Nixon Appeals For Labor Backing On Economic Plan
President Nixon addressed AFL-CIO delegates in Miami Beach asking organized labor to join in the push for prosperity in peacetime. He cited recent labor laws and praised Phase 1 wage price controls while noting disagreements on Phase 2 and promising mechanisms to resolve them.
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Miami Beach
Nixon
Afl-Cio
Organized Labor
Union Federation
George Meany
Meany
America
Labor Wins Retroactive Pay Battle Amid Wage Policy Fight
Senate Banking Committee voted 14 to 0 to override the Pay Board and grant retroactive raises unless Nixon rules them unreasonably inconsistent with Phase 2 guidelines. AFL-CIO leaders pressed against strict pay rules while Meany stayed on the Pay Board, predicting labor victory.
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Washington
Organized Labor
Senate Banking Committee
Nixon
House Banking Committee
Pay Board
United Mine Workers
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
George Meany
Afl-Cio
House
Senate
Wilbur D. Mills
Ways and Means Committee
Monday Vote Set On Income Tax Measure
Ohio lawmakers prepare for a possible Monday floor vote on a personal income tax bill. The Taft Flannery compromise aims to resolve a long Deadlock in the tax budget plan and outlines new money, rebates, and local aid.
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Columbus
Ohio
John J. Gilligan
House-Senate
Sen
William Taft
Cleveland
James J. Flannery
D-48
Department of Highway Employes
Highway Patrol
Taft-Flannery
Appalachia Coal Miners Await Pay Board Ruling
West Virginia coal miners cautious as Pay Board delays ruling on a new United Mine Workers contract. Strikes hold back about 40 000 workers across West Virginia western Pennsylvania Indiana and eastern Ohio amid mixed reactions to the pay and benefits package. Local leaders reject parts of the pact while Gov. Arch Moore Jr. and union reps press for a decision.
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Charleston
W. Va
Appalachia
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Ohio
United Mine Worker Union
Arch A. Moore Jr
UMW
Logan County
Richard Cooper
Ohio Penitentiary guard force returns to normal after one day strike
Columbus AP reports two thirds of the 62 overnight guards worked and a full 6 am shift began as settlement ends a one day sick call. John Kelly of the Division of Corrections says no tricks were used to settle the dispute. Washington DC final report on the Marshall University jetliner crash is delayed indefinitely due to NTSB staffing cuts and heavy workload.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Penitentiary
Harold J. Cardwell
John Kelly
Division of Corrections
Washington
Marshall University
National Transportation Safety Board
NTSB
Sal
Marshall
Edward Slattery
Nixon Nominee Earl Butz Faces Senate Vote Count
Democratic opponents in the Senate tally about 25 solid votes against confirming Earl L. Butz Purdue dean and ex assistant agriculture secretary. They estimate five or six more leaning against confirmation after a meeting chaired by Sen. Harold Hughes Iowa.
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Nixon
Senate
Harold Hughes
Iowa
Earl L. Butz
Purdue University
Dwight D. Eisenhower
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