Bell Strike Hits Up to 540000 Bell System Workers
Washington AP says the Bell System faced a nationwide strike as up to 540000 workers walked out at 6 am. AFL-CIO Communications Workers union demands agency shop and reforms amid wage talks. Non Bell systems felt effect via long distance connections.
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Allie
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AP and T
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Beirne
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Ky announces candidacy amid unity split and unfulfilled promises
Ky decries ongoing stalemate in war against Communism and demands change. She cites unkept promises on war resolution and social reforms, accuses leaders of dictatorship and repression, and says she has decided to run. She insists national objectives defined by her critics remain unmet and voices to challenge the leadership.
Nixon State Priority to Vietnam on Nixon State SAN
President Nixon delays budget conferences to consult on Vietnam policy while planning talks with Rogers and Kissinger. The administration weighs options as Kissinger's role remains cloaked and a potential return to Washington looms amid ongoing Saigon peace prospects.
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SAN. Clemente
Washington
Rogers
Henry Kisesinger
National ‘Security
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Paris
William ‘Porter
U.S
South ‘Korea
Ronald
Ziegler
Bruce
Sinc
Giasler Eal Thiew
Bruce Witellen
Viet Cong
Fire Heroine Indicted in Westminster Terrace Fire
Mary Ann Wyatt, 21, once praised as a heroine for helping nine residents escape a January fire at Westminster Terrace Presbyterian Home, is arraigned on ten counts of wilful murder and one count of arson. The indictment follows her and nurse Helen Yumer guiding patients to safety as smoke billowed, with one resident dying from smoke inhalation and another from pneumonia.
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Louisville
Mary Ann Wyatt
Westminster Terrace
Donald Thomas
Toom
Louisville General Hospital
Fires Department
Indictment Details Fire at $1.5 Million Building
Miss Wyatt spoke from bed in January about a deadly blaze that destroyed a building valued at 1.5 million. Investigators theorized pepper as a starter fuel, but the flames consumed it, killing 3,000 horses. The indictment lists 40 witnesses including 16 county police and two firemen, plus residents and Rev. Jack Goodykoontz.
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Wyatt
Assan
Peper
Jack Goodykoontz
Suit Against FBI Harassment by Philadelphia Groups
In Philadelphia a suit filed in US district court by the American Friends Service Committee and 19 individuals, including an antiwar group, seeks to enjoin FBI harassment, intimidation and surveillance. Defendants include Attorney General J. Edgar Hoover and FBI Philadelphia head Joe D Jamison. The complaint alleges ongoing electronic surveillance and street questioning to deter counsel and political activity, starting around April 1.
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Philadelphia
American Friends Service Committee
FBI
Jolat N
Mitchell
J. Edgar Hoover
Joe D Jamison
Philadelphia Resistance
TBI
Media
Peking Open to Vietnam Talks Anew
Australian Prime Minister Whitlam said China would join a revived Geneva conference on Vietnam. He noted Chou En lai in Peking indicated Red China would participate if the United States shows willingness to disengage. Whitlam stressed the proposal as an initiative rather than firm commitment.
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China
Whitlam
Britain
Triat
France
Soviet Union
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Labor
Peking
Tro! Commission
Gough Whitlam
India
Canada
Poland
Chou En-lai
William McMa“T
Geneva
Chou
Wiitlam
Procoss
U.S
Red China
Australia
Didj
Riddles Surround Coup in Morocco After Palace Attack
In Rabat the attempted coup in Morocco leaves many questions unanswered. Leaders of the rebellion, labeled as forming a people’s evolutionary committee, were mostly wealthy army elites aligned with capitalism. Ten were executed, two killed during the palace assault, while the king and interior minister survived. The Libyan radio rejoiced early, and Morocco’s agency listed nine ringleaders led by Gen. Mohamed Medhoul, a palace staff chief.
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Marocca
Morocca
Bellion
Hessen II
Lemmt
Morocco
Iog
Qrain
Hassan
Mohamed Outkir
Ade ‘Yance
Mohamed Medhoul
Smith Guards ICC Files Sparks Iowa Sealing Controversy
Governor Ray criticizes State Auditor Lloyd Smith for sealing Commerce Commission offices at night to stop what he calls a witch hunt. Ray says no authority to seal offices and no records removed, while auditors defend the action as safeguarding locked files amid ongoing investigations.
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NPI
Robert Ray
Lloyd Smith
Town Commerce Commission
Ray
Commerce Commis
Sid
The
Commeree’ Commission
Smith
Tno
Commerce Commission
Feine
Commission
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