1200 Game 4 employees vote on contract ratification
Union members from the Office and Professional Employees International Union and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen vote on wage and benefit packages. Talks cover tentative agreements and ratification days in Salt Lake City and Bayard with local leaders urging attendance. The Steelworkers are identified as a key union in the strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harley
C. P. Hogebount
Beneft
Brotherhood of Lagimotive Engineers
BLF
Salt Lake City
Utah
United Steelworkts
Bayard
Chano’ Merino
Chase Brass Settles End Of Strike Nearer
A tentative contract settlement covering about 2 000 workers in the eight month copper strike was reported, completing agreements for all but around 8 000 of the original 60 000 strikers. The deal between Chase Brass Co. and the AFL CIO Machinists clears the path for ratification of prior settlements and mirrors terms expected at other firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Kennecott Corp
Chase Brass Co
Afl-Cio
Anaconda Co
Pacification Still Alive In Other Vietnam Battle
In a Saigon cable, Robert Komer of the U.S. pacification effort says the Tet offensive caused real setbacks but adds pacification remains alive. He notes civilian losses were tragic yet Viet Cong losses were heavier and that South Vietnam can recover faster with resolve and support.
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Vietnam
Lewis Gulick
Associated Press
Washington
Robert W. Komer
South Vietnam
Saigon
Komer
U.8
William C. Westmoreland
Jana
High Point
IV Corps
RFPF
Gvns
Government of Vietnam
Koreans Add Pictures To Pueblo Letters
North Korea sends letters and photos claimed from Pueblo crewmen, prompting mixed reactions from families. Some doubt authenticity, noting odd phrasing and unusual handwriting, while others remain cautious about government efforts to secure crew release.
Kennedy Stop Includes Two Speeches and a Visit
Senator Robert F Kennedy plans a five hour Albuquerque visit with two speeches a tour of Old Town Plaza and a stop at Albuquerque Indian School He is to arrive Friday at 945 am attend a Democrat reception and speak at the University of New Mexico football stadium at 1 90 pm all during the outreach for his presidential nominating bid
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Albuquerque
Old Town Plaza
Robert FP
Kennedy
Dan
University of New Mexico
Local Soldier Wounded In Vietnam Action
Manuel Ortega of 105 Arizona Street Silver City was informed his son Private First Class Joe G. Ortega was lightly wounded in Vietnam from hostile mortar fire. He received metal fragment wounds to the right arm, was treated, and returned to duty. A delay in notifying his parents was due to Vietnam’s technical situation.
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Manuel Ortega
Arizona Street
Silver City
Joe G. Ortega
Vietnam
Ortega
Reduction Furnaces Being Heated To Working Level
Kennecott Copper Corporation says China Mines Division Reduction Works in Hurley is warming furnaces toward smelting temperature, with two or three days needed. no smelting occurs yet and smoke is visible from the new stack. About 20,000 Kennecott and Anaconda workers ratified contracts pending local issues after an eight month strike in 22 states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennecott Copper Corporation
China Mines Division Reduction
Hurley
China Reduction
New Traffic Control System Planned Here
City manager Richard Cunningham announces automated traffic control devices will be installed at Silver Heights Blvd intersections with Swan Street and Hudson Street. Bids come in May, contract let in June, with construction starting late fall or winter. Total cost about $60,000 for downtown modernization including new signal heads and pedestrian lights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Cunningham
Silver Heights
Swan Street
Silver Heights Blvd
Hudson Street
State Highway Department
Cunningham
Czechs Debate New Reforms Ahead of Key Meeting
In Prague the Central Committee of the Czechoslovak Communist Party opens to debate sweeping reforms including full civil freedoms and Western style economic policy. Alexander Dubcek and Antonin Novotny attend as the panel weighs an action program and succession for the presidency amid East German tension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ragubar
4New
Czechoslovak Communist Party
Frague Castle
Alexander Dubcek
Antonin Novotny
Dubcek
CTK
National Front
Communist Party
The
Socialist Party
People’s Par
Czechoslovakia
East Germany
Vaclav David
Peter Florin
Czechostozasi
Europe
Soviet Bloc
Kurt Hager
Democratizinja
Hager
Josef Smrkovsky
Weather forecast for today to Friday with showers
Variable clovainess today with a chance of brief showers late tonight and Friday. Highs near 75 and 74, lows around 41 to 46 for tonight and Friday. 24 hour report from 7 am shows Airport readings high 72 low 46.
Protestant church union drive moves from talks to blueprinting
Ten Protestant denominations with about 25.2 million members vote to launch immediate blueprinting of a united church structure within two years, aiming for a concrete plan and faster unification as leaders insist the world is pressing them. Dr. David G. Colwell of Seattle chairs the effort, calling it the high gear stage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Cornell
Dayton, Ohio
David G. Colwell
Seattle
Gottina
Dr. Colwell
Israel and Arab forces clash across Jordan border
Israeli and Arab units engaged in an hour long battle across the Jordan River with both sides claiming exchanges of fire. Arab claims of a broader draw up of troops build up along Sinai and the Jordan front accompany reports of saboteurs damaging a water pump in Kibbutz Hamadiya. Authorities cite 1500 Arab fighters in the area including Iraqi Palestinian Commandos and Syrians.
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Tel Aviv
Jordan River
Israel
Sinai
Egypt
East Bank
Kibbutz
Ma’Oz Hayim
Beisan
Jordan
Hamadiya
Jordanian Bank
al Fatah
421St
Irs
Jacob Posner Honored On 90th Birthday
Silver City resident Jacob Posner, now retired from White House Department Store, was toasted at a Ranch Club dinner. Fellow employees and several local friends joined in honoring his 90th birthday, after moving to Silver City in 1926 and arriving in New Mexico in 1892. He plans to celebrate his centennial here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Posner
Silver City
White House
Posner
Ranch Club
Barry Ward
Wiliam Seehle
Estella Greenwood
Cecilia Ryan
Cecilia Calderon
Luila Morones
New Mexico
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Mogollon Baldy Lookout
Mogollon Baldy
U.S. Forest Service
Chase Brass
Urnon
GVN
GVW
Hanoi
Nguyen van) Thieu
U.S
Jerry Buck
NEW York (Ap
Michael O'Bannon
North Korea
O'Bannon
Momac
Johnson
State Department
United States
Gerald Nolte
Iowa
Clifford
Everett Arnold
Santa Rosa
Calif
Richard
Lyle C. Shingleton
Atoka
Okla
John Shingleton
Hartford
Wasitington
Steelworkers
Kenpecott Copper Corp
Anaconda
Prass
Chase Brass Sub Sidiary
Kannecoft
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