Yablonski Jr Seeks to Avenge Father
Washington report details how Chip Yablonski, son of slain coal union reformer Joseph Yablonski, campaigns to overthrow UMW leadership in court. He represents Miners for Democracy and pursues legal actions while pressing Congress and labor officials for accountability amid the 1971 UMW turmoil.
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Yablonski Jr
Washington
NEA
Pennsylvania
Joseph Yablonski
Yablonski
Senate
UMW
Labor Department
Joe Yablonski
Chip
Miners For Democracy
Umws
MFD
Yablonski Sr
Chip Yablonski
Tony Boyle
Congress
Talks Prices Wages With Labor Chiefs
Nixon sent labor secretary Hodgson to Miami Beach to pressure AFL-CIO unions on wage price restraints. Union leaders resist White House controls and hint at voluntary plans, with a potential construction wage-price freeze if talks fail. Hodgson aims to halt cost increases while unions cite new agreements to curb strikes and streamline rules.
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Neil Gilbride
Miami Beach
Fla
Nixon
J. D. Hodgson
Afl-Cio
White House
United Steelworkers
I. W. Abel
Abel
Hodgson
Washington
Afl-Cio Executive Council
Life of Lt. Calley Depicted Ahead of My Lai Trial
The Hope Arkansas Star reports on Lt. William Laws Calley Jr. facing trial for the My Lai massacre. The piece traces his troubled school years from seventh grade cheating to a low high school rank, private academy placement, and a failed college stint before entering the Army. A psychiatrist's testimony previews Calley’s childhood and social life, noting a bored but undrugged youth, the tone of a restrained family history, and his enlistment attempt after college departure.
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Harry F. Rosenthal
Associated Press
FT. Benning
Rusty Calley
William Laws Calley Jr
United States Army
My Lai
Calley
Miami
Fla
North Carolina
Rusty
San Francisco
Albuquerque
Army
Ft. Lewis
Blacks Oppose West Memphis School Plan
The Negro plaintiffs in the West Memphis desegregation case oppose the school board plan filed in U S District Court. The plan would convert Wonder High School to serve all 10th graders while sending 11th and 12th graders to West Memphis High, a predominantly white school.
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West Memphis, Ark
West Memphis
U.S
Negro Wonder High School
Calley’s path from recruit to Vietnam officer to court witness
The narrative traces Lt. Calley from early life and draft to officer training, his posting with Ha waii’s Americal Division, and the March 1968 Saigon incident. It notes his belief he followed orders to destroy villagers and his claim that he viewed them as enemies unable to be spared.
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Vietnam
Americal
Calley
Ernest Medina
Paul Meadle
Barbs by Phil Pastoret on Spring Tulips and Bridge
A lighthearted note jokes about planting tulips without an air drill signaling spring, then contrasts the words playing and bridge as contradicting each other. The short item preserves a columnist’s witty barbs in a compact, period-appropriate tone.
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