Strikers Defy Back-to-Work Court Orders Nationwide
The AFL C IO Communications Workers defied back to work injunctions in Alabama and Kentucky amid a five day nationwide telephone strike. Beirne denounced the orders as anti union while AT T reports service largely steady as union leaders consider a new offer. Western Electric workers join the strike alongside Bell System employees. talks remain unsettled with no date set for formal bargaining.
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Washington
Afl-Cio
CWA
Joseph A. Beirne
Southern Bell Telephone Co
Alabama
Kentucky
Beirne
Bell Telephone System
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
At&t
Ben Gilmer
Gilmer
Bell System
Bell
Western Electric Co
Western Electric Telephone
Western Electric Manufacturing
Buffalo
N.Y
Abama
Western Electric
Picketing Continues at Local Telephone Office
Local telephone service remains normal as picketing continues at the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co central office. Supervisory staff man the switchboard while many C P employees join a nationwide strike by Western Electric installers. Virginia workers are not on strike.
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Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co
Western Electric
C&p
Virginia
George Riggs
Lavender wisteria blooms praised by Town Crier
Mrs. Rosenberger of 210 W Germain St reports her rear yard lavender wisteria in full bloom and unusually brilliant this year. A Winchester native linked to Tony Awards coverage is noted. Fisherman Garland Pingley reports a 5.5 pound largemouth bass of 20.5 inches. Local prices for asparagus and a by request offer at Butler's Packing House are listed.
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John W. Rosenberger
W. Germain St
Winchester
Zoe Caldwell
Jay Allen
Lewis M. Allen, Jr
Mr. Allen
S. Washington St
Garland Pingley
Rt. 6
Carpenter Pleads Guilty In Slaying Case
Carpenter Dewey Arthur Carpenter Jr changed his plea from innocent to guilty in the murder of Violet Lynn Sherman at Victory Grocery Store in Winchester. Judge Elliott D. Marshall ordered a presentence report and remanded him to city custody.
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Dewey Arthur Carpenter, Jr
Violet Lynn Sherman
Elliott D. Marshall
Carpenter
Miss Sherman
David Simpson
Victory Grocery
S. Loudoun St
Winchester Memorial Hospital
E. Pall Mall St
West Virginia
Martinsburg
W. Va
Berkeley County
Winchester
Arson Suspected in Dual Fire Losses
Viet Troops on full alert after two fires including the B. H. Cobb Lumber Co. blaze causing estimated damage of 400000 dollars. Authorities believe arsonists staged both incidents.
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B. H. Cobb Lumber Co
Henrico County
Goldman Paper Stock Co
Richmond
Paper Company
Space Pact Signed by Major Powers
In Moscow the Soviet Union the United States and Great Britain signed a rescue accord to recover astronauts and space equipment that land outside the country of origin. Signatories included Gromyko Swank and Dalton with Stewart Bruce and Smirnovsky later in London. Additional signers spanned Austria Australia Czechoslovakia Bulgaria Iceland Italy Haiti Laos East Germany Romania Ghana Sierra Leone Poland Finland Somalia Nepal and Mongolia.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
United States
Great Britain
Andrei A. Gromyko
U.S
Emory C. Swank
Peter Dalton
London
Michael Stewart
David K. E. Bruce
Mikhail Smirnovsky
Court Rules In Obscenity Cases Today
Supreme Court upholds state power to bar sexy magazines from children while striking down a Dallas scheme shielding youths from violent or sexual films for being unconstitutionally vague. The decisions test laws restricting youths access to materials.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Dallas
New York
McCarthy Says Mansfield Could Replace Dean Rusk
Senator Eugene J. McCarthy urges firing Secretary of State Dean Rusk and suggests Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield as a possible replacement. He also labels FBI chief J Edgar Hoover a "fief" and calls for his retirement, while criticizing Nixon and urging budget cuts to curb inflation.
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McCarthy
Mansfield
Dean Rusk
Washington
Eugene J. McCarthy
Senate
Mike
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI
Discrepancies Mark Hunt For Dr King Assassin
Memphis police acknowledge a sweep of inconsistencies in official descriptions of the man sought in Dr. King’s slaying. FBI details tied James Earl Ray to the case, while earlier statements linked Lee Galt to conspiratorial roles, creating confusion over identity and timelines.
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Memphis, Tenn
Memphis
Martin Luther King Jr
Bill Price
James Earl Ray
Missouri
Eric Starvoalt
King
FBI
Galt
Ray
New Orleans
Jefferson City
Missing 700 000 diamond shipment from South African jet
A $700,000 shipment of diamonds vanished after a South African Airways Boeing 707 crashed near Windhoek killing 122. Six survived including American courier Thomas Taylor, who helped recover diplomatic pouches. Other identified passengers included Dr E Fussenegger and Benjamin Thomas Jr. The jetliner was en route from Johannesburg to London.
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Windhoek
South-West Africa
Thomas Taylor
U.S
Johannesburg
South Africa
South African Airways
London
Taylor
Tahlequah
Okla
E. Fussenegger
M.R.P Roche
Benjamin Thomas Jr
Southeastern Engineers Inc
West Point, Ga
Beds Plan Big Attack on Capital
Saigon and 11 surrounding provinces were placed on full alert as intelligence reports indicated a large attack on the capital may be near. A U.S. mission spokesman said no alert or warning has been issued to American personnel in connection with the reports.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
U.S
Leveling Off Seen In Vietnam War Policy Shift
Secretary Clifford says rising South Vietnamese effectiveness will allow leveling off of U S efforts and gradual troop reductions in time. U S troops remain at alert after February Tet offensive with embassy guards briefed and nurses recalled from Saigon hospitals as Vietnam expedites mobilization and air power resumes after monsoon break.
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New York
Clark M. Clifford
South Vietnam
U.S
Clifford
Associated Press
Vietnam
Hanoi
Willian C. Westmoreland
Harold K. Johnson
Army
Saigon
Pentagon
Wreckage Seen After Windhoek Plane Crash Kills 122
A South African Airways jetliner bound for London crashed just after takeoff from Windhoek killing 122 with six survivors. The craft came from Johannesburg and plummeted from sight as it vanished behind dust and smoke.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
London
Windhoek
Virginia Mild With Varied Clouds From Ridge
A weak Atlantic ridge gave variable cloudiness and mild weather for most of Virginia today as high pressure settled over the coast.
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Richmond
Atlantic Coast
Virginia
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Valley Ave
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Newsweek Magazine
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Lester Maddox
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3Rd Corps
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Bell Clothes Ladies’ Dept
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Berlin Insurance Agency
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