U.S. Steps In Eases Strike Threat at GE
Federal mediators present new proposals to GE unions and management as the strike deadline nears. Labor and Commerce secretaries held separate talks with both sides, aiming to avert a walkout that would disrupt war material supplies to Vietnam. The administration, citing Taft-Hartley remedies, pushes for arbitration and a cost of living escalator. The IUE leads a bargaining team for 50,000 GE workers amid a total of 120,000 unionized GE employees.
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Commerce
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Viet Nam
Wirtz
International Union of Electrical Workers
Mayor Lindsay Romps in Park in Central Park
Mayor Jos V. Lindsay joined New Yorkers outdoors on a Sunday in Central Park for touch football. His wife Mary played halfback on his team, which ultimately lost 13 to 2.
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New York
Jos V. Lindsay
Central Park
Lindsay
Mary
Parachute Pioneer Irvin Dies at 71 in Bel Air
Los Angeles born Leslie L. Irvin, dubbed the father of the parachute, died at 71 after a long illness at his Bel Air home. He demonstrated early free fall jumps, founded the Irving Air Chute Co, formed the Caterpillar Club, and led a career spanning Britain and the United States with plants in Glendale and Lexington.
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UPI
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Surburban
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Great Britain
Beland Consolidated Aircraft Companies
Parachute Company
Glendale
Lesington
United States
Europe
Sonar Ship Probes Gulf for 11 in Copter Tragedy
A United Press International report from Morgan City Louisiana says a ship with sonar is searching 63 miles south of the area for the 11 men aboard a Petroleum Helicopters Inc Huey that crashed shortly after takeoff from a Lafayette, Louisiana area field. The Coast Guard will probe depths to locate the wreck and identify the cause as divers work through offshore rigs and a hurricane threat.
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UPI
John Slarris
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Petroleum Helicopters, Inc
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Lafayette
Coast Guard
New Orleans
Gulf
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