Teamsters dispute vote to return
By THOMAS UHLENBROCK
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (UPI)—Members of Teamsters Local 600 voted Thursday to halt a 37-day-old work stoppage which has paralyzed St. Louis trucking operations, but there were indications that a back-to-work order may not be fully complied with.
The balloting by the 4,164 members in attendance at the openair municipal opera in Forest Park favored ending the walkout, 2,689 to 1,475. Donald Lane, president of the local, announced that the voting had been ratified by the St. Louis Board of Election Commissioners.
Lane had promised to hold a news conference after the results were announced, but he abruptly walked off the stage, got in a car
and was driven off after the announcement.
There was no immediate word on when a back-to-work order might be issued.
When the results were announced, there was mixed reaction from the few drivers who waited to hear the decision. Some cheered, others were angry.
One member said that as far as he's concerned, "it's far from settled." However, another said, "I've got to go back, I need the cash."
None of the drivers would give their names.
"It'll take the National Guard to get me back," said one angry driver.
Another teamster said, "Hell no, I won't go back because I don't want my head split. If 10 men
drivers would return to work, all litigation pending against Lane and the union would be dropped.
Truckers in other areas of the nation continued to stay off their jobs. At least 600,000 persons have been idled by the walkout.
Chicago Teamsters and independent truckers, who bargain separately from the rest of the nation, continued to demand a $1.65 an hour wage hike over a three year period.
Another driver interrupted, saying, "My shop steward told me to strike when I didn't want to and I did. But if he tells me to go back tomorrow, he's gonna have to lead the way."
come into my garage and tell me I'm not going back, I'm not going back."
leaders signed a contract in Washington with trucking industry officials which would have given employees pay hikes of $1.10 an hour over a three year period.
Last month national Teamster
Guard departs Kent as dispute continues
In Youngstown, Ohio, seven members of Teamsters Local 377 were arrested on charges of conspiracy, labor racketeering and extortion.
KENT, Ohio (UPI)—Kent State University will remain closed indefinitely amid a seething controversy over responsibility for the deaths of four students.
Most of the original force of 800 Guardsmen was off the campus by Thursday. The shootings now are being investigated by federal officials, the state of Ohio and by the National Guard itself.
The troops, a composite group formed from elements of the 107th Armored Cavalry and the 145th Infantry, were based in nearby communities. Some of the men were in civilian life students at Kent State.
The proposal which was approved had been worked out in the chambers of U.S. District Court Judge John K. Regan Wednesday night. The basis of the agreement was that if the
The soldiers were tense, under duress and, some say, extremely fatigued.
The Guard states that the men fired spontaneously without command, at a time when they feared for their lives.
Sen. Stephen M. Young, D-Ohio, called the shootings the acts of "trigger-happy" troops who lost their heads. The first shot, he said, was fired accidentally by a Guardsman who had been hit on the arm or shoulder by a tear gas canister hurled back by a student.
Del Corso, in an interview with United Press International three days after the shootings, reiterated that Guardsmen are authorized under military regulations to open fire if they believe their life "is in imminent danger."
The Guard has never denied that it fired at the students. Canterbury said that as many as 16 or 17 of the Guardsmen may have fired their M-1's.
His account was challenged, immediately and vehemently, by Ohio Adjutant General S. T. Del Corso, the Guard's commanding general, and by Brig. Gen. Robert Canterbury, commander of troops deployed at the university.
The men were charged with intimidating drivers and trucking contractors from 1968 to the present. All pleaded innocent and were freed on $5,000 bond.
The Guard originally said there had been a sniper on a campus rooftop, but Canterbury told reporters at a news conference later in the week that "we have not confirmed that there was any evidence of a sniper."
Gen. Canterbury, who was near the guardsmen who fired the barrage at the students, said in defense of the troops that they felt their lives were in danger. Guard officials said the troops were surrounded on three sides by 600 to 800 students who pressed in on them and pelted them with rocks the size of baseballs and other objects. Some Guardsmen said metal objects like railroad spikes were hurled into their midst.
Del Corso said Sen. Young's explanation of the shootings was "made up" and he angrily described the 74-year-old senator as a "senile old liar." The adjutant general said both he and Gen. Canterbury in Kent had supplied information on the incident to members of Young's staff.
Del Corso said it was "an outside possibility" that some of the students killed and injured were hit by bullets from non-military weapons. He did not elaborate.
"Young was not there. Gen. Canterbury was there," Del Corso said.
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Del Corso said his troops did not panic. But he said they opened fire without command.
Canterbury said he himself felt endangered.
"They fired instinctively." he said.
Army regulations on firearms use
Army regulations on the use of firearms in riot control are broadly worded.
They would seem to prohibit the kind of shooting that occurred at Kent State unless there was danger of the U.S. government being overthrown or unless the troops were in imminent danger of death or "serious bodily harm."
The matter of determining when "serious bodily harm" is imminent is left to the local commander. Different individuals would quite naturally interpret that condition in various wavs.
Gen. Del Corso said that so far no violations of military law had been found among the Guardsmen involved in the shootings. If such violations are found, he said, the troops can be prosecuted under the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
Students with opinions on next year's student insurance policy should bring them to the Student Senate meeting next Wednesday, said R. A. Schwegler, director of Health Service.
Del Corso also certified the troops had undergone the 32 hours of riot control training prescribed by the Ohio National Guard regulations.
Slain student was in ROTC
The maternity benefit plan which was absent from this year's policy will be discussed at the Student Senate meeting, Swegwler said. He said that if approved, the maternity plan would be mandatory for all married couples.
The Student Senate will choose among three insurance companies offering bids for student insurance.
Doctor asks for opinion on insurance
Schwegler said there would be three opinions available to students: single, man-wife, or a woman-wife and child policy.
Policies will be available to students next fall.
LORAIN, Ohio (UPI)—William K. Schroeder, 19 and handsome, kept his light brown hair cut "conventionally," was called by his parents "an extra-special son" who never got into trouble, and was called by his fellow students "an all-American boy."
He got a B-plus average during last quarter at Kent State and was graduated with an A-minus average from Lorain High School.
At 13, he was an Eagle Scout.
and in high school he was captain of the cross-country team and was on the basketball team.
He was second in his Reserve Officers Training Corps class in Kent State and was an aggressive basketball player.
college friend said he probably was drawn to the demonstration by curiosity.
He was happy playing the trumpet, but he was known as a quiet youth who was not the type to take part in a demonstration. He was said to have been watching the scene when killed. One
Americans buy beef
"The first thought that crossed my mind when I heard he had been killed," said his high school guidance counselor, Harold Jones, "was that he was probably down there trying to get those nitwits to behave—themselves that he was appealing to their better judgment not to stir up trouble."
The United States has become the world's leading importer of beef, despite the fact that it raises more beef than ever before. The two leading countries from which beef comes are Australia and New Zealand.
Andrew Johnson was the first president whose early background was not military or legal.
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