New Leaders in Resurrection City Push Congress Focus
New leaders emerge in the Poor People Campaign as Reverend Andrew Young shifts emphasis from Resurrection City to Washington. Hosea Williams will spearhead demonstrations with J T Johnson and Leon Hall leading a Department of Health, Education and Welfare protest. Charlie Cohen promises action on racial school segregation and federally directed welfare funding.
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Washington
Congress
Andrew Young
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Resurrection City
Washington, D.C
Young
SCLC
Ralph David Abernathy
Hosea Williams
J. T. Johnson
Leon Hall
Williams
Jesse Jackson
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Cohen
Steelworkers Reach Alcoa Pact as Talks Continue Elsewhere
The Steelworkers sign a three year agreement with Alcoa giving an average 55.9 cent wage rise plus enhanced pensions hospital insurance and unemployment benefits and a $30 weekly vacation bonus. Alcoa raises prices to cover higher costs and other aluminum producers hold separate talks with unions amid scattered walkouts. The Alcoa deal covers 11,000 workers at eight sites. industry context cites 60,000 aluminum workers and upcoming steel negotiations.
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Ducers
United Auto Workers
Aluminum Workers International Union
Alcoa
Reynolds Metals Co
M. C. Weston Jr
Steelworkers
Aluminum Industry Council
Aluminum
Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corp
Ormet Corp
Olin Mathieson Corp
Sonic boom at Air Force Academy shocks campus
Fifteen people cut by flying glass from about 300 shattered windows when an F105 Thunderchief caused a sonic boom during a low level sweep over the academy. No one was hospitalized. a neck wound required stitches. Four F105s from McConnell AFB were returning from a group flyover. Rep. Donald Brotzman called for a probe into possible negligence and sonic boom safety.
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Coro
Air Force Academy
Air Force
Vandenberg Hall
Donald G. Brotzman
T Colo
Academy
Board of Visitors
De Gaulle seeks solid majority as crisis eases in France
Paris AP reports the French government urges a clear majority in June elections to stabilize the nation. The strike wave has slowed with many smaller factories and offices resuming work while major industries maintain their walkout. Maurice Couve de Murville handles finance as ministers reshape crisis strategy. Military and police reserves may be called up to ensure essential operations.
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Paris
National Assembly
Yves Guena
Charles de Gaulle
Maurice Couve de Murville
de Gaulle
Defense Ministry
McCarthy Kennedy Debate Tonight Planned to Air on ABC
McCarthy and Kennedy prepare for an hour long session to discuss Vietnam and the Dominican Republic with no direct exchanges. They will appear in a televised format hosted by ABC News in the evening, with Humphrey invited but declining to join.
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Kennedy
Minnesota
McCarthy
Vietnam
U.S
Dominican Republic
American Broadcasting Co
ABC
Frank Reynolds
Robert Clark
William Lawrence
Hubert H. Humphrey
Western Union Strike Averted at Eleventh Hour
A nationwide Western Union strike planned to begin at 12:01 a.m. EDT was blocked by a tentative three year contract extension announced by Frank P. Doyle and E. L. Hageman. The old pact will extend until CTU union members vote on the new agreement covering 21,600 employees.
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Washington
Western Union
Frank P. Doyle
E. L. Hageman
Ion
Afl-Cio
CTU
New York City
Communications Workers of America
Marine corporal given three years after second court martial
Stanley J. Luczko 22 of Gardner Mass was sentenced to three years at hard labor by a second court martial for voluntary manslaughter in the 1966 Chu Lai shooting. He already served 17 months and his attorney seeks further reduction to an honorable discharge at end of enlistment.
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Cohen
Williams
Abernathy
Quantico
Stanley J. Luczko
Gardner, Mass
James M. Masters Sr
Luczko
Chu Lai
South Vietnam
Frank J. McGee Jr
Masters
Marine Corps
Chuckle Pat of the World On Borrowed Time
A playful quip notes Chuckle Pat surviving on borrowed time as the world spends borrowed moments and Monty moments.
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Pat
Monty
Disorder Spreads To Italy Echoes Paris Riots In Rome
In Rome streets chaotic scenes erupted as students seized the University of Rome and clashed with helmeted police. The protest near the French Embassy included a De Gaulle effigy burn and was driven by Italian Communist party and pro-Communist Socialists in solidarity with France.
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Rome
France
University of Rome
Paris
Charles de Gaulle
Communist Party
Rain Outlook Prompts Showers in Southwestern Ohio Tonight
Forecasters expect scattered showers and possible thundershowers across southwestern Ohio tonight and tomorrow with a cool then warm trend. Lows near 60 tonight and highs around 75 tomorrow in variable winds as the system moves east.
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Ohio
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Wilbur J. Cohen
Artus Smith
California
Stanley Luczko
Italy
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