GE Ordered To Bargain With Group
A federal judge ordered General Electric to bargain with a coalition led by the AFL-CIO International Union of Electrical Workers pending NLRB decision. The NLRB seeks talks on a new contract to replace one expiring Oct. 3. The IEU represents 79,400 GE employees.
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General Electric Co
Afl-Cio International Union of Electrical Workers
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
IUE
IEU
Marvin E. Frankel
Frankel
Committee On Collective Bargaining
Viet Cong raids, Hue carnival blast hit many in Vietnam
Viet Cong conducted three raids around Saigon injuring 15 and increasing wartime turmoil. In Hue an extremist device at a government carnival killed 28 and wounded 151, triggering fears of a Communist push before the September 11 elections. U S reports show 101 American troops killed last week, 593 wounded, 11 missing or captured, while American air power continued strikes in North Vietnam with two planes lost.
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Saigon
Hue
U. S
Viet Nam
North
North Viet Nam
Bus Truck Crash Kills 9 in Virginia
A head on collision between a passenger bus and a tractor trailer near Altavista Virginia at 4 45 a m killed nine people and injured 32 The dead include drivers Ralph J Carter and Wade Calhoun plus passengers from Greensboro Danville Washington D C and Greenville with other identifications pending.
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Altavista
Virginia
U. S. 99
Lynchburg
Robert Lee Woodbury
Greensboro
N. C
Railway Express Agency
Ralph J. Carter
Danville
Trailways
Wade Calhoun
Washington, D. C
Randall O’neill Ferguson
Greenville
S. C
Witnesses Postpone Attorneys and Stand on Own
Witnesses at the House Un American Activities Committee hearing insisted they would act as their own lawyers. Jerry C. Rubin of Berkeley said he would represent himself as the group faced the noon deadline for new counsel. Security was stepped up as the third day opened and several witnesses were absent or escorted out by their attorneys in protest.
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House Committee On UN
Alfred M. Nittle
Edwin Meese
Alameda County
Berkeley
Calif
Rubin
Richard Schord
D-Mo
Joe R. Pool
D-Tex
Richard Ichord
Ichord
Democrats Day At Fair Hails Illinois Ticket
At the Illinois State Fair Governor's Day rally Democrat leaders praised Johnson Kerner Daley and the party program including medicare aid to education and the GI bill. Douglas lauded Stevenson III and Prince while Republican Charles Percy opposed open housing by executive order.
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Springfield
U. S
Paul Douglas
Johnson
Otto Kerner
Richard J. Daley
Chicago
Douglas
Adlai E. Stevenson III
Donald Prince
Bloomington
Stevenson
Prince
Auto Safety Bill Approved by House
The House voted unanimously 371 to 0 to require auto makers to meet federal safety standards starting with 1968 models. The highway safety bill includes 260 million dollars for state programs such as vehicle inspection and driver education and covers cars, buses, and trucks.
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House
Local Shower Chance Through Friday With Warm Temps
The forecast calls for showers and possible thunderstorms in the afternoons and evenings through Friday with a small temperature change. Tonight lows in the 60s, Friday highs around 98 to 93. Saturday may bring scattered showers.
Shawnee National Forest evolves from hills to timber economy
The Shawnee region transformed from eroded hill country to a growing national forest after 1933, covering 212,712 acres in 11 counties with a 2.8 million dollar budget and about 200 staff. Restocked deer and beaver support wildlife, while a proposed George Rogers Clark Recreation Way promises scenic routes and boosted Midwest recreation.
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Illini
Shawnee National Forest
National Forest
Golconda
Forest Service
Illinois
Kaskaskia
Shawnee
Shawnee Forest
Frank Ko
Shawnee Forest Maps Available Free At Offices
A four color Shawnee National Forest map is free at Shawnee headquarters in Harrisburg and district ranger stations in Murphysboro Jonesboro Vienna and Elizabethtown. Brochures for Pine Hills Lake Glendale Pounds Hollow and Rim Rock Trail are also free. Obtain by visiting offices or writing to the Forest Supervisor Harrisburg Ill.
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Shawnee National Forest
Harrisburg
Murphysboro
Jonesboro
Vienna
Elizabethtown
Pine Hills
Lake Glendale
Pounds Hollow
Rim Rock Trail
Harrisburg, Ill
No Armistice New Protest Marches Planned In Chicago
Civil rights leaders led by Martin Luther King Jr plan new marches in Chicago after seven hours of talks failed to halt demonstrations for open housing. King says protests will continue with details to be announced at a meeting tonight. Mayor Daley observed sessions and a new Aug. 26 meeting was set for leaders.
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Chicago
Martin Luther King Jr
King
Heineman
Richard J. Daley
Illinois Husbands Face October Draft
The Selective Service will call about 1,500 married men in October, after drafting 1,329 in September. Director John Hammack said the oldest husbands will be inducted first, completing the fourth monthly eligibility category.
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Springfield
Illinois Selective Service
John Hammack
Selective Service
Gardner warns spending not cure for cities ill
Secretary of Welfare John W. Gardner told Congress that cities cannot be cured by vast spending alone. He urged a determined, piece by piece approach to urban problems, noting federal programs will shape future outcomes and may either aid or worsen city solutions. Gardner cited health education redevelopment and housing efforts as partial fixes.
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Washington
John W. Gardner
Congress
Gardner
Johnson Administration
Counsel Requests Mental Tests for Speck Case
Richard Speck defense lawyer Gerald W. Getty asked the Circuit Court to appoint six psychiatrists and two psychologists to examine Speck and assess his competency to stand trial and mental state. The six would include three named by the prosecution and three by the defense, plus two more psychologists split between sides. Speck, 24, attended a brief session in a guarded courtroom on the Southeast Side while spectators were screened for entry.
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Richard Speck
Circuit Court
Gerald W. Getty
Speck
Chicago
Getty
Herbert C. Paschen
Condh
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Gorham
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Chicago Conference On Race and Religion
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