Strike by Bricklayers and Cement Finishers Hits Wisconsin
Building trades workers walk out across 20 eastern and northeastern Wisconsin counties halting major construction from Fond du Lac to Upper Michigan. Projects at Wisconsin State University sites, Winnebago County social services, Winnebago State Hospital, and Theda Clark Hospital are affected as 150 contractors face higher pay demands. negotiations with C R Meyer and Sons and the Fox River Valley Contractors Association stall with no scheduled talks.
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Elwyn
Jack) Nelson
C. R. Meyer and Sons Company
Fox River Valley Contractors Association
Bricklayers, Cement Masons, Tile Letters and Plasterers Union
Wisconsin
Fond du Lac
Upper Michigan
Halsey Science Center
Dempsey Hall
Forrest R. Polk
Wisconsin State University
Oshkosh
Winnebago County
Department of Social Services
Winnebago State Hospital
Theda Clark Hospital
Neenah
Associated Press
Teamsters Union
Nelson
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission
Union
Memphis March Honors King With Guarded Silent Walk
Thousands of mourners and civil rights leaders marched in silence from a church to Memphis City Hall honoring slain Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Front row held a vacant spot for King. National Guardsmen guarded the route as Coretta King and the King children joined the march from Atlanta.
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Memphis, Tenn
Martin Luther King Jr
King
Percy Sutton
Manhattan
N.Y
Charles Cogin
American Federation of Teachers
Jerry Wurf
American Federation of State, County
Walter Reuther
United Auto Workers
Coretta
Atlanta
Harry Belafonte
Mississippi River
Memphis
Dr. Kiang
James Reynolds
Johnson
Thousands Attend King's Funeral in Atlanta
Thousands of mourners from across the nation flocked to Atlanta for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s funeral week. The service at Ebenezer Baptist Church preceded interment at South View Cemetery as dignitaries and celebrities prepared to honor the civil rights leader.
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Atlanta
Martin Luther King Jr
Mississippi
Hollywood
Congress
Ebenezer Baptist Church
King
South View Cemetery
Ralph Abernathy
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Dr. King
America
CIA
Memphis
Robert F. Kennedy
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Ralph Bunche
United Nations
John V. Lindsay
Marlon Brando
Bill Cosby
Sidney Poitier
Sammy Davis Jr
Mahalia Jackson
Harry Belafonte
Mr. Abernathy
William Holmes Borders
Wheat Street Baptist Church
South View
Morehouse
Mar Lins
Marines Leave Khe Sanh to Press Attack in Vietnam
UPI reports Marines at Khe Sanh handed over the fort to U.S. Army troops and joined a new drive by the 1st Air Cavalry Division to chase the North Vietnamese forces besieging the base for 78 days. Casualties on Sunday totaled 106 enemy killed by Marines, 36 by Army, 71 by government units. no U.S. losses.
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Saigon
UPS
Khe Sanh
Sad Lance
Gary Harris
Lubbock
Tex
Army
1St Air Cavalry Division
U.S
North Vietnam
Panhandle
Hue
da Nang
FISA
Thailand
Vietnam
David Lownds
Plantation
Fla
UPI
Raymond Wilkinson
Lownes
7Th Cavalry
Hubert S. Campbell
Chicago
Ill
Khe Nh
Pegasus
Johnson
Oscar Davis
Tucson
Ariz
Johnson Announces North Vietnam to Begin Talks at Camp David
President Johnson said Hanoi has agreed to set a time and place for U S North Vietnamese talks. Ambassador Bunker will join Rusk and Clifford as talks start Tuesday at Camp David Maryland. Sihanouk says talks may be in Phnom Penh Burma or India.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Hanoi
Ellsworth Bunker
Saigon
U.S
Camp David
Bunker
United States
Dean Rusk
Defense
Clark M. Clifford
White House
Prince Norodom Sihanouk
North Vietnam
Cambodia
Radio Hanoi
Vietnam
Phom Penh
Phnom Penh
Burma
India
Khe Sanh
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
Tass
Central Committee
Vietnam Fatherland Front
South Vietnam
Major Indiana blast kills 39 in Richmond business district
In Richmond Indiana a massive explosion wrecked a two block area injuring hundreds. Thirty nine bodies were recovered and 33 missing as fire spread to adjacent buildings. Gunpowder stored at Marting Arms Co may have caused the blast with gas leak considered. Volunteers aided responders while a temporary morgue operated at the armory.
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Richmond
Ind
Indiana
Marting Arms Co
Fred Klotz
FBI
Leo Collins
Marting
Collins
Kenneth E. Paust
Indiana National Guard
Sergent
Ohio
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Building Trades
Ed Jeske
Congress Ave
Gerald Neumueller
Doty St
Appleton
Labor Hall
Emil St. John
Zion Lutheran Church
Fox Valley
North Weatent Fiat
National Guard
Pontotoc Street
Hernando
Georgia
Humphrey
Clayborn Temple
LBJ
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