New Contract Ends Dan River Nine Week Strike
Dan River Inc and United Textile Workers reach a new contract ending a nine week strike at the Danville division. Agreement covers several economic items including paid holidays, higher life insurance, and pension changes effective January 1, 1975. About 95 percent of roughly 1,000 ballots approved the deal. The company sets a five day return-to-work window for laid off workers.
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Danville, Ga
Dan River Inc
United Textile Workers ‘Union
Dan River
United Textile Workers
Danville
Federal
Robert Gardiner
Joseph T. Jones
Governors Discuss Politics and Energy at Southern Conference
At Lakeway near Austin 17 states and the Virgin Islands met for the Southern Governors Conference on its 40th session. Speakers included Federal Power Commissioner Don Smith and Sen. Lloyd Bentsen, with National Democratic Chairman Robert Strauss calling a post‑lunch meeting on the December party mini‑convention. Conference chairman Gov. Melvin Evans noted inflation and unemployment as central issues. About 1,000 attendees stayed in Lakeway condominiums while the governors and staff attended formal and informal sessions on energy policy and national politics.
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National Party
Melvin H. Evans
Virgin Islands
Southern Governors Conference
Lakeway
Austin
Lake Travis
Dixie Educators Lash HEW Policy In North
Southern educators criticized Health Education and Welfare Secretary Caspar Weinberger for contrasting desegregation approaches North and South. Weinberger said harsher, fund-cut tactics work in the South but may backfire in the North. Northern and Southern officials, including Thomas C. Little and Alonzo Crim, urged consistent federal pressure, arguing rights enforcement should not be regional.
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Associated Press
Health, Education and Welfare
Caspar Weinberger
North
South
Weinberger
Thomas C. Little
Richmond
HEW
Craig Phillips
North Carolina
Supt
Little
Six Children Die In Polish Sand Cave
Six children aged four to six were killed when a sand pit collapses in Korytew near Warsaw. Polish press reports say the accident occurred Thursday as children played in the pit.
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Warsaw
Poland
Korytew
Here
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