Strike Ends as GE workers begin recall nationwide
General Electric employees who striked for 101 days start returning to work in various plants as two major unions ratify a 40 month contract. In Pittsfield management awaits official word before recalling 5500 strikers while unions report mixed local votes and pay issues tied to unemployment benefits.
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General Electric Co
Pittsfield
New York
Union of Electrical Workers
Pittsfield GE
New York City
Frank Fiorius
IUE
JUG Local
Lynn
Mungino
Schenectady
Syracuse
Mllitant
Rhode Island
National Treasury
Senators Tangle Electoral Reform With Carswell Nomination
Washington AP reports that Senate Judiciary Committee chair James Eastland aims to untangle electoral reform from Judge G Harrold Carswell’s Supreme Court nomination. Key debate centers on timing for a vote on direct popular vote reform, with Thurmond clashing over delays and Bayh pressing for a separate action schedule.
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Carswell
James O. Eastland
Roman L. Hruska
Phato
Washington
Supreme Court
G. Harrold Carswell
Senate Judiciary Committee
Mississippi Democrat
Birch Bayh
D-Ind
Chie
Tal
Thurmond
Bayh
House
Oon
Eastland
Nebraska
Hruska
Bayl
Senate
South Carolina
Newsroom Leaders Push Back On Government Subpoenas
Major U.S. news groups including The New York Times CBS Time Inc and Newsweek pushed to protect press freedom amid subpoenas seeking reporters notes tapes and unedited files The Times and CBS pledged legal action to defend sources and ensure court actions respect journalism rights.
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New York Times News Service
New York
New York Times
Columbia Broadcasting System
Time, Inc
Newsweek
Earl Caldwell
the Times
San Francisco
Arthur Ochs Sulzberger
The
Times
Frank Stanton
CBS
Hedley Donovan
Wall Street Journal
Time
Life
CLS
Black Panther Party
Weatherman
Students For A Democratic Society
Stanton
Informa
Donovan
Osborn Elliott
Sterling Soderlind
Elliott
Senators and Agnew clash over Vietnam strategy
Senate Foreign Relations Committee reopened debates on Vietnam as Vice President Agnew faced criticism from Sen. Fulbright and others. Hughes called Vietnamization a semantic hoax and argued it prolongs U.S. involvement. Agnew accused Democrats of seeking to discredit U.S. policy while claiming some opposition figures lack public support.
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New York Times
Washington
J. W. Fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Vietnam
Agnew
Senate
Fulbright
Harold E. Hughes
Lowa
Johnson
Hughes
Theews
United States
Nixon
Alan Cranston
D-Calif
Harold B. Hughes
Vlona
Thomas J. Eagleton
D-Mo
AP Phar
Nixon orders federal pollution cleanup program
President Nixon calls the federal government a major polluter and orders all federal facilities to cut air and water pollution. He creates a 359 million three year program to lead pollution control and mandates compliance with air and water standards. Defense and West Point upgrades cited as examples amid a forthcoming environmental quality plan to Congress.
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Washington
Nixon
Oday
Dee
Even Ishmael Joins Battle For Melville Stamp Here
The Melville commemorative stamp planned for March 7 in New Bedford faces local opposition from Melville admirers scholars and stamp clubs. Congressman Conte pushes for simultaneous first day issues in Pittsfield and New Bedford but has not succeeded. Robert G. Newman Berkshire Athenaeum librarian says the stamp honors Herman Melville as a great writer, not just whaling.
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Herman Melville
New Bedford
U.S
Melville
Stamp Club
Silvio Q. Conte
Conte
Post Office Department
Pittsfield
Robert G. Newman
Berkshire Athenaeum
Newman
Libiary
Congress
Berkshire Stamp Club
Herman Melville Society
State Senate
The
John W. Heselton
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Thomas C. Morton
Loval
Albert F. Litano
International
Lynn Load
JOE
IOE
Joseph Manning
Pitts
IUR
United Electrical Workers Union
Lncals
James J. Matles
Strom Thurmond
R-S.c
Marlow Cook
R-Ky
Philip A. Hart
D-Mich
Sth
U.S. Court of Appeals
Joel Libriztters
Vsum
Pinsfield
Defense Dept
Ishmael
Melville Stamp
Mildred Wallace
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