Labor Case Reopened Over Darlington Plant Closure
The National Labor Relations Board ordered a new hearing on whether Deering Milliken’s closing of its Darlington textile mill violated federal labor law. The action revisits whether partial plant closures discourage union activity in other plants, a key issue after Supreme Court rulings. The case returns to NLRB Director Reed Johnston in Winston-Salem, with evidence on broader impact to be considered.
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Darlington
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Reed Johnston
Winston. Salem
N.C
Textile Workers Union of America
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Supreme Court
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Deering- Milliken
NURB
Union
Viet Cong Hit Plei Me Camp As Air Strikes Intensify
Viet Cong forces renewed attacks on the Plei Me Special Forces camp 210 miles northeast of Saigon despite heavy air strikes and ground reinforcements. U.S. and Vietnamese jets and artillery targeted Viet Cong positions as a fierce firefight raged near the camp. Casualties were reported as light, with 39 air sorties flown and 375 flares dropped overnight.
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Saigon
South
Viet Nam
Plei Me
Battle for Pleiku’s Plei Me Camp In Vietnam War
U.S. forces report heavy Viet Cong pressure on Plei Me with 750 of 1,200 Communists believed knocked out in a week of fighting around the camp. Five South Vietnamese battalions with tanks and U.S. artillery plus the 1st Cavalry Division nearby supported operations as relief units patrolled and cleared Viet Cong remnants. Capt Harold M. Moore said nearly half of 12 American advisers at the camp were casualties, one killed in action, as two U.S. Air Force jets were shot down and a helicopter crew of eight Americans died after a mechanical failure.
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U.S
Pleiku
Plei Me
U.S. 1St Cavalry Division
Laos
Viet Nam
Ind Army Corps
Harold M. Moore
Pekin
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Pletku
Moore
Uwe
Cuban exile tries to hijack Miami airliner to Cuba
In Key West an armed passenger attempted to divert a flight to Cuba to pick up refugees but was overpowered by the pilot copilot and two passengers aboard the Miami Pine Westee Airlines jet bound for its destination.
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Cuba
Border Patrol
Miami
Westee Airlines 8
Draft Shy They Have Surgery And Diet To Join Forces
Ronald Olliges a 26 year old from Chicago underwent surgery to qualify for Marine Reserve service and potential deployment. He aimed to join the Marines despite a hernia, saying he would go anywhere in Viet Nam travel demands and stand against Communists.
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U.S
Patrick FE
O'Keefe
Chicago
Marines
Viet Nam
Ronald Olliges
Joseph Jr
Marine
Ronald
Marine Corps
Olliges
Wernes
U. K
China Buys Canadian Wheat Contract Near 336 Million
A senior official of Canada's Trade and Commerce department said China and Canada will sign a contract worth about 336 million dollars for Canadian wheat. Deliveries to begin next August and run about three years, with minimum purchases around 223.8 million bushels. The deal would mark the third between the two nations, following 1963 and earlier arrangements.
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Toronto
Federal
Department of Trade and Commerce
Red China
Canada
Mitchell Sharp
L. A. Boileau
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool
China
U. S
White House Signing Premature Sparks Controversy
President Johnson did not sign the $2 billion rivers and harbor bill as announced. White House officials later said the measure had not reached his desk and would be signed only after Senate and House committees approve. Johnson criticized a provision limiting appropriations for projects under 10 million dollars without committee approval, vowing to seek its repeal and asserting presidential powers.
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Frank Cormier
Johnson City
Tex
White House
Linnettioad
Johnson
Bill D. Moyers
Tater
Washington
Senate
Hubert 4. Humphrey
Moyers
House Public Works
United States
Congress
North Carolina sheriff admits joining Klan in 1965
In a congressional hearing Sheriff Marlon W. Millis of New Hanover County NC testified he and six deputies joined the Ku Klux Klan in 1965 to gather information but later removed their names from the rolls. He said some deputies became enthused while attempting to arrest cross burnings near Wilmington. Authorities noted a cross burned by the courthouse and described difficulties linking suspects to the incident.
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Washington
North Carolina
Ku Klux Klan
Wilmington
N. C
Marlon W. Millis
New Hanover County
Millis
Sherif
Donald T. Appell
House Committee On Un-American Activities
Charles Goodwin
Appell
Goodwin
Appel
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Edwin B. Willis
Dla
House Committee On UN - American Activities
Shelton
Willis
Congressional Hotel
Second Street
Marion W. Millis
Aetna
Rephata
Ford Foundation Grants $800000 to UNC Population Center
The Ford Foundation awards $800000 to the Population Center at University of North Carolina Chapel Hill to support fieldwork, consultation and teaching on population problems. UNC has now received over $1 million in grants from AID and the Conservation Foundation. The chancellor, Dr. Paul Sharp, said the university will develop an exceptionally strong population program and use the center to prepare family planning case studies and assist overseas institutions with research and training.
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Chapel Hill
N. C
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Ford Foundation
University of North Carolina
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North Carolina
Heald
University In
Agency For International Development
AID
U.S. State Department
Conservation Foundation
New York
Paul F. Sharp
University At
Ford
Institute For Research In Social Science At
Sharp
School of Public Health
State Health Department
Air Power and Courage Save Plei Me Garrison
U S air power, shovels and courage saved the Plei Me garrison as Viet Cong attacked the Special Forces camp 240 miles north of Saigon. Captain Harold M. Moore led 12 men, with about 20 U S planes hit or shot down. one American killed. Moore said napalm and bombing helped repel assaults, and defenders recovered wounded and repaired communications amid bunker defenses.
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John T. Wheeler
Pleiku
South Viet Nam
U. S
Plei Me
Harold M. Moore
Pekin
Montagnard
Saigon
Moore
Kennedy and lawmakers targeted by Viet Cong snipers
Viet Cong snipers fired on Sen Edward Kennedy and three other U S lawmakers near Cam Ranh protest area in Kien Phong province as helicopters prepared to land at a Special Forces camp in Cai Cai. The incident lasted about eight minutes with rockets fired by gunships before the party’s safe dispersal. The visitors, including Rep John Culver and Rep John Tunney, left for the Mekong Delta after a 25 minute stop to meet Special Forces personnel. Kennedy said not to overdramatize, and a camp commander noted such shootings are routine. The lawmakers planned to depart South Vietnam after a five nation visit.
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Can Tho
South Viet Nam
Sen
Edward M. Kennedy
U.S
Mekong
Cambaditin
Kien Phong
Joseph Fydings
D - Ma
John Culver
Iowa
John Tunney
Calif
Cai Cai
Culver
Tunney
Kennedy
Tydings
Arthur Remling
Houston
Tex
Mekong Delta
South
Viet Nam
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