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May 05, 1970 - Walter P. Reuther, 62, and his wife (nee Wolf) died when their small chartered jet crashed and burned, trying to land in heavy fog at the Emmet County Airport, Michigan, on May 10, 1970. Reuther was one of America's outstanding labor leaders and president of the United Auto Workers Union for 24 years. Photo Shows Walter P. Reuther supporting the striking hospital workers in Charleston, S.C. and their Local 1199B, in May 1969. He was in the front row of demonstrators in the streets of Charleston, together with Rev. Ralph Abernathy, President of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference

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