AFL-CIO quits Nixon Pay Board over anti inflation policy
George Meany announces that AFL-CIO President and two union chiefs resign from the 15 member Pay Board accusing the board of skewing policy against workers. Meany says prices and profits rise while wage controls hurt labor and confirms others were invited to resign or weigh their stance.
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Washington
Afl-Cio
Nixon
Woodcock
Teamsters
Frank E. Fitzsimmons
Afl-Cio Executive Council
Meany
Detroit
Auto Workers Executive Board
Auto Workers and Teamsters
NAACP Leader Opposes Nixon Busing Stand Policy
Mrs. Roberta Thuston of Neosho Allen counties says Mr Nixon’s push to halt new busing aims to boost re election odds. She argues busing should pursue equal education, not separate but equal, and calls the moratorium a step backward amid resistance by affluent communities and debates over new federal aid.
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Nixon
Roberta Thuston
Neosho- Allen Counties
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Thuston
NAACP
Topeka
Possible Weakness in System After Clerk Embezzles
Topeka Kansas AP report. Blue Cross Blue Shield official Carl Kresie warns of a possible system weakness after clerk Mary Jo Wheeler 22 charged with theft by deception for falsifying 22 claims checks totaling 38958.76. Wheeler bonded on 2500. District attorney Donald Morrison notes husband Wayne Wheeler not charged. First check October 1971, last week or two.
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Topeka
Kan
Carl C. Kresie
Blue Cross-Blue Shield Insurance Co
Kresie
Mary Jo Wheeler
Wheeler
Morrison
Muskie dominates Illinois primary as Daley faction faces setbacks
In Illinois, Sen. Muskie built a large lead over McGovern and McCarthy as 99 percent of precincts counted. If official, delegation would be 59 Muskie, 14 McGovern, 87 uncommitted. In Chicago races, Daniel Walker beat Lt. Gov. Simon for governor and Hanrahan won renomination despite a police raid indictment. Area forecast: fair, mild, with a light southwest wind and highs near 70s.
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Chicago
Sen
Edmund
Muskie
George McGovern
Illinois
Eugene J. McCarthy
McCarthy
McGovern
Richard J. Daley
Miami Beach
Fla
Daniel J. Walker
Paul Simon
Daley
Edward V. Hanrahan
Black Panther
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha Ailment Tied to Premium Payment
The intercepted note discusses a medical insurance weakness common to many people and its link to the payment of premiums. No further context or individuals are provided in the readable text.
Kansans blame banks and business lobbies for consumer act stall
In Topeka, bankers and the Retail Council of the Kansas Association of Commerce and Industry are blamed for blocking action on SB587, the Kansas Consumer Protection Act. Proponents say the fight centers on holder-in-due-course rules and UCCC concessions, with lawmakers split on impact and timing. The dispute echoes across Senate and House discussions as sessions pause on the measure.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Robert Bennett
Prairie Village
Jerry Harper
Wichita
Kansas Bankers Association
Retail Council
Kansas Association of Commerce and Industry
State Chamber of Commerce
Bennett
UCCC
Senate
House
Harper
KBA
Harold Stones
Burr
EBA
Earl of Leicester to deliver maiden Lords speech on farming
Thomas William Edward Coke the fifth Earl of Leicester, a 61 year old landlord of 27 000 acres, will speak in a Lords debate on the environment next month. After 22 years of silence he will address urban sprawl threatening farmland, noting his family history of long parliamentary tenure without speeches.
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London
Norfolk
House of Lords
Thomas William Edward Coke
Lords
Welfare rolls rise 117000 in November as aid totals dip
Washington AP reports November welfare figures show 117000 people joined relief rolls while total assistance fell by 19 million dollars from October. Health Education and Welfare notes states cut benefits to plug treasury drains.
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Washington
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Senators to Question Beard in Denver Testimony
A seven member Senate Judiciary subcommittee travels to Denver to hear three days of bedside testimony from Dita D. Beard, an ITT lobbyist ailing from a heart condition. The session seeks to determine if ITT received preferential treatment in an antitrust case during the Nixon era. Beard is 53 and hospitalized at Rocky Mountain Osteopathic Hospital.
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Washington
Denver
Dita D. Beard
International Telephone & Telegraph Corp
Nixon
Senate Judiciary Subcommittee
Supreme Court Rules Contraceptives Right Extends to Singles
The Supreme Court overturned the Massachusetts conviction of Bill Baird, holding that single individuals may obtain contraceptives if married people are allowed by the state. The ruling nullified punishment for Baird’s lecture at Boston University and handing contraceptives to an unmarried woman.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Bill Baird
Baird
Massachusetts
Boston University
Republican Rep. Ogden Reid joins Democrats in surprise switch
Rep. Ogden Reid, a 10-year Republican congressman from Westchester County, announced he will switch to the Democratic Party and seek re election in New York's 24th District saying he cannot remain with the GOP in good conscience.
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New York
Ogden Reid
Westchester County
Seventeen Firms Flagged for Price Report Delays
Washington AP says the Cost of Living Council will have the IRS probe 17 large manufacturers for possible price violations after they failed to file required quarterly price reports. Officials did not name the firms, but confirmed the IRS inquiry and noted none sought price hike permission or pledged not to raise prices.
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Washington
Cost of Living Council
Internal Revenue Service
Council
Cost of Living
IRS
The
Price Commission
Tax Surprise Boosts Treasury Borrowing Outlook
Washington reports higher tax receipts than forecast. February brought in $1 billion more than expected and the current month adds about $500 million. Overwithholding and unused exemptions drive higher revenues, allowing the government to borrow less in the near term.
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Washington
Treasury
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George Meany
United Steelworkers
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Leon
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Santa Fe Trails
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Chanute
Clarence Condra Jr
Gary Brananman
Maxine Sahlberg
Mary Hougland
Condra
Carbondale
Overbrook
Scranton
Donald P. Morrison
Shawnee County
Blue Cross- Blue Shield
Cha
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Associated Press
City Commission
Kenneth Sanborn
Sanborn
Planning Commission
Senate Judiciary Committee
Retail Council and Loan Companies
Ucccc
Stones
Lance Burr
Attorney General's Division of
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Noble Drake
Drake
Dita
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