Nationwide Bell strike averted with new wage pact
A nationwide telephone strike was narrowly averted as Bell System and unions representing about 725000 workers reached a tentative three year contract worth over 3 billion dollars in wage and benefit raises. Local issues remain for ratification with a new deadline set for August 11. About 56000 IBEW members walked out against Western Electric, with potential impact on 80000 Western Electric workers as local contracts expire.
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UPI
Bell System
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Western Electric Co
ATT
Western Electric
IBEW
Vancouver
Wash
Kearney
N.J
Paul Menger
Communications Workers of America
CWA
New Orleans
Ejerico Fernandez
Ohio Bell
Springfield
Griffin urges Nixon to resign for national interest
Senator Robert Griffin, Senate Republican No 2, said on ABC News that it may be in the national and the President’s own interest for Nixon to resign amid GOP discontent and talks of a new impeachment defense strategy.
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Washington
UPI
Robert Griffin
Senate
Nixon
Griffin
ABC News Today
White House lists likely Senate help
Newsweek says 36 Senators hold Nixon alibi votes in an impeachment trial. Names include Griffin and Byrd Jr. as potential GOP/Independent supports. Other listed Democrats are Allen Eastland Johnston McClellan Nunn Stennis Talmadge. Griffin warns against defying a subpoena. Mondale and Post reports discuss tapes and possible strategy. Ford hints at censure if Nixon remains in office.
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Newsweek Magazine
White House
Nixon
Senate
Robert P. Griffin
Michigan
Harry F. Byrd Jr
Virginia
James B. Allen
Alabama
James C. Eastland
Mississippi
J. Bennett Johnston Jr
Louisiana
John L. McClellan
Arkansas
Sam Nunn
Georgia
John C. Stennis
Herman E. Talmadage
Senator Griffin
Howard H. Baker Jr
Tennessee
Dewey F. Bartlett
Oklahoma
J. Glenn Beall Jr
Maryland
Secluded Nixon summons aides at Camp David talks
President Nixon returned to the White House after a Camp David weekend where he and aides, Watergate defense lawyers, and two speech writers discussed anti-impeachment strategy. Deputy press secretary Warren said Nixon will not resign or invoke the 25th Amendment. Senate GOP leader Griffin floated resignation as possible in the national interest.
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Camp David
Senate
Supreme Court
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Walter F. Mondale
D-Minn
Sirica
Washington
UPI
Watergate
Gerald L. Warren
Gerald R. Ford
Robert P. Griffin
Michigan
Warren
Drought Drives Losses Across Plains with Little Rain
The Midwest bakes under a scorching sun as storms skirt drought zones and only light rain falls. Nebraska faces about 2.2 billion in losses, Kansas and Texas around 2 billion each, Illinois 1.6 billion, Ohio 300 million, totaling over 8 billion. Farmers seek rain makers. cattlemen foresee fewer cattle on feedlots and higher meat prices this fall.
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Kansas
Texas
Illinois
Ohio
National Weather Service
Chicago
Lucas County
Lawrence Hagen
Pueblo
Colo
Colorado Cattle Feeders Association
Agriculture
Earl Butz
Butz
J. J. Exon
Agriculture Department
Carpenters End Four-Day Globe Union Strike In Bennington
United Auto Workers Local 1371 members at Globe Union in Bennington vote 99 to 25 to ratify a new contract after a four-day strike that idled most of the plant. Wages and benefits rise slightly over 10 percent. Some first shift workers return today with full production resuming this afternoon.
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Globe Union
United Auto Workers Local 1371
James Williams
Williams
Junction
North Bennington
Bennington County
United Brotherhood of Carpenters
Berkshire County
Mass
Steve Jesseman
Jesseman
Carpenters
Inside Rep Rhodes ill and impeachment postponement
The report notes Representative Rhodes is ill leading to a postponement of his impeachment statement. Editorial pages discuss whether Sen Aiken's vote can be anticipated in a Senate impeachment trial and how Sen Goldwater views the constitutional process. Other items cover Nixon defense ideas, Hiroshima remembrance, and baseball series results.
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Rhodes
Sen. Aiken
Senate
Sen. Goldwater
Safire
Nixon
Hiroshima
Dodgers
Reds
Springfield
Bennington II
If impeached Nixon would face ruin and exile
Nixon faces political destruction and personal financial ruin if impeached and removed. He could lose his $200000 salary, $50000 expense allowance, a $60,000 annual pension, lifetime office space, and retirement funds, while bearing Senate trial costs and Watergate-related legal bills. Resignation is noted as an option rejected by the White House.
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Washington
UPI
Richard M. Nixon
House
Congress
Senate
William B. Saxbe
Nixon
James D. St. Clair
White House
Justice Department
Pat Nixon
Camp David
Cyprus peace talks stall as Greece warns military alert
Negotiators pressed a new attempt to draw cease-fire lines in Cyprus but amid mass expulsions, atrocities and abductions. Greece ordered high alert after reported Turkish troop movements. Athens sent warships to the Aegean as British mediators called talks rough going. U S officials and Red Cross voiced alarm over Turkish actions. Cypriot president accused Turkey of mass expulsions, while refugees recounted killings and rapes.
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Cyprus
Greece
Athens
Aegean Sea
U.S
Arthur Harman
Turkey
Red Cross
U.N
Bellapais
Kyrenia
Nicosia
Glafkos Clerides
Eleni Andrea Mateidou
Trimithi
Bennington Elderly Housing Delayed Again to December
Bennington's 48 unit elderly housing project faces a new opening delay from September to December. Chairman Shields cites communication problems among the turnkey contractor Hoffman Construction and Holiday Park and financing issues with Franklin Bank of New York. HUD says the building is 71 percent complete and in excellent shape, with about 85 applications already filed.
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Bennington Housing Authority
Hamilton L. Shields
The
Banner
New York City
Shields
Franklin Bank of New York
Holiday Park
Roslyn
Long Island
Hoffman Construction Co
Albany
N.Y
Hoffman
BHA
Hall W. Cushman
Federal
Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Cushman
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