Negotiations Break Down In Area Laborers' Strike
Negotiations stall in a 36 day old laborers strike that halts county projects worth over 20 million dollars. Laborers Local 473 rejects a 1.85 dollar hourly increase, while union seeks about two dollars. federal mediator session canceled as stalemate persists with Carpenters Local 444. Local 473 covers Berkshire County and Southern Vermont. Local 444 covers Central and Southern Berkshire.
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General Contractors Association of
Pittsfield
Laborers International’ Union
Local 473
Bricklayers Union Local 20
Patrick J. Mele
Eagle
Mele
Thomas G. McNally
Worcester
Carpenters Union Local 444
Carpenters
Association
Local
Berkshire County
Vermont
Central
Berkshire
Draft Fee Seeks Liberty As Nonr Religious Objector
In Providence, AP reports a court move to cancel a Rhode Island draft resister John Allan's two year prison term for refusing induction. Judge Pettine reserved decision after Allan's lawyer argued for waiving the sentence pending a Supreme Court review of a Boston ruling striking the conscientious objector requirement as unconstitutional. The case cites a March Boston decision and notes Allan is serving time at Danbury Federal Correctional Institution.
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Providence, RI
U.S. District Court
Rhode Island
Raymond J. Pettine
John Allan
South Kingstown
Milton Stangler
Allan
Pettine
Stanzler
Federal Correctional Institution
Danbury, Conn
Chafee Rejects Court-Martial for Pueblo Officers
Navy Secretary John H. Chafee announced that no disciplinary action will be taken against Pueblo personnel following a court of inquiry into the January 1968 seizure by North Korea. The report had recommended general court-martial for Cmdr. Lloyd Bucher and Lt. Stephen R. Harris, but Chafee overruled, stating they have suffered enough.
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Washington
Navy
John H. Chafee
Pueblo
Cmdr
Lloyd Bucher
Chafee
North Korea
Bucher
Stephen
R. Harris
Harris
Edward R. Murphy Jr
The
Rebels End Occupation At CCNY
Black and Puerto Rican students at City College of New York ended a two week campus occupation and returned to classes as a court order barred further disruptions. About 200 protesters marched Harlem chanting Power to the People while asking for a separate black and Puerto Rican studies school and enrollment parity with city high schools. The Board of Higher Education said it would negotiate after the occupation ended.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama State College
State Capitol
City College of New York
Alabama
Guv
Albert Brewer
Levi Watkins
City College
Harlem
City High
UMass Provost Tippo resigns over budget cuts
Amherst AP reports Oswald Tippo, provost of the University of Massachusetts, submitted an undated resignation letter after Gov. Francis Sargent cut the 1970 budget for the school from 56.6 million to 45 million. A university spokesman said the resignation was filed at the president's convenience and could be reconsidered if state funding is restored. Tippo warned of a crisis if state support remains absent and noted potential departures among other university leaders.
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Umass
Tippo
Sargent
Amherst
Mass
Oswald Tippo
University of Massachusetts
John W. Lederle
Francis W. Sargent
Daniel E. Melley
Melloy
Ila
Tip- Po
Boston
Statehouse
Safeguard cost rises with warhead inclusion
The Defense Department admitted it understated Safeguard costs by 1.2 billion by excluding nuclear warheads. Including warheads would push the total to about 7.8 billion, beyond the previously cited 6.6 billion investment figure. The Atomic Energy Commission estimated 12 billion for warhead development through 1976.
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New York Times News
Washington
Defense Department
Defense
David R. Packard
Packard
Department of Defense
Melvin B. Laird
Pentagon Public Information Office
Safeguard
AIBC
Bartley Resists Sargent On Joint Session And Reform
Boston Democratic leaders clash over a constitutional convention and a gubernatorial tax message. House Speaker Bartley rejects a 1970 House size cut this year while allowing a convention. He warns against using the legislature as a platform for the governor’s tax push. Sargent pushes for a smaller House and seeks a joint session to deliver his tax plan.
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Boston
House
Gov
Sargent
David M. Bartley
Holyoke
Senate
Bartley
The
Commonwealth
Sam
Maurice A. Donahue
Britain Aims to Enter European Common Market
Prime Minister Harold Wilson announced Britain's plan to seek full membership in the European Common Market following de Gaulle's retirement. He urged progress toward a united Europe, criticized national self interest blocking unity, and received mixed reactions from continental allies including Willy Brandt.
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New York Times
London
Harold Wilson
Britain
de Gaulle
Europe
Wilson
Council of Europe
France
Willy Brandt
West Germany
Council
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University of Harlem
Jos
North Berkshire
Gordon & Sutton, Inc
Carpenters Union Local 19
North Adams
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Gordon & Sutton
Local 199
Bob Horton
Frank L. Johnson
Japan
Everett B. Gladding
Johnson
Associated Press
Black Studies
Queens College
Joseph McMurray
Norris Cotton
R-N.h
Jacob K. Javits
R-N
Oswald Tippe
Pentagon
John W. Finney
Senate Foreign Relations
Massachusetts League of Women Voters
U.N
U Thant
Pope Paul VI
Vatican
Pasquale Macchi
Nike
Brandt
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