Meany opens AFL-CIO parley condemns Nixon policy
George Meany used the AFL CIO convention in Atlantic City to denounce Nixon domestic policies while backing peace talks in Vietnam. He criticized civil rights enforcement and inflation cures, urged that bargaining strength be preserved, and warned against unilateral withdrawal undermining negotiated settlement.
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George Meany
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Vietnam
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Supreme’ Court
Meany
Eisenhower
Kennedy
Johnson
South Vietnam
George P. Shultz
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Students Rate Newspapers Better Than Other Media in AP Survey
Rene Cazenaye of the San Francisco Examiner directed the APME study showing college students from 82 colleges in 34 states find newspapers more accurate and fair than magazines, TV, or radio. The survey also notes high school pupils’ mixed views and time spent with each medium.
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Vietnam
Rene Cazenaye
The
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APME
Jury acquits dancers in nude dancing case
In Sacramento a 10 man 2 woman jury acquitted Suz anne Haines and Sheila Brenderson of lewd conduct in dancing nude at a bar after viewing performances at a bar topless dancer a theater showing explicit sex scenes and a bikini pose defense argued nudity not lewd. Brenderson said she would retire from dancing to write a book Naked Justice.
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Calif
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Suzanne Haines
Sheila Brenderson
Earl Warren Jr
Miss Haines
New Car Sales Beat Records For September
DETROIT AP Americans bought new cars at a record rate in September as all four American automakers reported records. American Motors disclosed September sales of 21,121, the highest for that month in five years, aided by 1970 model introductions and bargains on 1964s. Industry sales totaled 709,388 cars, surpassing the 1968 record of 601,375.
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Detroit
American Motors
Homing Pigeons Return After Feather-Trimmed Flight
In Harrismith South Africa farmer Julie Lombard sold five homing pigeons to a laborer and trimmed their wing feathers to keep them from returning to the old loft. A month later the farmer watched the birds walk a mile to his farm, straight to their loft, their feet raw from the trek.
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South Africa
Julie Lombard
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