Word: strike
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Patience and Restraint. Fortunately, amid all the highly publicized violence, signs of moderation are appearing. Last week the dangerous eleven-day strike at the University of Wisconsin, which pitted bayonet-wielding National Guard troops against students, was called off while faculty members considered various reforms. Toward the end, as few as 300 students continued the strike, compared with 7,000 strikers during the Guard's initial invasion. At Howard University in Washington, black law students quietly heeded a federal judge's order to end their lock-in, called to obtain more voice in administrative decisions. The student lawyers...
...telephones in a demonstration seeking amnesty for fellow rebels. Deputy sheriffs prevented seizure of the ad ministration building at Eastern Michigan University by 200 students, cut chains off the doors and arrested twelve demonstrators. At Berkeley, 100 police men clashed with thousands of demonstrators supporting a month-long strike for Third World Liberation Front demands. Pelted with rocks, bottles and fire bombs, the cops fought back with Chemical Mace, clubbed four strikers and arrested 24. While the University of California's regents met at the ex plosive Berkeley campus, Governor Ron ald Reagan alerted National Guard units to stand...
...Sealab project, which is already about two years behind schedule. Designed to help man learn the techniques and develop the equipment that will enable him to live and work for long periods under the sea, the project has been beset by delays. First there was a steel strike; then some of the steel that was delivered turned unexpectedly brittle at low temperatures. Redesign of the oxygen system was called for after the fatal Apollo fire, and that was followed by a series of seawater and helium leaks. At week's end no one would predict how long it will...
...West Palm Beach, Fla., training camp of the Montreal Expos, a new National League team. "I always had a weight problem, and I thought it best for me if I came on down." Other defectors also pleaded personal problems. "I can't buy a house and strike at the same time," said Pitcher Pete Richert of the Baltimore Orioles. "You got to keep busy when you have four kids," said Chicago White Sox Catcher Russ Nixon. Though Ken Harrelson, the Boston Red Sox outfielder who led the American League in runs batted in last season, was the only name...
...several black teachers--including Campbell--who had been suspended from their positions pending hearings were reinstated by the court. Since the charges against the teachers had been brought by members of the UFT--charging harrassment, threatening and intimidation of teachers--discontent is not unlikely. "The teachers' strike--the tactics, rhetoric, issues involved--is responsible for a lot of what has happened here since," Lester said...