Public employee strikes and the Supreme Court ruling
The Supreme Court upheld laws prohibiting public employee strikes, ending a long dispute. It notes constitutional limits on worker rights and the federal focus on private sector labor, while states differ on bargaining laws. With federal interest growing, legislation seems likely though contentious with states and workers.
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Ara
United States Supreme Court
Afl-Cio
Ecoming
James D. Hodgson
Boneress
Why Mills Can’t Win Yet Says Critics at Press Club
Holmes Alexander notes public doubt about Congressman Wilbur Mills of Arkansas as a nominating candidate. Despite his candor and economic credentials, friends call Mills unable to secure the Democratic nomination, a tag he shares with past figures like Taft and debates over identification politics.
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Washington
National Press Club
Wilbur C. Mills
Arkansas
Ways and ‘Means
Capitol Lit
Sen
Robert Taft
Ohio
Taft
Mills
Liewed
Acheson
Truman
Tait
America
Laborites
Labor Lords
Globalissima Lobby
Young Americans For Freedom
Americans For
Democratic Action
Taff
Press Club
Gan Band
Harvard Law School
Ways and Means
Wilbur Mills
George McGovern
Fred Harris
McGovern
Jarvis
Sacramento State Legislators by Alameda County Districts
Representatives in California include Senators Perris Helmdale and Bradley in the 8th and 14th districts with Alameda County areas. Assembly members Bee Crown Feng cover Hayward Union City Fremont and parts of Oakland and Alameda. Addresses go to the State Capitol Sacramento CA 5814.
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Neside
Alameda County
Nicholas C. Perris
John W. Helmdale
Clark L. Bradley
Livermore-Amador Valley
Castra
Valley
Carlos Bee
Hayward
Union City
Fremont
Newark
Robert W. Crown
San Lorenzo
San Leandro
Alameda
Oakland
March K. Feng
Casira Valley
Ashland
State Capitol
Sacramento
Washington representatives and senators list addresses
Washington officials from South County districts including Senators Cranaton Sohn Tunney and Representatives Milter Prbwards detail offices in the New Senate Office Building Cannon Building and Hagburn Building Washington DC with district notes covering Hayward Union City Fremont Newark Santa Clara San Mateo and adjacent areas.
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U.S
South County
Alan Cranaton
New
Senate
Washington, D.C
Sohn V. Tunney
Rocoh
Washington, DC
George P. Milter
Burn
San Leandro
Lorena
Livermore Amador Valley
Nal Haywerd
Alameda
East Oakland
Congreeeman den
Cannon Brig
Souk Hayward
Union City
Fremont
Newark
Santa Clara
San Mateo
Readers Favor Education, Children and Faith in News Columns
Russell Kirk notes readers prefer nonpolitical topics such as education innovations and children, with growing interest in religious questions. They welcome coverage of urban renewal, city schools, racial relations, and lighter book and cultural topics, while foreign affairs draw less engagement. Readers also respond warmly to personal, humane columns.
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Espres
God
Paul Harvey on Nixon graded by polls and promises
A columnist argues voters should fairly grade President Nixon, weighing foreign policy, dollar integrity, crime, pollution, and moral issues. He recalls a social gathering where a Republican woman says she would vote for “anybody else” over Nixon, stressing non endorsement while urging careful evaluation of debits and credits.
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Nixon
Tim
Fairness in hiring laws Pushed by Congress and state
Glendale News Press notes bills in Congress and California Legislature threaten fines or jail for hiring illegal aliens. Civil Rights Commission warns current law restricts employers from demanding proof of citizenship or work permits, risking new injustices. Urges careful balance to avoid burdening employers.
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Congress
California
U.S. Civil Rights Commission
California Looks to Borrow New York Welfare Reform
California considers adopting New York style welfare requirements for able bodied recipients to report to state employment offices, linking checks to job availability. Since implementation, welfare cases in this category fell about ten percent. Los Angeles County supervisors urge the Legislature to adopt the plan to ease welfare burden.
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California
New York
Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors
Callannia
Alhambra
Teeth not dollars push to tax salvage old cars
The Monrovia Daily News-Post argues California should add a $1 vehicle registration surcharge in 1973 to fund removing abandoned cars. It contends owners should bear full disposal responsibility, questioning the bill’s cost projections and urging stricter enforcement of existing laws.
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California
Cleaver Announces Return From Exile Stirring U S Parole Debate
Edridge Cleaver signals plan to end self imposed exile and return to the United States. Authorities would arrest him as a parole violator if he returns, with Algeria potentially gaining a controversial figure aligned with his past denunciations of the United States.
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Edridge Cleaver
United States of America
United States
Cleaver
Algeria
Moon water boosts hope of self supported lunar stays
Beginning evidence suggests water under the moon's dry crust could enable Earth inspired long term lunar stays. The passage notes Soviet Luna and Lunokhod had limited success, while Apollo promises broader space conquest and longer human presence beyond Earth.
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Ren
Earth
Moon
Lunar
Galbraith Confesses After 1964 Campaigns
John Kenneth Galbraith tells Sen Barry Goldwater in the wake of Pete Tagten Papers revelations that those who campaigned against him owe an apology. The remark underscores tensions from the 1964 campaign and the ensuing disclosures.
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John Kennet Galbraith
Barry Goldwater
Pete Tagtn
UN narcotics program behind schedule by 93 million dollars
The United Nations anti-narcotics program begun last March with 42 million pledged by the United States is about 92.969 million short of the schedule. Member nations have contributed just 11,000 including 1,000 from the Vatican. John Ingersoll, head of the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs, called it appalling and displayed a list of 127 countries that have received U.S. aid totaling 212 billion.
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United Nations
This day in history events and quotes
Politically themed milestones include James Polk born on November 2, 175, Arthur Balfour proposing a Jewish homeland in Palestine in 1917, and Israel becoming a state 31 years later. KDKA Pittsburgh began regular broadcasts in 1920, JFK announced dismantling Soviet missiles in Cuba in 1962, and Cardinal Richard Cushing died in Boston at 75. Churchill quote ends the piece.
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James Polk
Arthur Balfour
Palestine
Israel
Pittsburgh
KDKA
John F. Kennedy
Cuba
Richard Cushing
Boston
Winston Churchill
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