Mountain Factory Hums to Motivate Workers
Kentown Corp in Barnardsville North Carolina has used a Friday in house disc jockey to boost output. A 300 woman sewing room team increased production from 88 percent to over 121 percent of daily quota and an average $20 more in weekly take home. Plant manager Leo Simpson notes the method works beyond money. Quentin Ramsey, a local radio DJ, started Sept 10 guiding units with music and chatter to spur competition and morale.
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Barnardsville
N.C
Kentown Corp
Leo Simpson
Quentin Ramsey
Unit No. 1
Ramsey
Marshall
Plant
Thaw Out for Gift for Wife
A San Francisco AP report explains husbands cannot use the wage price freeze to cap gifts for wives. Ralph Burns, regional OEP director, says the order does not cover gifts and advises that men may give any gift they feel she deserves.
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San Francisco
Regional Office of Emergency Preparedness
Ralph Burns
OEP
Ohio Senate Delays Tax Vote On Interim Budget
The Ohio Senate, in a stormy session, passes a sixth temporary budget but delays action on a sales tax proposal until today. If approved the bill heads to a joint conference committee to resolve differences with a House measure taxing individuals and corporations. The $82.9 million interim budget funds state government through Oct. 15 with Gov. Gilligan withholding further temporary bills.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Senate
Gray
Senate House
Joan Gilligan
Ohio House
Robin T. Turner
Marion
Anthony 0. Calabrese
Cleveland
Oliver Ocasek
Akron
Turner
Anti-U.S. Outbursts in Saigon Spark Weekend of Confrontation
In Saigon Vietnamese demonstrators burned U.S. vehicles and election posters in a bid to trigger a weekend of confrontation with President Nguyen Van Thieu's government. At least two people were wounded including a Vietnamese police chief and a U.S. sailor as teargas dispersed crowds in an eight block area near U.S. Navy and USAID headquarters.
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Saigon
U.S
Nguyen van Thieu
Thieu
U.S. Navy
U.S. Agency For International Development
Ex Justice Hugo Black Dies at 85 in Bethesda Hospital
Former Supreme Court Justice Hugo L. Black died at 1 am in Bethesda Naval Hospital at age 85, eight days after resigning from the bench due to ill health. A hospital spokesman cited inflammation of the arteries and a stroke as the cause.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Hugo L. Black
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Black
Earl Warren
Warren
Franklin D. Roosevelt
U.S
Congress
New York Times
Washington Post
Black Justice and Free Press Defender Remains Iconic
The text highlights Justice Hugo Black’s stand on First Amendment protections for a free press and his 1951 Smith Act challenge. It notes his 1964 ruling on voting equality and his famed rivalry with Justice Felix Frankfurter over Bill of Rights interpretations.
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Black
Felix Frankfurter
Frankfurter
Bomb Blast Hits 18th Floor Chase Manhattan Office
An explosion wrecked the 18th story Chase Manhattan Bank international branch in downtown Los Angeles late Friday night. A caller named Attica warned of a bomb but no injuries were reported as the 11:37 p.m. blast damaged ceilings and walls. about 30 workers were in the building, none inside the Chase office.
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Los Angeles
Chase Manhattan Bank
International
Attica
Tishman
Chase
Britain Expels 90 Soviet Officials Amid Espionage Crackdown
London ordered the expulsion of 90 Soviet officials with diplomatic passports and barred 15 more from returning, citing a Soviet KGB defector who exposed espionage rings in the United States and Western Europe. The move strains East West relations and targets embassy, Narodny Bank, Intourist, and Aeroflot personnel.
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London
Britain
KGB
United States
Europe
Moscow
Kremlin
Briain
Brit
Ain
Narodny Bank
Soviet Intourist Travel Organization
Aeroflot
Bristol
Northern Ireland
Whitehall
Weekend Ohio Weather Brings Warming Rain Likely
Wet and warmer conditions sweep Ohio with showers spreading nationwide by tonight. A 60 percent rain chance is forecast for Sunday as temperatures rise to around 75 degrees tomorrow after a low near freezing tonight.
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Ohio
Supreme Court Shifts Key Appeals to Winter Session
Seven justices blocked October hearings as four major capital punishment appeals were moved to winter. The changes affect cases by death row prisoners challenging the constitutionality of the death penalty. New justices may vote only if present when cases are argued.
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Sors
John M. Harlan
Hugo Black
Lake Mchigan
Colorado
Attack Continues in North Vietnam and Cambodia Warfronts
U S war planes strike inside North Vietnam for the fifth straight day as ground attacks mount in South Vietnam and a U N dam project in Cambodia is hit. The barrage marks the 64th North Vietnam strike this year under Nixon's protective reaction policy with raids on Hanoi and the Ho Chi Minh trail.
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Saigon
U.S
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
U.N
Cambodia
Hanoi
Ho Chi Minh
Laos
Nixon
Congressman John Watts Dies in Lexington Stroke
Rep. John Watts of Kentucky died in Lexington after a massive stroke suffered Thursday. The 69 year old congressman was the second ranking Democrat on the House Ways and Means Committee, representing Kentucky's 6th District.
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John Watts
Lexington
Kentucky
House
Ways and Means Committee
Funeral Gunfight Ends In Police Capture Near Church
A deputy U S marshal was killed when the stepbrother of a prisoner he guarded opened fire at a funeral outside a Florida Avenue church. The two brothers fled in a stolen car, led police on a five minute chase, and were captured two miles away after a high speed pursuit.
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Washington
U.S
Willie Christy
Florida Avenue
Randolph J. Green
Lavance Green
Norman E. Sheriff
Sheriff
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