California Union Calls for Nixon Defeat at AFL-CIO Meet
The California AFL-CIO urged defeating President Nixon in the November election while stopping short of endorsing George McGovern. Delegates at the state convention adopted a 10 paragraph resolution branding Nixon as an enemy of labor and accusing him of racial divisiveness. The position represents 1.6 million California union members with no opposition to the statement.
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San Francisco
California
Afl-Cio
Nixon
George McGovern
George Meany
McGovern
Afl-Cio Council On Political Education
America
Richard Nixon
Judge Drops City Contests in Citronnelle Elections
Circuit Judge Ferrill D. McRae dismissed contests by Clyde Smith and Jerry Fretwell over improper notice of alleged illegal votes. The ruling confirms incumbent Mayor Clay Bassett and Councilman Gilbert R. Craft as winners of the Aug. 8 City race. Smith trailed Bassett by 29 votes for mayor. Fretwell opposed Craft. Appeals uncertain.
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Mobile
Ala
Ferrill D. McRae
Clyde Smith
Jerry Fretwell
Clay Bassett
Gilbert R. Craft
Smith
Bassett
Fretwell
Craft
World steel consumption seen exceeding one billion tons by 1980
The International Iron and Steel Institute projects global steel demand will surpass 1 billion net tons by 1980. This forecast underscores continued expansion in building, manufacturing, and infrastructure sectors worldwide.
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International Iron and Steel Institute
Chile Recognizes Viet Cong as South Vietnam Government
President Allende’s government in Santiago announced Chile has established diplomatic relations with the Provisional Revolutionary Government of South Vietnam and will set up embassies. Foreign Minister Almeyda and Viet Cong deputy foreign minister Hoang Bich Son signed the diplomatic documents in a ceremony.
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Santiago
Chile
Salvador Allende
South Vietnam
Clodomiro Almeyda
Hoang Bich Son
Viet Cong
Allende
Cuba
China
Albania
North Korea
East Germany
Li Kiu Sung
Bald Headed Men Poem Celebrates Hair and Brain Power
In Muscle Shoals Alabama a humorous verse lauds bald headed men, suggesting brains pushed hair away as men age. The poem notes youths have hair which recedes as knowledge grows, concluding with a playful warning that it could happen to you.
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Vincent Muscle Shoals
Ala
Protestant Women Attack Troops In Belfast Riot
Protestant women attacked British paratroops and stoned the car of former Prime Minister Brian Faulkner during a Friday street meeting that devolved into riot and sitdown protests outside a police station. Six hundred shipyard workers joined later, demanding withdrawal of paratroops amid mounting civilian deaths in Northern Ireland since 1969.
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Belfast
Brian Faulkner
Northern Ireland
Ulster Defense Association
Ment
Faulkner
Stratton Mills
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Munich
Chalk
California Union
Ian Paisley
Democratic Unionist Party
Paisley
Pree
Byron Vann
Pol. Pol
James Haver
Decatur, Ala
Hartselle
LA Lala
WERY
Sherwin-Williams Paints
Southern Sales
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