500 Tire Workers Walk Out
500 production workers at General Tire & Rubber Co. began a strike in Charlotte to demand higher pay. Union officials said the contract expired Sept. 10 and a wage offer of 5.5 percent falls short of the expected 30 cents an hour rise first year and 26 cents later. The dispute centers on Pay Board guidelines and wage policy.
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Charlotte
N.C
General Tire & Rubber Co
Randall Blatt
United Rubber Workers of America
Blue
General Tire
Waco
Tex
Mayfield
Akron
Ohio
Service Station Goes To Car in Greensboro Area
Greensboro area firm Parking Lot Service of North Carolina runs five mobile service stations visiting business parking lots. Trucks service cars with PLS coded stickers, offering gas at standard rates and monthly or credit billing. Expansion plans include New York markets Westchester and White Plains.
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Greensboro
N.C
April
PLS
North American
Stuart D. Baker
Stamford
Westchester
White Plains
New York
Governor Takes Ride In Balloon Over Raleigh
Governor Bob Scott enjoyed a quiet balloon flight that drifted a mile and a half above Raleigh. Pilot Bill Meadows steered from Statesville as the basket brushed tree limbs near the city dump on a route begun at North Carolina State University. The wind shifted the course and the governor noted the lack of control but said landing was possible anytime.
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Raleigh
N.C
Bob Scott
Scott
Bill Meadows
Statesville
North Carolina State University
Bread baking lore shaped divorces in Montenegro past
In Montenegro, traditions long ago allowed men to divorce wives who could not bake bread. The remark reflects historic gender norms and domestic duties shaping marriage stability in a bygone era.
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Montenegro
Two Cars Yield Military Weapons in Newton Case
In Newton North Carolina five days after two cars were found with military and civilian weapons investigators still seek origins and destinations. Four men from New York City and Chattanooga were arrested on weapons and assault charges. The stash included M-14 rifle ammo walkie talkies and guerrilla literature.
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Newton
N.C
Federal Bureau of Investigation
State Bureau of Investigation
Treasury
Catawba County
Washington, D.C
Owens
Brown
Peterson
Johnson
Paul Peterson
Fulton County
Chemical Bank and Trust Co
New York
Charlotte
FBI
Rommel Portrayed as Mediocre in German Documentary
West German television documentary challenges the fame of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel calling him a mediocre leader and politically naïve. The film credits propaganda and postwar biographers for his myth, citing limited grasp of large strategy and use as a political instrument by Hitler.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Erwin Rommel
Hitler
Ulrich de Maiziere
Rommel
Wolf von Baudissin
von Baudissin
United States
Mills undecided on running for president
Rep. Wilbur Mills, Democratic chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, said he has not decided whether to seek the presidential nomination. Speaking to about 1,000 people at the Greenville Chamber of Commerce meeting, Mills noted a local Mills for President movement and a Draft Mills office in Washington. Rep. Horton Rountree was named Greenville Citizen of the Year for his legislative work supporting East Carolina University.
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Greenville
N.C
Wilbur Mills
D-Ark
House
Ways ‘and Means
Mills
Greenville Chamber of Commerce and Merchants Association
Draft Mills
Washington, D.C
Greensboro Asks School Plan Change
Greensboro school board seeks court approval to modify desegregation plan by reassigning pupils to achieve a 70-30 white to black ratio. They argue current schools vary from 50-50 or Negro-majority in several cases and propose busing pairing and clustering to align with projected statistics. If granted after a hearing, changes would take effect next semester after Christmas.
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Greensboro
Greensboro School Board
Federal District Court
Iif
NBC Airs Dramatic Snow Goose Musical Comedy And Vaudeville
NBC offered a diverse Monday lineup headlined by The Snow Goose a sentimental drama with Richard Harris and Jenny Agutter. Dames At Sea followed a musical spoof featuring Ann Margret Ann Miller and Ann Meara. Festival At Ford s highlighted Bob Hope with Carol Channing Melba Moore Raymond Burr Jonathan Winters Pat Boone and Charley Pride.
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New York
NBC
Paul Gallico
Richard Harris
Jenny Agutter
Ann-Margret
Utah
Ann Miller
Ann Meara
Fred Gwynne
Ford’s
Washington
Evening TV Schedule Snapshot
A compact listing shows the night’s programs from 6:00 to 11:30 P.M. on ABC CBS NBC and local outlets. It features news segments, game shows, dramas, movies, talk shows, and late-night programs with titles like The Andy Griffith Show Hawaii Five-O Cannon Marcus Welby and Merv Griffin.
Daytime TV Schedule Montage From A Local Lineup
A dense 1960s style timetable lists morning to evening programs across CBS NBC and local channels. It names hosts actors and show titles such as Captain Kangaroo Lucy Show Gomer Pyle The Beverly Hillbillies Sesame Street and The Tonight-like blocks with family dramas soaps game shows and westerns.
TV Highlights and Movie Listings for Evening Programs
The page lists multiple television shows and films including 7 PM entries for Andy Griffith backed gas station deal and 7 3 PM Mod Squad amnesia case 12 Ironside Tokyo mission Halloween style Hawaii Five O with 48 hour deadline Sarge priest police movie Mr and Mrs Bo Jo Jones teen pregnancy Cannons missing brother case Marcus Welby Ruth Hussey Patric actors and guest stars across a packed prime time lineup.
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Heck
Uae
The
NAACP
Lewis Woods
Woods
William Owens
Robert Lewis Brown
New York City
Paul James Peterson
Daniel Perry Johnson
Chattanooga
Tenn
By David Minthorn
Associated Press
Desert Fox
Helmuth Rompa
Koblenz
Hiter
Rep. Mills
Green Drive
Southern Furniture Exposition
Newburg
Cynthia Lowry
MR. and
Mrs
BO JO Jones
Dan Dailey
Desi Arnaz, Jr
RUE
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WEMY
WBTV
WUNC
WGHP
High Point
WSOC
Roanoke
Winston-S
Electric Company
ABC News
Eyewitness News
CBS News
NBC Nightly News
Andy Griffith
NBC News
Glen Campbell
Mod Squadda Ironside
Hawaii Five-O
Cannon Black Journal
the Funny Side
Hollywood Theater
Marcus Welby
Carolina Camera
Simon Locke
the Scene Tonight
Merv Griffin
Dick Cavett
Jim Backus
Art Linkletter
Susan Strasberg
Jerry Vale
Virginia Graham
Bob Denver
Wild West
West
Carrol Song
Robert Conrad
WSJS
U. of Michigan
Triad In Perspective
Captain Kangaroo
Capt
Kangaroo
Mike Douglas
Gomer Pyle
Lucy
Sesame Street
Beverly Hillbillies
Hollywood Squares
Search For Tomorrow Electric Company
David Frost
Judy Walker
Betty Feezer
ED Somerset
Guiding Light
the Doctors
Another World
Bay City
General Hospital
Lassie
Daniel Boone
Flintstones
Big Valley
Green Acres
Petticoat Junction
Gilligan’s Island
Dick van Dyke Wild Wild West
Goober
Andy
Emmett
Linc
Ironside
Tokyo
Petula Clark
Arte Johnson
Glen
Hawaii
Five-O McGarrett
Sarge
George Kennedy
Dan Arnaz Jr
Jane . Norris
Eygeneee Weed
Cannon
Gene Kelly
Ruth Hussey
Patric
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