Residents seek action on Brentwood block dump site
Readers ask The Enterprise for help with the Brentwood 100 block cleanup while the city cites court delays and awaiting administrator. Inspectors address Olga Street junk cars noting removals, and a query about Liberty Lobby notes its Washington office and a Save Our Schools project with conservative aims.
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Brentwood
Liberty Lobby
Washington, D. C
Save Our Schools
Liberty Letter
Washington
Congress
Senate votes to preserve Nixon Vietnam policies
The Senate, 55 to 39, rejects a measure to set a deadline for U S troop withdrawal by end of 1971, backing President Nixon's Vietnam policy. Senators McGovern and Hatfield led the amendment, arguing the vote shows national discontent with the war strategy.
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Senate
U. S
Washington
Nixon
George McGovern
D-5.d
Mark O. Hatfield
R-Ore
Hatfield McGovern Amendment Defeated in Senate Vote
Senators debated a resolution pushing a 1971 withdrawal deadline from Indochina. The measure failed 55 to 39 as Cooper opposed it, with Ervin and Jordan voting against the amendment and leaders cautioning against premature withdrawal.
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Washington
North Carolina
Sam J. Ervin
B. Everett Jordan
Senate
U.S
Indochina
Big Three Offer 74 Percent Wages With COLA Cap Maintained
Automakers propose a three year pact giving UAW members a 74 percent wage rise but keep a cap on the cost of living escalator at eight cents per hour annually. Current contracts cover 730,000 workers and expire September 14. GM touts a $1.4 billion wage package as the largest in its history with retirement benefits set for long service.
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Detroit
United Auto Workers
General Motors
Auto Union Demands Higher Wages at Big Three
The General Motors offer includes a 7 percent general wage rise, 26 to 46 cents per hour, with 26 cents automatic from Sept 15 for workers earning $3.54 or more. UAW seeks a substantial raise, no specific cents, with Leonard Woodcock hinting about 8 percent plus the 26 cents. About 730,000 of 1.6 million union members work for GM, Ford, or Chrysler.
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UAW
Leonard Woodcock
Speed limit signs planned for dangerous Bales Chapel Road
The State Highway Division Traffic Engineer says a 45 mph limit is warranted after investigation. Signs will be erected after the Commission approves the recommendation.
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Bales Chapel
City eyes corner rounding on Westwood Lindsay intersection
The Traffic Engineering Department investigated the tight southwest corner and found radius improvement would require additional property. A TOPICS study is underway to evaluate capacity and safety and funding from city state and federal sources could enable the improvement.
Traffic safety blocks right turn on red at Eastchester Johnson
Traffic engineers say a right turn on red from Eastchester to Johnson Street would be hazardous due to high southbound volume and no protection for turning vehicles. Without a dedicated lane, rear-end crashes would rise because of Eastchester’s vertical alignment. The widening planned for Eastchester will address the issue.
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Eastchester
Johnson Street
Desegregation Cluster Plan Opens Winston-Salem Schools
About 50,000 Winston-Salem Forsyth pupils started classes under a court ordered desegregation cluster linking five white and three black schools. The eight schools faced first day traffic and bus issues with no incidents reported amid ongoing appeals and separate openings in Wilson and Wilmington areas.
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Winston-Forsyth
Winston-Salem
Forsyth County
Warren Burger
U.S. District
Eugene A. Gordon
Gordon
4Th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Wilson
Wilmington-New Hanover
U.S
John Larkins
Larkins
Nixon and advisers meet on Middle East at San Clemente
President Nixon convenes top advisers at the Western White House to review the Middle East crisis as Israel complains of cease fire violations. Vice President Agnew returns from Asia to brief and participate. Officials say no announcements are planned and no press access is expected.
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San Clemente
Calif
Nixon
Middle East
Spiro T. Agnew
Honolulu
Asia
White House
Agnew
Ronald L. Ziegler
United Nations
Washington
Melvin R. Laird
Israel
Golda Meir
United States
Suez Canal
National Security Council
Ziegler
Peo
Man Hacks Plane In Grievance Over Dog Death
Thomas William Brown, 38, is accused of using an axe to slash a Boeing 727 at Miami International Airport after blaming Eastern Airlines for his Irish wolfhound Lost River’s death. The damage, estimated at 100000 dollars, followed Brown’s earlier act of throwing paint on the cockpit. He was charged with destruction of an airliner and jailed under ten thousand dollars bond.
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Miami
Thomas William Brown
Eastern Airlines
Lost River
FBI
Brown
Miami International Airport
New York
Jim Broadman
Broadman
Airpla
U.S
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Pennsylvania
Mike Mansfield
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Mansfield
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