NATO FMs clash as communique softens on detente
From Brussels to Ottawa and Caracas the day’s brief items track a NATO rift over detente and nuclear risk, French objections to Nixon Brezhnev talks, Vietnam fighting updates, Lon Nol reshuffles, Perez close to victory, and Trudeau winning confidence with New Democratic backing.
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization
France
United States
Middle East
Michel Jobert
Nixon
Leonid 1. Brezhnev
Leosen
NATO
Ottawa
Canada
New Democratic Party
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
House of Commons
Trudeau
New Democrats
Panel backs Senate control on appointments reform
A special committee proposes Senate approval rules to curb gubernatorial appointing power. The plan would require timely Senate action and end interim appointments. major boards retain two thirds for confirmation, while minor posts may shift to a simple majority. The report targets backlogs and political maneuvering.
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Hariusburg
Senate
Public Utility Commission
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission
Milk Marketing Board
Texas
U.S. Senate
Senate Committee On Senate
Franklin Kury
Northumberland
Shapp
John Pittenger
House-Senate
Senate Finance Committee
Kury
Pittsburgh Transit Strike Ends Amid Wage Pact
Pittsburgh bus and trolley drivers voted 935 to 43 to accept a new three year contract ending a week long strike that halted service for 170000 commuters. Immediate 32 cent hourly rise plus 12 cent cost of living increases, quarterly COLA, and revised split-shift rules.
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Pittsburgh
Port Authority Transit
Division 85
Amalgamated Transit Union
Allegheny County
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Watergate inquiry cites Hughes link as possible motive
Senate Watergate committee pursues a theory that burglars sought connection between billionaire Howard Hughes and the Nixon administration. If true, the break in may have aimed to uncover Democrats possessing such information.
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Washington
Senate Watergate Committee
Howard Hughes
Samuel Cash
Pennsylvania Briefs Highlight Labor, Police, and Mail Trends
Harrisburg reports on State Insurance Commissioner Herbert Denenberg weighing a Senate run with limited labor movement backing. AFL-CIO may back incumbent Republican Schweiker. Pittsburgh minutes show United Mine Workers debating doubling active miner dues from 5.25 to 9.25 amid floor debate and adjournment. Philadelphia mail speeds improve with Erie and others delivering in one day, Scranton and Pittsburgh in two days. Harrisburg also notes Police Commissioner James D. Barger plans to testify to a House committee on alleged 1960s wiretapping.
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Corry
Alma Phillips
North Center Street
Cochairman
Evelyn Dodd
Marion Remington
Elaine Benton
Holliday
Finey
Jan Frushone
Mary McCray
Mariana McIntyre
Gladys Bulard
Evelyn Warner
Gloria Ebratt
Erie Stairways
Harrisburg
Herbert Denenberg
U.S. Senate
Labor Movement
Afl-Cio
Richard Schweiker
Pittsburgh
United Mine, Workers Union
Philadelphia
Associated Press
Erie
Beaver Falls
Lancaster
Allentown
James D. Barger
House
Barger
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