Jobless rate slips to 5.8 percent for second month
The Labor Department reports unemployment at 5.8 percent for October, a 0.2 point drop from September. Employed persons reach 79.8 million while jobseekers fall to 4.6 million, with declines across adult men and teenagers and mixed changes by race and occupation. Vietnam veterans aged 20 to 29 show improved job prospects with unemployment under 300,000 for the first time in a year.
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Brooks Jackson
Associated Press
Washington
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
BLS
House approves desegregation bill with busing limits
The House, voting 332 to 38, backed a Nixon desegregation bill with added anti-busing amendments. The measure, part of a larger higher education package, seeks to ease desegregation while restricting busing, amid Senate differences and civil rights criticism.
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Washington
House
Nixon
Senate
Amchitka Nuclear Test Action Heads to Supreme Court
Environmental groups urged President Nixon to halt the Amchitka Island test as Chief Justice Warren Burger eyed an early ruling on their request to delay the five megaton blast set for 5 p.m. EST Saturday. The appeal argues nationwide environmental law questions and seeks a full court review.
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Supreme Court
Warren E. Burger
Nixon
Amchitka Island
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Warren E. Burr
Atomic Energy Commission
Alaskan
High Court
Hiroshima
White House
Committee For Nuclear Responsibility
Court of Appeals
Duluth Steel Plant to Lay Off 1200 Workers
U S Steel in Duluth plans to lay off about 1,200 workers by end of next week according to sources cited by the Duluth Herald in today’s editions. In Vietnam, a Mekong Delta ambush left about a quarter of a militia company incapacitated with heavy Viet Cong action near Ca Mau peninsula.
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Duluth, Minn
U.S
Duluth
Duluth Herald
Saigon
Mekong Delta
Ca Mau
Not Adequate: Connally Slams 2.3 Billion Aid Bill
Treasury Secretary John B. Connally said the new 2.3 billion foreign aid bill is not adequate. He criticized proposed cuts in Southeast Asia military assistance as harmful to independence and security in the region. In Washington, the House Black Caucus announced plans to visit 10 military bases next week to hold hearings on racism in the military with three days of follow up hearings in Washington.
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Supreme Court
House
Augustus F. Hawkins
D-Calif
Jakarta
Treasury
John B. Connally
Connally
Southeast Asia
Washington
House Black Caucus
Labor dispute halts work at elderly housing complex
Negotiations over work at the 205 unit elderly high rise under construction at 1st St and Ist Ave NE have been set for Monday. A dozen workers walked out Wednesday and there has been no one on site Thursday or today. The dispute involves Southern Minnesota Concrete Co the low bidder on a sub contract and Orville Madsen and Son Co. Minneapolis general contractor with the National Labor Relations Board meeting Monday.
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Southern Minnesota Concrete Co
Orville Madsen and Son Co
Minneapolis General
National Labor Relations Board
Nobel Prize winner says man will have to change
Nobel laureate Dennis Gabor warns that humanity must alter its motivations to align with scientific progress. He cites overpopulation pollution and restlessness as modern risks and urges scientists and educators to promote excellence and a higher quality of life within democratic society.
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Stamford, Conn
Dennis Gabor
Gabor
Hungary
Europe
Hitler
New Richmond worker fatally stabbed at turkey plant
Rueben Erickson, 6, of Faribault was fatally injured at a New Richmond food plant when he accidentally stabbed himself with a knife while cutting turkey necks. He died from a wound to the left thigh, officials said.
Cancer measure wins early test in House votes
The House Commerce Committee backed a 1.6 billion cancer bill 26 to 2, favoring Rep. Rogers stance as the Senate version faces opposition. The American Cancer Society prefers the Senate bill, while advocates push speedy House action and warn of NIH impact if NCI is moved from NIH.
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American Cancer Society
House Commerce Committee
Public Health
Paul G. Rogers
D-Fla
Senate
Nixon Administrtion
Brock Adams
D-Wash
House
Rogers
National Cancer Institute
National Institutes of Health
Synod rejects four parts of social justice draft
Vatican City AP The World Synod of Bishops votes to reject four of five sections in a social justice draft. Only the conclusion urging imitation of Christ gained a majority from 132 of 209 bishops on the last day of debate amid priesthood and justice tensions.
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Vatican City
World Synod of Bishops
Red China to Send Delegation to United Nations
The delegation from Red China informed the United Nations that its full group will reach New York next Wednesday or Thursday. An advance party of six led by secretary Kao Liang will arrive Monday.
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United Nations
N.Y
Red China
General Assembly
New York
Kao Liang
Obscenity case upheld against Carlson in Minnesota
Minnesota Supreme Court in a 4 to 3 decision upheld the obscenity conviction of bookstore owner Robert Carlson and clerk S Peter Getman for possessing 33 obscenity films from the Duluth shop in 1969. Dissent argued trial due process was violated by unargued pandering basis.
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Gerry Nelson
ST. Paul, Minn
Minnesota Supreme Court
Robert Carlson
High Court
Carlson
Duluth
S. Peter Getman
Getman
Minnesota
St. Paul
Rochester
Martin Nelson
U.S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Otis
Rogosheske
Pharmacy Board to Probe Possible Drug Ad Violations
The State Board of Pharmacy sets a 9 a.m. Wednesday meeting to discuss possible violations of drug advertising regulations, according to an official.
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Pharmacy Board
ST. Paul, Minn
State Board of Pharmacy
Swift will not sell contaminated turkeys despite possible plan
Swift & Co. says 50 000 turkeys found with PCB levels will be destroyed or used as animal feed. The company voluntarily withheld them in August after confirmation of contamination, after alerting the Agriculture Department which had discussed possible decontamination and sale in frozen dinners or similar products.
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Washington
Swift & Co
Agriculture Department
Swift
Minnesota
Charles K. Olcott
Swift Dairy and Poultry Co
Ping-pong diplomacy aids firm pricing strategy
Leader Mao Tse-tung referenced as context for a firm adopting a Ping-pong diplomacy frame. The company used the historic approach to justify its pricing, linking market engagement to diplomatic openings and broader strategic aims.
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Mao Tse-tung
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