Auto Workers Begin Crucial Contract Talks
Wes DETROIT AP contract talks between the United Auto Workers and General Motors start two months before the current pact ends with billions at stake. If an agreement is not reached by September 14, a strike could close plants, echoing the 1970 walkout that cost billions and disrupted work and prices nationwide. Ford and Chrysler face similar rounds of negotiations with overtime, dental, and full pension gains eyed by UAW leaders while companies warn against mandatory overtime and key-worker refusals.
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General Motors
Ford
Chrysler
American Auto
Malcolm N. Denise
UAW
Kalmbach to Face Watergate Committee in Washington
Herbert W. Kalmbach former personal lawyer and top fundraiser for the President appears before the Senate Watergate committee as a five day hearing opens. He is linked to raising more than 16 million for Nixon campaigns and to financing the Watergate seven. John W. Dean III testified the money aimed to preserve their silence.
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Herbert W. Kalmbach
Senate Watergate Committee
White House
Richard A. Moore
Moore
Nixon
John W. Dean III
Kalmbach
California
San Clemente
Watergate
Dean
Dr. Tkach
Tkach
Donald Segretti
Watergate Committee
Sam J. Ervin Jr
D-N.c
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Daniel K. Inouye
D-Hawaii
Lowell P. Weicker
R-Conn
Time Magazine
Senate
la Casa Pacifica
Time
Public Institute
Nixon Improves After Night At Bethesda Center
President Nixon, in his fourth day at Bethesda Naval Medical Center for viral pneumonia, shows considerable improvement. Doctors report reduced chest congestion and minimal pain as he slept soundly Sunday night and continues slow steady progress from Thursday hospitalization.
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Nixon
Bethesda Naval Medical Center
Maryland
Tkach
Lottery Hearing Opens On State Lottery Commission Bill
The Senate Ways and Means Committee starts hearings on a House bill to create a five member commission authorized to set up a state lottery without further legislative action. The proposal aims to streamline lottery establishment and oversight in Ohio.
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Columbus
Ohio
Senate
Ways and Means
House
Mottl
Skylab 2 countdown under way for July launch
Capri Kennedy Florida AP reports the countdown for Skylab 2 begins with liftoff set for 7 08 a m July 28 from Cape Kennedy. Astronauts Alan Bean Owen Garriott and Jack Lousma will ride a Saturn 1B to join the 85 ton orbiting lab for a 56 day mission involving earth resources and astronomy.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
America
Alan L. Bean
Owen K. Garriott
Jack R. Lousma
Phone Strike Begins in Ohio Amidst Ongoing Talks
The Communications Workers of America began a strike against General Telephone Co. in Ohio affecting 2,800 workers across 70 counties after a July 6 contract expiry. Negotiations continued Sunday to avert wider actions as workers in Athens Logan and Pomeroy join the picket lines. Company warns new phone delays possible though general service should remain. long distance calls urged to be directed as talks focus on wages and union security with other Ohio providers serving the Messenger area.
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Communications Workers of America Local 4375
General Telephone Co
Elliott Street
Athens
Messenger
Bry den Dry
Ohio
General Telephone
Marion, Ohio
Communications Workers of America
Weather outlook shows cool night and warm Tuesday
Clear and cool tonight with lows 55 to 60. Sunny and pleasant Tuesday with highs in the low 80s. Details, Page 2.
Two Newark Men Die in Ohio Plane Crash Identified
Officials identify Thomas Jones the pilot and Earl Lewis a passenger as the two Newark men killed when a plane crashed near Zanesville. Authorities continue the investigation into the crash cause.
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Zanesville, Ohio
Newark
Ohio Highway Patrol
Thomas Jones
Earl Lewis
Railroads seek court approval to join Penn Central reorganization
Fourteen railroads, controlled by Penn Central, seek permission from a federal judge to join the carrier's restructuring. Penn Central warns it faces shutdown on October 1 without federal backing.
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Philadelphia
Penn Central
America
Welfare Dept Revamps Ohio Public Welfare Bureau
Columbus AP Charles W Bates announced a reorganization of the Ohio Department of Public Welfare. The changes aim to speed federal and state policy adoption and streamline county level claims processing by creating three new key positions.
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Welfare Dept
Columbus, Ohio
Charles W. Bates
Ohio Department of Public Welfare
Bates
Canadians freed after 17 days in Viet Cong captivity
Captains Jan Patten of Toronto and Fletcher Thomson of Ottawa said they were marched through jungle bound hand and neck and briefly deprived of sleep during captivity. They and two Vietnamese ICCS members were released in Xuan Loc, 45 miles east of Saigon, after June 28 arrest and described generally humane treatment with periods of harassment and interrogation.
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Toronto
Fletcher Thomson
Ottawa
Saigon
Michael Gauvin
International Commission of Control and Supervision
Jan Patten
Xuan Loc
Patten
Thomson
ICCS
Xuan Loc Patten
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