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Odessa American

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States of America

Date

Dec 30, 1968

Page

3

Stalemate Ends After 10 Day Longshoremen Strike

In New York AP reports a stalemate over the 10 day longshoremen strike paralyzing Atlantic and Gulf ports. Federal mediator David Li Cole called off talks, noting no movement on container language, with ILA President Gleason seeking master contract expansion and guaranteed annual wages across North Atlantic ports.

New York Atlantic Gulf Coast David Li Cole International Longshoremen’s Association New York Shipping Association ILA Thomas W.i Gleason The Shipping Association Gulf North Atlantic Boston Philadelphia Baltimore Hampton Roads Gleason

Students Raise Money for Quad at East Texas Baptist College

Marshall Texas report: East Texas Baptist College students dedicate a quadrangle funded mainly by student efforts totaling about 16000 dollars.

Marshall, Tex Texas Baptist College

Christmas Quiz From Fragments Of A Card 2

A reader style question set asks which gift tops a child’s school marks, which gift the Wise Men brought, who was Christ’s cousin, who wrote Scrooge’s famous tale, and to classify Christmas songs as religious or non religious with a scoring sheet and garbled OCR remnants.

Tce Jesus Christ the Baptist Peter- Moses Paul Scrooge Walter Scott Charles Dickens Roger Bacon Victor Hugo

Census Bureau Eyes Farmers Census

Washington AP reports federal officials stress the 1969 census will rely on mailed questionnaires over the next year to gather confidential data on farms. It will cover farm counts acres irrigated major crops livestock values and equipment ages with preliminary reports not due until late 1970. Also France Britain and West Germany adjustments likely won’t alter U.S. agricultural exports much according to a Foreign Agricultural Service analyst.

Washington Bureau of the Census Ceee France Britain West Germany U.S Agriculture Department Byron Berntson Foreign Agricultural Service Bernitson

Three Men Make $20,000 Haul

Three men robbed the Diamond Club at Shea Stadium minutes after the Jets AFL title win. Police said five employees were present as two armed robbers and a companion seized the club’s receipts totaling twenty thousand dollars. The Diamond Club, seating 250, is limited to season ticket holders and guests.

NEW York Shea Stadium New York Jets

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