Alcoa Pact Could Set Industry Pattern
The Alcoa agreement with the United Steelworkers creates a three year contract with wage gains of 55.9 cents an hour plus enhanced pensions health insurance and unemployment benefits a $304 weekly vacation bonus and price increases on primary aluminum and fabricated products. The pact is described as a pattern setter by M C Weston Jr. and affects 11,000 Alcoa workers. Other unions and producers faced delays and walkouts as talks continued or failed before the deadline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Aluminum Co. of America
United Steelworkers of America
United Auto Workers
Altiminum Workers International Union
Alcoa
Reynolds Metals Co
Alcon
M. C. Weston Jr
Steelworker
Aluminum Industry Council
Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corp
Ormet Corp
Olin Aluminum
Olin Mathieson Corp
Poor People Plan To Accelerate Washington Protests
The Poor People's Campaign leadership signals a faster pace of demonstrations in Congress and government offices. Rev. Andrew Young says shift focus from Resurrection City to Washington while Hosea Williams leads actions and J. T. Johnson and Leon Hall top new organizers at HEW. Demonstrators threaten a sit-in until demands are met as Cohen responds with a 35 page economic rights document. Resurrection City work resumes after rain and mud eased.
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Washington
Congress
Andrew Young
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Resurrection City
Lincoln Memorial
D.C
Young
SCLC
Ralph David Abernathy
Hosea Williams
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
J. T. Johnson
Leon Hall
Williams
Jesse Jackson
Jackson
Wilbur J. Cohen
Cohen
Abernathy
Needlecraft Catalog Promotes Tiny Toys and Patterns
Ace Brookes advertises transfer toys for infants and a range of needlecraft patterns. Includes pattern 7258 for four toys, pricing at fifty cents per pattern with extra postage, and mail order to Alice Brooks in New York. Also promotes 1968 Needlecraft Catalog and multiple pattern books priced at 50 cents each.
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Alice Brooks
Winchester Evening Star
Needlecraft Dept
P.O
Old Chelsea Station
New York
N.Y
Jumbo
Needlecraft
Dear Abby Advice for Driving Tests and Self Doubt
A reader asks if some people should not drive after failing three driving tests and struggling with the written exam. Abby suggests studying the written material with the husband’s help, noting that many capable drivers freeze on paperwork. The column also includes a confidential note about adopting a child and parental roles.
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Abby
Sonic Boom Shatters Windows At Air Force Academy
Fifteen people were cut by flying glass after an F105 Thunder chief jet produced a loud sonic boom during a low level pass over the Air Force Academy in Colorado. Damages estimated up to 50 thousand dollars, with one neck wound requiring stitches. Authorities study instruments to see if a flying evaluation board is needed.
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Air Force Academy
Colo
Air Force
Academy
Artus Smith
McConnell
Fored Base
Kan
Vandenberg Hall
Donald G. Brotzman
R.cole
Three Maryland youths hospitalized after Rt 81 crash
Three Maryland youths are temporary residents at Winchester Memorial Hospital after a collision with a tractor trailer on Rt 81 north. Driver Glenn Sheets and Sandra Heingardner sustained facial lacerations and teeth loss, while Robert Burke suffered facial injuries and a fractured nose. The crash occurred near the Clear Brook exit at 12 50 a m. Trooper D A Sheetz continues the investigation. Brandon Kerns was treated and released from the emergency room after a second, separate three car crash on Rt 11 north.
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Maryland
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Winchester Volunteer Rescue Squad
Rt. 81 North
Robert Burke
Rockville
Glenn Sheets
Oxon Hill Md
Sandra Heingardner
Ellicott City
Miss Heingardner
Sheets
Cleare Brook
Jsoeph C. Browning
Mingo
W. Va
Browning
D. A. Sheetz
Brandon Kerns
Wincester
Rt. 11 North
Strike at 3 Reynolds plants near Richmond area
Three Reynolds Metals Co plants in the Richmond area were struck by the Aluminum Workers International Union after a rejected contract offer. Pickets formed at Bellwood Extrusion in Chesterfield County around 1 a.m. Production at the North and South Richmond plants not immediately affected. About 1,500 union workers at the three plants. Strikes also hit Reynolds plants in five other states as negotiations continued in New York City after the old contract expired at midnight Friday.
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Kansas City
Eileen Farrell
Cesare Siepi
Robert Merrill
Piatigorsky
Rudolf Fikusny
James Dick
Russia
Richmond
Richmond Area
Reynolds Metals Co
Aluminum Workers International Union
Sion
Chesterfield County
Reynolds
New York City
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Kaiser
Wilmington
Del
Richmond, Va
Baltimore, Md
Philadelphia
By Ace Brookes
Dean Abby
Abigail van Buren
Chicago Tribune-N. Y. News Synd., Inc
Houston
London
Horse Guards
Hutchinson, Kan
Hutchinson Community Concert Association
United States
Bellwood
Europe
America
American Motors
Rambler American
Kern Motor Company
St. Loudoun St
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