Johnson Warns Unions On Labor Day In Detroit Rally
President Johnson told organized labor on Labor Day in Detroit that gains cannot be won all at once. He urged restraint on wage demands, pledged to pursue repeal of Taft Hartley Section 14B in 1967, and framed inflation as a shared focus with care costs rising. Johnson also toured Battle Creek for Kellogg hospital anniversary and outlined medical cost concerns.
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Battle Creek, Mich
Johnson
Michigan
Detroit
Citadel
United Auto Workers Union
Battle Creek
Will Keith Kellogg
Cobo Hall
Patrick V. McNamara
D-Mich
Mich
Dayton
Lancaster
Ohio
Wives Get Bonuses In Exchange For Timely Work
Atlanta firm Southern Iron and Equipment Co. gives about 100000 trading stamps weekly to the wives of workers who log a full 40 hours. The incentive cut absenteeism about 8 percent and adds roughly 1.50 dollars weekly in extra pay as wives ensure husbands show up on Fridays.
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Atlanta, Ga
Atlanta
B. W. Roberts
Southern Iron and Equipment Co
Roberts
George Fretwell
George
Weekend Forecast Inside Lower 50s Tonight and Mid 80s Tomorrow
The forecast calls for partly cloudy skies with a low in the lower 50s and a high in the mid 80s. Yesterday reached 84 degrees and a 56 degree overnight low was recorded. Middle town reported .2 inch of rain Saturday.
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Middletown
Beach Scene Said To Offer No New Attractions This Year
A local observer notes that while the shoreline shows no novel features, there is a visible uptick in familiar beach activity and scenery this season.
Toll climbs as 486 killed in holiday traffic crash spree
During the Labor Day weekend two cars crashed near Clearwater Florida killing seven teenagers and injuring three others. The national death toll reached 486 with Ohio reporting 33 deaths as more multi vehicle wrecks raised the holiday toll.
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Associated Press
Clearwater
Florida
National Safety Council
Ohio
U.S. 19
Jacksonville
Ill
Wagner
S.C
March Through Cicero By 192 People With Bayonets Guards
A 192 person open housing march in Cicero, Illinois, accompanied by 3,000 police and National Guardsmen armed with bayonets and billy clubs, faced hostile crowds. At least 40 arrests and minor bayonet wounds among spectators were reported as authorities kept rival groups apart. Isaac and Ruth Huey, parents of slain 17 year old Jerome Huey, joined the march organized by the Chicago chapter of the Congress of Racial Equality to protest housing discrimination and honor Huey.
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Cicero, Ill
Cicero
National
Chicago
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Congress of Racial Equality
Jerome Huey
Isaac
Ruth Huey
Ohio official accuses feds of bias in BUC probe
Wil lard P. Dudley administrator of Ohio Bureau of Unemployment Compensation reports to the US Labor Department findings that the Columbus Youth Opportunity Center discriminated in job referrals. He demands explanations from Arthur Chapin and warns of a possible congressional inquiry if actions are not taken before the election. Dudley accuses the investigation of bypassing procedures and being exploited by individuals for political purposes.
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Willard P. Dudley
Ohio
Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
Dudley
U.S. Labor Department
BUC
Columbus Youth Opportunity Center
Arthur A. Chapin
Secretary of Labor
National Association For the Advancement of Colored Peo
Chapin
David McConnell
Columbus Naacp
Columbus
NAACP
Bureau
Department of Labor
McConnell
Congress
U S Aircraft Sink Chinese Vessel in Tonkin Gulf
AP report from Tokyo says USS aircraft attacked and sank a small Chinese Communist ship in the Gulf of Tonkin on August 29, wounding nine crew and labelled the action a provocative grave incident. No U.S. comment yet from Saigon as the U S Seventh Fleet patrols the Gulf.
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Tokyo
Gulf of Tonkin
Peking
Red China
U.S
Saigon
U.S. 7Th Fleet
Viet Nam
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Miami University
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Norwalk
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Christy Berkos
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Francis Kane
Illinois
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