GM Lays Off Thousands as UAW Walkout Intensifies
Detroit General Motors announced 11 988 layoffs across unstruck plants due to the walkout by the United Auto Workers. Of the total, 3151 workers at nine exempt plants and 1200 Delco Division staff in Rochester, New York were told not to report back until next Wednesday. 343 610 UAW members are on strike as talks resume and officials plan further local grievance settlements.
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Television In Review Tim Conway Show Debuts On CBS
Hollywood critics greet Tim Conway's one hour comedy debut on CBS TV with cautious optimism. The piece notes Conway's deadpan humor and sketches including a failing cooking show host a Kamikaze mission leader and a drunken detective.
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Banks Beginning To Hire Blacks
A Toledo University study reports banks are expanding black hiring. By late 1969 the ABA counted 25 135 of 335 259 employees as black, mainly in large banks with assets over 100 million, while black managers in smaller banks remain rare.
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Public Works Panel Backs $25 Billion Highway Plan
A House subcommittee approved a 25 billion dollar highway proposal with 19.5 billion for completing the Interstate system by a 1978 target date. The original finish line was moved from 1974, and the measure extends the deadline by four more years.
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