UAW Ford Tentative Pact Aims For Pay Increases
The United Auto Workers and Ford Motor Co reached a tentative contract agreement after 31 hours of talks. The deal could raise the average worker’s wage 43 to 59 cents an hour over three years, with skilled trades seeing up to 95 cents. It includes enhanced SUB benefits and pension funding, plus immediate 20 cent hourly rise and stepped increases in the next two years. A final bargaining session was set for Saturday.
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Detroit
United Auto Workers Union
Ford Motor Co
UAW
Ford
Pension
Pension Fund
Senate Appropriations Rejects House Budget Cut Plan
The Senate Appropriations Committee 16 to 4 rejects a House move to force President Johnson to cut 6 to 8 billion from the 1968 budget. The panel extends current spending authority to Nov 15, while House aims to Nov 23 and to slash military unaffected areas.
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Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
House
Johnson
Senate
Charles L. Schultze
World At A Glance Raises Hopes As Fire Eases
A snapshot of turbulent events shows signs of easing anti-aircraft fire over North Vietnam and large demonstrations in Washington as troops are deployed to curb violence. The document notes a Mississippi jury convicting seven in a 1964 civil rights workers slaying and reports on local and national political and social tensions.
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Mississippi
Homecoming Festivities Unfold With Queen Crowned At Halftime
College prepares for a full Homecoming day with classes trimmed to noon, campus tours, a 1 30 p m style show, alumni meetings, and a 5 30 p m alumni dinner. Northeast President George T Walker will crown Miss Carolyn Rea at halftime of the football game vs Southeastern Louisiana College.
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Northeast Louisiana State College
The
Indians
Southeastern Louisiana College
Brown Stadium
James F. Hawkins
Schulze ‘Dining Hall
Schulze Dining Hall
Southeastern Louisiana College of
Hammond
Northeast
George T. Walker
Carolyn Rea
Monroe
Arden Anders
Mary Bass
Susan Carter
Met Rouge
Diane Grizzaffil
Morgan City
Peggy Mann
West Monroe
Warbonnets
Fusileers
ROTC
W. Bradley Trimble
Grace Episcopal Church
Walker
Alumni Association
Marine Cpl Charles Thompson Returns Home on Convalescent Leave
Cpl Charles Thompson of the U S Marine Corps, son of Mr and Mrs David B Thompson of West Monroe, is home on convalescent leave after over 11 months in Vietnam. He will return to Great Lakes Naval Hospital on Monday after being wounded in May and contracting malaria.
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Cpl
Charles Thompson
U. S. Marine Corps
David B. Thompson
S. 8Th St
West Monroe
Viet Nam
Great Lakes
Illinois Naval Hospital
Thompson
Naval Hospital
Hammonds Recuperating At Brother's Monroe Home
Leon Hammonds was recuperating Friday at his brother E. M. Hammonds home on South Grand in Monroe. He had recently been released after spending a week in Glenwood Hospital.
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Leon Hammonds
E. M. Hammonds
South Grand
Monroe
Hammonds
Glenwood Hospital
Jes
Board
Ed Whetstone
Times
Dale Thorn
Thorn
Truckers Set Strike Vote in Cleveland Meeting
Leaders of the steel haulers decided to let the drivers vote on returning to work under compromise proposals. An answer is expected by Monday as the strike continues. William Kusley read a terse statement declaring proposals would be presented to all members for immediate action. Bernard Berkman criticized political pressure from Pennsylvania.
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Pittsburgh
Cleveland
William Kusley
Bernard Berkman
Pennsylvania
Weather forecast predicts warm, dry weekend
Partly cloudy to clear weather continues through Sunday with highs of 80 to 86 and nightly lows near 50 to 56. Winds 5 to 15 mph, southeasterly today. Delta forecast calls for drying conditions and 70 percent sun. Twin Cities FAA at Selman Field logs 83 high and 38 low Friday with no rain reported.
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Louisiana Delta
Twin Cities
FAA
Selman Field
Protestors Of Viet War Rally To Washington D C
Bus loads of demonstrators roll into Washington as troops are called to curb violence at a two day protest against the Vietnam war. Authorities predict mass turnout and possible clashes around Lincoln Memorial and the Pentagon amid heavy security and warnings against lawlessness.
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Washington
Vietnam
Warren Christopher
U.S
Canada
Congress
Defense Department
Lincoln Memorial
Pentagon
David Dellinger
National Mobilization Committee For Peace
Dellinger
82Nd Airborne Division
Ft. Bragg
N.C
Oakland
Calif
New York
Oakland Induction Center
South Vietnamese report claims 195 killed in Fierce Battle
South Vietnamese infantrymen reported 195 Communist troops killed in a major clash about 20 miles south of the DMZ. The battle was the only large ground fight in weatherbound South Vietnam as U S air operations were curtailed by Typhoon Carl.
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Saigon
Demilitarized Zone
South Vietnam
U.S
North Vietnam
Carl
Hai Long
Quang Tri Province
Thailand
Tonkin Gulf
Panhandle
Air Force
Mu Gia Pass
Laos
U.S. 1St Infantry Division
U.S. Marine
Con Thien
da Nang
Carla
Philippines
Formosa
China
House of Representatives
Senate
Governor Promises Stand Reopens After Health Dispute
Governor Claude Kirk pledges to help 11 year old Billy Churchill reopen a Satellite Beach sidewalk refreshment stand closed by Brevard County Health Director Dr. T Paul Haney. Kirk sent aide to fix sanitation issues and restore Billy to business. Billy and father William F Churchill urged gubernatorial intervention citing discrimination claims.
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Satellite Beach
Fla
Alabama
Claude Kirk
Kirk
Boyd Hagaman
Tallahassee
Brevard County
Billy Churchill
Billy
William F. Churchill
T. Paul Haney
Education Board Dormitory Plan Faces AGC Lawsuit Threat
The Associated General Contractors warn they will seek a permanent injunction if the State Board of Education awards a dormitory financing and operation contract under a one package bid. The board defends a nonprofit deal structure with Campus Center Inc. and a private bond approach, while contractors question bond market fit and state backing. Cited dispute arises after a Times report on the arrangement.
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Shreveport (Special
Associated General Contractors
State Board of Education
State Department of Education
Campus Center Inc
Lafayette
Education Board
J. Marshal Brown
AGC
Shreve
Director raps Klan on brass knuckles at Ouachita Valley
Director Sidney Jackson of Ouachita Valley Vocational Institute West Monroe warned instructors against allowing students to craft illegal weapons after reports that brass knuckles were made at the school by students linked to the White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. Police signed statements tying knuckles to the school.
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Ouachita Valley Vocational Institute
West Monroe
Sidney Jackson
Johnny B. Mitchell
White Knights of the Ku Kix Klan
Mitchell
Jie
Efect
White Knights
Klan
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Neville
College
Jes’ Ramblin
Leatherneck’s
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Contractors Warn Education Board
Deal
Port Times
Whetstone
Nash Roberts
William J
Bill” Dodd
Brown
College Student Housing Corporation
Milo Dakin
Ouachita Valley
Jackson
James C. Kelly
News-Star—World
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