Union vote on new Austin Utilities contract offer
The UAW Local 867 bargaining committee recommends acceptance of the latest utilities board offer after a three hour session at the Municipal Building. Retroactive to March 1, 1969, the contract yields a 6% across the board raise, a choice of 2¢/hour more pay or enhanced insurance, a 43¢/hour Sunday premium, and revised vacation: three weeks after eight years, four after 17, five after 23. Donald Yolton of LaCrescent, Minnesota, says the two cent option will fund insurance.
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Austin Utilities
Utilities Board
Donald Yolton
LaCrescent, Minn
Yolton
Proxmire condemns Navy over McGee reprimand case
Sen William Proxmire charged the Navy with grudgingly withdrawing a reprimand while denying a commendation to civilian fuel inspector John McGee. He said McGee exposed vast corruption in Thai fuel operations and criticized Navy leadership for blocking his duties and disguising faults as minor mistakes. The GAO probe supported McGee’s claims.
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Navy
U.S
Thailand
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Senate
John McGee
Proxmire
John H. Chaffee
McGee
Wisconsin Democrats
General Accounting Office
Fortas denies rumor he will quit the Court
Justice Abe Fortas denied reports that he plans to resign from the Supreme Court next month. He told reporters his office had no consideration or intention to leave, stating clearly that he has given it no thought.
Minneapolis talks drift past strikes amid contractor union talks
Contractors and building trades union negotiators pressed ongoing contract talks as a general expectation of strikes remained off until Monday. Contracts covering about 30,000 Minneapolis area construction workers expired at midnight Wednesday.
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Minneapolis
Building Trades Union
Fair Bus Bill Advances in Minnesota House
The House Appropriations Committee approved the Fair Bus Bill requiring Minnesota school districts receiving state transportation aids to provide bus rides to private and parochial students. The measure, likely to face a court test over church-state issues, would take effect July 1 with full implementation Aug. 15, 1970, at an estimated annual state cost of about $1 million. A companion Senate bill is in subcommittee.
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Minneapolis
Upper Lakes Regional Commission
Senate Finance Committee
House Education Committee
Senate Education Committee
Appropriations
Contempt Warrants Issued Over Des Moines Fire Strike
Judge Dale Missildine set contempt warrants for more than 300 Des Moines firefighters who defied an injunction by striking for higher wages. Warrants to be issued in batches of 20, first targeting union leaders, with 15 percent pay hike sought by the union and 5 percent offered by the city.
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Des Moines, Iowa
Dale Missildine
District Court
National Guard
234Th Signal Battalion
Harry Jeffries
Jeffries
Five Americans die on Dhaulagiri expedition in Nepal
Five of ten Americans who attempted Mount Dhaulagiri along with four Sherpa guides and 94 porters perished on the ice covered southeast side of the 26,810 foot peak. Two native guides also died. The State Department confirmed the losses and the American Alpine Club sponsor noted the tragedy. Boyd Everett Jr. of New York and Vin Hoeman of Anchorage were among the victims.
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Josh Mills
New York
Nepal
Mt. Dhaulagiri
State Department
American Alpine Club
Dhaulagiri
White Peak
Gaston Rebuffaut
Boyd N. Everett Jr
North America
Everett
Vin Hoeman
Anchorage
Alaska
New Delhi
Himalayas
Mt. Everest
Agnew urges GOP support for Safeguard defense plan
Vice President Agnew urged Republican governors to back Nixon’s Safeguard missile defense, calling it the minimum feasible action to secure the nation. A survey showed strong GOP backing from governors like Reagan and Love, with others cautious or silent on deployment.
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Lexington
Spiro T. Agnew
Nixon
Agnew
May Day protests mute across Europe in 1968 upheaval
European May Day shifts to restraint as Soviet bloc shows restraint in Moscow and Prague braces for unrest. West sees strikes in Britain and demonstrations in Spain and Greece while Portugal tightens security after consulate bombings. Police report minor skirmishes in Madrid and Barcelona with no major trouble.
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East Germany
Prague
General Confederation of Labor
French National Students Union
U.S
Oporto
Lisbon
Interior Ministry
Paris
Lisbon University
Spain
Madrid
Barcelona
Salonika
Greece
Westerly toll at Vietnam war drops to four-month low
The U S Command reports last week saw 163 American and 237 South Vietnamese deaths with 3 662 enemy dead. Officials attribute the lower American toll to reduced Viet Cong offensives while heavy enemy casualties persist in border areas. Military maps show North Vietnamese forces again concentrating near Cambodia and Laos.
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Vietnam
U.S
3Rd Corps
Minnesota House approves veto-free highway route bill
The Minnesota House passed a bill removing local veto power over highway routes and placing final say with a three member panel. Amendments alter the panel to include one member named by the governor, one by municipal governments, and a third chosen by the other two, with alternates. The panel would choose between routes proposed by the Highway Department and local communities, aiming to resolve deadlocks and ensure safe highway construction.
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ST. Paul
Minnesota House
House
Senate
Highway Department
Vikings Brown a free agent headlined by debate over contract
St Paul Minnesota AP Bill Brown longtime Vikings fullback officially became a free agent and can sign with any NFL team. Minnesota hopes to retain the 30 year old ex Illinois star. Brown did not sign last fall and took a 10 percent pay cut after talks with Vikings GM Jim Finks. Reports say he sought a three year deal in the 75 000 to 85 000 per year range.
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ST. Paul
Minneapolis
Bill Brown
Minnesota Vikings
Vikings
Minnesota
Illinois
Brown
Jim Finks
Thomson buys another daily in Monessen Valley Independent
Thomson Newspapers has purchased the Monessen Valley Independent for an undisclosed price and will take control of the 17,000 circulation daily on Thursday. Thomson owns more than 160 newspapers including the London Times.
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Monessen, Pa
Thomson Newspapers
Monessen Valley Independent
Thomson
London Times
Cairo curfew held as National Guard patrols deter violence
In Cairo Illinois heavy police and National Guard patrols plus an all-night curfew kept the city quiet for a second night after three nights of firebombings and shootings. A Civil War era tuberculosis sanitarium building and a nearby structure were destroyed and six more were damaged. The Illinois House committee investigating the unrest meets in Springfield to pursue answers to the conflict.
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Cairo
Ill
National Guard
Illinois House Committee
Springfield
Ex-soldier Chichester-Clark chosen Northern Ireland leader
Maj James Chichester-Clark a 46 year old former soldier wins the Unionist caucus vote 17-16 to become Northern Ireland prime minister succeeding Terence O Neill. He vows universal suffrage in local elections and delays municipal elections from 1970 to 1971, moving to ease Catholic Protestant tensions.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
James Chichester- Clark
Unionist
Chichester- Clark
Terence O'Neill
Chichester-Clark
O'Neill
Brian Faulkner
Natalie Wood to wed Richard Gregson in Los Angeles
Actress Natalie Wood and English producer Richard Gregson plan to marry on May 30 in Los Angeles, announced by a spokesman. Wood, 30, was divorced from Robert Wagner in 1962, and Gregson had divorced his first wife in 1967.
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Natalie Wood
Richard Gregson
London
Los Angeles
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