Half Million Bell System Workers Strike Nationwide
Washington AP reports up to 500000 telephone workers walked out as AFL CIO Communications Workers of America union members left at 6 am EDT. Service continues in many areas but repair and installation halted. union says strike will last at least two weeks amid wage and fringe issues. Information officer notes many calls will still go through. Temperature and forecast details follow in the area summary.
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Washington
Bell System
Afl-Cio
Communications Workers of America
The
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
Chuck Dynes
Utilities Valuation Delay Could Skew Local Budgets
Ron Dwyer, Kansas state property valuation director, says a delay in delivering 1971 valuations for about 270 private state assessed utilities should not derail budget plans. Districts may use last year’s figures, with notices to utilities due next week and certification to counties by August 1.
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Topeka
Kan
Ronald Dwyer
Dwyer
State
Justin H. Hayes Co
Denver
Legislative Assessment and Taxation Committee
Haynes Company
Kansas
Regional Bell strike idles 50,000 workers across five states
More than 50,000 Bell System employees in Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, and Iowa were expected to be idled as the Communication Workers Union of America set up picket lines at Bell facilities. Western Electric, owner AT&T, faces a CWA action with 21,000 non management workers in Missouri and thousands more in other states. Bell says supervisory staff will cover many jobs, including switchboards and maintenance operations.
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Associated Press
Bell
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Iowa
Communication Workers Union of America
CWA
Western Electric
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
At&t
Intercepted Letter Warns of New Telephone Rate Hike
An intercepted letter titled Dear Cha suggests another telephone rate increase is coming, signaling likely higher costs for users and possible shifts in pricing by the service provider.
Clerk Post To Gibson In Neosho County
Gibson 34 sworn in as Neosho County clerk filling vacancy after Virgil Lowe's death. Previously deputy for years, named by county commissioners. married with a son, Virgil Dean, four, living on a farm near Erie. Attended Erie High School and Labette County Junior College.
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Erie
Wayne B. Gibson
Neosho County
Virgil Lowe
Gibson
Marion Showalter
Virgil Dean
R. 1. St. Paul
Erie High School
Labette County Junior College
Parsons
Chanute Employees Join in Stoppage
Between 40 and 50 Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. workers in Chanute walked off the job joining a nationwide CWA strike. A CWA rep and a Western Electric worker from Wichita arrived at 7:45 a.m. to establish a picket line as local union members did not cross. The Southwestern Bell-CWA contract runs to July 17, while Western Electric's agreement expired in April.
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The
Communications Workers of America
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Chanute
CWA
Western Electric
Wichita
Southwestern Bell
City Planner Richard McClanathan Resigns
City planner Richard McClanathan announced his resignation effective August 1. He said the capital improvements program, including jail renovations, gas line replacements, a drainage ditch clean up, and parks upgrades, will go to the planning commission for a recommendation next Wednesday. He will join a city county planning staff in another Kansas community to pursue a master’s degree and collaborate with a professional planner, denying rumors he was fired or forced to quit and noting he chose the new opportunity over Manhattan.
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Richard McClanathan
McClanathan
Planning Commission
Kansas
Manhattan
Chanute
Don C. Beach
Ross Cooper
Kenneth Sanborn
Harvey Young
Young
the Tribune
Bonds Posted On Charges In Chanute Case
Dennis McKenzie and Ronald Bryant posted $500 bonds each on felony destruction of property charges after a Sunday incident along the Neosho River near Oasis Road. Two other men and two juveniles were arrested at the scene. Jordan and Patton were paroled after pleading guilty to taking unauthorized control of property. Arraignments for McKenzie and Bryant set for July 19 and Aug 16 respectively.
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Dennis McKenzie
N. Grant
Ronald Gene Bryant
E. 12Th
Neosho River
Oasis Road
Dean Kepley
R. 4
Chanute Motor Co
N. Santa Fe
Jeffrey Lynn Jordan
S. Santa Fe
George Patton
S. Garfield
McKenzie
Bryant
House kills contempt citation over CBS Pentagon documentary
The House rejected a contempt motion against CBS for not providing unaired footage from the Pentagon documentary. Chairman Emanuel Celler argued the First Amendment protects press freedom, while Harley Staggers declared the citation dead after a 226 to 181 vote, noting the media’s influence on the process. He ruled out further action, saying no new contempt effort would occur.
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House
Judiciary Committee
Emanuel Celler
D-N.y
Commerce Committee
Harley C. Staggers
Dw.va
Columbia Broadcasting System
Staggers
CBS
Pentagon
Space shuttle engine contract seals future orbit link
Washington AP North American Rockwell Corp wins a $500 million contract to develop the main engine for a vehicle shuttling between Earth and orbiting stations. The action marks a major step toward a shuttle program for the next decade. Philadelphia AP AFS Committee and 18 others sue to block FBI harassment surveillance naming Atty Gen Mitchell FBI Director Hoover and Philadelphia FBI chief Jamison in official and individual capacities.
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Washington
North American
Rockwell Corp
Earth
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Philadelphia
American Friends Service Committee
U.S
FBI
Atty
John N. Mitchell
J. Edgar Hoover
Joe D. Jamison
Lutherans to review council ties over doctrinal matters
Milwaukee based Lutheran Church Missouri Synod plans to continue working with other Lutheran branches but with closer doctrinal scrutiny. It ordered a review of activities including work by the Lutheran Council in the USA and rejected about 60 proposals to withdraw from the council.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Lutheran Church- Missouri Synod
Lutheran Council
U.S.A
Governor dispatches K State professor to oppose Lyons waste plan
Gov. Robert Docking announced he is sending Dr. Robert J. Robel, professor of environmental biology at Kansas State University, to Washington to urge Congress not to authorize the 3.5 million land acquisition for the Lyons nuclear waste repository. Robel will deliver Docking's letters to the Kansas congressional delegation as the governor’s representative.
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Topeka
Kan
Robert Docking
Kansas State University
Washington, D.C
Congress
Lyons
Docking
Robert J. Robel
K-State
Kansas Advisory Council On Ecology
Washington
Kansas
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