Dalton Tries His Hand at Shipyard Talks
Gov. John Dalton meets with Newport News Shipbuilding and Peninsula Shipbuilders Association leaders over a looming strike. The United Steelworkers were absent amid union leadership claims of government bias. Steelworkers threaten to strike within days as PSA and yard fight NLRB certified election results.
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Dalton
Richmond
John Dalton
Newport News Shipbuilding
Virginia
Peninsula Shipbuilders Association
United Steelworkers Union
National Labor Relations Board
PSA
Steelworkers
Jack Hower
Christmas Detention for Navy Lieutenant in Cuba
Lt. Steven P. Hash of the Sumter was detained in Cuba for five days after straying into Cuban waters on Christmas. He described a high security cell for three days and a two day motel hold with a $212 bill. He said Cuban officials treated him formally and that he paid for room and guard time, noting the experience was not painful overall.
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Norfolk
Steven P. Hash
Hash
Sumter
U.S. Naval Base
Guantanamo Bay
Cuba
Guantanamo
Havana
Thomson Loses Alexandria Bar Backing for Circuit Court Seat
The Alexandria Bar Association rejects James M. Thomson for the circuit judgeship and awards endorsement to Albert H. Grenadier, whose name goes to the Virginia General Assembly for the vacancy created by Franklin P. Backus retirement on February 1. Grenadier leads on the second ballot after Sidley shifts votes. Thomson’s segregationist past and opposition from civil rights groups weigh against him.
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Alexandria
Alexandria Bar Association
James M. Thomson
The
Bar Association
Albert H. Grenadier
Grenadier
Virginia General Assembly
Franklin P. Backus
Phomsod
House
Deutocratic
Bar
General Assembly
Virginia
Thomson
Citizens’ Review
James Woolls
Terrence Sidley
Sidley
Anti-Thomson Forces
Desegregation plan set for ODU and Norfolk State
Federal officials approve a plan allowing Old Dominion University and Norfolk State College to continue their largest programs while cross campus offerings are limited to one institution for certain skills. Some small enrollment programs such as medical technology health education and speech pathology and audiology would be discontinued.
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Norfolk
Norfolk State College
Old Dominion University
Norfolk Virginian- Pilot
ODU
Board of Visitors
Norfolk State
HEW
Joesph Califano Jr
Califano
OCR
Naacp Legal Defense Fund
Plantiff
Virginia
Defense Fund
Elliot C. Lichtman
Lichtman
Legal Defense Fund
Roanoke Inmate Hangs Himself
Richard Eugene Thompson 21 of Princeton West Virginia hanged himself in a Roanoke County jail cell after leaving apology notes. Guards found his body at 6 45 a m Thursday after he had been jailed less than three days on a hit and run charge.
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West Virginia
Roanoke County
Richard Eugene Thompson
Thompson
Princeton
W.va
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Robert M. Bryant Jr
Ralph Cousins
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National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
U.S. Treasury
John Warner
R-Va
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Washington
Ner
Navy
Office For Civil Rights
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Warrenton
Elbert David Justice
Here
Rayner V. Snead
Snead
Drug Enforcement Administration
Warrenton Lake Subdivision
Roe
Etroriati
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