Paychecks Stop Jitters Rise From Kenosha Ramblers Strike
Kenosha and Milwaukee face large payroll losses as the United Auto Workers strike American Motors Corp ending the Ramblers rollout. About 11,200 workers walked out, with 5,800 nonstriking at the Milwaukee body plant laid off. Federal mediators join talks over work standards past practices and weekly hours.
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United Auto Workers
American Motors Corp
Kenosha
AMC
Milwaukee
Prac
Eugene Hammond
American Motors
Wisconsin
Ohio State Fair crowns grand champion among all fairs
Columbus AP reports the 1965 Ohio State Fair set attendance records and earned the title largest grand champion among Ohio fairs. With 400,000 paid attendees by Friday night and total including non pays surpassing 660,000, organizers forecast further growth as weather remains favorable and events such as the Jimmy Dean show and horse show continue through the weekend.
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Columbus
Ohio
Edward J. Kierns
Lowell Airey
Jimmy Dean
Mike Douglas
Bandits Rob 2 Ohio Women on Canada Road
Two Lima Ohio women were forced off the freeway near Woodstock and held up at gunpoint by two young men. One surrendered about $175 and the other dropped her wallet as a revolver was thrust through the car window. The assailants fled.
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Bandits
Ohio
Canada
Kitchener, Ont
Lima
Woodstock
Minnie Prunzo
Mickey Gustin
Police mum on murder charge against mother
Shaker Heights housewife Mariann Colby 40 is jailed on a first degree murder charge in the death of Cremer Young Jr. while police probe when she bought the .32 caliber revolver. The boy was found shot in a Gates Mills wooded area after allegedly being killed at close range.
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Cleveland
Shaker Heights
Mariann K. Colby
Cuyahoga County
Cremer Young Jr
Colby
Gates Mills
Samuel R. Gerber
Dane
Cremer
Colby Home
Gerald S. Gold
Murer
Steelworkers halt strike as basic steel talks reach deal
AP report from Pittsburgh notes 450000 Steelworkers nationwide would have struck at midnight if no contract agreement had been reached. President Johnson announced an essential agreement averting an 80 percent drop in steel output. Union leaders praised Johnsons role while some fear a end of collective bargaining amid the crisis. Pension improvements and early retirement terms were reportedly included in the settlement.
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Johnson
Washington
Nego
United Steelworkers Union
Veri
Rankin
Machupa
Advances For Steel Since 46
A condensed, year by year outline of postwar wage trends in the U.S. steel industry. From 1946 to 1965 the record shows a pattern of modest hourly gains, periodic strikes, and benefits expansions. Notable items include 1946 wage gain after a 26 day strike and 1959 wage rise over two and a half years with a 116 day strike.
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Johnson
Small Airfields Topic For Counties Sept 9
Officials from Pickaway County and more than 50 counties will meet in Columbus to discuss the state airport development program. The plan, financed in part by 5 million dollars from a 290 million bond issue, offers state grants up to 100000 dollars per airport on a matching basis. Details on runway length, acreage, and financing will be set at the meeting.
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Columbus
Ohio
Pickaway County
Ernie P. Webb
James A. Rhodes
Division of Aviation
Castro Holds Talks With Congo Rebel Chief in Havana
Fidel Castro met Friday night with Gaston Somialot, head of the Congo rebels, as a guest of Cuba's Communist Party. No details of the discussion were announced.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
Gaston Somialot
Congo
Somialot
Cuba
Communist Party
Haiti Aids Starving Regions With Emergency Foods
Haitian government orders relief programs for famine struck districts Anse-a-Veau Cavaillon and St. Louis de Sud hit by hurricanes Hazel Flora and Cleo and the 1955 earthquake. Three truckloads of food were dispatched to the hardship areas Friday.
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Port AU Prince
Haiti
Francois Duvalier
Anse-a-Veau
Cavaillon
St. Louis de Sud
Hazel
Flora
Cleo
Anse-a- Veau
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Pittsburgh
Dan Stangrecki
Mike Visnich
Dave Grill
Rambler Plant
Harry Chandler
Wis
Wisconsin Industrial Commission
Kenosha County
Paul Hickey
Welfare Department
J. C. Penney Co
Robert Whitbeck
Whitbeck
Iety
By Joe Krovisky
Joseph Veri
United Steelworkers
Liwelyn C. John
Pueblo, Colo
A. J. Valiecenti
USW Local 1219
Valiecenti
Ana Machupa
Midland
Joseph
Crucible Steel Co
Midland Works
Fidel
Rebel
Thirkield
Franklin, Ohio
Jacone Glass CO
Lynn
Asi A
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