Big Wage Contracts Test Phase 3 Pay Policy
Major labor deals covering nearly five million workers face wage negotiations this year as unions push beyond Nixon's 5.5 percent Phase 3 guideline. Leaders demand real increases, challenge standby controls, and criticize the cost of living versus corporate profits.
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Washington
Nixon
Communications Workers
Joseph A. Beirne
Congress
Afl-Cio International Ladies Garment Workers
Peter Bommarito
Afl-Cio
United Rubber Workers
Bommarito
UAW
Afl-Cio International Assn
General Electric Co
Westinghouse Corp
National Railway Labor Act
Ruling Declares Tama Man’s Death a Suicide
Tama county deputy medical examiner Dr. R W Linthacum ruled Milroy F Nekola 50 of Tama died by own action hanging. Nekola was found Saturday in a shed on his son Dean Nekola’s farm east of Toledo. Surviving: wife Orleen Tama daughter Mrs Dennis Banes Tracr two granddaughters and father Fred Nekola Belle Plaine. Services Tuesday 11 am St Patrick’s Tama burial Holy Trinity cemetery Toledo wake Monday 7 30 Hendersons Toledo.
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TAMA
Tama County
R. W. Linthacum
Dysart
Milroy F. Nekola
Nekola
Dean
Toledo
Mekola
Orleen
Dennis Banes
Tracr
Fred Nekola
Belle Plaine
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Holy Trinity Cemetery
Henderson’s
Fire Alarm Signals Burglars Loot Roxbury Firehouse
In Boston Roxbury a firehouse was looted while crews answered concurrent alarms Sunday night. Firefighters returned after about an hour to find a stolen color television set, a gold watch, a diamond ring and three pairs of over the knee rubber boots, with losses over $1,000.
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Boston
Roxbury
Meeting Viet Cong Welcome Amid Quiet Cease Fire
Lt Tu Phung led about 30 young fighters and welcomed visiting reporters saying peace and security would be guaranteed. Villagers and children waved Viet Cong flags as the pair moved through hamlets, photographing scenes while recalling prior bombardment nearby. They departed toward Saigon amid a cordial farewell.
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Tu Phung
Dave
Chao
Kennerly
Jackson Urges Formal U S Ties With China
Senator Henry Jackson urges the United States to move quickly to establish formal diplomatic ties with mainland China. He says the move would require severing formal ties with Taiwan while preserving a mission on the island for communications and honoring treaty commitments to the nationalist regime.
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Washington
UPI
Henry Jackson
D-Wash
United States
China
Jackson
Taiwan
Apartment Firm Indicted for False Wage Reports
A Cedar Rapids federal grand jury returned a 20 count indictment against Donald M. and Rose E. Caraway of Imperial Apartments Inc. The charges allege they willfully falsified withholding forms for 1969 and 1970, listing several employees and showing wages lower than actual earnings.
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Donald M
Rose E. Caraway
Imperial Apartments, Inc
Cedar Rapids
James Bender
James Caraway
Art Nesheim
Leroy Penne
Marion
Richard Smittkamp
Robert Starks
Monticello
William Tuel
Hopkinton
David Wassmer
Cletus Wulfekuhle
Coggan
John Kolden
Imperial Apartments
Bender
Caraway
Nesheim
Penne
Smittkamp
Starks
Tuel
Wassmer
Wulfekuhle
Kolden
Blairstown Residents Among Those Hurt In Cedar Rapids Crash
Three Blairstown residents and a Cedar Rapids woman were injured in a two car crash at the Sixteenth Avenue and Edgewood Road NW intersection Sunday afternoon. Daryl D. Jellison of Blairstown faced charges for an improper turn. Names of injured include Sandra Jellison nine, Christopher Jellison seven months, Joyce Jellison thirty. Frances B Valenta sixty was treated for face lacerations and released.
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Blairstown
Cedar Rapids
Sixteenth Avenue
Edgewood Road
Sandra Jellison
Mercy Hospital
Christopher Jellison
Joyce Jellison
Daryl D. Jellison
Frances B. Valenta
326
Twenty-eighth Street NW
Jellison
Frank F. Valenta, Jr
Twenty Eighth Street
Caldera Begins South American Swing From Caracas
President Rafael Caldera departs Caracas on a seven country swing with Bogota as the first stop, as he pursues diplomatic visits to improve regional ties. He plans stops across seven nations beginning in Colombia.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Rafael Caldera
Bogota
Colombia
Fire damages Dr Wellso home on Woodland Drive
Fire extensively damaged the third floor and attic of Dr Charles Wellso's brick home at 345 Woodland Drive SE early Sunday. All family members escaped unharmed. Cause listed as defective attic wiring. Firemen confined blaze to the third floor and controlled it in about 45 minutes after responding at 12:11 a.m.
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Charles Wellso
Woodland Drive
Wellso
William Cloudy
Lillian Ellsworth Rites Scheduled in Coggon
Lillian M. Ellsworth 83, longtime Coggon resident, died Sunday in a Cedar Rapids hospital. Born April 27, 1889, she married Walter Ellsworth in 1942. he died in 1961. Survived by two stepsons, a stepdaughter, six grandchildren, and two great grandchildren. Service 11 a.m. Wednesday at United Methodist Church in Coggon. burial Blodgett Cemetery. Murdoch chapel, Coggon, after 5 p.m. today. Donations preferred to church memorial fund or heart and muscular dystrophy funds. Casket not opened after service.
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Coggon
Lillian M. Ellsworth
Cedar Rapids
Spring Grove Township
Mt. Vernon
Walter S. Ellsworth
Women’s Auxiliary of American Legion
Marion
William Ellsworth
George Ellsworth
Central City
Margaret Gue
United Methodist Church
Blodgett Cemetery
Murdoch Chapel
United Methodist Church Memorial Fund
Tax reform urged as moral issue in tax debate
Surrey argues tax incentives cut corporate rates beyond intent and that the wealthy pay low rates under the 1969 law. He says reports mislead Congress by using adjusted gross income to downplay true taxes paid and calls for far reaching reform to restore fairness and decency.
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Surrey
Congress
Treasury
U.S
June Haver to Leave Movies for Nun Vocation
Actress June Haver announced plans to abandon her film career and pursue life as a nun. The announcement highlights a notable shift from Hollywood acting to religious devotion, reflecting a dramatic personal career turn.
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June Haver
Newsweek reports Nixon aide hid Watergate evidence
Newsweek cites an unnamed source claiming White House counsel John Dean III ordered cleaning out Hunt's office and safes to hinder investigators. The defense source says Dean safeguarded material for a week before handing it to the FBI, while denying comment from Dean or the White House.
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New York
Nixon
Newsweek Magazine
Newsweek
White House
John Dean III
Dean
E. Howard Hunt
Democratic National Committee
Washington
Watergate
FBI
Innsbruck Avalanche Claims 12 In Austria
An avalanche in the Austrian Alps near Innsbruck killed 12 skiers on Sunday. Ten of the victims were West Germans buried on a slope known for danger in winter, marking one of Austria’s highest tolls in a single day.
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Innsbruck
Austria
Austrian Alps
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