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March 22, 1968 1 A Steelworkers Aim For Wage Hikes Two From Area Killed in War ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH "A substantial wage increase Is at the top of our list," the OR VIAR 'ROUND COMPORT COMF0RTMAKER ATLANTIC CITY, N.J., March 22 (AP)-The AFL-CIO United Steelworkers Union, yesterday took note of 6 per cent contract gains won in the automobile and can industries. The unions said It would seek substantial wage Increases this year in steel and aluminum industries. CALL Ml, 7-1300 III yXMiMl-kitMdUi USW said In a statement. No specific figure was mentioned, but several delegates said privately that the union would have to match recent settlements averaging 6 per cent in other major industries.

1 I GATEWAY Two St, Louis area men have died of wounds suffered In the fitting in Vietnam, the Department of Defense reported today. Martin Biondo, Army special. 1st fourth class, died of wounds from booby trap explosion, lie was the son of Mr, and Mrs, Joseph J. Biondo, 505 Nlrk avenue, Kirkwood. Pfc.

David L. Hampton, son of diaries Hampton, 211 Anna street, Codlrey, died of gunshot wounds suffered when a convoy was ambushed. Biondo, 22 years old, was graduated from Vlanney High School, Kirkwood, and had received an associate degree from Forest Park Community College. He was drafted in March 1967 and had been in Vietnam since Aug. 25.

Biondo, a mortarman with the Twenty-fifth Infantry Division, was wounded March 10 in an operation near Duu Ticng. Doctors amputated his right leg March 10 and he died last Tuesday. Surviving, in addition to his parents, are two brothers, Mike and Joseph four sisters, Mrs. Ann Flnnegan and Debbie, Patricia and Kathy Biondo. Hampton, who would have been 19 May 28, Joined the Army in July 1966 after attending high school at Jerseyville, He was on a convoy when the unit IIIU GRAND OPENING! 1 111 MARCH 27 III nntaraiTAiaiBifff iiruirdr mum rin I ill uuiviviuvviva ncvvcai uinirau rMUUiiv.H FRONT ROW CENTER I The best seat outside the house.

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W. Richard Maryfield Carbondale to Pay $8100 to Wilhelmy CARBONDALE, March 22 (AP) The Carbondale City Council has agreed to give former Public Safety Director Richard Wilhelmy (8100 as ter Martin Biondo was ambushed March 13, He was killed In the fight. Surviving, In addition to his father, are brother, Lindcll; two half-sisters, Audrey and Demet-rla, and a half-brother, Audrls. Army Sgt. W.

Richard Mary-field of St. Charles, 24, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Maryfield, died March 14 of accidental gunshot wounds i In Vietnam. He had been in Vietnam for one year and had planned to make the Army his career.

i ,7 mination pay and moving ex-R penses. Wilhelmy resigned recently after a dispute with Chief of Police Jack Hazel. The dispute resulted in Hazel's being dismissed early this month and '27 a fAs Tenants Invite Officials to Move In--No Takes workers, Including most police- "FORSHAW" OF ST. LOUIS (28 i. UodWA it Coawsy loti WY J.SS70 Quality eiaee 1871 area jumped from three in January-February 1967 to 19 in aJn-uary-February this year.

The number of larcenies, however, declined from 21 to 18, and robberies declined from five to men, leaving their jobs in protest. Hazel was reinstated and the cKy workers returned to their Jobs. Wilhelmy had been brought to Carbondale from I I a by City Manager William three. The tenants cited the burglary figures as evidence that crime has risen steeply In recent weeks. They said also that police told them at least half the burglaries were done, with keys indicating that possibly one of the master keys of the Hous ing Authority had fallen into the wrong hands.

Capt. Bernard Mundt of the Fourth police district, which includes both projects, con firmed that keys had apparent ly been involved in half the burglaries. But he said he believed that Letters complaining of crime In St Louis housing projects got responses this week from the Mayor, the Governor and the president of the Board of Police Commissioners, but ap- parently none of the three accepted an invitation to go down and live temporarily in one of the projects. The letters were sent by the presidents of (tie Carr Square and Vaughn tenant councils to the three officials. Crime rates, the letters charged, had risen alarmingly in both projects in the last few months.

They call for more police protection end invited the three officials to see for themselves. Tenants from the same area had previously asked that National Guard troops be stationed there if more police could not be obtained. Although apparently none of the officials consented to live there for time, two actions were taken: Isaac A. Long, newly named president of the board of police commissioners, scheduled a meeting for 1:30 p.m. Tuesday with tenant representatives.

The meeting will be closed to the press. Mayor Alfonso J. Cervantes requested Irvin Dagen, executive director of the St. Louis-Housing Authority, to "investigate and correct this situation." Dagen was to reply in writing to the tenants, with an informational copy to the Mayor. Figures from the Police Department's crime analysis section indicate that the number of burglaries in the Carr-Vaughn the residents of the area already -Si were receiving as much protec tion as those of any other area in the city.

Gold Up 54 Cents On Paris Market PARIS. March 22 (AP) -Gold sold for the equivalent of $38.95 an ounce today, up cents on the Paris free market The ounce-dollar parity rose to $44.36 a week ago, the first day of unfettered a i in Paris. Afterward, the price dipped and then started back upward yesterday. The United States-backed price is S35 an ounce. Eight tons of fine gold were traded today, compared with 7.S tons yesterday.

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