Questions and Answers on Work Rights and Local Columns
A reader asks if an employer can force nine hour days with threats of firing. The reply notes no federal law prevents firing for refusal to work when told. The column also recalls execution history: 1935 law shift to gas chamber, first gas execution 1936, last in 1961. Other items cover local senators and reps, plus humorous letters about yard work and public notices.
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General Assembly
Walter Morrison
Robeson County
Allen Foster
Hoke County
Theodore Boykin
East Carolina
U S Prepared To Negotiate End To Raids
Washington reports the Nixon administration is ready to trade an end to B52 raids in South Vietnam for enemy steps toward deescalation. White House sources say the pause followed Ho Chi Minh memorial timing, with talks possibly moving via parallel actions while Paris talks remain deadlocked.
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Washington
Nixon
South Vietnam
U.S
Ho Chi Minh
North Vietnam
White House
Hanoi
State Department
Paris
Hacoi
Tempers Rise At Hearing On Haynsworth Nomination
Washington AP reports friction at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing over Clement F. Haynsworth nomination. A clash emerged about whether Roy Wilkins of the NAACP could testify, with Meany scheduled to speak and Eastland denying discrimination. The ethics issue dominates the third day of hearings.
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Washington (Ap
Supreme Court
Clement F. Haynsworth
Senate Judiciary Committee
James O. Eastland
D-Miss
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Roy Wilkins
NAACP
Leadership Conference On Civil Rights
Rauh
Haynsworth
Wilkins
Europe
U.S. Court of Appeals
Congress-Nixon Honeymoon Ends
Washington AP reports a Democratic Congress and Republican administration clash after nine months of cooperation. House leaders accuse the Nixon administration of noncooperation and push resolutions to set a Democratic program while planning new administration priority requests.
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Washington
Congress
House
John McCormack
Rep
Claude, Pepper
D-Fla
Harry S. Truman
Nixon
Albert
Bureau of the Budget
Nixon urges UN members to push Vietnam peace drive
President Nixon in his first UN General Assembly address urged all 126 member nations to actively promote a Vietnam peace, blaming Hanoi for the Paris stalemate and calling for frank talks with the Soviet Union on arms control and the Middle East. He urged sober negotiations with Moscow and readiness to talk with China, while stressing South Vietnam’s right to self determination and a pursuit of open world cooperation in variety of fields.
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United Nations, N.Y
Nixon
United Nations
Vietnam
U.N. General Assembly
Hanoi
Paris
World Organization
Soviet Union
Middle East
China
New York
U.N
Andrei N. Gromyko
South Vietnam
United States
Six Green Berets Face Trial in Vietnam Slaying Case
Six Green Berets including Col. Robert B. Rheault will be tried by general court martial on murder and conspiracy charges for the slaying of a South Vietnamese double agent. Eight men are linked to the case. two remain in abeyance as two separate trials are planned for the six officers with two trials slated within about three weeks.
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City Hall
Saigon
Green Berets
U.S
Vietnam
U.S. Army
Robert B. Rheault
Vineyard Haven
Mass
David E. Crew
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Thomas C. Middleton Jr
Jefferson, D.C
Leland J. Brumley
Duncan
Okla
Robert F. Marasco
Bloomfield
N.J
Budge E. Williams
Athens
Edward M. Boyle
New York City
J.C. Alevin L. Smith Jr
Naples
Fla
Brumley
Marasco
Williams
Army
Col. Rheault
Mass. Crew
Middleton
Wives cling to slim hope in Paris talks
Dallas area wives of four missing U.S. Air Force pilots pressed for news at the Paris peace talks as North Vietnamese officials promised to contact Hanoi and write each woman about their husbands. They were told letters would be sent if husbands are alive, and they were urged to denounce U.S. participation.
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Paris
North Vietnam
Dallas
Tex
U.S
Hanoi
Texas
Singleton
Joy Jeffrey
Sandy McElhanon
Paula Hartness
Rights Protection Asked to Guard Negro Homeowners Rights
The Nixon administration urged the Supreme Court to apply the 1866 civil rights act to protect Negro homeowners to use community recreation facilities. The Justice Department argues that exclusive access to amenities like swimming pools affects housing desirability and value and would undermine equal rights if Negro buyers are barred from such incidents of property ownership.
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Washington
Nixon Administration
Supreme Court
Justice Department
Erwin N. Griswold
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McEihanon
Bonnie Singleton
Xuan Danh
Rights Protection Asked
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