Union Cites Costs as Inflation Hit in Construction
Atlantic City AP reports union leaders, while aiding a White House inflation study, blame high interest rates and surging land, material, and tax costs for rising construction wages. AFL-CIO head C J Haggerty criticizes wage focus and backs labor views to the commission.
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Coed Dorm Plan Approved at UMass Amherst
The University of Massachusetts Amherst trustees approved a plan to open a coed dorm on Greenough House next February with men and women on alternate floors. Conditions include parental consent for under 21 residents and a meeting of students parents and trustees before opening, plus approval from all 118 current male residents.
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Boston
University of Massachusetts
Amherst
University
Greenough
Oswald Tippo
Greenough House
Christopher J. Weldon
Springfield
Weldon
Nixon backs SST funding to far reaching $662 million plan
President Nixon announced a five year request totaling 662 million to develop a supersonic transport the SST aims to lead global aviation. He stressed the United States must stay ahead while Volpe outlined measures to limit noise and population area flights. The program targets first test flights in 1972 with commercial use by 1978.
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Washington
Nixon
United States
White House
Congress
John A. Volpe
Volpe
U.S
Miuch
Haynsworth to Testify on Stock Transactions in Nomination Hearing
The Senate Judiciary Committee opened the second week of hearings on Judge Clement F. Haynsworth's Supreme Court nomination by calling for his testimony. Witnesses included Haynsworth and details on a Brunswick stock purchase, while questions arose about potential conflicts of interest and related stock holdings since 1967. Critics note Haynsworth's record on labor and civil rights as the nomination proceeds.
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Supreme Court
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Birch Bayh
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Brunswick
Justice Department
James Castland
D-Miss
Charleston
D.C
Bayh
Eastland
Federal
Robert Keefe
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
Deering- Milliken
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Nixon
Reading drive aims to ensure all students read by 1980s
Washington reports the U S education chief outlined The Right To Read program to raise nationwide reading levels by end of the 1970s. James Allen Jr said the goal is clear and simple, with states delivering programs while the Office of Education acts as research clearinghouse and support hub. He expects federal funding if progress lags.
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Thames News Service
Washington
James ©. Allen Jr
U.S
Los Angeles
National Association of State Boards of Education
Allen
Nixon
Kennedy
Ics
Office of Education
Congress
Gromyko Keeps Rogers in Suspense
In New York the Kremlin signaled a "soon" Soviet reply to Nixon’s push for U S Soviet disarmament talks. Gromyko’s vague wording delayed the long awaited SALT summit while Rogers and Gromyko held a three hour dinner and talk session. No progress announced on Middle East or weapons treaty. both sides pledged continued talks through Sisco and Dobrynin.
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State Deepartment
Robert J. McCloskey
Rogers and
Gromyko
Rogers
Middle East
Germany-Berlin
Vietnam
Red China
Gromyke
U.S
Joseph Sisco
Anatoly
Dobrynin
Nixon
SALT
Vienna
Geneva
Andrei A. Gromyko
William P. Rogers
New York
Contents To Be Sold at Auction Heaton Hall Stockbridge
Berkshire landmark Heaton Hall in Stockbridge faces auction of its contents next week as the 1903 four story estate with many rooms baths and fireplaces nears its end. Owner Mrs. John Rock contemplates future plans for the building after the sale. Built for Congressman Allen T. Treadway and linked to the Red Lion Inn, the hall was famed for its Cypress interior and historic ambiance. The property sits on five acres overlooking Prospect Hill and Monument Valley, a town landmark since the early days.
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Prospect Hill
Monument Valley
Sean
Stockbridge Center
John “Rock
W. Edward Weeks
Pittsfield
Allen T. Treadway
Cypresswood
Dwight
Treadway
Redion
Main Street
the Magic
Israel Jets Hit Egypt At Canal
Israeli jets attacked Egyptian artillery and fortifications along the Suez Canal in retaliation for cease-fire violations, injuring five Israeli soldiers. The Sinai Commando claimed heavy Egyptian losses near Port Fuad and El Qantara. A Jordanian spokesman reported Israeli jets crossing toward Amman but were driven back by antiaircraft fire.
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Tel Aviv
Canal
Cairo
Middle East
Egypt
Sinai
Sinai Peninsula
Atmo
Port Fuad
el Qantara
Great
Bitter Lake
Israel
Syria
Gaza Strip
Quneitra
Amman
Jordan
Red Sox Fire Williams Manager Change Announced
Boston. Manager Dick Williams who led the Red Sox to the 1967 AL pennant was fired. Eddie Popowski will manage the first team for the rest of the season. General Manager Dick OConnell called a news conference for 5 p.m. to provide more details. Popowski, 58, has 30 years in the organization and was Williams’ top aide the past three seasons.
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