians and Surgeons
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Toluca
Lincoln County
Everett Lutz
Johnson Corners
Sampson County
South Carolina
Columbia
Greenville
S. C
Wilmington
Greensboro
Carolinas
Weather Bureau
English Motor Company
Ford Falcons
Ford Galaxies
Falcon
America
Fairlanes
English Motor CO
Washington & Wrenn Streets
High Point, N. C
Han Cleaner Service
Rexair Sales & Service
Thomasville
Godusdueete
Prescription
S. Main ST
Percase
Finance & Acceptance Corp
High Point, Inc
E. Commerce St
South
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