Word: demanding
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...first meeting yesterday afternoon of the ten-member "implementation committee" -set up during the Organization of Black Unity (OBU) seizure of University Hall last week to discuss OBU demands-left OBU spokesmen optimistic about a satisfactory resolution of the painter's helper demand...
...added, however, that the "main point of contention" between the two groups was the OBU demand that 20 percent of all construction workers employed by Harvard be black or "third world...
Leslie P. Griffin 70, president of Afro, said that the agreement is not final. "We just felt it wouldn't be to our advantage to stay until they called in the cops." Griffin also said that the demonstrators did not discuss whether to demand amnesty for their action. "The consensus was that sometimes you have to take responsibility for what you do." he said...
...agreement leaves several issues unresolved. Yesterday's first OBU statement said that only about five per cent of Harvard employees are black and demanded that Harvard employ 20 per cent blacks. Cox denied that this demand had been discussed. The exact membership of the implementation committee is also still to be worked...
...nickel increase, major U.S. producers of lead lifted their prices by 1/2?per Ib., to 16?, the sixth increase this year. Almost immediately, General Battery Corp. said that automotive and industrial batteries, which contain much lead, would go up. 5%. The higher lead prices reflect greater world demand for the metal and a paucity of new supplies...