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The Oregon Symphony Assn. has accepted the resignation of managing director Carlos Wilson, more than three weeks after he ordered orchestra members locked out in a labor dispute over working conditions. “We now believe it is in the best long-term artistic and financial interests of this organization to accept Mr. Wilson’s resignation,” said J. Clayton Hering, symphony association president. Hering denied the symphony board was caving in to a union demand that Wilson be replaced, and said the resignation would not become effective until Dec. 1. Wilson would continue to negotiate with the musicians’ union in hopes of ending a labor lockout in time for the symphony’s opening concert Sept. 17.