Tobacco Workers Striking in Wilson North Carolina
In Wilson a union representing 2600 seasonal tobacco workers promotes a strike support rally as the AFL CIO Tobacco Workers Union strikes Export Leaf and threatens three more Wilson plants over recognition and contracts. Litigation over bargaining rights involves Tobacco Processors and Universal Leaf as markets delay opening and industry congestion looms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
N.C
Tobacco Workers Union
Afl-Cio
North Carolina
South
Wilson Center
John Cyrus
North Carolina Department of Agriculture
Virginia-North Carolina
Export Leaf
J. I. Miller
Imperial
Wilson Tobacco
Tobacco Processors
Universal Leaf
Rudolph Hobby
Durham
Lay
Ilson
Moonquake Study Targets Hidden Lunar Region
Scientists monitor three seismometers on the Moon to pinpoint the main quake source. Dr Gary Latham of Columbia University notes 80 percent of quakes originate in one area and researchers hope perigee Moon-Earth alignment will reveal it this weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Stockton
Space Center
Houston
Lunar
Apennine Mountains
Gary Latham
Columbia University
Lamont-Doherty Geological Laboratory
Earth
Lunar Highlands
Fra Mauro
Latham
Complex Money Deal Shrinks U S International Reserves
The United States will lose about one thirteenth of its international reserve assets in a multi country operation. The Treasury draws 862 million from the IMF in Belgian francs and Dutch guilders and exchanges for dollars, reducing reserves to 12.5 billion and gold to 10.5 billion.
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Bill Neikirk
Associated Press
Washington
United States
Treasury
U.S
International Monetary Fund
IMF
France
Britain
Space Travelers Return to Earth After Lunar Mission
Apollo 15 astronauts David Scott James Irwin and Alfred Worden return from a 12 day lunar voyage. They bring lunar rock samples and nearly two miles of moon surface film, describe Hadley Delta views and praise the moon buggy, with splashdown near Hawaii at 4:46 p.m. EDT aboard Okinawa.
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Howard Benedict
AP Aerospace
Winter Space Center
Houston
Earth
David R. Scott
James B. Irwin
Alfred M. Worden
Pacific Ocean
Hawaii
Okinawa
Scott
Irwin
Falcon
Hadley Base
Apennine Mountain
Mission Control Center
The
Space Center
Worden
Moon Orbit
Spur Crater
Moon
Hadley Mountain
Hadley Delta
Hadley
Fulbright presses for Pentagon five-year aid plans
Senate Foreign Relations Committee leader Fulbright demands the Pentagon provide the administration's current five-year military aid plans. The committee voted to withhold funds from the foreign aid bill if documents are not supplied, escalating a dispute after Defense Secretary Laird said no such plan exists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl P. Learsdorf
Associated Press
Washington
Nixon
Sen
J. W. Fulbright
Pentagon
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Fulbright
Secretary of Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Department of Defense
Congress Adjourns For 30 Day Summer Recess
Congress begins a month long summer recess as Senate ends session at 7:34 p.m. Friday and House at 1:19 p.m. Nixon plans Maine weekend as many federal agencies operate with limited staff through August. Nine of fourteen appropriation bills have passed, including an 18 billion higher education aid measure and a 20.8 billion Labor HEW package.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Nixon
Maine
Departments of Labor
Health, Education and Welfare
Prison reform focus vs. commutations in NC
Gov. Bob Scott has commuted 191 sentences in 2 1/2 years, far behind earlier governors and his father Kerr Scott. Morrison notes his targets are broader than just parole, with programs like jobs for ex-offenders and increased parole supervision.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Bob Scott
Scott
Dan Moore
Terry Sanford
Kerr Scott
Fred Morrison
Morrison
Orrison
Moore
Capitol
Executive Mansion
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Henry Jackson
Charlotte
Wrightsville Beach
Rufus L. Edmisten
Sam Ervin
D-N.c
Jackson
Senate House
District of Columbia
Yvonne Baskin
State Board of Paroles
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