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...renegotiated for some 200,000 pipe fitters, millrights and other craftsmen. The U.A.W. in sisted that such workers get a $1-an-hour wage hike, so as to put them on a par with other building tradesmen in the Detroit area. The Big Three turned the U.A.W. down cold, whereupon 1,300 workers picketed Chrysler headquarters with placards demanding "More...
...milk price raise, Lieutenant Governor Raymond P. Shafer, the G.O.P. candidate for Governor, persuaded them to roll back to the old 28?-qt. line until such time as the State Milk Control Commission could hold hearings to determine "a fair price." Last week the commission started its hearings-whereupon some 200 dairymen stomped out and set up picket lines to agitate for higher milk prices...
...constant source of confusion. Somehow, a homicide detective on duty at the dead nurses' apartment got the impression that he was talking to Cook County Coroner Andrew Toman, and he started spilling all the gory details of the crime-until he saw Toman walk into the room. Whereupon he slammed down the receiver in embarrassment. Somehow, Suspect Richard Speck's mother in Dallas got the idea that she was talking to a lawyer hired to defend her son. She gushed information meant to help build his case. The banner headline over Romy's story read FAMILY...
After detecting a radar aiming-signal pulsing from a Russian-installed surface-to-air rocket site 30 miles north of the city (one missile was believed fired but never visually spotted), four Thunderchiefs went after the nest, which was demolished by one of them. Whereupon four MIG-17s jumped the F-105s damaging two. Outmaneuvering one MIG, Major Fred L. Tracy, 38, of Goldsboro, N.C., got on his adversary's tail, opened up with 20-mm. cannon and was credited with a probable kill. The remaining MIGs fled...
...musical Manhattan Mary, he hovered over a gangster who asked him what there was to eat. "Jelly roll," suggested the comedian, "or perhaps the gentleman would like some nice ladyfingers." "Ladyfingers!" roared the gunsel. "My God, I'm so hungry I could eat a horse!" Whereupon Wynn ran offstage and returned leading a full-grown sway-backed horse. It was almost a minute before the audience was quiet enough to hear Wynn's topper: "Will you have mustard or catchup...