Indecisive Canadian election strains labor talks
In the Canadian election aftermath unions and contractors reach a tentative accord as heavy equipment operators resume most construction work. About 800 to 900 engineers were on Long Beach projects when the strike began, with additional unions totaling 1400 staters 300 to 400 teamsters and 350 cement workers involved. A memorandum was signed by Long Beach Arena and 15 story Ocean Blvd building contractors amid disputed wage hikes near 23 cents.
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Long Beach
Statpenters
Teamsters
Kennedy
Long Beach Ave
San Diego
Garden Grove
Santa Anal
Newport Beach
Laguna Niguel
Huntington Harbour
Long Beach Arena
E Ocean Blvd
Ford Pact Talks Hit Stalemate
Detroit reports show Ford Motor Co and the United Auto Workers Union making no progress after five hours of top level negotiations over a strike at an Ohio stamping plant near Cleveland that idled about 50,000 Ford hourly workers nationwide. Henry Ford III in Los Angeles predicted a settlement soon as the company resisted union demands and sought to run its own plants without union control.
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Detroit
Ford Motor, Co
United Auto, Workers Union
Ohio
Ford
Los Angeles
Henry Ford III
Cleveland
High Court and House Seats in Canada and U.S. Labor Ruling
The piece notes Conservative gains and Liberal losses in Canada with 116 of 165 seats reported, Liberal 92, Social Credit 29, and a likely new election within a year. It mentions devaluation of the Canadian dollar and uncertain coalition prospects, plus a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that union officers and members cannot be sued for damages over no strike agreements, only unions may be sued. The ruling, by Justice Bryan R. White, also covers Taft-Hartley implications and a cooling-off injunction on West Coast seamen.
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Conservatives
Liberals
Social Credit Party
Democratic Party
Washington
Supreme Court
Soday Taftj Hantey
Young Soviet Longhairs Get Clipped Good
In Mednogorsk a youth crackdown by the Komsomol moved young men to barber shops after city authorities banned long hair. Volunteers escorted the youths to shave, barbers met party norms, and the Young Communist League touted the effort as a success in building communism.
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Moscow
Mednogorsk
Ural
Communist Party
Komsomolskaya Pravda
Young Communist League
Soviet envoy eyes Italian auto plant tour
Soviet Deputy Premier Alexei Kosygin arrived in Rome from Moscow for a 10 day talks with Italian officials and industrial plant visits. He aims to learn whether Fiat will open a tractor assembly plant in the Soviet Union during the visit.
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Rome
Alexei Kosygin
Soviet Union
Moscow
Italy
Fiat Automotive Works
Fiat
New State Law Provides Free Cordless Hearing Aids
Pensioners are urged to request cordless hearing aids at no cost under a new state program. Contact Associated Heating Center, 622 Pine Ave, Long Reach, or call HE 2.0459 to obtain yours.
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Associated Heating Center
Pine Ave
Strike End Hope Seen In California Construction Talks
San Francisco reports rising optimism for an early settlement in the 35 billion northern California construction dispute after another bargaining session between employers and the laborers union. A management spokesman anticipated a possible week landmark settlement as further meetings with the building trades continue. Carpenters and engineers unions vote on a tentative weekend agreement with the Northern California Construction Employers group.
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San Francisco
UPI
California
Ecounty Carpenters Union
Mediation Talks Open Over West Coast Maritime Dispute
Federal mediator Professor James Healy presented proposals to shipowners and unions in San Francisco. Healy declined to reveal details and said the talks were neither encouraged nor discouraged as representatives considered the proposals.
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San Francisco
James Healy
Healy
Airline crisis talk centers on wages and layoff guarantees
In a tense eleventh hour session TWA leaders canceled appointments and summoned airline officials, the engineers union and the rival Pilot Association. Engineers insist on qualifications for a third jetliner crew member and protection for furloughed TWA engineers, while Labor Department officials expect broader resolution with Eastern and Pan Am. If night engineers walk out, up to 20,100 workers could be idled.
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TWA
I ‘Goldberg
Engineers’ Union
Piloty Association
Jetliner
Labor Department
Eastern Airlines
Pan American World Airways
Navy Aide Howard Rich Dies at 48
Howard Rich a Navy Aide and West Coast Bureau of Personnel official died at his home on Roxanne Avenue after several weeks illness. He had served at Long Beach Naval Station since October and is survived by his wife Edna and two children. Funeral arrangements are pending at Disday Family Funeral Directors.
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Howard Rich
Navy
Bureau of Personnel
Washington
Roxanne Ave
Rich
Long Beach Naval Station
Edna
Disday Family Funeral Directors
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