Labor lore and legal Qs from a High Point shop line
A reader asks about waiting time pay for piece workers in an upholstery plant and cites IRS levy practices. The column confirms the employer’s position unless a specific agreement covers waiting time. it also notes IRS collection via levy. Additional queries cover sewer charges, barbering law, repairing a cracked archery bow, humane treatment of dogs, a garden hose remedy, and Bible binding services in Greensboro.
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High Point
Labor Department
Nixon to announce another 40000 Vietnam troop pullout
The White House plans a Tuesday morning release detailing a 40000 troop withdrawal from Vietnam as part of ongoing reductions. Press secretary Ziegler avoided confirming the exact figure while citing consultations with allied nations and a formal announcement to follow.
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Cornell
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Nixon
U.S
Vietnam
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Nguyen
Ziegler
Creighton W. Abrams
Saigon
Nguyen van Thieu
National Security Council
United States
Australia
New Zealand
Philippines
South Korea
Thailand
South
Sach
Paris Peace Talks
Bikini Atoll Welcomes Back People After Nuclear Era
The Atomic Energy Commission reports Bikini Atoll shows reduced radioactivity since the bomb tests ended. About 560 Bikinians, evacuated in 1946, are set to return after a cleanup by U.S. workers and a plan to replant coconuts and breadfruit. Island lifeways recover as vegetation regrows and lagoons clear, with 30 Bikinians joining next month to prepare for resettlement.
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Bikini Atoll
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Pacific Atoll
AEC
Tommy McCraw
McCraw
Danver
Colo
Waii
U.S
Kili
Germantown
Abukiraru
Enyu
Do Price Stickers Deceive Buyers in Auto Industry
Detroit AP report on FTC hearings in Washington where automakers led by General Motors Chrysler Ford and American Motors defend window sticker prices as guides rather than deceptive. They argue sticker prices anchor bargaining and reflect a starting point for negotiations rather than the final sale price. California sues GM for $750 million over sticker price practices.
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Karl Mantyla
Associated Press
Detroit
General Motors
Chrysler
Ford
American Motors
Federal Trade Commission
Washington
FTC
Chrysler Corp
Commission
House Debates Student Loan Rate Increase Vote
Washington AP report notes House leaders and President Nixon face opposition as lawmakers consider raising guaranteed student loan interest to 7 percent with a 3 percent added amount. Rep Patman leads high rate foes while Rep Perkins manages the bill amid campus unrest fears. Banks indicate backing the plan if rate rules hold, as Nixon urges fixed 7 percent loans for students.
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House
Nixon
Congress
Wright Patman
D-Tex
Carl D. Perkins
Dky
U.S Office of Education
Senate
Patman
Education Is Declared In Deep Crisis
Clark Kerr, chairman of the Carnegie Commission on Higher Education, said in Williamsburg that higher education in the United States faces “the deepest crisis” in 333 years since Harvard’s founding. He noted it comes as the decade of greatest advance just ended.
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Harry C. Nash
Associated Press
Williamsburg
United States
Harvard
Clark Kerr
Carnegie Commission On Higher Education
Kerr
Northwest Passage navigated by tanker on first test voyage
The 1,005-foot tanker Manhattan, with icebreaking gear, became the first commercial vessel to reach open water north of the Arctic Circle near Banks Island, while Humble Oil weighs the route's commercial feasibility for the 1970s. The voyage carried 54 crew and 72 scientists, aiming to assess ice conditions and data for future oil shipments from Alaska.
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Canada
Manhattan
Arctic Circle
Prince of Wales Strait
Humble of Co
Point Barrow
Alaska
John Cabot
Northwest Passage
Far East
South America
Banks Island
Humble Oil
Stanley B. Hass
Humble
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Hass
Melville Island
John A. MacDonald
Chester
Creywaten
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Robin Hood
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Humane Society
Glenda
Glenola
United Fund
Joseph Ruzicka
Northridge St
Greensboro
Action
Clark M. Clifford
U.S. Command
Samuel D. Berger
OLE Bs Tlieves
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