Nationwide rail strike threat looms as unions vote
The United Press International report details a planned six union rail walkout at 6 p.m. Sunday affecting the western and eastern lines. It notes parallel strikes in copper, tire and rubber sectors, with emergency mail rerouting and stockpiles mitigating shortages.
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International the Railroads
Kennevott Copper Corp
American Smelting and Refining Co
Phelps Dodge Corp
Anaconda Copper Co
B. F. Goodrich Tire and Rubber Co
United Rubber Workers
URW
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co
Firestone and
Uniroyal
Western
Eastern
Richard L. Liekerman
Spokane, Wash
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Union Pacific
Santa Fe
Burlington
Spokane-Portland-Seattle
H.L. Nesbitt
Machinists
Cumberland, Md
Baltimore & Ohio
Western Maryland
Post Office Department
Kennecott Copper Corp
Big Four
Big
Tex
Baltimore, Md
Arizona
United Steelworkers of America
International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers
New Group Targets Supreme Court Limits on Police Convictions
A three week old national group forms to challenge Supreme Court restrictions on police and prosecutors in securing criminal convictions. It gains growing support across the country as it advocates for broader powers and clearer guidelines.
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Chicago
Supreme Court
Kinshasa Hostages Evacuated as U S Soldier Shot
The only known American casualty from the Congolese rebellion, Sgt. Robert H. Mack of Olympia Washington, was treated in Kinshasa after a July 5 bullet wound while Sgt. John R. Degele escaped injury. Red Cross planes evacuated captives from Kisangani and ferried 173 soldiers and 59,000 pounds of supplies to Congolese forces and surrounding towns.
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Kinshasa
Congo
UPI
Red Cross
Kisangani
U.S. Army
Robert H. Mack
Olympia
Wash
Mack
John R. Degele
Shalesboro
Degele
Kisangani University
Ben Hopgood
U.S. Air Force
U.S
AFL-CIO Poll Shows Broad Support for Policies
Washington report on a January independent survey of 13.5 million union members finds 67 to 94 percent backing seven public issues including Medicare, minimum wage, workmen's compensation, edu cation aid and pollution control. A majority oppose right to work laws and 46 percent disagree with open housing. Major concerns focus on cost of living and taxes, with Vietnam war and civil rights also noted.
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Barkan
Federationist
Pool Jailed Five Hours In Arlington
Rep. Joe Pool of Texas said he was not under arrest during a five hour wait in an Arlington Virginia jail. The judge released him on his own recognizance at 9 a.m. EDT and set August 22 for trial on reckless driving charges arising from a 2 45 a.m. traffic crash.
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Washington
UPI
Joe Pool
Texas
Davy Crockett
Arlington
Texas Democrat
Pool
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Rails Administration
Goodrich
UAW
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
Firestone
Frances Voges
Tampa
Fla
Ravenswood
W.va
U.S. News
Donald Janson
New York Times News Service
Americans For Effective
Fred E. Inbau
Northwestern University
School of Law
James R. Thompson
Northwestern
Alan S. Ganz
Thompson
Cook County
C. W. Wilson
Richard B. Ogilvie
Board of Commissioners
Harold A. Smith
Chicago Bar Association
Chicago Crime Commission
Inbau
Escobedo
A.E.L.E
Inban
The
American Civil Liberties Union
Afl-Cio
David R. Jones
A.F.L.C
Alexander E. Barkan
American Federation of
Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations Committee On
Rochester
N.Y
Lake Ontario
Paul Briggs
Mary Jo Ehmann
Melvin Welch
Blue Star Gas
Hope Natural Gas Company
FHE Consolidated Gas Supply Corporation
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