Gas workers strike at Michigan Consolidated Gas Co
About 460 members of three locals walk out at midnight, entering a second day with no settlement. Company says essential services will be kept by supervisors and managers while unions seek a five year contract and wage differentials in Western Michigan, Upper Peninsula, and Detroit area.
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Grand Rapids
UPS
Michigan Consolidated Gas Co
Upper Peninsula
Michigan
The
International Chemical Workers
Tors
Muskegon
Lower Peninsula
Jerome Gardeski
Ludington
Mt. Pleasant
Consolidated
Detroit
Muskegon District
Newspaper Talks Collapse Mediation Proposals Rejected
Detroit publishers and four unions on strike rejected mediator Nathan Feinsinger's framework for an economic deal as talks collapsed into a 215th day of blackout. Key sticking points include weekly pay hikes of 33 dollars proposed by Feinsinger versus 36 to 43 dollars sought by ITU leaders depending on retroactivity and timing. Feinsinger warned the industry is dying by inches as tensions flare between publishers Lee Hills and Peter B. Clark and union spokesmen.
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Detroit
UPI
Nathan Feinsinger
Wisconsin
Detroit Free Press
Detroit News
Feinsinger
Richard Brown
International Typographers Union
ITU
Guard's Red Alert at Horse Guards in Antiwar Demonstration
At London’s Horse Guards a Life Guard trooper faced taunts from anti germ warfare student demonstrators as he warned he would use his sabre if they crossed the line. Tourists backed away as the tense scene ended with government praise for the trooper’s dignity and restraint.
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Horse Guards
Downing Street
St. James Park
Buckingham Palace
Life Guard
The
Palace
Whitehall
Britain
Penn
Sylvania Avenue
Life Guards
Waterloo
Queen Elizabeth
Defense Ministry
Gun Control Backing Grows in Senate Split on Long Gun Ban
In Washington, support for tougher gun control advances in the Senate as Judiciary Committee members weigh changes. Senator Hart signals possible shift toward registration and licensing, may back Johnson plan to ban mail order long guns, joining Senator Scott. Bayh also reevaluates opposition amid national calls for stricter measures after Kennedy’s assassination.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Capitol Hill
Philip A. Hart
D-Mich
Johnson
Hugh Scott
R-Pa
Scott
Hart
Judiciary
Birch Bayh
Bayh
House
Robert F. Kennedy
Congress
McCarthy Signals Possible Third Party Appeal
Senator Eugene J. McCarthy said he might back a third party if voters have no real choice from Democrats and Republicans, though he ruled out leading such a move. He expects Kennedy delegates to potentially support him but won’t publicly urge them. He warned of political distress if major party nominees push status quo policies, and would consider calling Kennedy delegates if they share his issues.
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United Press International
Eugene J. McCarthy
Robert F. Kennedy
New York City
McCarthy
Kennedy
Minnesota
U S Jets Shoot Down Seven Red Helicopters Near DMZ
U S jets destroyed seven Soviet MI4 helicopters used near the DMZ in South Vietnam in two engagements. South Vietnamese General Hoang Xuan Lam called the move an escalation, noting helicopters crossed the Ben Hai River and four were shot down in the buffer zone. Intelligence said about 20 helicopters were stationed near the DMZ.
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Saigon
UPI
South Vietnam
Border Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
U.S
Hoang Xuan Lam
Lam
Ben Hai
Marine Base
Don Ha
Romney Son Injured In Auto Mishap In France
Romney son Willard Mitt Romney was slightly hurt in a two car crash near Bordeaux France that killed Leola S Anderson wife of the Mormon mission president in Paris The Anderson husband H Duane Anderson suffered five broken ribs He and Leola Anderson were professors at San Bernardino Valley College The party traveled from Bordeaux toward Pall when their car collided with a speeding vehicle in the wrong lane Romney was driving the other car involved was traveling in the opposite lane
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Bordeaux
France
UPI
Willard ‘Mitt’ Romney
George Romney
Leola S. Anderson
H. Duane Anderson
San Bernardino Valley
Calif
Latter- Day Saints Church
Paris
Pall
Romney
Equipment Theft At Old Hospital In Ludington
Ludington police investigate the theft of about $2,000 in intercom and telephone equipment from the former Paulina Stearns Hospital on South Washington Avenue. The break in was found Saturday, with entry through a west door. Stolen items include a telephone switchboard, an emergency phone system, a control panel box, two telephones and three wall mounted loudspeakers.
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Ludington
Paulina Stearns Hospital
South Washington Avenue
Wallace Bentz Files Petition for Mason County Sheriff
Incumbent Wallace Bentz filed nominating petitions for the Mason County sheriff’s race. His name will appear on the Democratic primary ballot as he seeks a second term. Filing deadline is 4 p.m. Tuesday.
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Wallace Bentz
Mason County
Bentz
Eisenhower Reported Alert After Heart Attack
President Eisenhower was reported alert and in good spirits at Walter Reed Hospital after his fifth heart attack Saturday night. Gen. Eisenhower has been comfortable, vital signs stable, according to a 10 am EDT medical bulletin from the hospital.
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Washington
UPI
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Walter Reed Hospital
Gen. Eisenhower
Weather Update Tonight Through Tuesday in Ludington
Cool temperatures predicted with lows around 42 to 30 degrees and a 15 percent chance of rain. Beach report notes chilly air 73 and water 58 with sun, urging sunbathing but caution for the shore at noon.
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Ludington
Colvin
Mrs King Calls Poor People's Campaign Last Chance for Nonviolence
Mrs. Martin Luther King Jr urges a Washington march of up to 100000 participants to tackle poverty racism and war as America’s conscience day. Co chairwoman Medgar Evers and Senator Eugene McCarthy are invited to join the event in the capital.
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Washington
UPI
Martin Luther King Jr
America
King
Medgar Evers
Eugene J. McCarthy
Hunger reports false claims about U S hunger
Washington, UP I reports the House Agriculture Committee says there is widespread malnutrition but very little actual hunger in the United States. Chairman W R Poage dismisses a private study labeling millions as hungry as inaccurate and misleading. Poage’s committee surveyed 181 counties across 256 counties, mainly in the Southeast, distinguishing hunger from malnutrition and urging diet education. The Reuther report asserts hunger and malnutrition exist, affecting millions and growing in scope.
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Washington
UPI
House Agriculture Committee
United States
W. R. Poage
D-Tex
Poage
Walter Reuther
Reuther
Venezuela's lone sub captures Soviet tug near Caracas
Caracas reports Venezuela's only submarine captured a Soviet boat after a near 74 hour standoff. The tug with 14 crew was seized within 12 miles of Los Agos islands, escorted to Puerto Cabello, 125 miles west of Caracas.
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Caracas
UPI
Venezuela
United Press International
Los Agos Islands
Puerto Cabello
Peace talks stall as Hanoi aims for victory before talks
Diplomatic sources say negotiations in Paris will yield no progress this week. North Vietnam seeks a major military victory to shift the pace, while Harriman and Xuan Thuy meet for the ninth session. Rocket attacks on Saigon threaten the talks and U.S. bombing pause.
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UPS
North Vietnam
W. Averell Harriman
United States
Xuan Thuy
South Vietnam
Saigon
Harriman
U.S
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