Meany Defends Inflation Burden On Price Commission
AFL-CIO chief George Meany told Price Commission members that the job of controlling inflation rests with them not the president. He accused regulations of favoring big business, cited wage stagnation, and warned that prices and profits rise despite controls. He noted rising consumer prices and urged action to aid workers and the public.
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AFL- Cio
George Meany
Nixon
Price Commission
Meany
Commission
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International Telephone and Telegraph
America
The
Nwo
Labor Department
Paul Jennings
Afl-Cio International Union of Electrical Workers
Congress
Nixon and Hussein discuss plan for Palestinian state
Washington AP Hussein meets Nixon in Oval Office to seek backing for a semiautonomous Palestinian state on the West Bank and requests about 40 million dollars in new U.S. military aid. The private talks include a lunch with Secretary Rogers and a dinner with the President.
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Washington
Joran
Hussein
White House
Nixon
West Bank
Jordan
Oval
U. S
Walter Reed Hospital
United States
William P. Rogers
Israel
Soviet Union
Husssein
Senate Republicans Seek End to ITT Hearings
Top ranking Republicans push to halt the Senate judiciary hearings into why the Justice Department dropped antitrust action against International Telephone & Telegraph. They label the probe a political circus, while Democrats say the testimony has not reached core issues and must continue.
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Washington
Senate
Justice Department
International Telephone & Telegraph Corp
Hugh Scott
Roman L. Hruska
R-J
Neb
Harald S. Geheen
Ee Ie
Neice
Naenetics
Kleindienst
Interoffice
Anderson
Dita D. Beard
ITF
Beard
Senate Democrats accused of jackassery by Scott
Senate Republican leader Hugh Scott railed at Democratic colleagues after a Nixon briefing, calling their conduct jackassery and alleging delays in administration programs for political reasons. He mocked the Foreign Relations Committee and ridiculed Senator Proxmire, framing the clash as partisan maneuvering over a Chile ITT inquiry.
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Hruska
Scott
G.O.P
Four Horsemen
Lawrence I O’brien
O’brien
Manard M. Kennedy
Mass
Jol ¥,Tunney
Jol ¥,Tunney (D-Calif
Birch Bayh
D-Ind
Philip A. Hart
Id-Mich
ITT
Washington
Hugh Scott
Nixon
Senate
Zit
Pennsylvania
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
International Telephone, & Telegraph Corp
Chile
Sen
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Protestants mob storm Stormont as Parliament closes
BELFAST AP More than 60,000 angry Protestants marched on Northern Ireland's parliament urging Britain to abandon direct rule. A general strike paralyzed the province for a second day as crowds filled Stormont castle grounds. Outgoing Prime Minister Brian Faulkner spoke from a balcony denouncing London while urging peace. The last session before suspension for at least a year ended with Faulkner praising his team and vowing to stand together against London. Whitelaw becomes de facto ruler by decree as British direct rule looms.
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Northern Ireland
Britain
Stormont Castle
Brian Faulkner
London
Ulster
Faulkner
William Whitelaw
Franzenburg pushes assets tax to fund equity plan
Des Moines former state treasurer Paul Franzenburg, a Democratic governor candidate, calls for a tax equity program funded by an assets tax on holdings like stocks and bonds. He opposes any 1 percent sales tax increase and favors removing sales tax from food if feasible. He frames the assets tax as income from investments, to be taxed similarly to real property.
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Des Moines
Paul Franzenburg
Franzenburg
Son fights for Arlington burial for veteran father
MIAMI BEACH AP A son, Tad Bartimus, fights to bury his 93 year old father, A Henry Kauffman, at Arlington National Cemetery. Pentagon officials say he does not qualify. the White House has forwarded the appeal to the Army. Local families offer Arlington graves as the struggle draws in the community.
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Kevin Heald
Raymond Heald
Forty-eighth Street
Nixon
White House
Assn
Kevin
Hiawatha
Miamne Beach
Apy
Dack Kauffman
Arlington National
Arlington Cemetery
Henry Kauffman
Shing
Arlington
Young Kauffman
Kauffman
Department of Army
Raffman
Veterans Hospital
Donis Son
James. C. Cash
Lawrenceville
Rober Silver
Salem
Ghia
Kantman
Daby
James Robert
Marine Cops
Dee Bier Cook
Cooks
Enemy Hits 5 Aircraft In Vietnam
In Vietnam, Communists shot down two U S helicopters and one South Vietnamese helicopter, damaged two more American aircraft, and attacked a ground rescue force. One U S crewman was killed and six wounded. twelve South Vietnamese paratroopers were wounded during rescue efforts. A U S light observation aircraft was shot down near Saigon, with two crewmen wounded. A terrorist bombing in Phnom Penh killed six, as Cambodian forces prepared for potential attacks while a Mekong convoy faced ongoing harassment.
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Saigon
U.S
Central Highlands
UMS
Charlie
Phnom Penh
White House guard charged with drunk driving
A Florida based treasury security guard near the White House was charged after hitting a utility pole near President Nixon's Bayside home. Adolph Chop, not a Secret Service officer, was booked in Dade County jail on careless driving resulting in an accident and driving while intoxicated. Trial date not set.
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Kay Biscayne
Bla
U.S. Treasury
Florida
Nixon
Bayside
Robert Newbrand
Secret Service Office
Miami
Adolph Chop
Aad
Dade County
Hays
Pound
Newbrand
Cal Ty
Inflation shifts value as a saved dollar loses buying power
A brief note explains how inflation erodes a dollar's value over time, showing that a dollar saved today would purchase fewer goods in the future, effectively costing about 16 50 cents more in implied losses, illustrating the impact of rising prices.
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