John L Lewis Dies at 89 in Alexandria
Skipper John L. Lewis longtime mine union leader dies at 89 in Virginia after a lifetime shaping US labor. Born in Lucas Town he quit school at 12 to work in coal pits and later led United Mine Workers from 1906 to 1960, forming CIO and pioneering pensions hospitals and higher wages for miners. Survivors include his son Dr. John L Lewis Jr of Baltimore and a daughter Kathryn who died earlier.
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Frank Yat
Delano Roosevelt
Lewis
Labor
Congress of ‘Industrial Organizations
AFL
CIO
Thew
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Lucas
Town
Colorado
Montana
Myria Edith Bell
Myria
United Mine Workers
Licas
Ilinois
John L. Lewis Jr
Baltimore
Kathryn
Race Feud at Quentin Kills One Injures Six
Prison violence at Quentin led to one death and six injuries as white and Negro inmates clashed in the east cell block after dinner. Warden associate said the attack appeared planned in retaliation for black inmate deaths on April 28, part of a series of prison violence since late April.
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Quentin
James Park
Adams
Es Munder
Sirhan Bishara Sirhan
Robert F. Kennedy
Park
Tte
Jeff Cooper
Budget Bureau Triumph Ends MOL Space Project Fight
The MOL cancellation marks the Budget Bureau’s first major challenge to a Defense Department program and signals growing congressional willingness to rein in military programs. In Hartford, Conn, Richard Hert discovered a $1 million federal payment to Connecticut College wrongly deposited into his account amid a bank error.
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Pentagon
United States
Air Force
White House
Defense Department
Capitol Hill
Congress
Congressional Economy
Executive Branch
Hartford
Cons
Richard J. Hert
Cameo Process and Printing Co
Hartford National Bank & Trust Co
Connecticut College
Hart
$25 Million MOL Leftover Building at Vandenberg
At Vandenberg Air Force Base a 32 story movable building, begun February 1967 for the Manned Orbiting Laboratory, stands overlooking the Pacific. The Defense Department killed the program after $1.3 billion. The building, second largest movable structure, will be cared for with no planned use. Col. John Walker doubts NASA will use it as Titan rockets differ in size and fit.
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Vandenberg Air Force Base
Air Force
Pacific Ocean
Manned Orbiting Laboratory
Titan
Defnese Department
Col
John Walker
Cape Kennedy
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Program
Moon
Walker
NASA
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Frank E. Evans
South China Sea
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
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Albert S. Mc~ Lemore
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McLemore
Vallejo
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Dr. Noguchi
Mary Neiswender
Los Angeles
Thomas T. Noguchi
Civil Service Commission
Henry Reining
University of Southern California Institute of Public Affairs
Godfrey Isaac
Dr. Reining
Isaac Re
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Martin Weekes
Thomas J. McIntrye
New Hampshire
Senate Armed Services
Senate
Democratic Policy Committee
Charles L. Schultze
Perma Press
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Jamaica
Miracle
Lakewood Center
Lakewood
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