Autumn note on civil service and postal union power
A reflective piece contrasts civil service safeguards for federal workers with current postal union pressure for a 15 percent pay rise. It notes Washington events showing organized post office staff challenging political influence, likening past citizen advocacy to present union tactics and history’s ironic turn.
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Federal Service
Civil Service
Washington
Post Office Department
White House
UAW Plans to Strengthen Strike Fund Across Big Three
Detroit AP reports UAW councils at Ford GM and Chrysler urged a special convention to boost the union strike fund, aiming to set a pattern for three year contracts if a strike occurs after midnight next Wednesday. The target likely GM, with others ready to extend funds for longer strikes at Ford or Chrysler. President Walter Reuther to announce the target company at a 5 15 p.m. news conference. The 67 million fund would not cover prolonged action at GM, but could sustain longer strikes at Ford or Chrysler.
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Detroit
United Auto Workers
Ford
General Motors
Chrysler
UAW
Chryst
Walter P. Reuther
Still No Sign of Horse in Sinkhole Search
Trenton Florida divers probe murky waters at the bottom of a large sinkhole chasing Cecil Day Vis 20 who disappeared August 14 after riding his horse into a pasture. Workers used dynamite and water drains to enlarge the limestone cavern and reach 50 feet down where both may have fallen.
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Trenton
Fla
Dievers
Cecil Dayvis
Davis
Florida teachers resign in mass. schools closed in Pinellas
Clearwater Florida AP reports 1928 teachers resignion led to public schools closing after one day of the fall term. The Pinellas County School Board adopted a resolution urging a Florida legislative special session to resolve the education crisis. The teachers association demanded the same and would keep resignations in effect until final board action. A tentative salary increase plan would raise starting teachers pay by 440 to 1035 dollars annually depending on degree.
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Clearwater
Fred Cekau
Rockwell's Cremation Triggers Civil Liberties Bid for Cemetery Burial
The American Nazi Party seeks a court injunction with the ACLU backing to force the Army to permit interment of George Lincoln Rockwell’s cremated remains in a national cemetery. Rockwell was cremated after several cemeteries denied space for burial and Army guards blocked a Virginia burial site.
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Arlington
Pary
George Lincoln Rockwell
Lawrence Speiser
Northern Virginia
The
American Civil Liberties Union
Department of the Army
Rockwell
National
ACLU
Army
Navy
Culpeper National Cemetery
Virginia
United States
Nazi Party
Milwaukee
Henry Maier
Marshall Is Confirmed by Senate
Washington AP reports Thur good Marshall, longtime advocate for African American rights, is confirmed as the first Negro Supreme Court justice by a 69 to 11 Senate vote. The 57 year old, serving as solicitor general, will fill Justice Tom Clark’s seat after his retirement and Ramsey Clark’s appointment as attorney general. swearing in is not expected until October for the autumn term.
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Washington
Thurgood Marshall
Senate
Supreme Court
Johnson
Marshall
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
U.S
Tom GC. Clark
Ramsey Clark
Status As The Only Way To Gauge Modern Rat Race
Hal Boyle outlines signs that status is slipping in American offices and social life. From evasive bosses and ignored lunches to dull bowling teams and ignored gossip, the piece wryly maps indicators of social decline and ends with a twist about moving to the Far East to save face.
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Hal Boyle
New York
America
Orient
Bowery
Personnel Department
PTA
Far East
Young LSD User Kills His Father
In San Jose California sheriff deputies responding to a distress call encountered James Arthur Smith twenty shot him with a knife and learned he had stabbed his father Elden Smith to death the night before while claiming to have used LSD for months and suffered bed effects at home and in a car nearby the body of Elden was found.
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San Jose
Calif
Ken Cox
James Arthur Smith
Cox
Smith
Elden Smith
Young Smith
Arabs Agree to Get Out of Yemen's War
At the Arab summit in Khartoum Egypt and Saudi Arabia reached a formula to withdraw from Yemen's civil war. President Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt was noted for promising withdrawal of Egyptian forces and adopting a less bellicose line toward Israel in a closed session.
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Dennis Neeld
Khartoum
Sudan
Egypt
Saudi Arabia
Yemen
Israel
Gamal Abdel Naseser
Withedrawal
Johnsons 22 observers inspect South Vietnam voting sites
President Johnsons 22 election observers fanned out across South Vietnam to inspect polling places and observe campaigning and government preparations for Sundays vote. The group, from 23 nations, split into provinces after briefing by U S officials in Saigon.
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Barry Kramer
Saigon
Johnson
South Vietnam
Senate
U.S
Ellsworth Bunker
Vietnam
Mekong Delta
1St Corps
Nguyen van Thieu
Nguyen Cao Ky
Richard J. Hughes
New Jersey
Whitney Young
Urban League
Binh Duong Province
Hughes
William L. Guy
da Nang
Presbyterians to Hear Bill Lawrence Sermon
The Rev. William T. Lawrence son of Dr and Mrs Lawrence will preach at the Presbyterian Church Sunday morning. Bill and Carol Lawrence have returned from a year studying Spanish at the Instituto de Lengua Española in San Jose Costa Rica. They plan to go to Mexico for Christian Education work in October. Everyone is invited to attend the service and Bill and Carol will address the Youth Fellowship after the 6 p.m. supper.
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Wiliam T. Lawrence
L.T. Lawrence
Presbyterian Church
Bill
Carol
United States
Instituto de Langua Espanola
San Jose
Costa Rica
Mexico
Packer Resigns From Girls Training School Board
Little Rock businessman Cliff Packer said he cannot devote the time to the Girls Training School board and has mailed his resignation to Gov Rockefeller. He noted he learned of the superintendent change without his consent and that contact was lacking when Clifton Shepard was asked to resign.
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Little Rock
Cliff Packer
Girls Training School
Winthrop Rockefeller
Packer
Clifton Shepard
James Garrett
Vietnam War Debate Casts Urban Plight as Priority
Washington reports RFK challenges Gen Greene on Vietnam versus domestic urban and rural poverty. Kennedy says the nation must fight the war while addressing internal problems and insists Americans face a serious crisis since the Civil War era.
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Washington
Robert F. Kennedy
Wallace M. Greene Jr
Marine Corps
Vietnam
U. S
New York Democrat
Johnson
Greene
Seton
United States
Ist Hurricane of Season Is Building
Tropical storm Arlene strengthened toward hurricane force as it drifts across the Atlantic. Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center predicted Arlene would likely become a hurricane today while remaining far from land. At 6 am it was about 1200 miles southeast of Bermuda, moving west-northwest at 15 mph.
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Miami
Arlene
Atlantic Ocean
National Hurricane Center
Tropica
Bermuda
Forest Fire Outlook From Arkansas Forestry Chief
Forestry official Jim Martin, director of public relations for the Forestry Commission, said on Wednesday that barring a serious drought Arkansas should not have serious forest fire trouble this year. He noted far fewer fires in the first half of this year compared to last year.
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Rock
462000 U S Troops Now in Vietnam
Saigon report states U S troop strength in Vietnam rose by 5000 last week to 462000. The 2nd Squadron 1st Cavalry from Fort Hood Texas arrived aboard a troop ship at Qui Nhon and will join the 4th Infantry Division in the central highlands.
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Saigon
Vietnam
U.S
1St Cavalry
Ft. Hood
Tex
Qui Nhon
U.S. 4Th Infantry Division
Central Highlands
All Around Town Tuesday September 5 Voter Register Cutoff
Last day to register for the September 6 school election is September 5. Permanent registrants need not re‑register. Registration rolls close 20 days before each election to let County Clerk Pat McCain prepare precinct lists. Late registrants may vote later elections only. Moving voters must notify the Clerk or vote at their old precinct. Volume 1 Number 1 of the Chamber of Commerce Newsletter arrives. Labor Day mail service note. Local updates include Home purchase in Hugo Oklahoma, a university degree event, and local hospital stay. police detained three African American youths aged 7, 9, and 11 for shoplifting at a five‑and‑dime and released to parents.
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Pat McCain
Guerrillas Hit on Eve of Election in South Vietnam
Guerrillas attacked across South Vietnam on the eve of the presidential vote, shelling a fourth provincial capital in as many days and detaining 39 draft-age men. Officials warned of further Red incursions as Americans report warplane losses and rising casualties, with notable jailbreaks and a strike wave earlier in Quang Ngai.
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George McArthur
Saigon
South Vietnam
U.S. Command
North Vietnam
U.S
Vietnam
Dierks Dies In Garland County Crash Plane Cancelled
DaVere Dierks Jr. 38 of Hot Springs, executive VP of Dierks Forests, was killed in a two car crash two miles south of Hot Springs on Arkansas 7. He planned a San Francisco business trip and missed the plane twice. Dierks held multiple executive posts and was a Kansas City native.
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Hot Springs
Ark
API
DaVere Dierks Jr
Dierks Forests, Inc
Greenwood Cemetery
Dierks
Arkansas 7
Garland County
San Francisco
Dierks Paper Co
Oklahoma
New Jerseyland Gas Co
Southern Land and Townsite Co
Valley Lumber and Supply Co
Kansas City
Rioters Scattered by Milwaukee Police After Night of Protests
Milwaukee police backed by Mayor Henry Maier dispersed bands of demonstrators outside the burned Free dom House, arrests reached at least 50 with two injuries. The protestors, tied to the Milwaukee Youth Council and NAACP, planned an indoor rally possibly in a church as a state of emergency was declared.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Henry Maier
Freedom House
Milwaukee Youth Council
National Assosciation For the Advancement of Colored People
Maler
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