5.5 percent wage ceiling set by Nixon Pay Board
The Pay Board imposed a 5.5 percent general ceiling on annual wage increases for U.S. workers, rejecting retroactive pay boosts while approving deferred increases under existing contracts. AFL-CIO leaders threaten court or congressional relief. industry and public members differ on guidelines. The panel aims to finalize regulations before the 90 day wage price freeze ends, with potential above standard settlements kept open.
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George Meany
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George Boldt
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Price Commission
Federal Register
Ohio House to vote on 1.5 percent sales tax hike
The Ohio House planned a noon vote on a 1.5 percent sales tax increase to fund an estimated $8 billion two year budget. The measure was scheduled after a joint House Senate conference committee endorsed the bill by 4 to 2 and House Speaker Charles Kurfess called for action.
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Columbus
Ohio
House Senate
House
Charles Kurfess
Vote On 1.5 Percent Sales Tax Boost Moves Forward
The Republican majority in the Ohio House and Senate debate a 1.5 percent sales tax to fund state finances. Speaker Kurfess weighs undecided votes as caucuses plan actions. Gov. Gilligan's budget proposal is echoed in a scaled tax plan. The bill’s reach would add six new areas to the tax base and extend into next Monday if enacted.
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Levitt
Senate
Defense opens for Col Henderson as perjury charge dismissed
At Fort Meade Maryland Col Oran Henderson lawyers begin his defense in a My Lai coverup trial after the judge dropped the most damaging perjury charge. The government failed to prove he lied to a Pentagon panel investigating the 1968 massacre. In Washington, the House votes on a foreign aid resolution likely to fail in the Senate as debate starts on a far smaller program.
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Oran K. Henderson
My Lai
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Pentagon
U. S
Washington
House
Senate
Ohio Governor urges urban centered state park planning
Gov John Gilligan told the Ohio Parks and Recreation Association that future parks should be located where people live. He noted 70 percent of Ohioans are urban residents with many families earning under 7500 a year and urged more planning and funding to develop urban park land while praising existing facilities.
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Columbus
Ohio
John Gilligan
Ohio Parks and Recreation Association
Gilligan
Take-Home Pay Could Drop Despite 72 Tax Reduction
The Senate Finance Committee approved a 16 billion dollar tax reduction bill that could lower take-home pay for millions in January. A new withholding plan aims to curb under withholding for high earners and multiple-job households, with effects starting in 1972. President Nixon would gain a victory as the measure moves forward.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Treasury Department
Senate Committee
Finance
Nixon
Prayer's Advocates Defeated In House Vote
Washington AP The bid to amend the Constitution to authorize school prayers failed in the House 240 to 162, missing the two-thirds needed for passage. Supporters blamed absenteeism and organized opposition. leaders vowed to push the issue again in 1972 elections.
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Supreme Court
House
Senate
John Buchanan
R-Ala
Chalmers P. Wylie
Rohio
Judiciary Committee
Senate OKs consumer package expanding FTC powers
The Senate approved a large consumer protection package 76 to 2 to strengthen the FTC and empower it to issue industry regulations, pursue class actions, seek injunctions, and intervene in local consumer disputes. Amendments to strip FTC powers failed 57 to 24 and 49 to 30 as critics debated potential overreach. Only Hruska and Ervin dissented.
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