Law Officers Renew Efforts Toward Policemen's Union
AP report outlines a renewed drive to form a nationwide policemen union under an AFL-CIO charter. Cassese leads a founding group seeking May talks to establish a convention and aims to secure collective bargaining rights without a strike clause. The effort emphasizes moral persuasion to improve pay and conditions, with support from fire fighters and NYPD officials.
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Policemen's Union
Washington
Cassese
Formet
Omaha
Neb
Policemen’s Union
Unon
Afl-Cio
Police
Sun
John Afl-Cio
George Cassese
International Brotherhood of
Vention
Armed Services
Howard McClennan
Afl-Cio International Association of Fire Fighters
National Policemen’s Union
Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association of
New York
Brazilian government presses hunt for Okuchi kidnapers
In Sao Paulo the Brazilian government vigorously pursues the five political prisoners exchanged in Mexico City after Japanese Consul General Nobuo Okuchi was freed following a four day kidnapping. Prisoners claim torture in Brazilian jails as Okuchi rests at home.
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Sao Paulo
Brazil
Nobuo Okuchi
Mexico
Okuchi
Tokyo
Ers
Mexico City
Maurinea Borges da Silveria
Octavio Angelo
Diogenes Jose Carvalho de Buree
Greensboro Seeks Federal Compensation
Washington AP report says Greensboro North Carolina expects approval next April as the first NC participant in a federal compensation program for hurricane and flood damage. Sen. B Everett Jordan notes nine state communities meet requirements for land use and flood risk management to qualify. The program, created under the 1969 Housing Act, is a stopgap until a permanent plan is adopted.
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Washington
Greensboro
N.C
North Carolina
B. Everett Jordan
Dn.c
Federal Insurance Administration
Charlotte
Wrightsville Beach
Asheville
Buncombe County
New Hanover County
Marshall
Durham
Summit Beach
Jordan
Chinese grass cloth adapts ramie fiber for varied uses
Chinese grass cloth is made from ramie, a tough vegetable fiber grown mainly in China and Japan. It blends with silk or wool in weaving and can imitate low-grade linen, offering versatility for many industrial applications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Japan
Gretna Green Runaway Weddings Seen Dwindling
Gretna Green in Scotland, long the runaway wedding capital, faces fewer eloping couples as England lowers marriage age to 18. Registrar Robert Hastings notes half of runaways originate from the Continent and choose cheaper venues in southern England. The 1966 records 351 eloping couples stand as a historic high.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gretna
Gretna Green
Scotland
Wns
England
Continent
Robert Hastings
Bigger Not Better Says Udall at UNC Symposium
Former interior secretary Stewar Udall argued that Americans must slow technological advancement and focus on environmental preservation. He said bigger is not better, criticizing materialistic values tied to economic growth and noting social unrest and declining living standards in the 1960s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chapel Hill
United States
Interior
Stewart Udall
Udall
University of North Carolina
Carolina
Memorial Auditorium
San Francisco Prepares For Citywide Strike
San Francisco enters day four of municipal employee walkout risking port closure and airport disruption. 7000 strikers picket docks while nonstriking unions push for a united front toward a general strike. city transit halted and hospitals limit services as schools plan to reopen.
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San Francisco
International
Tim Richardson
Teamsters Local 85
United Labor Front
Cyril Magnin
Port Authority
Oakland
San Francisco International
City Hospital
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E.G. Updegrove
John Patrick Reservation
Ners-Launderers
Tel
BSS
Angie Dickinson
Dick van Dyke
Belgium
Suzanne Pleshette
Tonite Pointer
Pvters
Ules
S.F
Joseph Alioto
Stagecoach Trail
Dial
Cain
Glen Ford
Gleason
Peter Seller
Zesto
High Point
N. Main
Greensboro Auditorium
Coliseum
Roger Williams
W. Lee St
N. C
Walt Disney
A. A. . ‘Geyer Tas Suse
Runt Russell
Cesar Romero
Joe Flynn
Technicolor
Headamy Hominee
Walt Dusney
Lut
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