Nation Faces Militant Labor Year as Strikes Rise
Congressman Richardson Preyer warned the nation may confront its most militant year of labor dispute amid wildcat post office strikes and air traffic controller stoppages. Contracts expiring through November threaten rail and trucking sectors, risking higher unemployment and slower business, with Congress pressed to grant powers to the President.
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Richardson Preyer
Chamber of Commerce
Post Office Department
Congress
Nixon Style Washington Social Scene Quietly Adapts
The New York Times Magazine notes the Nixons prefer bowling or TV and avoid parties. The Windsors visit the White House for a celebrated dinner, seen as the season’s highlight. The White House maintains formal State Dinners with white tie and tails while Kissinger lends a “swing.”
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Pat Nixon
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White House
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Duke and Duchess
Nixon
France
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Nicol Williamson
Billy Graham
Henry Kissinger
Nixons
Green Revolution alters forecasts of global starvation
Experts retreat from famine doomsday amid record harvests in India Pakistan and other nations. Pakistan's wheat output jumped nearly 60 percent from 1967 to 1969 and rice deficits disappeared in 1968 while India's wheat rose 50 percent 1965 to 1969. Lester Brown projects India could feed itself by 1972 if politics stay stable.
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India
Pakistan
Philippines
Turkey
William S. Gaud
U. S. Agency For International Development
United States
Organization of American States
United Food and Agriculture Organization
Lester R. Brown
Mafia Ties and Flight Help Tabled by Dapper Dan Flood
A profile of Congressman Dapper Dan Flood linking him to Medico Industries and Mafia figures. It details alleged use of his influence to aid Medico in obtaining defense contracts, private plane use, and meetings with Pentagon officers while noting FBI and Army records on the matter. The piece also mentions Cambodian border intelligence estimates and regional military conditions.
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Washington
Dan Flood
Pennsylvania
Congress
Adolphe Menjou
Medico Industries
Senate
Criminal Syndicate
Medico
William Medico
James Osticco
John McClellan
D-Ark
Russell Bufalino
Flood
Dapper Dan
Pentagon
Army
Wyoming Valley
Harvard
Dickinson
House Appropriations Committee
Bill Medico
Phil
U. S. Army Ammunition and Supply Agency
Joliet
Ill
FBI
Military Appropriations Subcommittee
U.S. Army Tank-Automotive Command
Warren
Mich
Red River Army Depot
Texarkana
Tex
Navy
Air Force
Bufalino
Pittston
John C. Montana
Buffalo
Montana
Osticco
America
Walt Disney World project eyed for 1971 opening
The article notes Disney's Vacation Kingdom near Orlando a 25000 acre site with a Magic Kingdom theme park and hotels budgeted at over 90 million dollars, aiming for an October 1971 opening and a phase one cost around 300 million. It also mentions H L Hunt's hopeful view of a calmer American scene and 4 H exchange trips to Europe.
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Walt Disney World
Disney
Orlando
Fla
H. L. Hunt
Dallas
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D. A. Rawley
C. H. Lockwood
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Joseph P. Rawley
Randall B. Terry, JR
Holt McPherson
Joe Brown
Ow. Patterson, JR
Richard Teague
Iraq
Ad Press
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N.C
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South Vietnam
Merry
By Jack Anderson
Ot McPherson
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Louvre
Paris
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Wellington Hall
Interstate 85
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Charles Campbell
Middle East
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