GE Strike Settlement Ends Walkout Threat For 125000
President Johnson and 11 labor unions clinched a three year contract with General Electric averting a nationwide strike by 125000 workers. The deal increases wages about 51 cents hourly over three years plus enhanced fringe benefits. Local plant issues may still trigger smaller strikes.
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J James B. Carey
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Pittsburgh
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Westinghouse
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White House
Commission Unit Asks Plan Review in Baltimore
A committee of the Constitutional Convention Commission urged a full review of recent actions that hinder modernizing the legislature. The memorandum to open a three day meeting proposes six reforms including a continuing legislature, longer terms, self convening power, and expanded subpoena authority for the General Assembly and its committees.
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Pedestrian and Officer Struck In Maryland Pennsylvania Crashes
A night of crashes left a Pennsylvania officer Joseph F. Bushey of Orrtanna and pedestrian Jack Rossi of Dostile Will injured after a southbound Emmitsburg car struck Bushey on Tract Road near Emmitsburg. A Maryland trooper then hit Rossi while pursuing details, neither incident resulting in charges yet filed.
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Joseph F. E. Bushey
Orrtanna
Maryland
Annie M. Warner Hospital
Gettysburg
Frederick
Bushey
Tract Road
Emmitsburg
W. E. Law
MD. 97
Jack Anthony Rossi
Dostile Will
Rossi
New York State
Thomas A. Adams
U S planes pass 400 losses in Viet Nam raids
U S military headquarters reported the heaviest raids on North Viet Nam with plane losses surpassing 400. A record 175 missions were flown Friday, 403 losses total including three new ones. Philippine troops arrive to reach 2,000 man force as inflation woes hit Saigon economy. Viet Cong mines strike Quang Ngai and allied forces kill 21 Viet Cong while capturing 49, including 10 women soldiers, near Qu Nhon.
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Special Deputies To Guard County Jail
Sheriff Horace M Alexander says six to eight special deputies were drafted last Saturday to inspect Frederick County jail cells. The deputies work without pay and a full time turnkey may be hired at 3300 dollars annually. The jail now has at least two guards on duty, with cells checked four times per eight hour shift to reduce escapes.
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Horace M. Alexander
Alexander
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Brezhnev Rejects Johnson Europe Outreach
In a Kremlin speech Brezhnev rejected President Johnsons call for improved East West relations stressing the Vietnam War blocks progress. He urged the United States to halt air raids on North Vietnam and end the war while noting talks with Gromyko on nuclear nonproliferation could proceed.
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Andrei A. Gromyko
A Tour Of Duty With State Police
News Post reporters spent a day with Maryland State Police trooper Robert L Spickler at the Frederick Barracks to witness a tour of duty and report on duties responsibilities and recruitment by the force.
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Maryland
News-Post
George May
Nelson Brooks
Robert L. Spickler
Frederick Barracks
House Approves Slum Bill Amid Rush to Adjournment
The House passed the 1.17 billion demonstration cities bill by 178 to 141, seeking to finalize action before adjournment. It would fund slum rehabilitation in selected cities, push area-wide planning, and subsidies for local governments, despite concerns over local control and racial balance.
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Johnson
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Senate
Mike Mansfield
Mansfield
Johnson Signs Bill Creating New Transportation Cabinet Agency
President Johnson signs a measure creating a new federal department to coordinate air and land transport policy. The agency, with nine thousand employees and a near six billion dollar budget, will absorb major programs and operate under a secretary subject to Senate confirmation.
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Johnson
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Saw Blade Hidden in Jail Shoe T:
Sheriff Horace M. Alexander disclosed that a hacksaw blade used in an attempted jail escape at Frederick County Jail was hidden in a prisoner's shoe. Robert L. Johnson claims the shoe, tied to William Earl McKenzie’s earlier escape attempt, was not found during intake searches due to limited staff and space.
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Horace M. Alexander
Robert L. Johnson
Johnson
Calvin E. Lee
Alexander
William Earl McKenzie
McKenzie
Sheriff’s Department
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