GM and UAW reach tentative national contract agreement
General Motors and the United Auto Workers announce a three year tentative national labor pact ending the 11 day strike. Local plant issues in 117 of 130 plants must be resolved and ratified before the agreement takes effect. Wage and fringe benefits rise in years two and three.
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Detroit
General Motors Corp
United Auto Workers
Leonard Woodcock
UAW
America
Ford
Chrysler
Louis G. Seaton
General Motors
Voters in East show low enthusiasm for Johnson and Goldwater
AP reporters gather Vox Populi from Maine to West Virginia four weeks before election. Voters express mixed views on Johnson and Goldwater, with early choices and emphasis on nuclear policy and Soviet relations. Civil rights rarely mentioned.
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Johnson
Sen
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
White House
Maine
West
Derdog
James
Soviet Union
Stabbing Tragedy in Times Square District
Joseph Zaia, 28, was stabbed repeatedly by an assailant attempting to assault his wife Sandra Zaia, 26, in Times Square yesterday afternoon. Police and bystanders offered no aid as Zaia sustained multiple wounds to the neck chest and abdomen and was described as in fair condition.
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Joseph Zaia
Sandra
New York
Times Square
Zaia
Zara
Couple survive Broadway harassment in Queens incident
Zaia and his wife, strolling on Broadway near 47th Street in Queens, were approached by a man who whispered in Mrs. Zaia’s ear. Zaia tried to push the intruder away as the assailant fled into the crowd, police reported.
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Queens
New York
Zaia
Broadway
47Th Street
Rights Bill Plea Is Heard At Supreme Court
The Heart of Atlanta Motel urged the Supreme Court to strike down the public accommodations section of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Attorney Moreton Rolleston Jr. argued Congress lacks power to limit private business owners, while Solicitor General Archibald Cox defended constitutional use of commerce power. The Court will also hear Ollie’s Barbecue in Birmingham as a separate appeal.
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Washington
Heart of Atlanta
Supreme Court
Moreton Rolleston Jr
Atlanta
Congress
Rolleston
Hugo L. Black
High Tribunal
Justice Nat
Archibald Cox
Commerce
Justice Department
Ollie
Birmingham
Ala
Inside Classifieds and Puzzles Highlights
The page bundle shows classified ads and puzzles including a 2B case read, a 6A financial note, a 9A sports brief, a 8A crossword segment, a 4A weather snapshot, and a 2A finance item.
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Fissig
Reite Win
Charleston Bank Robbed of About Six Thousand Dollars
A young white male, 20 to 23, robbed the Citizens and Southern Bank North Charleston branch of about $6,000 at 9:15 a.m. He handed a teller a note, filled a large paper bag, and fled toward Rivers Avenue behind a church. No weapon seen. witness O L Hall described him as studentlike with a book under his arm.
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Charleston, S.C
North Charleston
Citizens and Southern Bank
Rivers Avenue
Germans Escape Through Long Tunnel Largest East German escape via tunnel since 1961
Fifty seven East Germans escaped to West Berlin this week through a tunnel dug under the Red wall. One border guard was shot dead, described by East Germany as killed by armed bandits. The escape, believed to be among the largest, involved 23 men 31 women and 3 children who came through unhurt.
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East German Defense Ministry
West Berlin
Bernauerstrasses
East Berlin
Red Wall
Rains Deliver 17 Inches in Rosman NC Flood Fallout
Torrential weekend rains soaked the three state mountain area leaving at least two dead. Rosman NC near Asheville recorded 17 inches with 13 more inches midweek as rivers rose and roads closed. Tornadoes hit Goldsboro and Creswell, farms damaged, several dams and bridges collapsed, no serious injuries reported. Weather expectations forecast more rain as Hilda remnants move east.
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Asheville
N.C
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Rosman
U.S. Weather Bureau
Weather Bureau
Goldsboro
Coastal Plain
Creswell
Absent Senators Block Baker Payoff Hearing
Ab senteeism by both parties blocked a GOP bid to force pre election hearings on the Bobby G. Baker payoff charge. Sen. B Everett Jordan and Sen John Sherman Cooper sought to summon Baker and McCloskey to testify, but no quorum prevented action.
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Washington
Bobby G. Baker
B. Everett Jordan
D-N.c
John Sherman Cooper
R Cooper
Baker
Matthew H. McCloskey
Senate
Johnson
Democrats
Weeksville Base Moves to Ports Group for Waterside Park
The State Ports Authority will acquire the Weeksville naval air facility near Elizabeth City for 425000 dollars. The 813 acre site with 99 buildings including two large 300000 square foot hangars plus 7 miles of rail will become a waterside industrial park serving Hayes Corp and Welex Corp which already operate there. Reeves said its Inland Waterway location near Norfolk makes it a potential ports facility.
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Pinehurst
State Ports Authority
Naval Air
Weeksville
Elizabeth City
Ports Authority
John M. Reeves
Reeves
Virginia
Norfolk
Hayes Corp
Welex Corp
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Milltown
Lowell, Mass
F. Joseph O'Donoghue
Princeton
Casino
Charleston
Hall
Jordan
Cooper
Cooper Pale
Sens
Hugh Scott
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