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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1968
Page
6
Washington reports Hosea Williams the new Poor People Campaign leader vows a militant phase with more demonstrations and potential White House or Capitol sit-ins. He and campaign staff plan camp rules and public actions as members press welfare demands from Appalachia to Resurrection City.
More than 21,000 members of the Aluminum Workers International Union and the United Auto Workers went on strike across the United States after contract expiry, with a Vernon California plant among those affected. Alcoa, Reynolds Metals and others reached pattern agreements with the United Steelworkers, preventing further walkouts but signaling higher labor costs and price increases for unalloyed primary ingot and fabricated products. The Steelworkers settlements include a 45 cent hourly wage raise over three years plus improved pensions health and unemployment benefits.
Three firemen were killed and another seriously injured when a burning silo exploded five miles northwest of Lewistown Pennsylvania. A radio newsman reported a muffled blast and flying debris as crews worked on the silo roof. the silo's construction included a metal exterior and glass lining, contents unknown.
Norfolk reports the USS Kittiwake and USS Gato began patrols near the Azores for the missing nuclear submarine Scorpion and her 99 crew. Navy salvage ships Preserver and Hoist join later with Deep Diver, ADS Mark 4, and other gear to depths beyond 1,000 feet as the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy opens an inquiry into the disappearance.
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