GM Strike Likely As UAW Talks Stall At GM Plants
Negotiations between General Motors and the United Auto Workers were to resume with a midnight strike deadline looming. UAW President Leonard Woodcock warned a strike would idle about 344,000 workers in 145 locations in the United States and Canada, while Ford and Chrysler would remain untouched.
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Associated Press
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General Motors
Mammoth Corporation
United Auto Workers
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United States
Canada
Ford
Chrysler
U.S
Canadian
Leonard Woodcock
Earl Bramblett
UAW International
Woodcock
Veterans counts by county and state reveal large totals
Hempstead County lists 1,790 veterans while Arkansas totals 214,000. Vietnam and Korean War service figures are noted, with World War II veterans topping Hempstead at 1,080 and Arkansas at 117,000. The VA urges inquiries to Little Rock for benefits, listing contact details and loan eligibility notices.
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Body found in field near Pine Bluff man id Harry Smith
Police reported the body of 28 year old Harry Smith found in a field six miles west of Pine Bluff. Authorities said he was beaten to death and likely died late Saturday night or early Sunday. The investigation is ongoing with no arrests.
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Rail Strike Talks Report No Progress
Washington reports progress was limited in labor talks to avert a nationwide rail strike by four AFL CIO unions. Labor Department officials warn deadline pressure remains while W. J. Usery and union and railroad officials meet, with potential 60 day delay action under the Railway Labor Act. The dispute covers 500000 clerks, trainmen, track workers and dining car staff seeking large wage increases and benefits. Separately UTU threatens a Sept. 3 strike over locomotive firemen job eliminations.
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Washington
Nixon
United Transportation Union
Disturbances to Be Probed in Arkansas Towns
The Arkansas Council on Human Relations voted to have its Position Paper Committee investigate disturbances in Earle and Blytheville. Racial disturbances have been reported in both towns, and council chairman Alan Patteson stressed the council must address such communities.
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Arkansas Council On Human Relations
Earle
Blytheville
Alan Patteson
Gunfire at Earle Is Under Probe
Officials in Earle Arkansas said they are investigating a Thursday racial disturbance and the wounding of a Black woman after a march on city hall by Negroes. State Police Capt. Dwight D. Galloway vowed to identify those responsible as white men fired over the marchers’ heads. The incident followed a march halted by about 30 white men and later followed by unidentified whites and police who planned arrests for marching without a permit. Earlier Labor Day unrest led to 26 arrests after Black students walked out of public schools.
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Cambodian Troops Stopped In Major Offensive
Cambodian government forces repelled an overnight assault by enemy troops at Taing Kauk, 5 miles north of Phnom Penh. Authorities report 40 Cambodian soldiers killed and about 50 wounded as the attack aimed to reopen Route 6 to Kompong Thom, with Communist casualties estimated at over 200.
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John T. Wheeler
Associated Press
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Taing Kauk
Skoun
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Primaries in Six States Shape Key Races Tuesday
Six states hold primaries Tuesday for five Senate seats and five governorships. In Massachusetts, Kevin White and Maurice Donahue duel for the Democratic nomination as Fran Sargent sits unopposed in the governor race. Hubert Humphrey seeks a Minnesota Senate win, while incumbents Kennedy Jackson Tydings Pastore lead renomination efforts in their states. Oklahoma’s primary results are awaited.
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Maurice A. Donahue
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Kenneth Po go'Donnell
John F. Kennedy
Francis W. Sargent
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Hubert H. Humphrey
Eugene J. McCarthy
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University of Minnesota
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Erocer
John D. Baucom Jr
Edward M. Kennedy
Henry M. Jackson
Washington
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John O. Pastore
J. Glenn Beall Jr
Oklahoma
Hostages held as captors seek unconditional surrender
Fifth live group of British Swiss West German and U S citizens remained hostages with captors threatening unconditional government surrenders for release Meanwhile Israeli officials say 450 Arabs linked with the comstandos were arrested in Tel Aviv presumably to pressure the 55 Palestinians in Phnom Penh AP reports troops shattered the Cambodian vanguard in the war s first major offensive Palestinian guerrillas and Jordanian troops clash near the ceasefire line killing two soldiers and 12 guerrillas UAW GM talks stall ahead of a midnight strike in Detroit Agnew resumes trips in Palm Springs and Las Vegas UN criticized by White House for weakening peace aims Nixon faces ongoing UN session with little progress on rail strike involving four AFL CIO unions
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Hempstead county tops state in highway deaths in 101 Days of Danger
Arkansas State Police data show 181 highway fatalities during the 101 Days of Danger from Memorial Day to Labor Day, with August totaling 55 deaths. Hope District Captain Milton Mosier notes 6 deaths in nine counties, and 68 accidents in the district amid causes such as failure to yield, speeding, and drinking. Motorists urged to watch for children and school buses as schools reopen.
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Women Charged in Shooting Death of Husband
Mrs. Dorthy Mae Thomas, 39, of Little Rock is charged with murder after her husband Walter Thomas, 60, was shot Friday night and died Saturday following a domestic quarrel. Local authorities reported the fatal shooting occurred in Little Rock.
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Dorthy Mae Thomas
Walter Thomas
UN Misused Weakened Says Lodge Reports Interim Findings
Henry Cabot Lodge, former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and head of a 45 member commission, presented interim findings to the President. The report cites waning U.S. support for the UN and urges strengthening. Lodge calls for prompt procedures and impartial expert staff to defuse breaches of international security amid Middle East mediation.
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Michael J. Reilly
Associated Press
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White House
Nixon
United Nations
Henry Cabot Lodge
U.S
U.N
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Middle East
Lodge
New Demand to Protect Airliners Seeks International Air Guar d
Washington AP four jetliners hijacked and destroyed by Palestinian guerrillas spur congressional demands for retaliation. A bill by Sen Goodell and Javits would authorize an international air traffic shutdown against nations supporting hijackers or harboring them. House hearings planned on global action to curb such attacks. President Nixon has ordered armed guards on many flights. Senator Tower noted airline association support for an international air conference to tackle air piracy.
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Peggy Simpson
Associated Press
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Congress
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Jacob K. Javits
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Foreign Affairs Committee
Sidney R. Yates
D-Ill
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Yates
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R-Tex
Airline Passengers Association
Man Drowns While Fishing at Lake Ouachita
HOT SPRINGS Ark AP James R Hutchingson 32 of Benton drowned Saturday night while fishing at Lake Ouachita near here. Authorities said his body was recovered Sunday.
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Meyer Award to L A Student
A Hall High School student Pat Miles age 17 is named the Agusat winner of the Charles T. Meyer Foundation Award for Excellence in Athletics. Miles set three state swimming records in the AAA meet in Little Rock and qualified for the national AAU meet in the 400 meter and 1500 meter freestyle events. Golfer Martha Jett of Little Rock was the runner up in balloting.
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Little Rock
Pat Miles
Charles T. Meyer Foundation
Miles
Martha Jett
Cold Front Prompts Rain in Arkansas Outlook
The U S Weather Bureau expects a new cold front to move into Arkansas on Tuesday bringing a higher chance of rain and scattered thundershowers. Recent weather flipped between warm and cold fronts with most rainfall in Northwest Arkansas. Sunday highs ranged 86 to 98 degrees across cities like Texarkana Fayetteville and Little Rock with varied overnight lows.
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Associated Press
U.S. Weather Bureau
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Fayetteville
Harrison
Jonesboro
Pine Bluff
el Dorado
Memphis
Little Rock
Fort G
AEA Seeks $275 Million Budget for Public Schools
State Board of Education voted Sunday to request 275,911,147 for next biennium to run public schools. Included is 40 million for additional services and salaries. Commissioner Ford warned a full tax program is needed. the plan covers rehabilitations and vocational-technical schools with federal match funds.
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Little Rock
State Board of Education
A. W. Ford
Legislative Joint Auditing Committee
Ford
Rehabilitation Service
Vo Tech
Miss Donna Connelly in top ten at Arkansas pageant
Hope's Miss Donna Connelly placed in the top ten at the Miss Arkansas contest held in Little Rock. At the Kiwanis Club state convention the event featured Mrs. Dean Murphy as MC at a wives’ brunch and Margie Royston as a guest. Murphy and Royston later attended afternoon tea at the Governor’s Mansion. A 130 pound watermelon went to Gov. Dick DeWalle at the Kiwanis Governor's Ball, while Bert O Miller received a 40 pound melon. Hospital notes mention Homer Beverley and Reese Chambless at Wadley Hospital, and Samuel Meeks Strong’s enrollment at Baylor School of Dentistry.
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Little Rock
Lafayette Hotel
Dean Murphy
Margie Royston
Hope
Kiwanis
Dick DeWalle
Bert O. Miller
Detroit Children's Hospital
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Sam W. Strang
Baylor School of Dentistry
Dallas
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