Labor defies call for strike moratorium across sectors
Washington reports continued labor resistance to a 90 day wage price rent freeze. AFL-CIO council to meet officials as UAW and Teamsters urge united action. UAW chief warns of contract cancellations if Nixon extends the freeze, risking auto industry disruption. Bridges rejects proffered back to work plea, calling the plan unfair. In Doncaster England Adwick High School to teach 14 year olds marriage guidance with realistic vignettes.
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Chrysler Keeps 1971 Prices on 1972 Cars Amid Freeze
Detroit based report notes Chrysler joins General Motors and Ford in keeping 1972 model prices at 1971 levels during the wage and price freeze. AMC plans rebates on remaining 1971 models bought after Aug 16. No decision yet on 7 percent excise tax for 1972 models. AMC had also announced a full year warranty for 12,000 miles on 1972 models.
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Minneapolis
GIs Suffer Week Of Indochina War Fatalities
In Saigon UPI reports thirteen Americans killed in action last week and eight dead from noncombat causes, marking the 11th straight week with below average U.S. deaths. Total American combat deaths reach 45,429. allied and enemy losses rise across ARVN, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces.
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Progress on West Berlin pact amid talks in Berlin
United States, Britain, France and the Soviet Union recessed after more than 14 hours of talks to settle West Berlin issues. Ambassador Rush said progress was made and the four powers would reconvene Monday to seek guarantees of unhindered access and firm ties to West Berlin.
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Helicopter frees two inmates from Mexico City prison
A helicopter landed inside a maximum security prison in Mexico City to lift two inmates to freedom. The men, Joel David Kaplan, 41, a New Yorker convicted of manslaughter, and Carlos Antonio Conteras Castro, a Venezuelan serving seven years for counterfeiting, escaped and remained at large.
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UPI
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Jose Louis Burgos
Mexico City International
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Escape From Planet of the Apes at Harte Theatre and other cinema notes
The Harte Theatre continues Escape From the Planet of the Apes with Duck and Boatniks starring Dean Jones Sandy Duncan Joe Flynn Tony Roberts and James Gregory. Hathaway's North Hoosick features The Abominable Dr Phibes and Scream and Scream Again. Coury’s Drive-In in North Adams shows The Deserter and Love Story. Adams screens The Great Bank Robbery and McCabe and Mrs Miller. A separate report covers a Mexico City prison helicopter escape and congressional notes on J M Kaplan Fund connection to CIA disclosures.
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Tensions Rise As U.S Japan Trade Strains Grow
UPI Foreign News Analyst notes deteriorating ties between the United States and Japan amid Pearl Harbor comparisons. Nixon's economic plan, a floating dollar, and a 10 percent tariff wall threaten Japan’s economy, trade liberalization efforts, and ties with China, with implications for currency, textiles, and looming policy meetings.
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Long
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U.S. seeks delay in Corpus Christi busing plan
The Justice Department asked the Supreme Court to stay a district court order that requires busing 15,000 of Corpus Christi’s 46,000 students in the 1971-72 school year. The Corpus Christi school board cites a bus shortage of 105 buses to meet the plan, which targets Mexican-American students amid a largely nonblack student body.
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