Public interest safeguards urged to avert strikes
Editorial argues a public interest safeguard is needed to prevent national strikes. Gerald A. Brown of the NLRB predicts 1970 will bring upheavals from agricultural workers public employees and stockbrokers. Proposals include escrow of 25 percent profits and wages for 90 days to force good faith bargaining and limit economic harm.
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National Labor Relations Board
Society For Advancement of Management
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NLRB
Illinois
Youth Vote Emerges In Political Debate Of The 1970s
The piece notes Congress and states discuss lowering voting ages to 18 to mobilize millions of young voters. It cites 27.5 million Americans aged 21 to 30 and nearly 11 million aged 18 to 21, with several states proposing 18 to 20 as new thresholds. It discusses past enfranchisement by 18 in Georgia and others, youth activism from 1960s campaigns, and questions whether young voters will stay engaged or drift to extremism, as parties push to capture their support.
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Georgia
Kentucky
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Johnson
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Chicago
White House
Stephen Hess
Nixon backs anti Bureaucratic Bureaucracy in Federal Trim Plan
Washington report details Nixon's three year drive to streamline government, creating a new agency dubbed Federal Assistance Review. HEW forms FAST reviewed grants, cutting 6 800 pages and reducing review steps from 516 to 334 while claiming 351 man years saved. Nixon and Meany alter between rivalry and reluctant admiration amid labor strife.
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Federal Assistance Review
Meany and Blount back Nixon plan to curb strikes
AFL-CIO chief George Meany helped avert disruption by negotiating with Postmaster General Winton Blount and backing a postal agreement. President Nixon praised Meany for securing the deal and urged Congress to align with the agreement. Senator Sparkman pushes pollution news into daily weather reports ahead of Earth Day.
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Nixon
GOP
Blount
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John Sparkman
D-Ala
Abortion Reform Faces Shortcomings Across Liberalized States
The piece notes serious gaps in liberal abortion laws in thirteen states led by New York, with shifts tied to welfare costs, population growth, and women's liberation. It highlights limited benefits for the poor, ongoing illegal abortions, and debate over the American Law Institute model code amid calls for reform.
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New York
Japan
Austria
Italy
American Law Institute
Colorado
Richard Lamm
Willow Creek Builders begins six unit condo project
Construction starts on six of 26 Willow Creek condominiums led by Joe Temple with R. K. Stewart and Sons building the first trio of 2500 square foot Colonial units priced likely in the 50 000 to 60 000 range. The next Town House style phase will follow in summer with 3 bedrooms and about 2200 square feet.
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Willow Creek Builders
Willow Creek
Joe Temple
Atlanta
Jack Campbell
R. K. Stewart and Sons
Willow Creek, Inc
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