Third Force Laborers Exhibit Strike Power
A loose third force has risen amid UAW Chrysler talks, closing three Detroit area plants without authorization. Workers Action Movement or WAM, allied with the Progressive Labor Party, says rank and file power will grow and aims to shut the auto industry down. Chrysler and UAW officials blame left wing radicals and unsafe plant conditions as wildcat actions spread to stamping and welding facilities.
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Detroit
United Auto Workers
Detroit Area
Chrysler
Cials
UAW
Workers Action Movement
WAM
Mack Avenue
Auto
Douglas Fraser
Fraser
Mack Wildcater
Mack Wildcat
Lynn A. Townsend
Kansas City
Townsend
Wildcat
Washington still lacks home rule after 99 years
Congress governs the District of Columbia with no local voting power while residents vote for President and school board. A new home rule bill reaches the House floor as debates over federal versus municipal authority continue to delay district self government.
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Washington
Congress
District of Columbia
Senate
House
U.S
Executive Branch
Charles McC. Mathias Jr
Rmd
Convicted Killer Mullin Faces Sentencing in California
Herbert W. Mullin, 26, convicted of 10 counts in a three week shooting spree near Santa Cruz, awaits sentencing September 18. Jury found him guilty of two first degree murders and eight second degree murders, sane on all counts, with the defense arguing insanity.
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Santa Cruz
Calif
Herbert W. Mullin
Mullin
Marine Corps
Felton
Los Gatos
Veteran diplomat Keating takes post as U S ambassador to Israel
Kenneth B. Keating arrives in Tel Aviv to assume the role of U S ambassador to Israel succeeding Walworth Barbour who resigned after 11 years. Keating 73 is a former Republican congressman and senator from New York and previously served as ambassador to India during the 1971 India Pakistan war.
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Tel Aviv
Kenneth B. Keating
U.S
Israel
Walworth Barbour
Keating
New York
India
India-Pakistan
West Fire Crisis Expands Across 93 000 Acres
Sixteen fires burn out of control across 93 000 acres in the West with losses estimated in the millions. Information officer Dick Klade says the crisis is moving toward Northern California as crews are flown south from the Pacific Northwest.
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Dick Klade
Interagency Fire Center
Boise
Idaho
California
Pacific Northwest
Klade
Montana
Oregon
North Vietnamese planning to stay in South Vietnam
U S intelligence reports indicate North Vietnamese forces will keep some occupied areas in the South and even move families there. Gen Van Tien Dung warned local officials that married troops may bring wives and children, signaling long term control near the Khe Sanh region.
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Washington
U.S
South Vietnam
Hanoi
Saigon
Dung
Pentagon
North Vietnam
Khe Sanh
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Associated Press
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Students For A Democratic Society
Weathermen
U.S. Congress
Santa Cruz County Superior Court
Charles S. Franich
Fred Perez
THE
Nevada
Wyoming
John Russell
U.S. Forestry Service
Utah
LaGrande
All Crafts
Charlton
Fliol Mes
Brown, Inc
Massachusetts
By Fred S. Hoffman
Vietnam
Ahm Klean
Rainbow Car Wash
Anchor Savings
Home Office
Canter
G ‘Autopies
Overland Park
Mission
Kansas
Cal
Tooe
Iowa
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