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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1971
Page
2
Eight persons burned to death and ten injured in a chain reaction collision on U S 101 near Ventura California. Five cars two trucks burst into flames when fuel tanks ruptured. Traffic backed up five miles as seven fire units fought the blaze. Authorities said some victims may have been children. The coroner would identify the dead later.
Sacramento AP. The California 3rd District Court of Appeal halted prosecution of Charles Raymond 32 a state rehabilitation counselor after suppressing evidence. The boy Bill turned over marijuana found in his father s bedroom leading to a warrantless search and arrest. Justice Leonard Friedman notes the 4th Amendment and the 4th Commandment restrict police intrusion into the home.
SAIGON UPI Thirteen Americans were killed in action in Indo China last week and eight died of non combat causes, US spokesmen said Thursday. The toll marked the 11th consecutive work week that American deaths have remained below this year's weekly average of 38 killed. The wounded toll rose by 22 to a total of 9.
FDA officials admit an unknown quantity of contaminated eggs may have been eaten. PCBs found in eggs ranged up to 2 parts per million, well below legal limits, while critics like Ralph Nader call it a hazard. The contamination traced to a Wilmington North Carolina fishmeal plant.
A Paoli boy asks if Nixon wage price freezes curtail his allowance rise. Patrick Trainer writes to the Office of Emergency Preparedness. officials say any raise depends on a more productive positon. Patrick currently earns one dollar weekly for chores. his father offers a 20 cent increase if eligible.
Thomas Bolton, utilities superintendent of the Town Commerce Commission, is fired after three cited failures. He helped approve a rate increase for the Town Telephone Co. of Knoxville and faced criticism for a safeguard omission that could cost customers an estimated 1.7 million dollars in refunds. Bolton, 30, earned 417 822 yearly and had served since 1970 after joining in 1963.
Two inmates convicted of manslaughter fled Santa Marta Acatitla prison when a blue helicopter landed inside the facility. Joel Kaplan, 41, of New York, and Venezuelan Carlos Contreras Castro, serving seven years for counterfeiting, vanished after the incident. Warden Jose Campos Burgos said guards were arrested as an investigation began into how the breach was allowed.
The Cost of Living Council announced that Nixon’s wage price freeze covers all state and local government employees including teachers with contracts starting after August 15. If a contract period began before August 15 raises are allowed. if after, they are not.
Treasury Secretary Connally denounces AFL CIO leader Meany and Senator Muskie as flip floppers over Nixon's wage price freeze. He cites labor opposition, discusses tax relief measures, and notes military and corporate exemption issues as Washington debates the plan. Page 3.
Labor Chief George Meany denounces Nixon economic policy as mismanaged and refuses to cooperate with wage price controls. He urges unions to cancel contracts where workers lose money and criticizes Treasury Secretary Connally and Labor Secretary Hodgson. He backs lifting the auto tax but objects to a business investment tax credit and a $400 million federal pay freeze for workers.
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