Machinists Reject Settlement in 25 Day Strike
Washington action looms as 25 day IAM strike by 17 251 members rejects the proposed settlement by a 3 to 1 vote. Eastern National Northwest Trans World United airlines face continued grounding, with Congress expected to act amid White House silence.
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International Association of Machinists
IAM
Congress
Eastern
National
Northwest
Trans World
United
White House
W. Willard Wirtz
Capital Hill
Senate Labor Committee weighs end to strike
Congress moves toward a bill to end the walkout as Chairman Lister Hill and fellow Democrats push quick action. House Labor Committee opens hearings with union and management reps while Everett Dirksen backs a 56 cent an hour raise over three years. The union had sought 53 cents. fringe benefits include up to 2 dollars weekly health and welfare contributions starting next July.
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Lister Hill
Dala
Senate Labor Committee
Senate
House Labor Committee
Senate Democratic
Mike Mansfield
Mont
Day
Everett M. Dirksen
Ill
Union
Pasis
Dirksen Prayer Amendment Opposed by Church Council
The Rev Dr David R Hunter deputy general secretary of the National Council of Churches testified against Sen Everett Dirksen’s proposed constitutional amendment to permit voluntary prayer in public schools. He argued the First Amendment already protects religious liberty and cautioned against tampering with it as hearings begin.
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UPI
Everett M. Dirksen
National Council of Churches
David R. Hunter
Council
Senate
Dirksen
Supreme Court
UFOs Reported In D C Area
UPI reports flood of sightings in Maryland and Virginia suburbs around Washington Sunday night. Bright multicolored lights observed by state, county, and local police near Montgomery Prince George and Alexandria areas. FAA and area airports did not record the objects on radar. Police describe hovering objects changing color from blue to green to red, with no definite shape.
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UPI
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Montgomery
Prince George
Alexandria
Federal Aviation Agency
Prince George County
Maryland Atall
Beltsville
Baltimore
Brash Miami Robbers Target Jeffer son's Super Dept Store
Police hunt a mixed crew including a woman lookout after a three hour burglary at Jeffer son s Super department store in North Miami Beach. They overpowered a night watchman, ransacked jewelry and credit safes, and sipped coffee during the heist. Loss could reach $100,000.
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Miami Beach
Fla
UPI
Jefferson's
Arthur Porep
Sporting Goods
Porep
Credit Department
Weather Sunny Warmer Beckley and Vicinity
Beckley area enjoys sunny skies and a warmer afternoon with a high near 83 and fair tonight with a low around 58. Partly cloudy conditions expected, and river gauges show Greenbrier and Lake at normal and clear with two gates open. Today’s extremes top at 108 in Philip, South Dakota, and bottom at 42 in Philipsburg, Pennsylvania, plus Fort Bragg, California.
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Hinton
Philip
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Philipsburg
Fort Bragg
Calif
U S forces attack Viet Cong concentration near Saigon
U S forces hit a Viet Cong strike force near Saigon, with B52 bombardment and helicopter raids. The 25th Division reported sporadic sniper fire as guerrillas abandoned an ammunition dump holding 90 000 rounds. Intelligence cites nine battalions in the Saigon area and four near the capital.
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UPS
U.S
U.S. 25Th Division
Ring Register Q and A on legal and civic topics
A reader questions legality and procedures across law and government. Topics include Lincoln’s presidency length, law education duration, burglary statutes, West Virginia law qualifications, church funeral fees, unemployment claims after moving, annulments, Detroit Tigers World Series history, Beckley operator licenses, junior high football start dates, West Virginia schools attended by Robert Byrd, and fence boundary cost sharing.
Labor vs Administration LBJ Wage Guidelines
The airline strike signals a year of likely large labor fights over President Johnsons wage guidelines. The 3.2 percent cap, tied to productivity, aims to curb inflation while allowing higher gains for productive industries. The IAM dispute grew chaotic after a prestrike endorsement of a package within the guidelines, causing a three week impasse and public disruption.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
W. Willard Wirtz
Congress
International Association of Machinists
Chicago clash as King back for report on attack
In Chicago’s all white Gage Park area a Sunday march by King supporters led to violent clashes. Whites hurled bricks and bottles at 550 marchers including clergy and youths, cars burned, 44 damaged, 50 wounded per police. 17 arrested. Jesse Jackson among the injured as King returns to file report.
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Chicago
UPI
Martin Luther King
Gage Park
South Side
Marquette Park
Jesse Jackson
Gowon Leads Nigerian Military Regime Takeover
Maj. Gen. Johnson Aguiyi-Konsi’s government toppled and Lt. Col. Yakubu Gowon named to head a new regime in Lagos. Gowon, 32, announced he accepted the role after army support, citing efforts to avoid tribal and religious warfare between north and south. Ironsi, Ibo leaders, and regional leaders were involved in the upheaval, with kidnappings reported and clashes killing over 30 people, including a Briton and a German man.
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Nigeria
UPI
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Tronsi
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Armed Forces
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Ironsi
Africa
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Here
Omaha Rioting Flares On Near North Side
Roving bands of Negroes hurled molotov cocktails smashed windows and looted stores in Omaha near north side. One teen, Edward Byrd 18, was shot and wounded as police with riot guns moved in arresting at least 27. It followed a July outbreak when the National Guard was called out.
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UPI
Omaha
North Side
Edward Byrd
Nebraska National Guard
Moss to address West Virginia Young Democratic Clubs
Sen Frank E Moss of Utah will be the keynote speaker at the 1966 West Virginia Young Democratic Clubs convention in Parkersburg August 18 20 announced by state president Mike Audin The Wood County YDC will host the event and Moss will speak at the gathering
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UPI
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Young Democratic Clubs
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Frank E. Moss
Utah
Mike Audin
Moss
Wood County
YDC
People V Speck Case Opens Today in Chicago
The People v Speck case opens with Speck scheduled to face arraignment before Chief Justice Napoli for the July 14 nurse massacre. He will be brought to court under heavy guard via underground tunnel and secret elevator. Joseph Matusek plans to attend. his daughter Patricia was among the victims. Corazon Amarao, the sole escapee, is expected to stay at South Chicago Community Hospital.
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UPI
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Speck
Criminal Court
Alexander J. Napoli
CDT
Gerald Getty
County Jail
Joseph T. Matusek
Patricia
South Side
Corazon Amarao
South Chicago Community Hospital
Truman Recovering From Colitis Attack
Former President Harry Truman, 82, rests comfortably and shows steady recovery from a severe colitis attack at Research Hospital. Doctor W Wallace Graham reports no cause for alarm as Truman remains on a soft diet and improves after an emergency admission with Mrs. Bess Truman by his side.
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Kansas City
UPI
Harry Truman
Truman
Bess Truman
W. Wallace Graham
Graham
Research Hospital
Violence erupts as police fire on mob near South African train wreck
Wire dispatches describe police firing on a screaming rock-throwing mob of black South Africans at a suburban train wreck scene. Authorities call it the worst racial violence in years.
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Dakotas
Stanford Close
Arberdeen
S. D
Rescue search off Cornwall for 25 aboard Darlwin
Helicopters planes and lifeboats sweep the Cornish coast seeking the 45 foot motor cruiser Darlwin missing since Sunday with 25 aboard including children. Rescue officials say a freak squall likely struck the vessel during southwest coast storms.
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Darlwin
England
Wales
Pittsburgh Brewing Co
Iron City
Duquesne Brewing Co
Duquesne
British deflation bill faces sharp Tory Liberal attacks
The Wilson government braces for a stormy week as it pushes the deflationary prices and income bill through Parliament. Opposition Conservatives and Liberals plan concerted raids on the austerity measures while President Johnson and family endure a weekend setback as the airline strike settlement falters.
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Harold Wilson
Liberal Party
Johnson
Maryland
Slaying Near Charleston Sparks Police Probe
Allan Crook Shanks, 28, a factory worker, was found stabbed to death in an abandoned company store on Campbell's Creek near Charleston. State Police arrested four persons in connection with the slaying. In a separate remark, Robert C. Weaver urged eradicating ghetto despair to reduce unrest and agitators.
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Allan Crookshanks
Campbell’s Creek
Charleston
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Urban League
Robert C. Weaver
Housing and Urban Affairs
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