New GM Pact Ratified by UAW Voters in Detroit
The United Auto Workers announced a three year national contract for about 380 000 GM workers. Skilled workers approved about 3 1 2 to 1 and production employees 10 to 1. The pact adds roughly one dollar per hour over three years and raises labor costs by about six percent annually. GM also announced a $22 price increase on most models to fund new front seat shoulder harnesses.
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Leonard Woodcock
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Auto insurers face restrictions from New Year
TOPEKA AP Restrictions on canceling auto liability in surance policies will take effect January 1, officials said. The 1967 Legislature required firms to explain in writing when canceling a policy and granted immunity from libel suits for those statements. The law excludes comprehensive and collision coverage.
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Topeka
Frank Sullivan
KU Students Art Work Displayed in New York
Ten Kansas University design students from Prof. Arvid Jacobson’s illustration class show art in the Union Carbide Building New York City. Roger Barrows Jefferson City Mo senior wins 75 third prize and Sue Biddle House Springs Mo senior gets honorable mention. Other KU entrants include Kathleen Bendowsky Broken Bow Neb Nancy Hamel Palos Heights Ill Jean Jones Des Moines Iowa Karen Keisker Warrensburg Mo Richard Mantz Amarita Okla John Tibetts Lansing Dianne Tudor Shawnee Mission Karen Vanderver Kansas City Mo juniors.
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Arvid Jacobson
Union Carbide
New York City
Roger Barrows
Jefferson City
Sue Biddle
House Springs
Kathleen Bendowsky
Broken Bow
Neb
Nancy Hamel
Palos Heights
Ill
Jean Jones
Des Moines
Iowa
Karen Keisker
Warrensburg
Richard Mantz
Amarita
Okla
John Tibetts
Lansing
Dianne Tudor
Shawnee Mission
Karen Vanderver
Kansas City
South Vietnamese to observe New Year cease fire
The government confirmed a 24 hour cease fire from 6 pm New Year Eve to 6 pm the next day. Earlier it announced a principle decision for a 24 hour New Year truce and a 48 hour Tet truce at the end of January. The release was distributed by Vietnam Press.
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Saigon
Vietnam Press
Pastors urged to model prayers after ad copy style
A Methodist minister suggests pastors improve prayers by adopting advertising copy style to avoid vagueness and clumsy ad-libbing, enabling worshippers to share more fully in the prayers.
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Chicago
Negroes’ riots to persist in north cities says psychologist
In New York AP report Dr. Tomlinson warns Negro strife will continue until conditions improve. He cites explosive violence born of ghettos and ongoing frustration as the cause behind riots across northern cities.
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Office of Economic Opportunity
Washington
University of California At
Los Angeles
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Watts
Dr. Tomlinson
Detroit
Nine Children Die In Blazing Home in Lac des Trois Monts
A fire at Lac des Trois near Mont Laurier, Quebec, killed nine children aged unknown in a two story home of Mr. and Mrs. Roland Girouard. The rest escaped by leaping from windows into deep snow as police investigated the blaze that began around 12:30 a.m. in a house of 18 children.
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Mont Laurter
Que
Roland Girouard
Girouards
Lac Des Tres
Mont Laurier
Montreal
Navy Deserters Seek Sweden Asylum
Four U S Navy deserters arrived from Moscow to seek asylum in Sweden and said they stay neutral between East and West and want work for peace. Richard D Bailey said Sweden was chosen for neutrality and an escape from politics. The group deserted to protest the Vietnam War and were taken to a police precinct after landing.
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