Who Will Succeed Meany as AFL CIO President
William Serrin surveys the AFL CIO leadership scene as 84 year old George Meany weighs retirement. Lane Kirkland hints at running if Meany steps aside, with other potential contenders like J C Turner and Martin J Ward mentioned. The piece notes Meany’s grip, union politics, and possible reunification with the UAW and Teamsters remains uncertain.
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George Meany
Federation
Labor
President Carter
Sen
Edward Kennedy
Lane Kirkland
Meany
Kirkland
J. C. Turner
International Association of Operating Engineers
Martin J. Ward
The
Plumbers and Pipe-Fitters Union
Wurf
Afl-Cio
United Automobile Workers
Walter Reuther
UAW
Auto Workers
Winpisinger
United Brotherhood of Teamsters
Principal claims religious freedom in racially motivated expulsion
In U S District Court the principal of Marumsco Christian School testified that he expelled Melissa Fiedler 14 over a romantic link with a black classmate, invoking church tenets and religious liberty. The Fiedler family seeks more than 70 000 in damages.
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Alexandria
Aleck Lee Bledsoe
U.S
Melissa Fiedler
Rufus Bostic
Bledsoe
Marumsco Christian School
Woodbridge
Raymond Fiedler
Melissa
Charlotte
King Named Interstate 85 Repealed in Alabama
Alabama lawmakers repealed a 976 resolution naming Interstate 85 through Montgomery for Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. but signs will remain. The measure, snuck into a parking bill, drew criticism from lawmakers including two Black members. Senate sponsor Dewey White said the legislature did not intend to name the expressway after King.
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Montgomery
Ala
Martin Luther King Jr
King
Dewey White
Birmingham
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William Serrin
New York Times
Chicago
American Federation of Labor
Congress of Industrial Organizations
William W. Winpisinger
International Association of Machinists
Jerry Wurf
American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees Union
Murf
Turner
Ward
Lane
Texas
Seadrift
F. J. Cunningham
Texas Bay Fishermen’s Association
Bill
TVA
Knoxville, Tenn
Tennessee Valley Authority
Nashville
Paul R. Sanderford
Browns Ferry
Atlanta
Flying Crime Squad
George Napper
Lee P. Brown
Jackson
Han Dolph
Perky
Bill. Ambon
Jackson County
Goss Realty
Murphysboro Iron & Metal CO
Gartside
Murphysboro
E. Main
Dunn
Jaymar, Haggar
Austin Reed
Palm Beach
Johnson
Ramada Inn
Marion, IL
Chicke
Catfish
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