Laird Announces Defense Budget Cuts Cost 1.25 Million Jobs
Defense Secretary Melvin Laird said about 41.95 million Americans would lose jobs due to military manpower cuts and spending reductions in the next defense budget. He spoke in Los Angeles with details kept vague, citing rough estimates through June 30, 1971, and noted reductions across armed forces, civilian staff, and defense industries while stressing a shift to smaller, more efficient forces.
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White House
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Airline contract averts strike with wage raise plan
Trans World Airlines and the AFL-CIO Machinists reached a tentative three year deal that could lift pay from 4.14 to 5.62 per hour. The agreement, negotiated with federal mediators, avoids a strike set for 3 a.m. today and follows a 30 day cooling off period that ended at 3 a.m. Thursday. Ratification by members is required.
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Trans World Airlines
International Association of Machinists
Afl-Cio
Minion
Northwest Airlines
Trades Top Wage Increases Lead 1969 Bargaining
Washington AP reports construction workers led all industries with a 14 percent raise in their first contract year. The Labor Department says the average wage rise across manufacturing and nonmanufacturing was 7.4 percent, with collective bargaining settlements covering about 2.5 million workers in 1969.
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Labor Department
Consumer Assembly Frays Over Knauer And Fair Deal
Washington AP. Virginia Knauer, Nixon aide for consumer affairs, faced sharp questions at the Consumer Assembly as speakers attacked and praised her. Nader and Bess Myerson Grant urged stronger consumer enforcement and independence for Knauer. The administration touted class action limits, while critics urged broader power and public-interest legal support.
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Nixon
Washington
Virginia Knauer
Knauer
Bess Myerson Grant
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Consumer Affairs
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Consumer Movement
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Assembly
Consumer Federation of America
Bob Eckhardt
Mrs. Knauer
Justice Department
White House
Nader
Grant
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Federation
Virginia. Knauer
Consumer ‘Assembly
Giles Dismissal Plea Heard Before State Court
Boston AP state news reports Superior Court Judge David Rose has taken under advisement a motion to dismiss a five year old perjury charge against Frank S. Giles of Methuen on speedy trial grounds. Giles was tried in Suffolk Superior Court, convicted, and sentenced to four months, but the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ordered the conviction set aside in June 1967.
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Superior Court
David A. Rose
Frank S. Giles
Methuen
Giles
Suffolk
Massachusetts Supreme Court
Animal Hearts in Humans Ruled Out by Scientists
MAYWOOD Ill AP a medical research team says animal hearts cannot be transplanted into humans due to red blood cell size blocking capillaries. Calf, pig and sheep hearts failed in Loyola experiments. only ape hearts showed brief function before rejection, with rejection and supply limits blocking further trials.
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Maywood, Ill
Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine
Journal of
Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Pifarre
Loyola
Man
Tennessee Judge Flattered By High Court Seat Rumor
Washington AP report says federal Judge William E. Miller, Tennessee, considers it a compliment to be a Supreme Court candidate. He downplays health concerns, notes no recurrence of a past heart issue, and cites a long work record. Headlines also note California Mayor Yorty hinting at a governor bid.
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William E. Miller
Supreme Court
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Middle Tennessee
High Court
Nixon
Louis H. Burke
California Supreme Court
Burke
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Los Angeles
Maysor Sam ‘Yorty
California
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