Phase 1 ends tonight as Nixon unveils flexible prices plan
Washington AP reports the wage and price freeze ends tonight with flexible guidelines aimed to halve inflation. The Pay Board and Price Commission publish rules allowing certain exemptions and auto and defense pay impacts while urging curb on price increases.
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Washington
Nixon
Federal Register
Cost of Living Council
United Auto Workers
Ford
Chrysler
American Motors
Pay Board
Price Commission
Air Canada hijack ends when crewman knocks out gunman
In Calgary a 62 hour hijack ended as an Air Canada crewman struck the armed hijacker with a fire ax as he strapped a parachute to bail out at 3000 feet. The six crew and 118 passengers were unharmed after the gunman demanded 1.5 million dollars and a flight to Ireland.
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Air Canada
Ireland
Great Falls
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Toronto
Irish Republican Army
al Solosky
Solosky
Ottawa
Wettersten Resigns to Lead Kansas Forestry Commission
Richard Wettersten age 40, longtime Minnesota Natural Resources official, resigns as director of Minnesota Game and Fish Division to become director of the Kansas Forestry Fish and Game Commission. He served as Game and Fish director from 1967 until this year when he became assistant director.
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Richard Wettersten
Minnesota Natural Resources Dept
Kansas Forestry, Fish and Game Commission
Wettersten
Game and Fish Division
Nixon predicts progress in SALT talks with Soviet Union
U S negotiators led by Ambassador Gerard C. Smith fly to Vienna for SALT discussions after President Nixon forecast progress toward a strategic arms limitation pact with the Soviet Union. He cautioned a year-end agreement is unlikely but pledged significant advances. Negotiations began two years ago with Helsinki as the prior venue.
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Washington
USS
Vienna
Nixon
U.S
Gerard C. Smith
Helsinki
United States
Cambodia
Wage Board
Price Commission
Strikes Loom as Greyhound Faces Nationwide Walkout
In Minnesota union sources warn some 300 Greyhound Lines workers could be fired if the Sunday strike proceeds. Bargaining continues in attempts to avert a broader walkout of 10,000 Greyhound employees across eastern states.
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ST Paul, Minn
Greyhound Lines, Inc
Minnesota
Greyhound Bus Lines
Rocky Mountains
Egypt seeks UN debate on Middle East crisis by Dec 1
Cairo newspaper says Egypt formally requests a U.N. General Assembly debate on the Middle East and demands either a clear Israeli withdrawal from occupied Arab lands or punitive measures. Separately, Cambodian troops abandon Kumlong after a 19 day siege by North Vietnamese, with many wounded left behind.
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Egypt
U.N. General Assembly
Middle East
Cairo
Phnom Penh
Kumlong
Nixon orders faster Vietnam pullout with intensified bombing option
President Nixon announced a more-than-50 percent speedup in U.S. troop withdrawals from Vietnam, detailing 45,000 to leave in December and January to reduce U.S. presence to about 139,000. He warned that air strikes against infiltration routes through Laos would intensify if communist infiltration rises, while pledging continued aid to Cambodia and pace toward a negotiated settlement.
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Fred S. Hoffman
Washington
Nixon
U.S
Vietnam
Laos
South Vietnam
Southeast Asia
North Vietnam
Naeve Nursing School to Close in Albert Lea Plan Details
Edward J. Evans announces the phaseout of Naeve Hospital School of Nursing and the creation of a regional Associate Degree program at Austin State Junior College. The shift targets reducing the hospital’s financial deficit while moving nursing education to an accredited college setting. The board cites costs, Medicare reimbursement limits, and easier student recruitment for the AD path, taking effect over the coming years.
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Naeve Hospital School of Nursing
Albert Lea
Austin State Junior College
Edward J. Evans
Naeve Hospital
Naeve Hospital Board of Trustees
Owatonna
Austin
Naeve School of Nursing
Freeborn- Mower Health Services Corp
Evans
Two Democratic hopefuls to oppose Butz nomination
Two Democratic presidential hopefuls indicated they will oppose Earl L. Butz's nomination to succeed Clifford Hardin as agriculture secretary. Sen. Hubert Humphrey and Sen. George McGovern spoke of concerns about his past roles and current farm policies, with others also signaling objections.
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Butz
Washington
Purdue University
Earl L. Butz
Agri
Clifford Harin
Kota
Humphrey
Ezra Taft Benson
Benson
McGovern
Senate Defeats Push for Higher Personal Tax Cut
The Senate on the first day of floor debate approved an $800 personal income tax exemption for next year, replacing the administration’s $750 plan. The vote, 40 to 37, reflects a major Democratic shift toward larger individual tax relief, with 38 Democrats and two Republicans backing the measure. A family of four with $12 000 taxable income would save about $50 more under the $800 exemption.
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Washington
Senate
Nixon
Wallace F. Bennett
Rutah
House
Senate Finance Committee
Agreement in Mankato ends high school stoppage
In Mankato Minnesota, a preliminary agreement was reached on steps to end the work stoppage that halted construction of the new Mankato high school. The accord was announced Friday between involved parties and aims to resume the project.
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Mankato, Minn
Mankato High School
Wisconsin prison riot quelled after 90 minutes
At the Wisconsin State Reformatory in Green Bay about 350 extra officers helped quell a 90 minute riot Friday night. Eleven injured including ten prison employees, minor injuries. Disturbance began with inmates throwing chairs from the cafeteria area after rumors of beatings spread. fires set as tear gas and shotgun blasts warned dispersal.
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Wisconsin State Reformatory
Green Bay, Wis
Green Bay
Wis
Don Quatsoe
Roland McCauley
Administrator of
Corrections
Quatsoe
Milwaukee Sentinel
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Buddy” Martin
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