Nixon administration and unions seek wage cost restraint
A high level Nixon team meets AFL-CIO Building and Construction Trades officials in Miami Beach to press a White House plan to curb wage and cost rises in construction. Hodgson and aides weigh a possible wage price freeze and a national stabilization board with congressional action, while unions demand higher minimum wage and more public works.
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Nixon
Miami Beach
Fla
Nixon Administration
White House
J.D. Hodgson
Executive Council of
The
Afl-Cio Building and Construction, Trades Department
Hodgson
National Construction: Stabilization ‘Board
Executive Council
Afl-Cio
Laurence Silberman
W. Usery
C. J. Haggerty
Building and’ Construction Trades Department
Afl-Cio Executive Council
Army officer to stand trial in My Lai maiming case
Capt. Eugene M. Kotouc, 36, of Humboldt Nebraska, ordered to trial on charges of maiming and assaulting a Vietnamese during the My Lai raid. He allegedly chopped off part of a finger and cut another man on the neck while interrogating him, actions tied to alleged enemy personnel. The case proceeds with pretrial hearings at 3rd Army headquarters.
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FT. Mcpherson
My Lai
Army
Tery
Eugene M. Kotouc
Has
Kotouc
Humboldt
Dea
Cision
Lincoln
Neb
Robert Crosby
Kotoue
3Rd Army Headquaters
Wiliam L. Calley, Jr
Ft. Benning
Ae Medina
Oy Fae
Lai
Mediharley Company
My. Lai
1Th Infantry Brigade
Katouc
Calley to testify as 75th witness in My Lai murder trial
Lt. William Calley begins testimony at his trial for the My Lai killings. A psychiatrist testified Calley could think but lacked normal judgment due to combat stress, saying he was “normal as most men” while under fire. The expert noted limited mental capacity affecting choices.
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Benning
William Calley
My Lai
Ld Calley
Calley
Cal Jey
Vietnam
Wilbur Haman
Hammian
Van Houten Testifies On Drug Past Among Tate Murder Case
Leslie Van Houten described a middle-class upbringing, drug use, and a shift from a “proper girl” image to part of the Manson group. She recounted joining Self-Realization Fellowship, moving to LSD, and meeting Robert Beausoleil as jurors weigh murder charges and potential penalties.
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Los Angeles
Loy
Leslie van Houten
Ty Tao
Shaeinet Esa
Tate
Aearaeye
Secretariat
Miss van Hoo- Af
Haight-Ashbury
San Francisco
Robert Beatsoleil
Malibu
Miss van Houten
Ishan Hilt
Waitresses Refuse To Go Topless At Clancys Restaurants
In Washington the Clancys chain faced a picket line as waitresses opposing topless attire protested outside the southeast location. Management argued dress code aligns with modern standards and may affect construction contracts in the region.
Insurance strike force organized
Harrisburg UPI reports the Pennsylvania Insurance Department formed a strike force to better investigate insurance practices statewide. Commissioner Herbert S. Denenberg said the unit includes additional investigators to augment enforcement efforts.
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Harrisburg
UPI
Insurance Department
Herbert S. Denenberg
Philadelphia Plan to Expand Minority Hiring in Trades
The Philadelphia Plan will expand March 1 to cover virtually all major construction and private projects on federal commissions. It aims to boost minority employment in six trades with good faith hiring goals from five to twenty percent over four years, targeting 2000 minority jobs by 1973.
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Nion
Bacon
Labor Council
Basi
Afl-Cio
Washington
UPD
Ernie Byrd
A. Ei
Ipliance
Cannon
Adelphia
Bucks
Chester
Dela
Ware
Montgomery
Philadelphia
U.S. Labor Department
Arthur A. Fletcher
Fletcher
Fed
Five of six accused kidnap plot suspects gain travel ease
In Harrisburg, U S District Judge R Dixon Herman eased travel limits for all defendants except Rev Philip Berrigan, amid a Philadelphia appeals court petition to delay prosecution. Berrigan, alleged mastermind of a Kissinger kidnapping plot, is imprisoned in Danbury Conn for destroying draft records.
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Harrisburg
I J U. S. Court of Appeals
Philadelphia
U. S
R. Dixon Herman
Philip Berrigan
Berrigan
Henry Kissinger
Washington
Federal
Danbury
Conn
Living cost up 1 percent in January reports
Washington officials cite a 1.2 percent rise in the consumer price index for January, the smallest monthly increase in four years. The White House and Labor Department note higher take home pay due to tax withholding cuts and offsetting price declines in meats groceries and services. Transportation and car insurance costs rose sharply, while eggs dairy and clothing eased.
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Washington
UPI
White’ ‘House
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Toet Popkin
Bureau of
Popkin
Gas leak fix sparks price report in sparsely detailed note
A disrupted report from Birkenhead notes a gas repairman finishing a leak fix as wholesale prices rise. The piece mentions January gains in farm products and food and notes a blast from wiring and groceries affected by delayed retail price changes.
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Birkenhead
England
Fowler
City Gas Board
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Richard G. Lugar
Ray Johnson
Agnew
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Manson
Patricia Krenwinkel
Tae Wu
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