Auto Union Urges End To Conflict At Convention
The United Auto Workers 20th constitutional convention in Long Beach approves a foreign affairs resolution urging an end to the Vietnam War and endorsing Johnson's war on poverty. Delegates back civil rights, equal employment, housing nondiscrimination, and equal justice access. UAW President Walter Reuther calls for de escalation.
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Calif
Viet Nam
Johnson
United Auto Workers
Red China
U.S
Nans Bb
UAW
Walter Reuther
Englishmen Set Off in 15-Foot Boat To Row Atlantic
David Johnstone and John Hoare, aged 34 and 29, left Virginia Beach in a 15-foot craft named Ocean Front on a measured Atlantic crossing. Johnstone wore a sweatshirt reading T-shirt hope as they aimed to beat a 55 day record from 70 years prior.
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Virginia Beach
Atlantic
Ocean Front
David Johnstone
Farnham
John Hoare
Johnstone
Weekend Accidents Kill Nine
Nine people died in weekend traffic crashes from Friday 6 p.m. to Sunday. Asheville victims Danny Ray Deaton 25 Terry L. Stallings 18 and Gary Moore 18 died when a car sped off a road and hit a tree at about 2 30 a.m. Saturday. Durham resident William Henry Grafton 19 perished when a passenger vehicle overturned on a curve at 6 15 a.m. within city limits. Greensboro man Samuel James Newby 39 died after falling from a moving truck near Greensboro. Durham resident Jerry Wayne Honeycutt 20 died when his car overturned at high speed on a rural road.
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Associated Press
State Highway Patrol
Danny Ray Deaton
Terry L. Stallings
Gary Moore
Asheville
William Henry Grafton
Durham
Greensboro
Samuel James Newby
Jerry Wayne Honeycutt
Students Take Draft Deferment Tests Nationwide
Thousands of college students sat for three hour 150 question deferment exams on Saturday amid uneven attendance with some venues full and others sparse. Demonstrators stayed quiet as officials aim to assess eligibility for future drafting and plan repeat tests on June 3 and 24.
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Selective Service
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