Jobless rate dips amid larger job losses in June
Washington AP reports the unemployment rate fell to 5.6 percent in June while about 1.1 million more workers lost jobs. The Bureau of Labor Statistics cited a data quirk from students still in school, noting May’s 6.2 percent rate and a goal to reach 4.5 percent by mid-1972.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Nixon
Labor Department
Robert S. McNamara
United States
South
da ‘Nang
Hue
Nguyen Cao Ky
U.S
Steel plants to shut for a longer shutdown next week
Republic Steel Corp says Canton Massillon and Buffalo plants will close all of next week due to a severe steel market slump. Shutdowns extend beyond the usual July 4th period and operations may resume July 11 at reduced levels.
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Cleveland, Ohio
P— Republic Steel Corp
Canton and
Massillon
Buffalo, N.Y
Longshoremen Begin Coastwide Strike Across West Coast
Longshoremen halted civilian cargo movement from Seattle to San Diego in a coastwide walkout the first in 23 years. Pacific Maritime Association official James Robertson said no change and no talks resumed after negotiations that began last November.
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San Francisco
Seattle
San Diego
James Robertson
Pacific Mariitime Association
West Coast
Draft Processing To Continue As Congress Debates Extension
Washington has Curtis W. Tarr ordering all state draft boards to continue processing except inductions until a new draft law is enacted. A House Senate conference panel paused work until July 7 over a compromise two year extension tied to a Vietnam pullout condition and POW release.
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Washington
P— Selective Service
Curtis W. Tarr
Congress
Tarr
House- Senate
Senate
U.S
Vietnam
Classified Page Fragments Prompt Misc Paging
Readable scraps from a newspaper classified section hint at comics entertainment and sports listings with sparse detail. The fragmentary text mentions CINATICS and television related items alongside women and civic notices in compact layout.
Johnson rejects early 1964 move against North Vietnam
Pentagon Papers reveal four months after taking office President Johnson turned down proposals for action against North Vietnam as premature. He ordered building a strong base in the South for later possible action while pursuing military pressure and pacification.
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Washington
Lyndon B. Johnson
North Vietnam
Pentagon
South Vietnam
Mike Gravel
Alaska
Johnson
Saigon
Henry Cabot Lodge
North
McGeorge Bundy
Walt W. Rostow
South
Bundy
Lodge
Maxwell Taylor
Albert Praises Nixon Peace Efforts Amid White House Briefings
House Speaker Carl Albert says progress toward ending the Vietnam War is underway based on confidential information from President Nixon. He urges more public disclosure and notes Hanoi and Paris indicate movement while avoiding commitments on withdrawal dates.
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House
Carl Albert
Nixon
Dent
Albert
Hanoi
Paris
U.S
North Vietnam
White House
Peace makers seek better way out of Pentagon papers dispute
In Washington AP reports Congress weighs a contempt finding against CBS and president Frank Stanton over raw materials for a Pentagon Papers documentary. The Commerce Committee recommends holding CBS in contempt, but the full panel splits 25 to 13 toward punishment for not supplying source footage.
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Washington
Pentagon
Congressional
Pentagon Papers
Fight
the House
Commerce Committee
Columbia Broadcasting System
Frank Stanton
Stanton
New York
House
CBS
Staggers
Criti
Staggers seeks contempt threat over CBS confrontation
Chairman Harley C. Staggers announced action at a closed session amid efforts to halt a CBS showdown. Supporters seek to avoid floor debate and potential rejection, while Staggers argues for access to taped material and defends press freedoms from being cited as contempt.
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Harley C. Staggers
D-W.va
House approves 3.5 billion for medical training program
The House passed a 3.5 billion package for medical training, with a 343 to 3 vote on a 2.8 billion health manpower bill and 323 to 0 on a 710 million nurse education measure. The plan aims to shorten medical curricula, create more schools, boost family doctors, and place doctors in shortage areas by 1978.
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Washington
House
Senate
Paul G. Rogers
D-Fla
Public Health Subcommittee
Rogers
Tobacco firms must include health warning in ads
FTC orders U S tobacco companies to reach a legally binding consent agreement within six months. The warning "Warning The Surgeon General has determined that cigarette smoking is dangerous to your health" must appear clearly in advertisements. Negotiations may refine display standards such as type size while avoiding seductive ad tones.
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Washington
U.S
The
Federal Trade Commis
Ing
Gerald Thain
Food and Drug Advertising
FTC
Bureau of Consumer Protection
Kurfess Urges GOP to Address Ohio Tax Problems
Ohio House Speaker Charles Kurfess tells Republicans to focus on the state tax issue as the 1971 zero-based budget fight continues. Democrats offer a graduated income tax plan tied to restoring funds to Medicaid and Aid to Dependent Children, while a 20-man GOP faction led by Rep. Netzley resists proposals above one percent.
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Kurfess
Gop
Ohio
Columbus
Charles Kurfess
House
A. G. Lancione
Bellaire
Lancione
Robert Netzley
J.aura
Netzley
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James A. Michener
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Fraternal Order of Police
Richard J. Faragher
FOP
Biberman
Herbert J. Biberman
Hollywood
Cess
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LBJ
Taylor
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Africa
Latin America
Laos
John McNaughton
Defense
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Ho Chi Minh
Lewis W. Walt
State Department
William J. Porter
Drew Ky
Nguyen van Thieu
Daniel Ellsberg
Cambridge
Mass
Mike Mansfield
Mansfield
Ment
D-Okla
Leonard Broderick
Australia
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