European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 8, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                              , april 8, the stars and stripes Page 7 Union rejects strike truce in Memphis Memphis Tenn Nion officials saturday Fleu Nio eted i proposal by a group of Memphis businessmen for a Alx so Cooling off period in the City s violence scarred garbage proposal announced Fri Rev by City councilman Lewis b Donelson Iii was an Effort to get new negotiations started toward ending Uio eight week old strike which brought or. Martin Luther King or. To Memphis and his death apparently agreed to by mayor Henry Loeb to plan would have allowed a group of businessmen to pay Umoh dues for the City s 1,300 striking sanitation workers for half a year to allow for a period of Calm negotiating. Tjie proposal would have Cost $25,000, Doriel son said. It s laughable said Jerr Wurf president of the amen can federation of state county and municipal employees which seeks to represent the striking workers. Mayor Adamant we Are not going through All of this for some Union dues but for some recognition and dignity for these men Wurf  strike started feb. 12 with garbage workers demand ing higher pay Union representation and a dues Check off. The Union and City officials could apparently reach agreement on the Money Issue but Are far apart on the question of the dues Check off and the  Loeb has taken a firm stand against both  strike set off a series of daily marches by garbage workers which turned to violence when the Issue of civil rights was injected into the debate. About 80 per cent at the garbage workers Are negro. Wintry Wyoming downtown Chey Enne is deserted except for cars after a snowstorm piled up drifts As deep a three feet. The Spring storm which was awfully wintry trapped motorists outside Laramie East of Cheyenne. Up photo world s Only Active battleship the new Jersey is recommissioned Philadelphia a while seaborne Antiwar protest ers circled in the Delaware River the battleship new Jersey taken out of Mothballs to bolster America s Vietnam War Effort was recommissioned saturday. Patrol boats kept sailboats canoes and motorboats 100 Yards from the 45,000-ton Battle Wagon. Other protesters went unnoticed by some 6,000 invited guests. Two men in a Canoe got to close to the new Jersey s Bow it s family Reading a stars & stripes bookstores Puclik � l