Near unanimous UAW vote authorizes strike at North American Rockwell
UAW Local 887 members vote 98.4 percent to authorize a strike if North American Rockwell fails to present a contract. The union says the contract is canceled as of Oct 10 with Oct 10 deadline for settlement. Henry L. Lacayo notes turnout above 9,000 at Long Beach rally as Woodcock and Reuther pledge further talks. Locales nationwide show similar strike sentiment.
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United Auto Workers
North American Rockwell Corp
North American
Henry L. Lacayo
Aerospace
Long Beach Veteran’s Stadium
Lacayo
UAW
Leonard Woodcock
Walter Reuther
Long Beach
Tulsa
McAlister
Okla
Houston
Texas
Columbus
Ohio
Reno
Nev
Edwards Air Force Base
Santa Susana
Calif
Walkout Backed as UAW Presses NAR Bargaining Demands
UAW members praised as 9 100 workers rally under threatening skies to back a strike. Key demands include SUB benefits full health care company paid dental and a pension based on five best paid years plus wage equity and aerospace skilled protections. Secret ballots made the strike sanction official with potential Oct 10 action if talks stall.
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Agement
Lacaye
UAW
NAR
Ratty Haired Pair Rob Two Markets Sunday
Two tall thin gunmen with dark ratty hair robbed Santa Ana Tic Toc Market and Anaheim Stop and Go Market on Sunday. They fled with about 350 dollars, one holding a revolver and one mustache noted. Officers described the suspects as similar in appearance.
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Santa Ana
Anaheim
McFadden Avenue
Flower Street
Charles Tranter
President St
Costa Mesa
Tranter
South St
James Nye
University Chiefs Back RTD Bonds Prop A Endorsed
UCLA Chancellor Charles Young USC’s Norman Topping Caltech’s Lee DuBridge and Loyola’s Charles Casasra endorse Prop A on the November 5 ballot. The measure would authorize a sales tax up to 0.5 percent to fund an 89 mile rapid transit rail network plus 300 miles of county lines in Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
Southern California
UCLA
Charles E. Young
Norman Topping
USC
Lee A. DuBridge
Caltech
Charles S. Casassa
Loyola
PROPA
Hit and run kills 18 year old cyclist on Santa Ana Freeway
Arthur E. Westbury of San Gabriel, 18, was killed Sunday when the motorcycle he had bought the day before was struck on the Santa Ana Freeway by a hit and run driver. The incident spurred educators to urge rapid transit to ease transportation and access to universities and cultural events in the Los Angeles area.
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Arthur E. Westbury
San Gabriel
Santa Ana
Westbury
Los Angeles
Exposition Park
Usc
Westwood
UCLA
Westchester
Loyola
San Gabriel Valley
Pasadena
Fire damages Brentwood Heights physician’s home
Fire swept through the one story home of Dr. B. M. Lazich in Brentwood Heights early Sunday. The blaze caused about $26,000 in damage including $1,000 to the structure and $25,000 to furnishings and paintings.
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Brentwood Heights
CNS
B. M. Lazich
Sales Booze Taxes Start on Tuesday in Los Angeles
A 1 percent city sales tax increase and a 5 percent beverage tax take effect Tuesday in Los Angeles. The city expects about 26 million dollars in new annual revenue, 20 million from sales and 6 million from the alcohol tax. The drink tax may be halted if the constitutional challenge before Superior Court Judge Kenneth Chantry succeeds.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Superior Court
Kenneth Chantry
Victim of assassin back on the job at union rally
Paul Schrade, wounded in the Robert F. Kennedy assassination, appears at a Long Beach union rally urging North American Rockwell workers to back a strike. He says he is recovered and backs a vote against the company.
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Paul Schrade
Robert F. Kennedy
Long Beach
Humphrey
Schrade
United Arts Workers
Rockwell
Senator Kennedy
California
Los Angeles
Sirhan B. Sirhan
Kennedy
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Aerospace and System
University Chiefs
L. S. Hollinger
Southern California Edison, Pacific Telephone and
General Telephone Cos
Northrup Aviation
U.S
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CarPs
Carl's
Carl
Carlplan
Long
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