Dent Bill Aims To Raise Minimum Wage To 2.50
Washington reports Rep. John Dent plans hearings on a renewed minimum wage bill raising base pay from 1.60 to 2.50 by 1972. The measure would cover large retailers and manufacturing, many farm and service workers, with phased increases and an automatic cost of living adjustment.
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Antiwar senators push TV ads to back McGovern Hatfield plan
Washington UPI reports a group of antiwar lawmakers use Madison Avenue pitches to win public backing for the McGovern Hatfield end the war amendment. Ads aim to pressure Congress as the Senate prepares to consider the proposal, which would force a U.S. troop withdrawal by June 30 unless extended.
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R-N.y
Paris
Soviet Premier Kosygin arrives amid Romanian snub in Bucharest
Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin arrived in Bucharest to a cool welcome as Romania signaling irritation over Brezhnev missing the trip. A new Soviet Romanian friendship treaty was to be discussed but the diplomatic snub indicated growing strains between Moscow and Bucharest and downgrading the pact to a government level accord.
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Mikhail A. Suslov
Russia
Parade by Gay Liberation Front Crashes Provincetown Fourth
About 150 members of the Gay Liberation Front staged a Fourth of July amately Saturday near Provincetown’s traditional parade. They waved and danced through the downtown streets carrying balloons and signs reading Change to Our Way and Bring the Boys Home.
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Chicago truckers roll again as strike ends
Chicago area truckers return to their cabs after a 12 week strike. Teamsters and Chicago Truck Drivers Union members, totaling about 50,000, restart deliveries of merchandise. National officials expected to approve settlements raising pay by 1.65 to 1.85 over three years, with freight rates likely up at least 12 percent.
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Sihanouk Convicted of Treason and Sentenced to Death
Prince Norodom Sihanouk was convicted of nine counts of treason and sentenced to death in absentia by a military tribunal. The verdict allows seizure of his Cambodian property and revocation of citizenship as he remains in exile in Peking. He led an exile government after March 18 ouster.
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Cambodia seeks aid including uniforms and arms
Cambodian Foreign Minister Koun Wick appealed to Secretary Rogers and other allies for economic aid and military equipment, noting no money requests but seeking uniforms, equipment, communications gear, racks, and jeeps. Wick traveled from Phnom Penh and met with ministers from Thailand, South Vietnam, Australia, and South Korea before meeting U.S. Ambassador Bunker. Rogers offered no commitments, though conveyed Nixon's intent to help Cambodia.
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Yatten States
All-faith chapel opens at Boys Training School Kearney
Knights of Columbus funds helped build a new all-brick chapel at the Boys Training School in Kearney costing 106000 dollars. The 200-seat structure marks a turning point for the residents and reflects statewide fundraising efforts with 80000 raised and 77000 contributed through the Knights of Columbus. Local councils donated pews and continue to seek 25000 more, with Leon Nicolas of Shelby as chapel chairman. James Buchanan was noted as the first bachelor elected president and the only one to remain unmarried.
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Hacking deaths shock UCSB beach sleepers
Two young men, Larry Hess and Thomas Dolan, were killed while sleeping on the University of California Santa Barbara campus beach. Leon Hayes, 19, was critically injured after five hours of surgery for head wounds. Victims, not UCSB students, were seen near Isla Vista during a fireworks event. motive unknown and no arrest reported. A murder weapon was found. watches and money remained on the bodies.
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