UAW Moves Toward Ford Strike Day Demand
United Auto Workers set a strike date of December 7 against Ford Motor Co if a new contract is not in hand by then. Ford expects a settlement similar to GM with minor differences, while GM ratification proceeds after a favorable local vote. The union plans talks with Ford and Chrysler on November 24 after GM pact takes effect.
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Detroit
General Motors Corp
United Auto Workers
UAW
Ford Motor Co
Ford
Henry Ford II
Chrysler Corp
Chrysler
General Motors
West Mifflin
California brush fires force 2000 from four towns and reservation
A football shaped fire and four others raged west of San Bernardino forcing nearly 2,000 people from Fredalba Smiley Park Running Springs and San Manuel Indian Reservation. A major blaze near Bear Creek evacuated hundreds while Cucamonga and Santa Clara River Valley fires burned hundreds of acres with variable containment.
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San :Bernardino
Calif
Tip
Here
California
Bear Creek
Fredalba
Smiley Park
Running Springs
San Manuel
Highland
San Bernardino
Los Angeles
San Bernardino National Forest
San Bernardino County
Cucamonga
Santa Clara River
Ventura County
Riverside County
Explosion on Gulf oil platform burns 14 workers
An offshore Humble Oil platform 27 miles off Grand Isle Louisiana had a glycol reboiler rupture causing a chemical burn incident. Fourteen workers were evacuated by helicopter to hospitals with three in critical condition. No oil or gas spill and no well blowout were reported.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Humble Oil & Refining Co
Humble
Grand Isle
Gulf of Mexico
Raceland
Don Chabert
Cutoff
John Lefebvre
Galliano
Glenn McSwain
Foxworth
Miss
St. Ann’s Hospital
Gulf
U.S
Gerald Gallinghouse
Chevron Oil Co
Chevron
Snow Flurries Briefly Visit Ledgerland
Damp weather brings the first visible snow of the winter to Ledgerland before melting on wet ground. Weather bureau forecasts a rain and snow mix ending tonight with sunny intervals tomorrow. Temperatures to fall into the 20s tonight and stay cool in the 30s and 40s tomorrow. Four rainy days this week halted farm harvests, road work, rural water projects and other construction in the region.
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Ledgerland
Weather Bureau
A Man In Vietnam VFW Wants Address
The Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary seeks overseas servicemen for Christmas packages. With six names on file and gifts for 25 men, Mrs. James Greenberg says the first 19 honored will receive packages. Call evenings to provide a name and address.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary
James Greenberg
Greenberg
Harold Chapman
Howard Smith
Marion H. Smith
VFW
Mrs. Greenberg
Today's Smile Riff Features Witty Student Reply
A teacher asks a noisy pupil if he listens to conscience. The student quips that he does not know and asks which channel it is on, signaling playful defiance and humor in a simple classroom moment.
Plant To Expand At Paris Plant To Expand At Paris
Paris May or Bill Hufty and the city council will meet the Management of the National Garment Co to discuss a request for 100 by 160 foot extra space to expand the Paris operation Employment is expected to rise by 50 percent to 130 workers The plant has operated about three years in the old hatchery building Panhandle Eastern Pipeline notes Paris is nearing peak gas load and a standby unit may be needed for further expansion.
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Paris
Bill Hufty
National Garment Co
Panhandle Eastern Pipeline Co
Bonds in Missouri move into committees on tax bills
Jefferson City AP The Missouri Legislature plans committee hearings on Gov Hearnes tax and bond proposals. House Appropriations will review emergency bills totaling about 21 million and a 250 million building bond contingent on voter and legislature approval. Ways and Means will study revenue bills expected to raise roughly 110 million annually. Hearnes seeks higher income taxes and beer and liquor taxes with new rates, aiming for a net increase to fund state finances. The plan calls for skeleton sessions Monday with full House back Nov 23 to consider approved measures.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
Warren E. Hearnes
House Appropriations Committee
House
Ways and Means Committee
Hearnes
Senate
Ways and Means
Appropriations
Pair On Mountain Wall Turn Down Rescue
Warren Harding and Dean Caldwell cling to El Capitan on day 23 seeking the first ascent of the Wall of the Morning Light. A rescue was planned then disputed, as four climbers atop the rock area held gear for weather delays while Harding and Caldwell refused aid stating they could finish the climb.
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Yosemite National Park
Calif
Warren Harding
Dean Caldwell
el Capitan
Big Rock
Caldwell
Fortland
Ore
Pete Thompson
Thompson
Larry Quist
The
Harding
Quist
West Sacramento
No crime to be nude at home in courthouse ruling
A Portsmouth judge ruled it is not a crime to be nude in one’s own home even if visible from a neighbor’s front porch. The decision in a case of alleged indecent exposure said a person’s residence is not a public place under the statute, and watchers may avert their eyes.
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Portsmouth
Hastings Court
R. T. McMurran
McMurran
Parcel Post Rates Increase Across United States
Washington AP reports parcel post rates rise about 15 percent effective today after approval by the Interstate Commerce Commission. The Post Office Department announced the new schedules, affecting mailed packages and parcel services nationwide.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Interstate Commerce Commission
Farm Bill Faces Trouble as Congress Reopens
Washington AP reports a major farm bill providing about 3.8 billion annually for three years beginning 1971 faces uncertainty in the Senate next week. Administration and House support clash with NFU opposition over costs, and senators McGovern Ellender and Aiken raise objections to policy specifics and a one year extension proposal.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
National Farmers Union
Agriculture Department
NFU
Nixon
George 5. McGovern
D-M.d
Kidnap Plot Foiled Involving Governor Targets Revealed
Police in Minnesota halted a plan to kidnap Governor Harold LeVander and a St Paul council member Rosalie Butler, hijack an airliner, and hold prisoners including Angela Davis and Bobby Seale for ransom. Ronald L Reed, 20, was charged with conspiracy to steal a aircraft and related crimes after notes surfaced describing the scheme and demands.
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Minneapolis, Minn
Cuba
Angela Davis
Bobby Seale
Ronald L. Reed
Reed
St. Paul
James Lynch
Omaha
Neb
Minnesota
Guv
Harold LeVander
Rosalie Butler
Butler
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Minneapolis
Ames Plaza Bank
Miss Davis
New York
San Rafael
Calif
Seale
Black Panther Party
Connecticut
Black Panther
George Jackson
California
Soledad Prison
Soledad Brothers
Marin County
Fairground Park Plan Revealed in Mexico
The Mexico Park Board tentatively approved developing Fairground Park with a 440 yard track and football field in front of the grandstand. City Manager Neil Nielsen said school board approval would be needed since part of the project would extend onto school district property. The plan also includes tennis courts, a swimming pool, shelter, play areas, landscaping, and picnic sites with cost estimates to be discussed at the December meeting.
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Fairground
Mexico Park Board
Neil Nielsen
Mexico School
Fairgrounds
Park Board
W. R. Courtney
Ray Uriarte
Kevin Farnen
Gerald Goff
Don Decker
Joe Bailey
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Jeanne Creemer
Tamalpals
Valley
Mill Valley
Richard Oswald
Vietnam
Allen J. Ellender
D-La
Senate Agriculture Committee
Ellender
Whit House
Sir George D. Aiken
R-Vt
GOP
Senat
Vernon Hammock
Hammock
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