Steel workers grant union power to strike nine Big 9 firms
Pittsburgh AP report says the United Steelworkers members nationwide voted 93 percent in favor of giving the union authority to strike the Big 9 basic steel industry firms if no wage agreement is reached by the Saturday deadline. The vote covered about 350,000 workers as talks continued in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
United Steelworkers
Washington
Basic Steel Industry Committee
Ai Odrika
Big 9
USW
J.W. Abel
Lin
Can and Aluminum Industries
White House
Abel
Sunion
Deficit figures cited by OMB director on budget trend
P Shultz OMB director says 1969 and 1971 show three straight years with balance or surplus on a full employment budget basis. Treasury reports 1971 income below 1970 by about 5.4 billion with tax receipts lagging. Democrats reportedly back larger deficit while Nixon forecasts a near 20 billion shortfall in the new fiscal year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. Shultz
Office of Management and Budget
Johnson
Treasury
Capitol Hill
Nixon
Congressional Action
Major steel and auto firms post sharp earnings gains
U S Steel surged 98 percent to 77.9 million from 39.3 million while Bethlehem Steel rose to 47.9 million from 26.2 million. General Motors up 20 percent to 567 million, Chrysler near tripling to 31.4 million, Ford up 19 percent to 197.8 million. General Electric 14 percent to 112.2 million, Westinghouse 13 percent to 46 million. RCA 64 percent, ITT and Nerox about 1 percent, Standard Oil of New Jersey 31 percent, and General Telephone and Electronics 26 percent gains. International Business Machines flat. Banks mostly weak on higher funding costs. Manufacturers Hanover down 15 percent, Chemical NY down 24 percent, while Bank of America and First National City posted higher earnings.
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U.S. Steel
Bethlehem
Steel
General Motors
Chrysler
Ford
General Electric
Westinghouse
Genet
RCA
International Telephone, & Telegraph
Nerox
Standard Oil of
New Jersey
Fuse
General Telephone and Electronics
International Business Machines
Walter Stern
Burnham & Co
Hanover Trust, Co
New York
Chemical New York Corp
America Corp
San Francisco
First National City’ Corp
Wreck on Bus Leaves Passengers Shocked and Sleepy
Dean Morris of the Richmond Times-Dispatch described how many passengers slept through the collision and only woke to screaming. He noted the emergency exit aided egress as the regular entry remained blocked, and a nun at the hospital recalled sensing impending danger while dozing.
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Dean Morris
Richmond
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Morris
New York
Drug Ring Supplying U S Troops Cracked In Southeast Asia
Thai and U S narcotics teams seizing 97 pounds of heroin and 11 pounds of opium in Saigon area raids. Authorities say a wealthy Chinese merchant led the ring supplying U S troops in Vietnam. 25 suspects arrested. officers note opium from Burma and Laos, with Turkey also cracking down on opium production.
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Bangkok
Thailand
Saigon
Gulf of Siam
Vietnam
Nitya Bhanumas
Thai Nar Ecoties Board
Nitya
Cholon
Tao Vihn
Hel
Burma
Laos
Pramual Vanigbandhu
Turkey
Amasya
Boy Kevin Found After Mountain Search Breakthrough Paddle Clue
Kevin, missing on an 8100 foot mountain, was found exhausted but alive after a five man Alpine rescue. He wore warm clothes and a sleeping bag as volunteers tracked him for days. A table tennis paddle carried by Kevin tipped rescuers to his location.
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Kevin
Bill May
Boulder
May
Murphy
Bill
del Dye
Robert Fowler
and Company
Casper
Natrona County Hospital
Chuck Demarest
Colorado Search and Rescue Board
Glynn Lunney
Oan
Dyes
Demarest
Kelday
Consumer Advocate Urges Tighter Toys Industry Oversight
Washington AP report notes Boston attorney Edward M. urges tighter federal checks on the toy industry after demonstrations with rockets dolls pistols goggles and blankets he says can cut bruise or burn. Government oversight he argues is lacking as the industry refuses self regulation.
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Swartz
Food and Drug Administration
Senate Commerce Committee
New York
Fifth Avenue
Apollo
Processed Plastic Co
Aurora
Ill
World Toy House Inc
St. Paul
Minn
Swarts
Massachusetts
Apollo astronauts study light flashes in space voyage
Apollo astronauts reported light flashes when eyes were closed in a darkened module, observing about one per minute with opaque masks. They described pin point sensations and likened the scene to a dark arena with a single figure on ice as a flashbulb goes off, while Mission Control kept minor systems in safe mode.
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Heinze
Scott
Mission Control
Mission Contral
Space
Peggy Fleming
Fraud probe links bank loan to counterfeit bonds in Chicago
Senate investigators detail a tangle of forged securities used as collateral in loans tied to Chicago figures including Devon Bank president Mason Laundry and Dr Sidney DeLove. The testimony cites fake Washington County Tenn bonds, a Long Island loan scam, and mob ties while detailing broader fits of fraud involving multiple banks and brokers.
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Cook County Savings and Loan Association
Chicago
Devon Bank of Chicago
Thomas H. Redmond
Las Vegas Cowboys
Redmond
Wuensche
Devon Bank
First National Bank of Lincolnwood
Lil
North Shore Bank
Amalgamated Bank
Mason Laundry
Senate
Laundry
Washington County
Tenn
New York City
Loan Association
Sidney DeLove
DeLove
Wuenseche
Long Island
Lionel Reifler
Emanuel ‘Reifler
Federal National Mortgage Association
Long Island Trust Company
John L. MecClellan
D-Ark
Miami
Philadelphia
Charley
Blade Tour
Line
New Jersey
First National Bank of Miami
Catonsville Nine brothers linked to national antiwar protests
The Catonsville Nine, including Philip and Daniel, rose to prominence after 1967 and 1968 Baltimore County raids that desecrated draft files with homemade napalm and human animal blood. FBI director Hoover named them leaders of the Last Coast Conspiracy to Save Lives. Indictments followed a failed escape and prison postings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Catonsville
Phil
Catonsville 9
Daniel
Senate
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover
White House
Harrisburg
Kissinger
Philp
Philip
U.S. District Court
Harriisburg
Lewisburg
Danbury
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Golly
U.S
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P.O
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Pitase Sena
Farlier, the Astronauts Dark
Vin
Natrona County
Bill Estes
Kevin Frote
Bologna
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