NYC police end wildcat walkout without contract
New York City patrolmen voted to end a six day wildcat strike as officers continued to work without a contract. The PBA backed by 229 to 112 votes, amid boos from dissenting members, while parity and amnesty questions for Taylor Law penalties lingered in court and city politics.
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New York
UPI
Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association
PBA
Edward J. Kiernan
Kiernan
State Supreme Court
Irving Saypol
Saypol
John V. Lindsay
Albany
Senate
Earl W. Brydges
Britain’s hello girls defy postal strike orders
Britain's first nationwide postal and telecommunications strike halted mails and telegrams as 230,000 postal workers walked out. Thousands of young telephone operators refused union orders and reported for duty, while locomotive drivers threatened a wage-driven rail shutdown. Tom Jackson hailed the strike as 100 percent successful after talks with Employment Minister Robert Carr.
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London
UPI
Britain
Locomotive Drivers Union
Postal Workers
Post Office Corporation
Tom Jackson
Postal Workers Union
Thousands Volunteer Aid San Francisco Bay Oil Cleanup
Thousands of volunteers aided a major oil spill cleanup in the San Francisco Bay area. Standard Oil deployed about 500 workers while authorities coordinated birds, beaches, and wildlife rescue with help from Sixth Army engineers and KSAN radio volunteers.
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San Francisco Bay
San Francisco
UPI
Bay Area
Standard Oil Co
Jack Charles
KSAN
Standard Oil
Standard Oil of
California
Hardhat Standard Oil
Sixth Army
Presidio
Golden Gate Bridge
Pacific Coast
San Francisco Bay Area
State Fish and Game Department
Oregon
Government audits find U.S. overpays for drugs
GAO testimony shows the government spends nearly $1 billion yearly on drugs with prices well above contract levels. Comptroller General Elmer Staats notes 63 percent higher approved prices for indefinite quantities and VA contracts that overpay by $534,274 on nine medicines. Only 7 percent of VA and Defense purchases used competitive bids in 1970.
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Washington
UPI
Sen
Gaylord Nelson Long
General Accounting Office
Elmer B. Staats
Staats
Veterans Administration
Defense Department
Unions begin contract talks with new postal corporation
Seven postal unions opened negotiations with the new postal corporation led by Postmaster General Winton Blount. They accuse him of trying to bar grievances to Congress and threaten a court challenge to his January 12 memorandum creating a congressional liaison office. Talks affect over 650,000 workers and follow the planned June 30 transition with the Aug. 12 anniversary of the legislation.
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Washington
UPI
Winton M Blount
Congress
Postal Corporation
Post Office
Blount
Congressional Liaison Office
Post Office Department
Nixon
Explosion at Enjay Chemical rocks Baton Rouge complex
An explosion at the Enjay Chemical Company near the Humble Oil refinery injures eight workers and breaks windows two miles away. Preliminary indications point to an ethylene tanker truck at a loading dock as the cause, with fire crews halting the blaze after two hours.
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Baton Rouge, la
UPI
Enjay Chemical Company
Humble Oil and Refining Company
North
Baton Rouge
Enjay
George Sellin
Capitol
Plaquemine
Hammond
Harold Whisenhunt
Lilly Pulitzer casual dress from Palm Springs collection
The piece features a bouncy Lilly Pulitzer casual from Palm Springs in cotton and polyester. It showcases a bright A-line with white lace scallops and a floral background simulating embroidery, a slimming front panel with scallops, and a breezy movement. Available colors in sizes 10 to 18.
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Palm Springs
Lilly Pulitzer
Airport tops up city theatres in starry showing
In a brisk cinema column Manchester Cinema hosts Airport with a star lineup including Helen Hayes and Burt Lancaster. Harte Theatre offers Anomalies with a must be 21 rating. Williamstown College Cinema cancels ads and entries are uncertain. a recorded message lists showings at 8 p.m. for X rated titles. Time clocks note showtimes at Harte, Williamstown, Manchester.
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Manchester
Helen Hayes
Dean Martin
van Heflin
Jean Seberg
George Kennedy
Burt Lancaster
Williamstown
Bennington Banner delivers daily with service details
The Bennington Banner publishes daily except Sunday and legal holidays at 425 Main St Bennington VT 05201. Subscription rates within Vermont and 50 mile radius vary by term with 3 months at 9 dollars, 6 months at 18 dollars, and 1 year at 36 dollars. US delivery costs 9.75 for 3 months, 19.50 for 6 months, and 39.00 for 1 year. Second class postage paid in Bennington VT.
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Bennington Banner
Bennington Banners
Main St
Bennington
Banner Publishing Corp
United Press International
New York Times News Service
Matthews, Shannon & Cullen Inc
Vermont
U.S
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Robert Carr
Arizona
Bill Ryland
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Nelson
Wisconsin
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Rademacher
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Hotel Putnam
Bennington, VI
Colonial Shopping Ctr
Mass
G.C.C
Harte
Firestone
Big Dan
Bennington, Vt
Northern Electric
North Adams Hoosac
North Adams
Massachusetts
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