Dock unions ordered back to work across coasts
A court-ordered back-to-work ruling under the Taft Hartley Act directs about 45,000 dock workers to return. Governor Bridges orders 15,000 East Coast and most West Coast longshoremen to resume work to meet Gulf port demand as Puerto Rico awaits further action. President Nixon has invoked federal powers in the dispute.
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San Francisco
Bridges
East Coast
Gulf Ports
Puerto Rico
Nixon
Unemployment Dips as Employment Rises in Report
The Labor Department said total unemployment fell by 221,000 to 48 million and the jobless rate eased from 6.1 to 6 percent. Most gains were in part time work, and weekly earnings dropped due to a shorter average work week, with the Bureau of Labor Statistics calling the change virtually unchanged.
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Washington
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bomb blasts hit Belfast police station under construction
Two blasts wreck a three story police station in downtown Belfast with no injuries reported. The strikes come as Britain says it will send 1750 more troops to Northern Ireland to aid security forces against the IRA amid sectarian tensions between Protestants and Catholics.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Britain
Irish Republican Army
Air Support Turns Tide on Cambodian Border Fight
Lt. Gen. Nguyen Xuan Thinh credits U.S. air power with turning back a North Vietnamese offensive along the South Vietnam Cambodia frontier. He says heavy bombing and logistics proved essential and must continue.
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Saigon
U.S
Nguyen Xuan Thinh
Thinh
South Vietnam
Cambodia
Muskie Opens New Phase Seeks Endorsements for Bid
Sen Edmund S. Muskie of Maine seeks party leader endorsements to power his Democratic presidential bid. He won three major endorsements on Thursday from Sens Stuart Symington and Thomas F. Eagleton and Missouri Gov. Warren E. Hearnes.
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Washington
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Nounce
Stuart Symington
Thomas F. Eagleton
Warren E Hearnes
Missouri
Harris Considered for Acting Credentials Chair in 1972
Democratic officials weigh Patricia Roberts Harris for the acting chairman role of the credentials committee at the upcoming 1972 nominating convention. Lawrence F. O'Brien, DN chairman, plans a recommendation at the next national committee meeting to select the acting chair.
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Washington
Patricia Roberts Harris
Lawrence F. O’brien
National Committee
Governors to Address Democratic Dinner in Charleston
Sixth District Congressman John L. McMillan and Rep. Wilbur Mills will speak at the seventh annual Democratic Governor's Dinner in Charleston on October 11. McMillan will eulogize the late South Carolina Congress man L. Mendel Rivers. Mills, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, will deliver the principal address.
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Charleston
S.C
John L. McMillan
Wilbur Mills
D-Ark
McMillan
South Carolina
L. Mendel Rivers
Mills
House
Ways and Means Committee
Nixon to salute Dr Graham in Charlotte next Friday
President Nixon plans a tribute to Billy Graham in Charlotte North Carolina next Friday. He will be joined by Mrs Nixon and Charles G Rebozo with potential attendance by John Connolly and Mrs Connolly and Ross Perot as sponsors announce.
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Charlotte
N.C
Nixon
Billy Graham
Charles G
Bebe’ Rebozo
Charlotte Chamber of Commerce
Secretary of the Treasury
John Connolly
Connolly
Texas
Ross Perot
Five South Carolina Men Honored for Saving Lives
At the 34th annual Occupational Safety Conference a banquet honored five South Carolina men for saving lives during the past year. The awards were presented Thursday at the conference sessions.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Occupational Safety Con
Ference
Aiken Standard Explains Emergency Room Questions
Aiken's Emergency Room topics are answered in a story on page five. The column tackles common questions about ER operations, medication access, and speeding service during emergencies.
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Aiken
Husband Charged in Graniteville Plant Shooting
A 26 year old Langley woman and her mother were shot at the Townsend Division of the Graniteville Company at about 7 45 am. Margie Wood Mitchell died at the hospital, while Sarah Jewell Wood survived with superficial wounds. Larry Mitchell the husband and Wayne Smith his driver were arrested and held. Sheriff investigators say no motive has been disclosed.
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Townsend
Graniteville Company
White
Boyd
Graniteville
Tilford J. Horne
Wood
Aiken County
Samuel Nesbit
Mitchell
Loretta Lynn Opens Aiken United Fund Drive in Free Concert
Loretta Lynn headlined a three hour free concert in Aiken with the Nashville Tennesseans to launch the United Fund campaign. Crowds of 5000 filled the shed at Aiken Electric Co op as 13 service agencies were recognized and Lynn received the Governor's Order of the Palmetto and an honorary deputy sheriff title.
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Aiken
Loretta Lynn
Aiken County
United Fund
Nashville
Freeman
Lynn
Sup
United Way
Miss Lynn
Susan Stallworth
H.kelly Jones
John C. West
South Carolina
Paul D. Grant
Dinah Shore
United Fund of
Judy Rich
Nixon plan to curb inflation targets 1972 goals and panels
President Nixon unveils an anti inflation program to take effect November 14 after the wage price freeze ends. Goals aim for a 2 to 3 percent annual inflation rate by year end 1972 with a Price Commission, Pay Board, and Interest and Dividends Committee to set yardsticks and regulate gains. A Health Service advisory panel and a Cost of Living Council will enforce standards with government sanctions. A regional local service network under IRS with 360 offices and 3,000 staff will oversee compliance.
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Nixon
Cost OF Living Council
Pay Board and Price Commission
Internal Revenue Service
Nixon Outlines Second Phase Fight On Inflation
President Nixon announced a second phase in the anti inflation drive based on wage and price controls and voluntary cooperation. He said there will be no ceiling on profits but called for cancellation of price increases that create windfalls and sought standby power to curb interest rates and dividends as a safeguard.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Weekend Warmth Predicted Across Aiken Area
Sunny mild today with temperatures in the high 40s this morning rising to the mid to upper 70s by afternoon. A chance of showers tomorrow and lingering warm weather with highs near 80 on the coastal plain and possible shallow flooding during high tide. Clear cool nights with lows in the upper 40s to low 50s.
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Aiken
Two Men Sentenced to Twenty Years in Armed Robbery Case
Jurors convict Jesse McNabb and Sar Barnum of armed robbery and assault in a June Morris Grocery Store robbery near North Augusta. Judge Spruill imposes 20 year terms noting potential for life or death. one victim nearly killed with a knife. Evidence included eyewitness IDs ballistic and fingerprint analyses and confiscated items.
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Jesse McNabb
Sar Barnum
James A. Spruill
John Craven
Morris
North Augusta
Alvin E. Morris
CB. Smith
American Soldier Freed by Viet Cong After Two-Year Captivity
Staff Sgt John C. Sexton Jr., 23, of Warren Ohio, was released by the Viet Cong and walked barefoot eight hours to safety at an allied base camp 70 miles north of Saigon. Captured Aug 12 1969 near An Loc his feet were worn and he may have an arm wound per doctors and fellow officers.
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Tay Ninh
Vietnam
Saigon
U.S
John C. Sexton Jr
Warren
Ohio
An Loc
Sexton
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