Public employee strikes under study spark wage debate
A Brookings Institute study funded by a Ford Foundation grant analyzes public employee unions and strike rights. It cautions that voluntary limits on strikes and bargaining to economic issues may not hold, urging impartial mediation legislation to curb rising municipal costs and inflation. It also notes the political climate around President Nixon and day care funding as a separate matter.
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Brookings Institute
Ford Foundation
Reid May Bolt GOP Footnote Sparks Disaffection
Reid signaled discontent with the Nixon era by charging 347 price hikes versus 57 wage increases and criticizing Vietnam plans. A secret report describes a tense Pompidou Brandt Paris meeting with sharp exchanges over inflation and FRG policy. House conservatives back a stringent clean water package seeking a zero discharge goal and citizen suits, setting up a clash with the Public Works bill.
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Is a cancelled check proof of loan payment
A cancelled check can prove payment of a personal loan if it can be shown it was used toward the loan. Weight of the check depends on evidence of payment.
Better things to do in March than spitballs and routine days
A humorous New York AP column lists outrageous March daydreams from raiding gold galleons to sewing a magician's victim, from pampering Raquel Welch to touring Times Square with Howard Hughes. It caps with a call to try something new this month and go for a walk on a new one.
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Sahib
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Australia
Raquel Welch
Times Square
Howard Hughes
Bali
McGraw- Hill Book Company
Lionel D. Edie & Co
Merrill Lynch
Edie Special Growth Fund
Edie Special Institutional Fund
Richard Carney
Carney
Con man father address 15 year olds and arrests in city
From a radio segment by Paul Harvey noting a con man father who frequents his son and a statistic that 15 year olds are arrested more than any other age. The piece references Convict No 129-60 from Chillicothe Correctional Institute.
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Chillicothe Correctional Institute
New York City a flood of patrols amid crime debate
City deploys 98 extra patrolmen in midtown Manhattan to restore safety around the Great White Way and Times Square while questions rise over prosecution rates from last year. Police Commissioner Murphy notes the age group most affected and broader crime dynamics in a city facing steady arrest figures.
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Corry City Council discusses 2 090 000 school bond issue
At last night’s meeting Clerk Williams read a Bryn Mawr bank inquiry about a Corry City Building Bond with coupons from over 30 years ago. Superintendent Lawrence Douglas planned meetings with bond counselors to advance the proposed Joint Junior Senior High School construction. Marilyn Gurney, niece of Mrs. Mildred Roberts, earned her nursing cap after a Spencer Hospital course in Meadville. The Veterans of Foreign Wars will host a large gathering Saturday to mark the post founding anniversary. Mrs. Catherine Merker celebrated her 81st birthday at home on Franklin Street with well wishes.
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Spencer Hospital
Meadville
Marilyn Gurney
Mildred Roberts
West Pleasant Street
Archie W. Thompson
Veterans of Foreign Wars
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