Nixon seeks labor support at AFL-CIO convention in Miami Beach
President Nixon addressed the AFL-CIO convention amid taunts over his economic policy. He praised the administration’s wage price controls and urged unity for prosperity, noting disagreements on Phase 2 while defending the past labor record as beneficial to all Americans.
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Miami Beach
Nixon
Afl-Cio
Organized Labor
Union Federation
George Meany
American Labor Movement
Buck
56 Year Eightfold Draft Doubted by Riverside Woman
Helen Walker of Riverside is told she may be physically disqualified from military service due to age marital status and large family. The Selective Service letter misfiled this 56 year old as a potential draftee prompting a clerical mix up and advice to write a letter explaining her condition.
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Riverside, Calif
Helen Walker
Morning Mail
Selective Service Board 140
San Diego
Clara Yeoman
Miss Yeoman
May Charge Local Youths In Rampage
City police may charge two local youths with malicious mischief after a rampage at 318 West Church Street. About $85 in damage occurred as tenants identified the intruders, who allegedly smashed a door window, banister, tables, a stair spindle, a lamp, a refrigerator, and an unplugged wall socket. Police planned further questioning and investigation. Owner Albert Hunter of Mill Village027
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West Church Street
Charles Sutton
Albert Hunter
Mill Village
Corry Solons Gain and Lose in Redistricting Shuffle
State Senator R Budd Dwyer loses Titusville in the Supreme Court redistricting while gaining Green Venango Waterford Amity Wayne and LeBoeuf townships plus Waterford Wattsburg Mill Village in Erie. Assemblyman Forest Hopkins picks up Bear Lake Columbus Spring Creek in Warren County and loses LeBoeuf and Mill Village to Hayes. Rep Wendell Good gains Middleboro McKean Summit in Erie and adds about 2,500 residents. totals show district shifts across Crawford Erie Warren Venango and surrounding areas.
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U.S. Supreme Court
R. Budd Dwyer
Crawford County
Erie County
Forest Hopkins
Warren County
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Supreme Court
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Columbus
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Wattsburg
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Amity
Concord
Green Greenfield
Harborcreek
Lawrence Park
North East
Union
Venango
Wayne
Hopkins
LeBoeuf Borough
Mill Village
Hayes
David Hayes
Boros
Albion
Cranesville
Springfield
Edinboro
Fairview
Girard
Lake City
Platea
Connneaut
Elk Creek
Franklin
LeBoeuf
Washington
Beaver
Conneatut
Hast Fallowfield
Saegertown
Venango Borugh
Venango Township
Cambridge Township
Cambridge Springs
Rep. Good
Dollar Devaluing Bills Read In Both Houses
Washington AP reports two lawmakers introduced a bill to devalue the dollar by raising the gold price from 35 dollars an ounce and enabling up to a 10 percent increase. Treasury opposes the measure, citing Secretary Connally remarks and administration stance.
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Washington
Congress
Nixon
Treasury Department
Henry Hee
D-Wise
Jacob Javits
R. Neu Reuss
Javits
Treasury
John B. Connally
New York Economic Club
United States
Connally
Henry Reuss
Economic Club of
New York
Corry Teachers Seen Likely to Receive Retroactive Raise
Corry Area School District teachers appear set to get retroactive pay increases for this term, following guidance from federal wage boards. Officials note similar moves in Niagara Falls and Warren County, with Corry's negotiated raise totaling 500 to 700 dollars depending on the district’s base increments.
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Corry Area
Nixon
SE. Anderson
The
Journal Today
Anderson
Niagara Falls
N.Y
Warren County
Pittsburgh
Tn Corry
Congress May Override Board on Back Raises
In Washington the Senate Banking Committee voted to override the Pay Board and grant retroactive raises unless Nixon deems them unreasonably inconsistent with Phase 2 guidelines. The House Banking Committee backed a similar proposal as the Pay Board reviews a high raises contract between United Mine Workers and Bituminous Coal Operators Association. AFL CIO President Meany warned against wage rulings he deems unfair while Labor leaders push retroactive pay amid anti inflation pressure. Bethlehem Steel and other firms seek price increases as the Price Commission weighs requests for steel and tank price hikes.
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Washington
Organized Labor
Senate Banking Committee
Nixon
House Banking Committee
Pay Board
United Mine Workers
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
Miami Beach
AFL Cio
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Meany
Senate
Nab Pa. Girl With Hashish In Turkey
Calleen Regina Nelson aged 18 from Pittsburgh was fined $208 after a court in Rawalpindi found her guilty of attempting to carry 20 pounds of hashish in a false bottom of her suitcase at Islamabad airport on October 31. She was stopped while about to board a plane to Amsterdam.
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Pakistan
Calleen
Regina Nelson
Pittsburgh
Islamabad
Amsterdam
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