U S challenges Hanoi over POW letters in six months
Paris AP discloses Porter pressing North Vietnam to explain why only one of seven U S POWs was allowed to write home in six months and why letters dropped 85 percent this year. He cited Geneva conventions and questioned Hanoi's adherence to undertakings amid a long POWs session.
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Hanoi
Paris
United States
North Viet
Nam
Porter
Cumia
U.S
Nguyen Minhy
Committee Approves Retroactive Wage Hikes Plan
The Wage Board debate side showed proposals including a ban on retroactive pay, extensions of the wage freeze, a renegotiation formula, and a 5 percent guideline. Labor and union leaders criticized the measures while the committee pressed for amendments affecting pre August 15 1971 contracts. AFL CIO urged against extending Nixon authority. executives questioned phase two testing and advocated reinstating negotiated increases. The Banking Committee moved to amend the economic stabilization act to extend wage price controls.
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Senate Banking Committee
Congress
Nixon
Stephen J. Schlossberg
AutomobileWorkers Union
Wright Patman
D-Tex
Banking
Americ
Banking Committee
Joseph Minish
D-N.j
Mittish
Howell seeks rehearing in Chesapeake and Potomac case
Northern Virginia C P installer Paul Ritchey of Falls Church testified at a Richmond conference that the company wastes at least one million dollars annually due to carelessness at lower management levels with figures potentially rising to several million statewide. He urged cost savings by reusing existing facilities and fixing bent nails before replacing equipment. The C P spokesman declined to wholly endorse Ritchey’s suggestions, warning higher labor costs could offset equipment savings. Howell filed to reopen the rate hearing to allow Ritchey to testify and later met Lee C Tait, the company’s vice president, who was away. Ritchey left a note.
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Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Virginia
C&p
Paul Ritchey
Falls Church
Howell
Richmond
Ritchey
Lee C. Tait
Tait
Protests Grow Over Alaska Nuclear Test At Amchitka
Lawmakers and environmental groups challenge the underground blast near Amchitka Island arguing it risks environmental contamination, tidal waves, and seismic effects. Senators Mansfield McGovern Hatfield urge court action while congressmen accompany AEC chief Schlesinger to observe the test site.
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Committee For Nuclear Responsibility
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Mike Mansfield
Montana
George McGovern
Ds.d
Mark O. Hatfield
Congress
Atomic Energy Commission
James R. Schlesinger
Alaska
Craig Hsmer
Rcalif
Orval Hansen
Ridaho
Joint Committee On “Atomic Energy
Schlesinger
Hosmer
Amchitka Island
Cannikin
Mansfield
U.S
Canada
Japan
McGovern
Hatfield
White House
Eugene
Ore
AEC
Aleutians
Russia
California
Nixon and Gandhi meet at White House on South Lawn
President Nixon hosts Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi for talks. Ziegler avoided details but aides say Nixon will urge Pakistan to withdraw forces on both sides of the border if Pakistan does likewise. Gandhi presses for refugee repatriation and international pressure on Pakistan’s border tensions.
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White House
Ziegler
Pakistan
McMahon
Australia
Wahya Khan
India
East Pakistan
United States
Prices rise due to seasonal rule despite freeze
Prices adjusted with seasonal increases permitted under a freeze. Egg prices fell 14.3 percent while lumber dropped 28 percent after prior spikes, and five poultry declined. Government inquiry into wholesale price hikes from September was noted as explainable by technical factors. In East Pakistan bloodshed spurred a refugee exodus as Pakistan army clashes with independence forces continued. Nixon and Mrs. Gandhi discussed upcoming trips to Peking and Moscow in a straightforward, friendly talk.
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Fiedler
United States
Pakistan
East Pakistan
Nixon
Mrs. Gandhi
Peking
Moscow
Ziegler
Ambiguity in UN Succession Favors Contingent Leadership
The text discusses how Bunche’s death prompts questions about a new UN Secretary General’s staff and power. It notes that a successor would gain influence only if assigned key tasks by the secretary-general and highlights potential U.S. and Chinese tensions over nominating Bunche’s successor, dependent on Thant’s replacement.
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Bunche
Thant
Government probes find price violations and noncompliance
Investigators reviewed 136 ceiling price checks on beef cuts fishing gear and other goods and found two meat packers charging illegally high prices with refunds. A second survey showed 48 hour posting rules widely ignored with 46 percent listing prices and 19 percent ready to answer. Of 913 stores noncompliant 847 pledged to comply, 68 did not. A court proceedings mention follows.
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