Three strikes looming in shipping coal and rail sectors
Labor talks faced midnight deadlines as 45 000 East and Gulf Coast dock workers potential strike loomed amid ILA disputes with New York firms. Coal miners edge toward contract expiry with 80 000 workers at risk and rail signalmen wage talks linger after a prior nationwide walkout.
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Associated Press
Gulf Coast
Afl-Cio International Longshoremen’s Association
New York
ILA
Maine
Texas
New York Harbor
Coal strike risk looms as UMW and miners bargain
Negotiations in Washington between the United Mine Workers and coal mine operators continue with a possible midnight strike. About 10,000 Illinois workers in 57 mines could be affected. The union asks wages rising to 50 dollars a day and doubling the welfare and pension fund contribution. Inland Steel reports a 30 day coal reserve, while large coal users in Chicago stockpile fuel to guard against disruption.
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International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union
ILA
Washington
United Mine Workers
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
Benton, Ill
Illinois
Southern Illinois
UMW
Welfare and Pension Fund
Inland Steel Corp
Connally Signals Trade Talks Link to 10 Percent Surcharge
Secretary Connally said the United States will remove its 10 percent import surcharge if other governments make tangible progress in dismantling trade barriers and allowing realistic currency exchange rates. He spoke in Washington about linking tariff relief to international trade reforms.
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Washington (Ap
Secretary of the Treasury
John B. Connally
United States
Connally
Weather in Illinois Bakes Under Heat Wave This Week
Hot and humid weather dominates Illinois with highs near 88 in the north as the National Weather Service forecasts the same through Friday. Tonight stays fair and warm with lows 66 to 72 while Dresden Island measured 80 for the day's high and 60 for the low. At 7 a.m. today the temperature was 66 degrees. In economic news the IMF annual meeting downplayed direct gold devaluation and urged gradual exchange-rate moves to reduce the balance of payments deficit. Connally criticized moves by other nations to push currencies higher, urging trade barriers be removed and market realities allowed to guide rates during a transitional period.
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Illinois
National Weather Service
Dresden Island Locks and Dam
Ward
Connally
Nixon
Kendall survey grant aids Kendall County water and sewer study
The Farm Home Administration approves an 18500 grant for a Kendall County water and sewer survey. William S. Lawrence and Associates of Chicago will perform the study with Kendall County planning and zoning departments. The effort covers soil characteristics and future subdivision systems to guide planning and qualify federal funds. The survey starts immediately.
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Yorkville
Kendall County
Farm Home Administration
FHA
U. S. Department of Agriculture
William S. Lawrence
Planning Commission
Zoning Board
Kincaid
Kendall County Board of Supervisors
Ginger Strikes North Carolina Coast with 90 MPH Winds
Hurricane Ginger lashed the North Carolina coast near Morehead City with 90 mile an hour winds. The storm knocked out power and phone service, toppled rides at Atlantic Beach, and flooded streets. Red Cross shelters held about 1800 evacuees as warnings extended from Wilmington to Virginia Beach.
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Morehead City
N.C
Ginger
North Carolina
Atlantic Beach
National Weather Service
Atlantic
Paul M. Cox
New Bern
Civil Defense
Craven County
Weather Service
The
Red Cross
Red
Wilmington
Virginia Beach
Rehoboth Beach
Del
Judge Denies Copy of Black Panther Grand Jury Transcript
Circuit Court Judge Philip Romiti again denies State's Atty. Edward Hanrahan's request to copy the transcript of the Black Panther special grand jury. Hanrahan may view the document in chambers but cannot remove it. Sears holds the other copy and objects to public record release. The ruling cites concerns over the defendants' right to a fair trial amid potential publicity.
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Chicago
Atty
Edward V. Hanrahan
Black Panther Special Grand Jury
Philip J. Romiti
Hanrahan
Romiti
Black Panther
Fendants
Barnabas F. Sears
Sears
Drug centers draw pushers in VA hospitals
Washington VA officials and hospital directors describe growing drug abuse inside veterans hospitals linked to new treatment centers. Six patients smoked marijuana in a meditation room at the Washington facility and, despite searches, drugs persist amid hundreds of daily visitors and staff.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
Oper
Ation
A.A. Gaviazzi
Gavazzi
Washington VA
Norman Tamarkin
Neuvepsychiatric
Michael
Burns
Paralyzed Veterans of America
Senate
Associated Press
Pentagon issues quarterly draft call in 1968
The Pentagon announced a quarterly draft of 10,000 men covering October November and December to reduce uncertainty for draftees and allow more personal planning. This brings the year’s total to 98,000, the smallest since 1962.
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Washington
Pentagon
Morris City Clerk Hospitalized After Heart Attack
The condition of Morris City Clerk Donald Caisley remained guarded this morning at Morris Hospital. The 62-year-old official entered the hospital Tuesday morning after suffering a heart attack.
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Morris City
Donald Caisley
Morris Hospital
Defector Lyalin Identified as Soviet Trade Official in London
The Foreign Office confirmed Oleg Lyalin 34, a Soviet Trade Commission officer, defected to Britain. His case helped lead to expulsion of 90 London Soviets and ban of 15 from return, while he faced a drunk driving charge unresolved at Great Marlborough Street Court.
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London
Foreign Office
England
Soviet Trade Commission
Oleg Lyalin
Lyalin
London Daily Express
Lialine
KGB
Great Marborough St. Court
Daily Express
the Express
Vladimir Pavinov
Super Spy
Oleg
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W. Washington
Morris
Morris Daily Herald
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Laura Bauer
Chris Wendland
Wix
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