Senate Near Solution On Taxes In Ohio
In Columbus the Ohio Senate moves toward resolving a stalemate on a $1.5 billion tax package after a closed Ways and Means subcommittee session chaired by Sen. Michael Maloney. Amendments flood the process as decisions loom on adding income tax to sales and excise taxes and possible sales tax increases.
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Columbus
Ohio
Senate
Ways and Means
Michael Maloney
R-7
Cincinnati
Maloney
House
Gen Tel Strike Voting Underway in Marion Ohio
Officials of the Communications Workers of America report a strike vote is being held among 2,500 General Telephone employees in 12 locals in Ohio. Talks have stalled since the contract expired April 25 with results due Wednesday.
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Marion, Ohio
Communications Workers of America
General Telephone Co
Ohio
CWA
General Telephone
Union International
Frank Thernes
Cleveland
Marion
Thernes
Death toll rises in Northern Ireland 14 dead in violence
The Belfast bloodshed surges as 14 killed and 24 injured amid religious and political clashes across six counties. Rioting, looting, and bombed and burned property ripple from Belfast to Londonderry with thousands displaced and millions in damage.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Londonderry
Newry
Chou En-lai Says China Will Not Mediate Vietnam War
Premier Chou En-lai told James Reston in a recorded Peking interview that Communist China will not mediate the Vietnam conflict and will back opposing forces until the United States withdraws. He indicated broader talks possible with President Nixon during a Peking visit and discussed Asia power shifts involving the United States, Japan, and the Soviet Union. He warned about rising Japanese militarism and said China could negotiate with the U.S. on Taiwan if needed.
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NEW York
Chou En-lai
China
United States
U.S
New York Times
Chou
James Reston
the Times
Peking
Reston
Nixon
Japan
Soviet Union
Asia
Pacific
Taiwan
Korea
William P. Rogers
AFL-CIO Backs Broad Federal Wage and Price Controls
The AFL-CIO Executive Council pledged to support across the board federal wage and price controls if President Nixon deems them necessary. George Meany said they are prepared to cooperate with such controls, provided they are even handed, while opposing wage-only curbs without restraints on prices profits and other corporate income.
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Afl-Cio Executive Council
Nixon
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Meanydenounces Nixon on wages and economic chaos
Meany reads a statement blaming 214 years of mismanagement by the Nixon administration for economic distress. The union cites 5 million unemployed and millions working part time as industry operates at 73 percent capacity, and calls for action while rejecting scapegoating.
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Meany
Nixon
Wage-Price Controls Faced by Nixon Amid Economic Strain
Congress approved twelve billion dollars for public works and other funds but Nixon froze the release. The plan included full funding for housing education health care and pollution controls. A minimum wage rise to at least two dollars an hour and lower interest rates were proposed to spur growth. The executive council urged rejecting tax programs eroding revenue and moving the tax system away from ability to pay. Meany criticized administration rhetoric on improving conditions, saying workers cannot be sold on it.
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Congress
Nixon
Executive Council
Insurance Firm Faces Privacy Push Over Lie Tests
Ohio officials questioned Universal Underwriters Insurance Co for asking motorcycle owners who report stolen vehicles to take polygraph tests. Deputy director E. E. Eckert called the practice an invasion of privacy and questioned its legality. The Kansas City based firm has used the policy for about a year.
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Columbus, Ohio
Ohio Department of Insurance
Mondey
E. E. Eckert
Universal Underwriters Insurance Co
Kansas City
Thieu Adopts Wartime Antidrug Bill With Death Penalty
President Nguyen Van Thieu announced a stringent emergency antidrug law declaring narcotics dealing a wartime crime and imposing the death penalty on importers and distributors in organized rings.
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Saigon
Nguyen van Thieu
Support of Thais Defended by U S State Dept
Washington reports that U S support of Thais fighting in Laos is justified under violations by North Vietnam and alleged breaches of the 1962 Geneva Agreement.
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Washington
State Department
U.S
Laos
North Vietnam
Redistricting Formula Delayed in Ohio House
Rep. Robert Manning of Akron said no action on a new districting plan will occur before September as the Ohio House delays the redistricting effort until after the budget and tax measures. The Senate plans to act on tax-appropriations soon while Ohio must redraw district boundaries under 1970 census figures, surrendering one of its 24 U.S. House seats.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio House
Robert Manning
House of Representatives
Egyptian Diplomats Return for Consultations on Middle East
Cairo reports that Egypt has recalled its diplomats from Washington Moscow and the United Nations for important consultations on Middle East questions led by Foreign Minister Mahmoud Riad. U N Ambassador Hassan el Zayyat Moscow Ambassador Murad Ghaled and Ashraf Gharbal head Egypt’s interests section in Washington. Talks likely plan the opening of the U N General Assembly next month.
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Cairo
Egypt
Washington
Moscow
United Nations
Middle East
Mahmoud Riad
U.N
Hassan el Zayatt
Murad Ghaled
Ashraf Gharbal
U.N. General Assembly
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Gen Tel
Bunker Hill
Ind
U.S. 31
Barry Kleipinger
Dana M. Kleipinger
Mark Williams
Lower Falls
Brian Faulkner
Irish Republican Army
Irish Republic
Ardoyne
San Francisco
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Sports Television
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