Czech Rail Engineers Threaten National Strike Over Persecution
A union of Czechoslovakia locomotive engineers warned of a crippling national strike, saying Soviet occupation authorities persecuted them and they lost government recognition. Competing unions urged restraint as inflation and rail reliance strain the economy. The group published the threat in Zurek without a set date.
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Prague
UPI
Czechoslovakia
Federation of
Locomotiveeers
Hyague
Czechoslovak Communist Party
Central Committee
Alexander Tgibcek
Josef Tichy
Tichy
Soviet Union
Federation of Locomotive Engineers
Zurek
Flag Presented for Chapel Display by Veteran Leader
Lou Licker once an All American post commander and his stepdaughter Laura Lancaster donated an American flag for permanent display at the Ernie Cragin Plaque in the Chapel of the Four Chaplains at the Home of the Good Shepherd. The flag previously served the Boy Scout Troop at J S Parks School and was part of the 1966 Loyalty Day Program.
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Lou Licker
U.S. Veterans of Foreign War
Laura Lancaster
Ernie Cragin
the Good Shepherd
Licker
Clark County
J S. Parks School
Sicilians Trigger Second Big Walkout
Thousands of Sicilian industrial workers protested low wages striking across the island. A 24 hour general strike spread to multiple regions as Premier-designate Rumor forms a new coalition in Rome. Demonstrators clashed in Genoa injuring 11 amid police action. Roadblocks appeared near Syracuse with no police intervention.
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Rome
UPI
Italy
Sicily
Mariano Rumor
Genoa
Syracuse
Avola
Shaw Trial Set to Open January 21 in Kennedy Conspiracy Case
Dist. Atty. Jim Garrison announced Clay Shaw will face a jury trial January 21 in Orleans Parish Criminal District Court on charges of conspiring to assassinate President John F. Kennedy. Shaw, 55, denies the charges as Garrison predicts the case will proceed despite a recent Supreme Court denial of a restraining order.
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New Orleans
UPI
Jim Garrison
Richard Nixon
Clay L. Shaw
John F. Kennedy
Shaw
Orleans Parish
Edward Haggerty
U. S. Supreme Court
Garrison
Clay Shaw
Garrison Ays Shaw
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