Rail signal workers gain retroactive pay rise approval
The Pay Board approved a nine to three vote to extend a pay increase for the Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen through April 4, retroactive to January 1, 1970. The deal covers about 10 000 workers, shaping them on par with other rail unions after a wage freeze and industry bargaining that spanned nearly two years.
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Washington
Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen
Ray Ovara
America
George Boldt
Congress
Indictments Handed Down In Memphis Police Case
The 13 man grand jury indicted multiple defendants after three days of testimony in Memphis. Elton Hayes, son of Mrs. Alonzo McGowan, mourned as the mother laments Christmas with no new peace. Sheriff Nixon suspended three officers without pay pending disposition of charges while most officers were relieved of field duties during the investigation.
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Allemale Grand
Alonzo McGowan
Elton Hayes
Nixon
Memphis
General Donaldson's War Crime Charge Dropped by Army
The Army dismissed charges against General Donaldson, then commander of the Americal Division's 11th Infantry, for a 1968 69 Vietnam period after an Article 32 inquiry. Lt Col Robert Poydasheff argued Donaldson fired only at armed foes, not civilians, noting Donaldson earned 28 medals including the Silver Star and Distinguished Flying Cross.
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Donaldson
Army
Hutchin
Ft. Meade
Vietnam
U.S
Jacob H. Smith
Philippine
Robert Poydasheff
Pogdasheff
Sniper Arson Suspect Bomar Sentenced for Evaluation
Witnesses described 30 to 35 shots from an apartment office as fires were started by papers inside the space. Bomar, living with parents near the office, served in Mainz Germany with an Army airborne unit and held the rank of E4. He suffered a nervous breakdown last spring and was discharged with 50 percent disability. Arraigned before a U.S. magistrate, authorities seek transfer to the Springfield federal medical center for tests and evaluation.
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Page Ones
Bomar
Army
Mainz
Germany
Joel Bomar
Air Force
Wright Patterson
U.S
Robert Steinberg
Federal Medical Center
Springfield
UN Assembly backs cease fire in Pakistan crisis
The UN General Assembly approved a cease-fire and withdrawal resolution by 104 to 11 with 40 abstentions, urging immediate action and urging Thant to report to both the assembly and council. Pakistan and India trade warnings as East Pakistani refugees problem underscored the need for a political settlement. Pakistani envoy Shahi dismissed talks with secessionist groups amid India’s backing of East Pakistani rebels.
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U.N
Bhutto
Assembly
Security Council
U ‘Thant
Council
Carlos Ortiz de Rozas
Delene
Thant
Pakistan
Samai ‘Sen
India
Ad- East Pakistan
India and Pakistan clash across East Pakistan front
Reports from Calcutta and New Delhi describe heavy fighting in East Pakistan near Dinajpur and Comilla with Pakistani and Indian casualty tallies and claims of territory. Indian spokesmen say troops regroup amid fierce clashes while Pakistan radio cites high Indian losses along Tripura and Barisal Narayanganj sectors.
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Aurora
Calcutta
East
Pakistan
India
Dinajpur
Radio Pakistan
Tripura
J Yay
Lred
East Pakistan
Dacca
Chittagong
Istaff
Sam Manekshaw
New Delhi
Comilla Ondher
Comilla
Jhenida
Shenida
Jessore
Barisal
Narayanganj
iChhamb
Kashimire
Kashmire
Tawi
Bombs Hit Orphanage in Dacca Killing and Missing
In Dacca East Pakistan bombs from high flying Indian warplanes struck a Moslem Mission Home housing 300 boys and 100 girls. At dawn 17 bodies were recovered and many children remained unaccounted for as searchers toiled through deep mud and wreckage.
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Dacca
East Pakistan
Mohammed Rahman
Rahman
Calcutta
Indira Ganape
India
Republicans Attack Provisions Broadly Calling For Retroactive Pay Of Raises
Republicans launched a broad attack on a Banking Committee provision that would retroactively pay raises caught in a 90 day pay freeze. The dispute centers on whether raises should be paid unless they conflict with general wage rates or only if they cause price or tax impacts. House debate on Phase 2 economic legislation was delayed by parliamentary tangles, pushing passage to next week.
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Washington
House
Banking Committee
John Fh. Anderson
Mlinois
House Republican Conference
Anderson
Wright Patman
Ditex
Nixon
White House
War updates from Indochina on Wednesday and Thursday
Reports from South Vietnamese spokesmen claim 120 enemy killed and six captured near Dam Be where a base camp linked to Saigon forces sits on a key supply route between rubber plantations. U.S. airpower flew over 650 missions across Laos and Cambodia with shells on Camp Fuller and Alpha 1, while casualty totals show four Americans killed and five wounded in combat the past week, and 314 government troops killed in the same period.
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Cambodia
Dam Be
Saigon
Indochina
North Vietnam
U.S
Laoson
U.S. Command
South Vietnam
Bunche remembered for peace work and civil rights in US
Detroit born Ralph Bunche is praised for his U N mediation in the Arab Israeli conflict and for linking to Martin Luther King Jr. His career spans UN missions from Congo to Cyprus and a Nobel Peace Prize in 1950. Despite Jim Crow in Washington, Bunche’s life reflects commitment to peace and equality.
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Alps
New York
Lindsay
Bunche
Bunehe
Martin Luther King, Jr
Lincoln Memorial
Washington
Selma
Montgomery
Ala
King
Truman
State Department
United Nations
West’ Side
Jerusalem
Folke Bernadotte
Sweden
Bernadotte
Egypt
Israel
Golda Meir
U. N
Hammarskjold
Congo
Rehnquist
University of Cali
Fornia
Los Angeles
Phi Beta Kappa
UCLA
Buncher
Harvard
Northwestern University
Fandon School of Econom
University of Capeto
South Africa
Howard University
Office of Strategic Services
Court memo fuels Bayh battle over Rehnquist nomination
Bayh accuses Rehnquist of candor questions after he cites a Jackson memo that favored the old separate but equal doctrine. Rehnquist denies the memo reflects his views while allies and foes argue over civil rights and presidential power in the confirmation fight.
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Vandum
Bayh
Phoenix
Aziz
Supreme Court
Rehnquist
Jackson
Senate
University of Chicago Law School
Philip B. Kurland
Kurland
Justice Jackson
High Court
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
Alan Cranston
D-Calif
F .Javits
Cranston
Fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Congress
John Sherman’ Cooper
R-Ky
R-Mass
Little Dunkerque move reported in East Pakistan area
Calcutta AP reports a Little Dunkerque operation under way as thousands of Pakistani troops attempt to reach safety along a flotilla of sampans barges and river steamers. Indian air forces bombed positions drawing southward from Jaflong, with tanks and boats aiding the retreat as Aurora cites air superiority and ongoing efforts to split Pakistani forces around Dacca and Chittagong.
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Calcutta
India
East Pakistan
Soree
Jagjit Singh Aurora
Tahe
Bay
Bengal
Chittagong
Alr
Aurora
Dacca
Dunkerque
Nnto
Britain
Dandakandi
Ahna
Nixon veto sparks clash over broad child care plan
The veto unites Republican doubts as they weigh sustaining Nixon action while a broader day care program modeled on Head Start would fund free care for low income families and sliding scale fees for others. Supporters cite aiding workers and children. critics call it radical welfare expansion and criticize mandatory funding provisions.
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Page One
Nixon
Cup
John Brademas
House
America
United States
OEO
Tax-Cut Debate and Tax Provisions Amid Uncertainty
Lawmakers from the Ways and Means Committee press for prompt passage of a tax cut bill to stabilize the economy. Discussion centers on the investment credit, depreciation rules, DISC status for exporters, and personal exemptions rising from $650 to $675 and $700 to $750. Rep Byrnes criticizes the postponed checkoff plan but notes time remains to adjust.
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lArk
Ways and Means Committee
John W. Byrnes
Wisconsin
Byrnes
Nixon
Congress
DISC
Eas
Disease Arteriosclerosis Urged For Federal Funding Fight
A federal task force formed in 1970 urged elevating arteriosclerosis, notably atherosclerosis, to compete for federal funds with cancer. The 15 member group, including private and public members, called it the foremost American heart disease problem and proposed a national network of centers to prevent the disease.
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Ists
Finland
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Tripartite Panel
Ganes
Dacea
Meghna
Daeen
Virgil Parte
Caorci
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