World Council of Churches assembly ends with hail in Stockholm
Nearly 2,000 participants filled Stockholm city center for an open air World Council of Churches service that opened in sun and ended with thunder rain and pea sized hail. Delegates returned to Uppsala for final deliberations as they call for stronger church action on peace justice and development.
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Dick Soderlund
Stockholm
World Council of Churches Assembly
Uppsala
Ernests Payne
Britain
Counci
Assembly
United States
Topeka nurses picket at two state mental hospitals
In Topeka Kansas health workers led mass picketing and a sit down at the Kansas Neurological Institute and Topeka State Hospital. Forty four persons were arrested for blocking traffic and refusing vehicle access to the grounds. Emerson Stamps of the Kansas Health Workers Union Local 1271 was among those jailed briefly.
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Tiopeka
Kan
Topeka
Emerson Stamps
Kansas Health Workers Union
State Hospital
Robert Woodson
Kansas Highway Patrol
Heat and Humidity Persist Across East as Northwest Cools
The eastern half of the nation remains hot and humid today while cooler air moves into the Northwest. Shower activity is expected in parts of the upper Great Lakes and northern New England, with scattered afternoon and evening showers in Western Texas and southern Florida.
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Upper
Great Lakes
New England
Texas
Florida
Soviet China Trade Hits Low While Vietnam Ties Grow
United Nations figures show 1967 Soviet imports from Communist China fell to 51 million rubles as exports slipped to 45 million, reflecting estrangement amid the cultural revolution. Conversely, exports to North Vietnam rose to 133 million rubles with imports at 19 million, signaling intensified aid and wartime support.
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United Nations, N.Y
Soviet Union
Red China
North Vietnam
U.N
U.N. Monthly Bulletin of Statistics
Peking
China
Hanoi
Communist
North Korea
Mongolia
Mongo
East Germany
West Germany
Germany
United States
Striking I B E W Weigh Arbitration With Illinois Bell
Union representatives met to draft a total and binding arbitration proposal for Illinois Bell amid an 11,800 member strike. The 68 day dispute risks delaying the Democratic National Convention in Chicago with wage and contract length disagreements.
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Chicago
Striking Electrical Workers Union
Illinois Bell Telephone Co
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Systems
Council T-4
Illinois Bell
John M. Bailey
Robert A. Nickey
Nickey
Newsmen
Joseph O’brien
Bell Public Information
O’brien
O'Brien
International Amphitheatre
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