Nixon seeks labor concessions in exchange for support
A high AFL-CIO source says President Nixon will offer concessions to organized labor to gain backing for his economic and foreign policy plans. The AFL-CIO executive council, representing 119 unions and nearly 14 million members, will meet in Miami Beach Monday.
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Feminist Optimistic Over ERA
Wilma Scott Heide of NOW says momentum exists to ratify the equal rights amendment in 11 remaining state legislatures. Ann Scott organizes workshops at the national convention to win approval from 38 states while Betty Friedan cites opposition as extremist funding and fi nances. About 2,000 delegates attend the NOW convention as misconceptions about the amendment persist.
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Catholic leader urges IRA truce to aid peace talks
In Belfast and Londonderry Catholic leader Ivan Cooper of the SDLP urged the IRA to declare an immediate unconditional truce to advance peace talks between Protestant and Catholic leaders. The Northern Ireland toll rose to 726 with a 23 year old Catholic shot in the head. Protests from gunmen in Belfast left a Protestant wounded. Cooper also said the SDLP would talk with William Craig and United Loyalist Council leaders.
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