Congress Tackles Postal Pay Hikes
Washington leaders push quick approval of a 6 percent federal pay raise for 5.9 million workers retroactive to Dec 27. Nixon's bid to raise first class stamp from 6 to 10 cents seen as dead as McGee and Mansfield back a rate ceiling of eight cents and a broader postal reform plan.
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Washington
UPI
Congress
Nixon
Gale W. McGee
D-Wyo
Senate Post Office and Civil Service Committee
Winton M. Blount
Congess
McGee
Senate
Mike Mansfield
House
Mansfield
Post Office Committee
Kirk Defies Federal Desegregation Edict in Manatee County
Florida Governor Claude Kirk orders Manatee County schools to ignore a federal desegregation edict. He suspends the five member school board and superintendent, planning to personally administer the district while awaiting federal court action on the mandated desegregation plan and busing for about 2,700 students.
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Kirk
County
Bradenton
Fla
UPI
Claude Kirk
Alabama
George Wallace
Manatee County
Earl Faircloth
Floyd Christian
Christian
Manatee
Ray Osborne
Wallace
University of Alabama
National Guardsmen
Board of Education
Jack Davidson
US Supreme Court
Ben Krentzman
Tampa
Ground Fire Downed 3 Transports and 2 Helicopters
Heavy antiaircraft fire damaged U S planes supplying Dak Seang on the Laos border killing nine airmen. In six days of fighting around Dak Seang allied and government forces report 130 guerrillas killed with 28 allied dead and 95 wounded as the spring campaign continues.
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Saigon
UPS
U.S. Air Force
Dak Seang
Vietnam
Laos
Nixon Understanding Charged With Oil Interests on Imports
Boston based debate coverage centers on President Nixon and oil interests after Michael L. Haider claims a private meeting signaled Nixon’s understanding of oil industry needs. Martin Lobel accuses Nixon of pressuring big oil to support Republican coffers, amid a cabinet task force report and new Oil Policy Committee review.
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Nixon
Boston
UPI
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Martin Lobel
Michael L. Haider
Standard Oil of
New Jersey
American Petroleum Institute
Proxmire
Lobel
Apollo 13 Countdown Presses Toward Fra Mauro Launch
Engineers reported a questionable helium tank in Apollo 13’s lunar lander Aquarius appears to function, clearing for a potential Saturday launch to Fra Mauro. Astronauts Lovell Mattingly and Haise passed preflight medicals as countdown started Sunday night and testing pushed pad operations seven hours behind. The next launch window is May 9.
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Cape Kennedy
UPS
James A. Lovell
Thomas K. Mattingly
Fred W. Haise
Moon Valley
Fra Mauro
Hijackers in North Korea face uncertain fate after return
Tokyo reports nine Red Army Faction hijackers who seized a Japan Airlines 707 for 8342 hours ended their flight in Pyongyang. North Korean broadcasts labeled them uninvited strangers while Japan, which also repatriated the airliner crew and a hostage, said it would defer to North Korea on punishment. Captain Shinji Ishida recalled surprise at not being imprisoned. A separate item notes Apollo 14 helium tank concerns and potential replacement before a Saturday launch.
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Tokyo
UPI
Japan
North Korea
Pyongyang
Red Army
Japanese Communist Party
Moscow
Peking
Shinjiro Yamamura
Yamamura
Shinji Ishida
Communist Party
Red Star
Japan Air Lines
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Postal Corporation
Sen
Hiram L. Fong
Hawaii
By Walter Whitehead
Central Highlands
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
Pleiku
My Tho
Dien Khanh
Highlands
U.S. 4Th Infantry Division
Radcliff
U.S
U.S. 5Th Mechanized Infantry Division
Cam Lo
U.S. Command
Public Television
Wgbh-Tv
John Swearingen
Standard Oil of Indiana
Clifford Hansen
R-Wyo
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Cornell University
Alfred Kahn
Walter Kapryan
Owen Morris
Morris
Moon
Main ST
Bennington
Dial
Auto Stores Inc
Bennington, Vt
Bennington Banner
The
Banner Publishing Corporation
United Press International
Vermont
Yamaha
INS
Grand A Supermarket
London
U.S.D.A. Choice
California
Valencia
Florida
GAL, Bot
Ustomer
Deal Label
A Si Soo
BSET
K Bone
Grand Union
Tenderleaf Deal
Lincoln
Pillsbury Refrig
Ballard
Royal Sugar
Hills Bros. Coffee
Maxwell House Coffee
Martinsons Coffee
Qeasins
Bennetts Chili
Cary
Vre
Keebler
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