Auto Union Turns to Chrysler in UAW Talks
The United Auto Workers shifts focus to Chrysler after securing a national settlement with Ford. Ford workers vote on a new three year deal, with retroactive pay averaging $180 and a dental program funded by the employer. Chrysler bargaining aims to wrap up next week as GM and Ford price changes push up costs across the industry.
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Detroit
United Auto Workers Union
Chrysler Corp
Chrysler
UAW
Ford Council
Ford Motor Co
Ford
General Motors Corp
Leonard Woodcock
VAW
Douglas Fraser
General Motors
Two Children Die in Arkansas Car Fire
In Clarendon Arkansas a 4 year old girl Julia Ann Morgan and her 2 year old brother Sam Morgan Jr. burned to death Tuesday in an old car at their home five miles north of town. Sheriff Forrest Plumlee said they were the children of Mr and Mrs Sam Morgan and that the blaze began when they played with matches catching the car upholstery on fire.
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Clarendon, Ark
Julia Ann Morgan
Sam Morgan Jr
Here
Monroe County
Forrest Plumlee
Sam Morgan
Plumlee
Tax Formula Sought for SS Financing
The Senate Finance Committee wrestled over financing a nine billion dollar Social Security bill. After two marathon sessions they had not produced an acceptable tax formula. Chairman Long remained hopeful, aiming for floor action next week as lawmakers planned to wrap up the 1970 session.
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Joe Hall
Associated Press
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
John J. Williams
R-Del
Russell B. Long
D-La
Senate
Fred R. Harris
D-Okla
New Life for Supersonic Program Highlights Vietnam Action
In Saigon, South Vietnamese militiamen report repelling a Viet Cong assault near Da Nang with two dead and three wounded. Vice President Ky visits the scene as Hanoi's forces attack 25 miles southwest of Da Nang, part of ongoing efforts to erode government control in rural areas.
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George Esper
Associated Press
Saigon
Nguyen Cao Ky
da Nang
South Vietnam
Viet Cong
House Reverses Senate SST Defeat and Restores Fight
The House voted 213 to 174 to oppose accepting the Senate defeat of 290 million for SST development, sending the matter to a conference. Senate had rejected the program 52 to 41, drawing criticism from President Nixon and Sen. Proxmire who promised to use all means, including a filibuster, to block restoration. Senator Henry M. Jackson of Washington notes Boeing is developing the 298 passenger delta wing jetliner in his state.
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Wim Adams
Associated Press
Washington
House
Senate
Nixon
William, Proxmire
Dwis
Henry M. Jackson
Boeing Co
Suggests When Getting Car Checked You Take Inventory of Yourself
HAL Boyle jokes that personal status should be checked like a car before winter. He contrasts the boastful “beautiful people” with signs of lower prestige, listing indicators such as bills, gifts, vacations, office rituals, domestic life, and neighborhood respect to satirize social climbing.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Florida
Jack
Mr. Tubbs
Joneses
City Ponders Swap of 65 Acres of Land
Harold Stephens appeared before the Board of Directors last night with a request to construct a shed over the railroad and alley along the side of a new wholesale grocery warehouse under construction. Plans cover the proposed extension to meet railroad clearance requirements and allow unloading of freight cars and transport trucks under weather protection.
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Harold Stephens
Board of Directors
Cooper-Church seeks second veto on Cambodia role
Senators Church and Cooper push to reoffer the Cooper Church amendment limiting presidential use of force in Cambodia. The move aims to shape Senate mood ahead of Nixon’s Cambodia aid request, potentially delaying $255 million in new and existing aid.
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Washington
Cambodia
Senate
Cooper Church
Frank Church
Idaho
John Sherman Cooper
Rky
House
Foreign Relations Committee
Nixon
Cooper-Church
U.S
Church
Phnom Penh
Saigon
Pedestrian Is Killed By Car Near Gentry Arkansas
Mrs. D. R. Tate 81 of near Gentry was killed Tuesday when struck by a car on Arkansas 12 about three miles west of Gentry. The driver Marvin T. Sitton 30 of Gravette was behind the wheel, according to state police.
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Gentry
Ark
D. R. Tate
Arkansas 12
Here
Marvin T. Sitton
Gravette
Group Clears Sharply Cut Money Bill
The House Appropriations Committee approved a $1.525 billion appropriations bill, trimming White House requests by $176.7 million. It would lift total cuts for the year to $2.6 billion amid foreign aid funding including $990 million, with $500 million for Israel arms aid and allocations for Cambodia and Korea. The measure advances to House debate later in the week.
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Washington AP
House Appropriations Committee
House
White House
Senate
Israel
Cambodia
South Korea
Group Clears
Story of How Defector Was Refused Amnesty
Washington AP report outlines Coast Guard actions as Russian sailors retrieved a Lithuanian seaman seeking asylum despite pleas from a civilian former refugee. The testimony highlights harsh treatment and raises questions about asylum policies and government responses. Robert M. provided the graphic account to Congress.
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Washington
Coast Guard
Congress
Robert M
Brieze
New Bedford, Mass
Seafood Producers Association
House
Foreign Affairs
Simas Kudirka
Wayne L. Hays
Latvia
Kudirka
Ralph W. Eustis
Survey Starts for New City Directory
A team of women canvasses 4 houses in Hope for a new city directory by Moorehead Directory Service. The edition will have an alphabetical resident directory, street listings with telephone guide, business ads, and Hempstead County resident list. Copies will be available via the Chamber of Commerce.
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Moorehead Directory Service
Moorehead
Chamber of Commerce
North American Directory Publishers Assn
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Mississippi
Texas
Jesse Rickman
Canvessers
Hempstead County
Rickman
Rail unions hint at delay if wage hike aids strike avert
In Washington four rail unions said a pre-dawn nationwide walkout could be postponed if Congress enacts an immediate 13.5 percent wage increase for 500,000 rail workers as part of strike-delay legislation. Congress and the White House weighed options as hearings continued.
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Associated Press Washington
Congress
Neil Gilbride
Washington (Ap
House Committee
House Commerce Committee
House Rules Committee
Ronald L. Ziegler
White House
Brock Adams
Commerce Committee
Harley O. Staggers
D-W. Va
Washington
C.L. Dennis
The
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
Dennis
House Commercce Committee
Wooten Leaving State Police
Jim Wooten of Little Rock a sergeant with the State Police who has run the agency public information is named director of public relations for the Arkansas Petroleum Council effective Jan 1 Wooten fills the vacancy created by Hershell Parent becoming executive director of the council.
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Little Rock
Jim Wooten
Arkansas Petroleum Council
Wooten
Herschell Parent
Council
Veterans group to meet at Hut on Highway 67
The local Veterans of Foreign Wars post will hold a meeting at 7 30 p m Thursday at the Hut on Highway 67 east. American Legion Leslie Huddleston Post 12 will join with the Ladies Auxiliary Tuesday night December 15 at 7 in the Woodmen of the World Hall for a potluck dinner and a Christmas program. Hunters are reminded the final deer season runs December 14 through 19.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
Highway 67
East
Herschel R. Johnson
Leslie Huddleston Post
American Legion
Ladies Auxiliary
Woodmen of the World Hall
West B
North Pine Streets
Jury Selection in Rape Trial at Little Rock
Jury selection continued in the rape case of Clarence Lee Bruce 18 of Little Rock. Bruce is on trial for allegedly raping two white women on an Arkansas River sand bar May 29. Five other Black men face related charges and ten jurors had been seated.
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Little Rock
Clarence Lee Bruce
Bruce
Arkansas River
Arkansaw Native Killed in Oklahoma Accident
John Handley, 71, of Little Rock, was killed in Poteau when a pickup struck him on a street while he stepped back to avoid an incoming ambulance. Arkansas and Oklahoma authorities provided the report.
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Poteau, Okla
John Handley
Little Rock
Poteau Street
Highway Patrol
Handley
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