Met Musicians Stage Lockout Protest At Lincoln Center
Union musicians and choristers at the Metropolitan Opera gathered in the Lincoln Center Plaza to protest a lockout by Rudolf Bing. They waved signs reading Save the Met and Has Locked Us Out as conductors led a brass march in Verdi’s Aida mood. Negotiations over pay and hours continue with proposed raises for musicians dancers and chorus amid ongoing labor dispute and unemployment benefits fight.
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New York Times
New York
Opera
Metropolitan Opera
Save the Met
Rudolf Bing
Met
William Weibel
Met Orchestra
Lincoln Center Plaza
Opera House
Glory
Egypt
New York Mets
N.Y
Max Arons
The
Musicians Union
Bing
Arons
Metropolitan
Nixon Bids Reds Answer Cutback
President Nixon announced plans to withdraw 35,000 U.S. troops from South Vietnam by December 15, bringing total withdrawals to at least 60,000 since the start of 1969. He outlined a path to end the war with negotiated, supervised cease fire and de facto removal of North Vietnamese troops while preserving free elections and South Vietnam’s future. He said negotiations are now possible and reaffirmed that the United States will not retain military bases in Vietnam.
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Nixon
U.S
South Vietnam
Gulf
Vietnam
United States
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Ia Saigon
Ziegler
Saigon
White House
Paris
Hanoi
Ky Says 40,500 U.S. Troops to Leave by End November
In Saigon Nguyen Cao Ky claimed 40,500 U.S. troops would depart Vietnam by November end. The White House declined to confirm while press secretary Ron Ziegler said exact figures would be released today.
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Nguyen Cao Ky
Saigon
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Haynsworth Denies Conflict Charge
Washington AP report states Judge Clement Haynsworth Jr. defends himself against a conflict of interest charge raised by labor union critics at the start of proceedings. The session opened with the judge addressing the accusations.
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Washington
Clement II
Haynsworth Jr
Sen
Sargent Seeks Delays for Four Executions in Massachusetts
In Boston Gov. Francis W. Sargent will ask the Executive Council for respites delaying four death row executions at Walpole Prison. With appeals due in three weeks, a decision hinges on the council and potential judicial stays if rejected. The state has not carried out an execution in over 20 years.
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Boston
Francis W. Sargent
Executive Council
Walpole State Prison
Massachusetts
Sargent
Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts
Ronald Y. Johnson
John J. Kerrigan
George P. McLaughlin
Charles ©. Tracy
Panel urges FTC overhaul or abolition change
A study group led by Miles W. Kirkpatrick told President Nixon the FTC wastes time on trivial matters and is led by an incompetent top staff. It urges refocusing on consumer fraud, especially against vulnerable groups, and hints a new chairman could revive the agency. The report likens its tone to Nader's Raiders and criticizes misallocated budgets and weak enforcement.
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New York Times
Washington
Nixon
Federal Trade Commission
FAC
Miles W. Kirkpatrick
Philadelphia
American Bar Association
The
Bar Association
Dth
Richard A. Posner
Stanford University Law School
Trade Commission
FTC
Wixon
Paul Rand Dixon
Dixon
Nader
Raiders
Ralph Nader
Consumer Advocate
Commission
Bureau of Textile and Fur Enforcement
Bureau of Textiles and Furs
College Head Lets Everybody Run the Store
Plainfield Vermont AP report on Goddard College where president Gerald Witherspoon has devolved decision making to faculty students and staff. A college community council will govern with open membership and policy decided by consensus. If views clash the entire school community votes on a one person one vote basis.
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Plainfield
Goddard College
Gerald Witherspoon
Witherspoon
Nevada Nuclear Blast Sends Nevada Earth Twenty Feet High
Las Vegas residents felt the blast as a hydrogen device near a desert mesa detonated with about 800000 tons of TNT. Ground shook about 15 feet, dust rose, and a surface power building was flipped 30 feet. No radiation was detected, and Los Angeles reported no motion despite the distance. The Landmark Tower swayed about a minute after detonation.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Nevada
Los Angeles
Landmark Tower
Simon's Rock To Admit Men In 1970 Coed Plan
GREAT BARRINGTON Simon's Rock, an all girls school, votes to invite applications from young men in fall 1970. The board endorses faculty and administration recommendations as the college expands to coeducation and prepares to confer an associate in art degree.
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Simon’s Rock
Great Barrington
Simon's Rock
State Department of Higher Education
Elizabeth Blodgett Hall
John Porter
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