Western Union strike ends with new two year contract
Agreement reached on a two year deal for 17 000 Western Union telegraph workers ending a 57 day nationwide strike. AFL CIO official E L Hageman says the contract includes a 19 percent wage boost plus four percent in benefits. Workers to return to duty at midnight after ratification is considered.
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Washington
Western Union Telegraph Co
E.L. Hageman
Afl-Cio
United Telegraph Workers
Hageman
Bounty Hunting Accusations Shake Kansas City Police
Mexican-American community leaders accuse Kansas City police of aiding bounty hunts for federal targets. They cite reward payments as motive. Police Chief Donnelly acknowledges past harassment and says a directive to stop was issued after taking office last spring.
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Kansas City
Kan
Police Department
John J. Donnelly
Donnelly
Topeka Rejects Liquor By The Drink Measure
The Topeka City Council voted 5-0 against allowing liquor by the drink in public places. Mayor Bill McCormick and others cited strong public opposition from mail and phone calls. Rev. Richard Taylor urged restrictions citing Kansas alcohol problems, while Chamber officials warned lack of alcohol service could hurt convention business.
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Topeka, Kan
Topeka
Bill McCormick
Richard Taylor
Kansas United Dty Forces
Kansas
Chamber of Commerce
Tough Outfit Claims Mafia Ties and Gambling Kingpins
Vincent C. Teresa 42, who calls himself the grandson of a Mafia don, names men he says run illegal gambling, loan sharking and stolen credit cards. He recalls a piranha in a fishbowl used to impress Boston gamblers as proof of his tough operation.
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Washington
Vincent C. Teresa
Boston
Protest Hearing Sets Schedule on 47 Street and Sewer Assessments
The City Commission held a 4 p.m. hearing with about 25 attendees including City Manager Kenneth Sanborn City Attorney Robert Pennington and City Engineer Floyd Heath to review protests over 47 street and sewer project assessments. Pennington announced two corrections and that most protests were resolved.
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City Commission
Kenneth Sanborn
Robert Pennington
Floyd Heath
Pennington
Schultz
Main Engine In Apollo 15 Passes Test
Apollo 15 astronauts fired the main spacecraft engine for one second in a test at SPACE CENTER Houston clearing the way for a Friday lunar landing attempt. A short circuit was found in the engine electrical system and if the engine had failed they would have shifted to an alternate lunar orbit mission led by Commander David Scott James Irwin and Alfred Worden.
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Space Center, Houston
David R. Scott
James B. Irwin
Alfred M. Worden
New York Congresswoman Fights Sex Prefix Policy
Rep. Bella Abzug urged Congress to ban marital status prefixes in federal forms and signed a bill to prohibit any prefix indicating Mrs Miss or Ms to describe individuals. She also sought August 26 as Women’s Equality Day to mark women winning voting rights in 1920.
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Washington
Bella Abzug
Congress
New York Democrat
Women’s Liberation
Abzug
United States
Fulbright Attacks Nixon Secrecy Over China Visit
Sen. J. W. Fulbright criticizes the White House foreign policy apparatus for secrecy surrounding Kissinger’s trip to Peking and the Nixon China plan. He urges consultation with the Foreign Relations Committee and calls for reporting on the trip and Taiwan status. The hearing opens a scrutiny of executive privilege and information withholding.
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Washington
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
White House
Congress
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Peking
Henry Kissinger
China
Nixon
Fulbright
Senate Judiciary
Kissinger
Foreign Relations Committee
Taiwan
Searching Continues For Wyoming Child
Casper Wyoming AP reports new clues suggest Kevin Dye may still be on Casper Mountain as search teams resume tracking. A tracking dog indicated a possible scent trail before nightfall. A battered ping pong paddle found by a seeker was linked to the day of his disappearance from a cabin.
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Casper
Wyo
Kevin Dye
Casper Mountain
Ray Garner
Kevin
Ambulance service motion dies at City Commission
A motion to terminate the city run ambulance service at midnight July 31 died for lack of a second as commissioners argued over cooperation with Neosho County and the private Reddick Ambulance Service. The meeting also reviewed audits showing cash shortages in several funds and discussed contracting, zoning, and planning actions.
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City Commission
John Schultz
Commission
Clyde Kile
Vesta Lightfoot
Schultz
Neosho County
Reddick
Lightfoot
Yerkes
Elmer Carder
17Th
Edith
Bank of Commerce
Planning Commission
Eastwood Heights
East 9Th
Ashby
Chanute Hairdressers’ Association
Richard McClanathan
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Senate Finance Committee
Louisiana Democrat
Senate
E. H. Eskridge
S. Allen
R. C. Lee
Labor Department
W. J. Usery Jr
Dick Larimore
Tribune
Bonnie Moffatt
Scott
New York
Wyoming
Cha
Ms. Abzug
Yours
Kile
Donald Yerkes
Yerkes and Michels, Certified Public Accountants, Independence
John Gorton
W. 9Th
Harvey Young
The
McClanathan
Sanborn
State Department of Health
Charles Lesher
W. 5Th
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