State workers eye 25 cent pay hike amid budget stalemate
A Senate House committee in Columbus weighs a 25 cent per hour raise for most state employees earning under 12 000 annually as part of supplemental appropriations. The plan faces a deadlock over repealing the 5 percent intangibles tax with talks tied to an 80.5 million surplus and 43.5 million lottery profits.
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Columbus
Ohio
Senate
House Committee
Max H. Dennis
Wilmington
John J. Gilligan
House
GOP
Dennis
G. Riffe Jr
New Boston
Riffe
Statewide Ohio prison strike spreads as pay demands grow
Ohio prison guards and other state workers push for a 31 cent hourly rise as the walkout expands to seven penal centers and five mental hospitals. More than 2,000 employees participate, with liquor store workers in northeast Ohio voting to join.
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Ohio National Guard
Southern Ohio
Lucasville
Prison
Columbus
Ohio
Robert Horvath
Teamsters Union
Ohio Civil
American Federation of State
David Johnson
Cleveland
Federation
Sagamore Hills Children Psychiatric Hospital
Fairview Mental Health Center
Bud Hullinger
Lima State Hospital
George Donaphin
Federation Executive Board
Hawthornden State Hospital
Hawthornden
Hostages Escape as Prisoners Hold Court Block Siege
Two armed convicts rejected government offers and pressed their siege in the U.S. District Court cellblock as seven hostages escaped about 24 hours earlier after a 68 hour captivity. Negotiations continued through the night amid smuggled elevator access and shifting demands.
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Washington
U.S. District Court
Justice Department
Mark Sheehan
Frank Gorham Jr
Gorham
Robert
Sheehan
Capitol Hill
Almeda Washington
Sev
Eral
Jones
Otis Wilkerson
Strike Waves Hit Nation as Baltimore Walkout Near End
Across the nation strikes pressed, with a tentative Baltimore city worker settlement after months away from July 1. A union spokesman said negotiators would urge approval by 3,000 striking municipal employees, while police talks remained unsettled over reprisals as National Airlines mechanics and copper industry workers also walked out.
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National Airlines
Baltimore
Barry Able
Colson Set To Testify In House Impeachment Inquiry
Charles W. Colson, once a close Nixon adviser, is next to testify before the House Judiciary Committee as part of the Impeachment Inquiry. He pled guilty June 3 and faces questions about his role in dairy industry contributions to Nixon's 1972 campaign and the Watergate cover-up.
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Washington
Charles W. Colson
Nixon
House Judiciary Committee
Colson
White House
Daniel Elisberg
Pentagon
Herbert W. Kalmbach
Lowell P. Weicker Jr
R-Conn
Senate
Supreme Court
Weicker
Senate Watergate Committee
CBS
California
Ed Reinecke
Senate Judiciary Committee
San Diego
Democratic
Judiciary Committee
John W. Dean III
Cyprus Coup Shakes Makarios Regime In Cyprus
Greek National Guard officers seized control of Cyprus topp ling President Makarios. Radio Cyprus named Nicholas Sampson president designate as reports vary on Makarios fate. British and Turkish officials monitor fighting in Nicosia and Limassol while UN forces intervene.
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Cyprus
Makarios
Radio Cyprus
Nicholas Sampson
Sampson
Machi
Radio
Ankara
United Nations
Greece
Greeck
Turkey
Bulent Ecevit
Agean
Ecevit
National Guard
Eoka-B
Enosis
Olver
Nicosia
Limassol
Mediterranean
National Salvation
FBI reports 15 percent rise in crime in early 1974
The FBI Uniform Crime Reports show a 15 percent overall increase across seven major crime categories in the first quarter of the year, led by a 19 percent jump in larceny and 15 percent in burglary. Murder and assault rose 7 percent, auto theft 5 percent, and robbery 1 percent.
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Washington
United States
FBI
Japanese Plane Hijacked by Knife Wielding Man
A young man armed with a knife seized a domestic Japan Airlines flight from Osaka to Tokyo demanding the removal of a leftist dissident and a ride to North Korea. The DC8 carried 75 passengers and eight crew. the plane landed safely in Tokyo.
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Tokyo
Japan Airlines
North Korea
Osaka
Japan
Nixon Brezhnev Pact Aims to Keep Nuclear Sub Levels
Sen. Henry Jackson says President Nixon agreed with Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev to maintain the U S submarine fleet at 41 vessels. Jackson, chair of the Senate Arms Control Subcommittee, cites a letter Nixon sent to Brezhnev as containing the pact.
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Washington
Nixon
Leonid Brezhnev
U. S
Henry Jackson
D-Wash
Jackson
Senate
Subcommittee On
Brezhnev
Nixon says no rift with Kissinger amid wiretap questions
President Nixon remains on good terms with Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. Press Secretary Ziegler said there is no rift and Kissinger will travel to the area for meetings with Nixon this week regarding ongoing concerns about the 1969-71 wiretapping of officials and newsmen.
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San Clemente
Calif
Nixon
Henry A. Kissinger
Ronald L. Ziegler
Nixon -Kissinger
Weather Update Forecast for Tonight and Tuesday
Weather clearing and cooler tonight with lows in the low to mid 60s. Sunny Tuesday with highs in the low to mid 80s. Details on Page 2.
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