Brennan minority union record cited as Senate weighs labor pick
The article reports criticism of Peter J. Brennan for limited minority union membership in New York construction trades. It notes 2 percent minority presence in NYC unions, compares federal data, and mentions the New York City Plan training program Brennan helped create. Brennan denies policy exclusion and says unions are autonomous.
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New York
Peter J. Brennan
Nixon
Senate
Brennan
New York City
U.S. Department of Labor
Bren
U.S. Civil Rights Commission
Civil Rights Commission
Edward K. Hamilton
City Hall
Hamilton
Chicago
Haughton
McGill Focuses on Committee Assignments in Kansas House
Rep. Duane McGill, newly elected Kansas House speaker, prioritizes establishing committee assignments before the Jan. 9 session. He aims for qualified, geographically balanced panels and signals cooperation with the Senate, eyeing education finance, taxes, welfare, and issues like no fault insurance, abortion, and environment as major topics.
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Topeka
Kan
Duane McGill
Kansas House of Representatives
McGill
House
Senate
Johnson County
Israelis Ring Jerusalem With Bunker of Housing
Israel expands housing rings around Jerusalem to settle thousands of Jewish families in the eastern sector while facing Arab condemnation and UN pressure. Ramot, Giloh, and Talpiyot complexes rise as conservationists push for limited heights and architects blend new towers with terrain.
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Jerusalem
Israel
Bethlehem
Judean Desert
Biblical Bethel
Holy City
State Department
Robert McCloskey
America
East Jerusalem
McCloskey
Ramat
United Nations
Talpiyot
Giloh
Handset Weekly Disappears in Cambridge Iowa
The Cambridge Leader a hand set paper ends after 64 years as Lafayette C Langford retires leaving no successor. The paper founded in 1889 and run by Langford family survived financial reverses, burns and wars before dissolving into the Slater News.
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Cambridge, Iowa
Iowa
Lafayette C. Langford
Langford
Cambridge Leader
Slater News
Nevada
Nevada ‘‘Watchman
Lafayette
Nixon May Seek Gas Price Boost
An Interior Department energy expert says President Nixon may push for natural gas price increases to spur new reserves and ease fuel shortages. Kenneth Lay notes the plan would urge some industrial users to switch fuels while protecting homeowners from the steepest costs. If the FPC deregulates gas prices, increases could be allowed, though Nixon has no direct authority.
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Nixon
Interior Department
Kenneth Lay
Department
New Energy Board
Lay
Federal Power Commission
FPC
Basia
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U.S
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Fight Back
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