Labor Leaders Agree to Serve on Pay Board Study
AFL-CIO President George Meany and the presidents of the Teamsters and United Auto Workers said they would serve on Nixon’s wage board if asked, after a pledge of board autonomy. The report cites mercury studies suggesting declines in human tissue mercury levels and argues against alarmist public health panic, while noting labor insists on retroactive wage increases during the wage price freeze.
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Meany
Labor Federation
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Courcil
Fitzsimmons
Woodcock
Executive Council
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Bucs Rally to Lead Birds 5-1 in Seventh Inning
Pittsburgh takes a 5-1 lead over Baltimore as Bobby Robertson belts a three run homer in the seventh. Context shows a World Series game with the Pirates in action against the Orioles. Robertson powers the late inning surge to lift Pittsburgh.
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Birds
Pittsburgh
Bobby Robertson
Baltimore
Court Refuses War Powers Question in Vietnam Appeal
The Supreme Court on a 5 to 2 vote refused to hear a challenge by two soldiers against U.S. involvement in Vietnam. The court cited lack of a direct constitutional ruling and noted it has not ruled on questions of war without explicit congressional declaration. The decision affects federal and potentially state employees, shaping future legal debates over the president's war powers and congressional authority.
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American Civil Liberties Union
New York Civil Liber Des Union
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Douglas Kaplan
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Stewart
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Three Top Choices for 1 380 North Selected
Three of seven proposed routes for Interstate 380 north of Cedar Rapids were labeled most acceptable by highway commission staffers. The top options run northwest of Cedar Rapids through Center Point toward Urbana, then connect to Freeway 520 near Independence and into Waterloo. A final decision is not expected until next spring after a series of informational meetings in Waterloo Independence Vinton and Cedar Rapids.
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Waterloo
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Bayh withdraws from Democratic presidential bid
Washington UPI Senator Birch Bayh of Indiana withdrew his name from contention for the Democratic presidential nomination citing his wife’s recent surgery and breast cancer. He had planned to announce a candidacy in the coming weeks but changed course after the medical news.
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UPI
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Indiana
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Women Defend Armored Vehicle Against Belfast Mob
In Londonderry's Bogside area, two middle aged women used an umbrella stones and fists to fend off about 30 youths who attacked an armored troop carrier. Their actions helped three soldiers escape as the crowd vandalized the vehicle. Army officials praised the women's courage and said they do not know their names.
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Michael Clark
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Hall
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Cartier
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Nixon to visit Moscow and Peking in 1972 talks
President Nixon announced plans for a May 1972 trip to Moscow and Peking after preliminary talks with Soviet leaders. He said the visits would be limited in scope, not aimed at exploiting differences, and would focus on strategic arms, the Middle East, and other negotiated areas. The announcements followed meetings with White House aides and formal invitations from Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko.
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Red
Nixon
Brezinev
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Podgorny
Rogers
Henry Kissinger
Moscow
Peking
Middle East
U.S
Soviet Union
Gromyko
White House
China
Russia
Trucker Kidnapping Sparks ransom bid in Da Nang area
Twelve U S Army truck drivers and six trucks were seized by disabled veteran civilians nine miles south of Da Nang after a convoy collision with a funeral procession minibus. Civilians demanded nine thousand dollars but accepted about 726 dollars plus 170 cases of salad oil and 150 casks of soybean mixture. American authorities paid the ransom as a gesture of sorrow pending investigation. eight mourners were injured, three seriously. Helicopters moved the wounded to treatment facilities.
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API
U.S
Saigon
Stuart Nominated for Appeal Court
Iowa Supreme Court Justice William C. Stuart has been nominated to fill the U S district court post vacated by Ray L. Stephenson. Sen Jack Miller says the nomination goes to the Senate Tuesday afternoon and the judiciary committee will act before floor consideration. Stuart, 51, is a former state senator appointed to the Iowa supreme court in 1962.
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Iowa Bar Assa
Stuart
Iowa Supreme Court
Thirteenth Floor Induces Overtime
New York AP reports Nick Gialdella and Frank Ribundu were stranded on a 13th floor scaffold in midtown Manhattan after coworkers quit and shut off power. They shouted for hours before a passerby summoned firefighters to rescue them.
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Ribunde
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Manhattan
Passerty
Resce
Freeway 549 Plan Dropped in Iowa Action
AMES Iowa highway commission voted Tuesday afternoon to abandon the concept of Freeway S49 through Amana. The highway program sale was improvised with no prior discussion, and the plan to extend the freeway from Interstate 20 to Amana was dropped immediately.
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Iowa Highway Commission
Amanas
Manioway
Interstate 20
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