Suit to force return of 45,000 dock workers today
Justice Department plans 12 suits in East and Gulf Coast ports to compel 45,000 striking longshoremen to resume work under Taft Hartley. The first suit targets the International Longshoremen's Association in New York, with others in Boston Philadelphia Alexandria Baltimore Augusta Miami Mobile Houston Providence Portland New Orleans and a 12th city unnamed. Nixon ordered the action after a board found East Gulf Coast talks stalled on pension and welfare terms. The broader strike since Oct 1 idled 30,000 additional dock workers nationwide.
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New Orleans
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White House
San Clemente Calif
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International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union
Texas
Rahway Prison Hostage Crisis Ends Peacefully
Officials regain control at Rahway State Prison after 500 inmates held two wings for 24 hours. Prisoners released five hostages on Thanksgiving night in exchange for no reprisals and access to three reporters. An eight attorney team led by Stanley C. Van Ness will meet prisoners to address grievances including medical care food parole hearings and alleged racism. Governor Cahill contrasted the case with Attica while two guards remained hospitalized and superintendent A Samuel Vukcevich was treated for injuries.
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William T. Cahill
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Attica State Prison
Upstate New York
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Rahway Hospital
Vukcevich
N.J
Heavy Snow Delays Travel Across Midwest Northeast
Central Minnesota sees 4 to 6 inches on top of 3 to 4, with western Minnesota up to 9 inches. Travelers warned in southern Minnesota and northwestern Iowa as snow becomes intermittent tonight. Albany, New York Atlas.
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Hijacker escapes with $200000 in Northwest jet hijack
A Boeing 727 hijacker using the alias D B Cooper vanished after bailing out with $200,000 near Woodland Washington during a Seattle to Reno flight en route to Mexico. Helicopters and planes scoured Cascade foothills as authorities pursued the lone suspect described as a tall man in his mid 40s.
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Rahway inmates recount brutal prison life and alleged corruption
In Rahway State Prison inmates describe beatings, solitary confinement, and guards alleged racism. They claim narcotics trafficking by corrections staff and protest wages as $13.50 monthly in a harsh six‑day work week. Hostages were freed for the love of human life amid looming reprisals.
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Leroy Bunting
Rahway
Herbert Smith
Britain reveals Rhodesia settlement details and rights pledge
London reports new Rhodesia settlement details with a declared rights charter protecting eight million Africans and 250,000 whites. It outlines two African voting rolls with raised income or property tests and prolonged education requirements for higher roll eligibility.
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Meany Hospitalized After Chest Pain Report
AFL CIO President George Meany, 77, was hospitalized with chest pains and described as resting comfortably. Dr. Marvin Fuchs said a preliminary diagnosis suggested a possible spasm in the coronary arteries.
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Aflcio
George Meany
Marvin Fuchs
Meany
Youth survey says booze replaces pot among teen leaders
A national poll of 23 000 high school student leaders shows booze use rising as pot declined while 96 percent plan college and maintain top grades. They prize ending the Vietnam War and pollution efforts and say the political system could change within the established order.
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William J. Waugh
Washington
Pany
Administrative decision on Warmath replacement at Minnesota
Regents member John A. Yngve says the decision on replacing Athletic Director Marsh Ryman and Football Coach Murray Warmath is an administrative matter not for the Board of Regents. Yngve would back any choice by President Malcolm Moos or Vice President Stanley Wenberg.
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Murray Warmath
University of Minnesota
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Malcolm Moos
Stanley Wenberg
Nixon Heath to Hold Bermuda Talks Ahead of Peking Moscow Trip
President Nixon and British Prime Minister Edward Heath will meet in Bermuda in December 2021 for full consultations ahead of Nixon’s planned 2022 journeys to Peking and Moscow. In New Delhi the Defense Ministry said Indian troops crossed into East Pakistan for the second time this week in self defense to halt a Pakistani artillery attack.
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