Labor Case Tests Union Fines for Returning Members
A major Supreme Court case centers on unions fining members who quit during a strike and return to work. In Nashua New Hampshire 31 Textile Workers union members faced daily wage fines for crossing the picket line at the International Paper Box Machine Co plant during 1968-69. The NLRB ruled the fines illegal under Taft Hartley, and the case, appealed through Solicitor General Erwin Griswold, proceeds to the high court.
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Washington
Supreme Court
New Hampshire
Textile Workers Union
Afl-Cio
Nashua
International Paper Box Machine Co
National Labor Relations Board
U.S. Circuit Court
Boston
NLRB
Erwin N. Griswold
UAW Chief Denounces Nixon Health Plans in Atlanta Hearing
Leonard Woodcock head of the United Auto Workers denounces President Nixon health proposals as a fraud and a delusion. He says Democrats will offer a better health plan during the 1972 campaign at a Democratic policy council hearing in Atlanta.
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Leonard Woodcock
United Auto Workers Union
Nixon
Woodcock
Democratic Policy Council
Atlanta
UPI
Prime Minister Holyoake Steps Down in New Zealand
Sir Keith Holyoake resigned as prime minister to allow a younger leader to head the National party into the November election. Deputy PM John Marshall became party leader with Robert Muldoon named deputy party leader, as Holyoake, 68, ends a 34 year Parliamentary run.
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Wellington
New Zealand
Keith Holyoake
National Party
John Marshall
Keith
Ter
Marshall
Holyoake
Robert Muldoon
Long Hiding Ends as Yokoi Returns to Japan
Shoichi Yokoi, a World War II soldier who hid 28 years in Guam, arrived in Tokyo to a hero’s welcome. About 5,000 people at Tokyo International Airport waved flags and chanted Banzai as Yokoi, in a wheelchair, expressed a wish to meet Emperor Hirohito, with palace officials inviting him to a garden party.
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Tokyo
Shoichi Yokoi
Guam
Tokyo International
Yokoi
Hirohito
Imperial Household
Schorr Calls FBI Probe Part Of Nixon Era Climate
CBS correspondent Daniel Schorr testified before the Senate Constitutional Rights subcommittee that a White House ordered FBI investigation last summer reflected a climate of suspicion hostility and nervousness shaped by the Nixon administration. He spoke in his first public account of the incident.
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CBS
Daniel Schorr
White House
Israel agrees to indirect talks on Suez Canal reopening
Foreign Minister Abba Eban announced Israel will hold indirect talks with Egypt mediated by the United States. Washington has not yet approached Cairo. Al Ahram reported Sadat has cut off all contacts with the US.
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Jerusalem
Israel
Egypt
Suez Canal
Abba Eban
United States
Washington
al Ahram
Cairo
Anwar Sadat
Punxsutawney Phil Sees Shadow Six More Weeks of Winter
In Punxsutawney Pennsylvania Punxsutawney Phil predicts six more weeks of winter after reportedly seeing a shadow on Groundhog Day. The Groundhog Club claims Phil has consistently made this forecast for about ninety years.
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Punxsutawney
Phil
Punxsutawney, Pa
Gobbler's Knob
Punxsutawney Groundhog Club
County Council Bill Introduced In Aiken
Aiken County senators introduce a bill in the Senate to hold an April 4 referendum on a proposed seven member county council replacing the four man Board of Commissioners. The House bill, amended to call a referendum, mirrors the Senate measure and earlier defeat 15 months ago. County leaders express cautious support as officials weigh the potential shift in county governance.
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Aiken County
House
John H. Williams
D-Aiken
Senate
Rep
Williams
Michael Laughlin
Gilbert E McMillan
R-Aiken
Rep. Williams
General Assembly
County Board of Commissioners
Christmas Tree Theft Reported By Police
Police report multiple break ins with items stolen including a Christmas tree coffee pot hair dryer radio iron and a fish tank motor at Wade Morris home in Camellia Trailer Park The Aiken County Sheriff's Department also logged thefts from Huber Clay Co near Langley and tires from a Ford tractor Two minor injuries occurred in separate accidents while 18 year old Sammie Steadman was charged with improper backing after a collision near Aiken Junior High School No fires were reported last night.
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Wade Morris
Camellia
Aiken
J.C. Busbee
Aiken County
Sammie Steadman
Abbeville Ave
Johnny Hedricks
Congress Drive
Laurens and Barnwell
Aiken Junior High School
Steadman
Waffle House
M.Y. Keefer
Glendale Drive
Augusta
J.C. Smith
Richland Ave
Voting Equipment Passes First Test in Aiken County Election
Voters turnout at 12 percent as new voting machines faced first test amid rain and cold. J P Moseley Jr. defeats Al Maddox for at large seat with 2 092 to 1 885. William E Twilley beats Gerald Dennis 2 533 to 1 411 for Area 3. Five ballots damaged. one write in. Final counts posted 8 45 p m.
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Aiken County
Education Board
J.P. Moseley Jr
Aiken
Area 3
William E. Twilley
Clearwater
Moseley
al Maddox
Twilley
Gerald Dennis
Maddox
Robert Folger
North Augusta
Tom Marsh
Aiken Coop
Shaw
Charleston
Sumter
Robert Varni
Berkeley
Calif
Last Draft Of War Era Is Possible
The draft lottery for men turning 19 this year may be the last of the Vietnam era. The Nixon administration plans an all volunteer army by mid 1973 as current draft authority expires, with calls expected to be lower than in past years.
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Washington
Nixon
Curtis W Tarr
Commerce Department
Tarr
U S Bombers Press North Vietnam Amid Fresh Attacks
U S fighter bombers conducted a second day of heavy raids into North Vietnam while fighting intensifies in South Vietnam. Saigon reported 129 enemy killed in two actions and pilots struck toward the Ho Chi Minh Trail as protective reaction strikes set a daily record. US officials say a buildup near the central highlands signals a possible southward offensive.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Cambodia
U Minh Forest
Meking
U.S
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Mass funeral honors Londonderry killings amid mourning
Thousands of mourners, including Roman Catholics across Ireland, gather at St Marys Church in Londonderry for a mass funeral after Sundays bloodbath. Security tightens in Ireland as violence escalates with IRA actions and attacks on the British Embassy in Dublin.
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Londonderry
Northern Ireland
Ireland
London
Dublin
St. Mary's Church
Creggan
St. Mary's
Bogside
Irish Republican Army
Belfast
Ulster
Liquor Bill Returns To Committee In South Carolina
The House Ways and Means Committee receives the liquor tax plan and minibottle legalization proposals from the Judiciary Committee for study. Senate debate stalls as two liquor measures and constitutional amendments face possible referendum and tax implications. The session also buffs school law recodification and reviews a $603.8 million state budget for 1972-73, with a supplemental spending bill adding $798,526 for unforeseen expenses.
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Columbia
South Carolina
House
Ways and Means Committee
House Judiciary Committee
Senate
Claymond Grimes
Georgetown
Posal
Ways and Means
Ation
Administration Breazeale
State Budget and Control Board
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Raps
Suez
U.N
Patrick Hillery
Irish Republic
Kennedy International Airport
Hillery
United Nations
Mackey Scott
Board of Commissioners
Scott
Frank Thomas
H.P. Moseley Jr
W.E. Twilley
Busbee
Armed Services
Vietnam
Dun Laoghaire
Harold Breazeale
Dickens
Education and Public Works Committee
Oper
Budget Board
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