Detroit Newspaper Strike Reaches Six Months
Detroit press workers and publishers show no sign of compromising as the six month strike persists. Negotiations with four unions have stalled with no talks planned for two, while optimistic projections warn papers may not resume for two more weeks or longer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Terre Haute
Ind
Star and Tribune
News
Free Press
Teamsters
Teamsters At the News
Famed Horse Sgt Reckless Dies at Camp Pendleton
Sgt Reckless the Marine Corps war horse of the Korean war era died from battle injuries and old age. The Mongolian mare bought for 250 dollars at a Korean track carried ammunition for a rifle platoon of the 1st Division. She had twice been wounded while hauling shells up dangerous mountain trails and lived in retirement at Camp Pendleton stables since 1954.
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Camp Pendleton
Calif
Reckless
Marine Corps
New Children's Dress Pattern 4861 Seeks Orders
Anne Adams pattern 4861 offers two dainty dresses in quick flare style with Dacron checks and feminine voile in new children sizes 2 4 6 8. Pattern costs sixty five cents plus fifteen cents mailing. send name address ZIP size and style number to Anne Adams Winchester Evening Star New York. Catalog and an Instant Sewing Book offer additional fashion aids.
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Peter Pancellar
Anne Adams
Winchester Evening Star
Pattern
Dept
West 17Th St
New York
N. Y
Winchester Chorus to Perform Brahms German Requiem
The Winchester Community Chorus directed by Paul S. Thompson will present Johannes Brahms's German Requiem on May 26 at 7:30 p.m. in Christ Episcopal Church sanctuary. Soloists Mrs. Lewis Costello and Phillip Webber will sing. accompanists include Mrs. Kenneth Tapley and Mrs. Charles Creager. The public is invited free. an offering will offset expenses.
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Winchester Community Chorus
Paul S. Thompson
Johannes Brahms
Christ Episcopal Church
Lewis Costello
Phillip Webber
Kenneth Tapley
First Baptist Church
Charles Creager
Christ Church
Brahms
Garner backs racing venture despite losing bets
Hollywood star James Garner funds the American International Racing Co to back world auto races. He notes the venture loses money even if winning, but aims to boost the sport's growth. He shifts from Stingrays to two English Lola cars and plans Le Mans entry with a team of drivers and mechanics.
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Hollywood
James Garner
Garner
American International Racing Co
Sebring
Dayton Beach
Rockingham
N.C
Scooter Patrick
Davey Jordan
Daytona
Patrick
le Mans
France
Prehuman Ancestor Found Using Stone Hammer 12 Million Years Ago
National Geographic reports Dr. Louis Leakey found at Fort Ternan Kenya a prehuman creature Kenyapithecus wickeri hammering open skulls and bones 12 million years ago. The discovery pushes back tool use to the Pliocene era earlier than Homo habilis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Geographic Society
Louis S. B. Leakey
Fort Ternan
Kenya
Leakey
Olduvai Gorge
Tanzania
Mar
Earth
Society
Flowers to lay on Lurleen Wallace grave weekly for a year
A Montgomery florist said that after Mrs. Lurleen Wallace funeral there was a flood of floral orders. Two unfilled orders will be delivered to the late governor's grave each week for a year.
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Teamsters
Montgomery
Ala
Lurleen Wallace
Episcopal Priest Celebrates 100th Birthday in Virginia
Warrenton Virginia Reverend John Scott Meredith born in Stafford County marked his 100th birthday. At 12 siblings, he trained at Virginia Theological Seminary and Washington and Lee, served parishes across eastern Virginia and Kentucky, attended Grover Cleveland's inauguration, and retired in 1937 after a long clerical career.
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Warrenton
Virginia
Washington and Lee
Virginia Theological Seminary
Episcopal
Mr. Meredith
Waverly
Wakefield
Ivor, Disputanta
Bristol
Onancock
Christiansburg
Norfolk
Greenwood
Crozet
Parish
Lee County
Manassa Turquoise mine yields two famed claims
Manassa Colorado earns recognition as the birthplace of heavyweight champ Jack Dempsey and as the site of turquoise production at the King Mine near Manassa since 1900.
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Manassa
Colo
Jack Dempsey
King Mine
First Quarter 1968 Strikes Cost 9.9 Million Workdays
The Labor Department reports 9.9 million man-days lost in the first quarter, the highest since 1950, with 1,130 strikes involving 573,000 workers, per the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Wednesday.
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Washington
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
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Philip Webber
Jim Hamilton
By Bob Thomas
W. Boscawen
Winchester
National Ave
Ford
Valley Ave
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