Common situs picketing bill seen safe from veto
Washington sources say the common situs picketing bill will not be vetoed, despite strong opposition from labor. The measure would allow unions to shut down entire construction projects over a single subcontractor, a power the Taft Hartley Act barred and the Supreme Court once upheld against. Critics warn it limits worker choice and boosts union bargaining clout, while supporters argue it stabilizes labor disputes in construction.
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AFSC wins licenses to ship humanitarian aid to Vietnam
The American Friends Service Committee, a Nobel Prize laureate, gains government licenses to ship small amounts of fishnets, agricultural tools, wood screw machines, and yarn to Vietnam. AFSC has operated since 1966, delivering over two million dollars in aid during the war years, aiming to relieve suffering amid strained U.S. Vietnam relations.
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Saigon
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Polls rise as 1976 year begins with wide field
Column notes numerous pollsters competing with Harris and Gallup as the national mood turns to the race for president. The Booth Report lists 44 names for president, omitting Terry Sanford, Cronkite, and others, while quizzing readers on current events and a pointed misstatement about Ron Nessen.
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Howard K. Smith
Common Date For Easter In Ecumenical Push
Dr Carlyle Adams notes Ecumenical Patriarch Demetrios aims for Pan Orthodox consensus on a common Easter date before approaching Vatican and World Council of Churches. The column also answers reader questions on Bible words, the World Council of Churches Nairobi assembly, Church of England worship authority, and the Canadian Jewish Congress.
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Demetrigs
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Church of the Brethren
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Nairobi
Kenya
Lauren Bowman
Bia
Wanda W. Button
Conrad, A
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Thanksgiving contrasts across centuries and present day
An Enterprise editor humorously compares modern Thanksgiving to 1775, 1814, and 1875, noting longer life expectancy, rising prices, and social changes. It highlights travel costs, food prices, and shifts in education, then shifts to local civic notes about open houses, Salvation Army facilities, and Dr. H. L. Newbold a nutrition focused psychiatrist featured in Harper’s Bazaar.
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Mary Sherrod
Newbold
Lenox Hill Hospital
Grace Hospital
New York City
Harper's Bazaar
Dr. Newbold
Secret Pentagon study warns of 15000 Soviet led air power by 1985
A classified Defense Intelligence Projections and Planning report titled 1905 Air Threat to Navy Forces estimates by 1985 the communist world could field 14 605 combat planes within range of U S naval facilities with Soviet forces at 7 810 fighters bombers and recon aircraft China 3 725 North Korea 490 and North Vietnam 350 while the Navy might have only 2 500 tactical war planes and the Air Force about 10 000 not all usable against a Russian strike The document notes advanced Soviet fighters and surface to surface defenses and warns of beyond-visual-range missiles and mobile defenses The study is part of a Pentagon effort surrounding F-18 debates and 1980s naval war planning
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Asia
Navy
Pruning The Federal Winds By H R 9603
CAPITAL VIEWPOINT argues the H R 9603 bill would force Congress to review every federal program biennially from scratch, with open hearings and cost effectiveness studies. It warns that despite past efforts by Ford and Nixon, lawmakers often preserve marginal or bloated programs, shrinking potential savings.
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