Steel layoffs may push Duluth jobless rate to 9 percent
The U S Steel plant layoffs in Duluth could lift the city’s unemployment to about 9 percent by January as 1 2000 workers are cut from the daily plant roster. Estimated 600 to 800 remain at work with ~700 already filing for unemployment benefits. Litton Avionics losses also trimmed local jobs and the region braces for continued economic pressures.
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John Lundquist
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U.S. Steel
Glenn Gronseth
Department of Manpower Services
DMS
Gronseth
United Steel
Cloquet
Grand Marais
Wisconsin
Litton Industries
Vietnamese Troops Mass Across Cambodia Face North Vietnamese Bases
Thousands of South Vietnamese troops and armor prepare to attack bases along Highways 1 and 7 in eastern Cambodia to ease pressure on Phnom Penh. Cambodian officials report losses on both sides as 101st Airborne begins phased withdrawal ahead of Christmas.
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Cambodia
Saigon
Mekong Delta
South Vietnam
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Krek
Am Reng
High Command
U.S
101St Airborne Division
Vietnam
Nixon
101St
United States
Senate set to vote on campaign financing tied to tax bill
Senate leaders agreed on Monday to proceed with a vote on adding a controversial presidential campaign-financing plan to the 27 billion dollar tax-cut bill. GOP leader Hugh Scott urged the move after a rancorous session as Democrats argued they held enough votes to attach the funding program, which could provide up to 20.4 million dollars per major party nominee next year.
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Joe Hall Washington
Senate
Hugh Scott
Mike Mansfield
Deocrats
Nixon
GOP
Dixie voice saved for league vocal contest
The taped mouth gag rule kept Dixie from singing to save her voice for the Interscholastic League vocal competition starting Saturday. Meanwhile Carter High defeated White in the city championship 24 to 14.
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Dix
Carter High
Dixie Houser
W. T. White High School
Dallas
Firefighters Contain Owatonna Blaze At S L Department Store
Fire crews from Owatonna and Faribault confined a downtown blaze to the top two floors of the S L Department Store building. The third and fourth floors housed apartments where all occupants escaped unharmed. the fire began on the fourth floor. No damage estimate yet. Basement water damage reported. Woolworths nearby may have smoke and water effects.
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Owatonna
Minn
Faribault
S & L Department
Woolworths
Pedestrian killed near St. Paul
The death of a pedestrian in suburban St. Paul raises Minnesota 1971 traffic toll to 895. James Logue 16 North St. Paul was struck along U.S. 12 near I-694. Driver Barbara Thorsten Lake Elmo identified. A separate single vehicle crash on Minn. 60 near Butterfield claimed William Petersen 23 St. James.
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St. Paul
Minnesota
Highway Patrol
James Logue
North St. Paul
U.S. 12
Barbara Thorsten
Lake Elmo
Minn
Butterfield
William Petersen
St. James
Petersen
Nixon clashed with AFL-CIO as wage controls loom
At the AFL-CIO convention in Miami Beach President Nixon pledged wage price controls despite labor opposition. Meany and leaders dismissed the move, signaling a 1972 campaign clash while Democrats, notably George McGovern and Henry Jackson, weighed labor support.
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Fla
Nixon
Organized Labor
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Peter T. Schoemann
White House
United States
George McGovern
South Dakota
Nivyan
Henry M. Jackson
Washington
Edward M. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Jackson
America
Meany
Pay hike for miners sparks end to coal strike
The Pay Board approved a 16.8 percent first year wage rise for striking UMWA miners, breaching Phase 2 guidelines and prompting calls to return to work. Officials cited welfare fund solvency and catch up pay while opponents warned of inflation amid a rising cost of living and modest wage growth.
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Michael Putzel
Federal Pay Board
Washington
UMWA
W.A
Tony"’ Boyle
Castro and Allende Hold Talks on Chile Cruise
President Salvador Allende and Prime Minister Fidel Castro met today during a private cruise through southern Chile’s fjords to discuss socialism in Latin America. Chilean socialists say Castro’s first trip abroad in seven years could shift his support for violent revolution as a means to Marxist regimes in the region.
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Chile
Salvador Allende
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Latin America
Castro
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The page compiles editorials and society notes from area outlets with brief sport and market briefs. It includes community updates, social notices, and farm page items paired with the comics and classifieds sections.
Pravda reports China in grave crisis
Pravda cites Peking dispatches claiming a grave crisis in the Chinese Communist leadership with changes in the political bureau and distancing from Mao Tse tung's inner circle. In Belfast British troops conducted searches around a Roman Catholic monastery after monks were arrested for allegedly sheltering IRA guerrillas.
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Communist Party
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Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
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