Nixon hosts Labor Day dinner with union leaders
President Nixon invited over 60 top union officials and their guests to a White House Labor Day dinner marking an unprecedented presidential outreach to organized labor. The event mixed diplomacy and humor as Meany praised Nixon while noting shifts in labor leadership roles and policies.
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Cardinal Cushing Resigns as Boston Archbishop
Vatican announces Pope Paul VI accepted the resignation of Richard Cardinal Cushing due to age and health. Humberto S. Medeiros, 64, bishop of Brownsville, Texas, is appointed to replace him. Cushing, who turned 75 on August 25, has long battled illness and expressed desire to retire to missionary work in South America, but says he is too ill to go now.
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Auto Workers stall as Big Three await new offers
DETROIT AP Bargaining over national contracts for GM Chrysler Ford stalls with less than a week to expiry. The UAW has rejected the initial seven and a half percent wage offer, awaiting a second proposal while local plant issues loom alongside the national settlement. The current pay plus fringe benefits average about 5.77 dollars per hour. Irving Bluestone and Earl Bramblett mark uncertainty over new terms as talks continue after the Labor Day weekend.
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Laird Says Reserves Key to Future Army Expansion
Secretary Melvin R. Laird disclosed that future military expansion in emergencies will rely on the Reserves and National Guard, not increased draft calls. The Aug 2 memo directs active forces augmentation through reserves, reversing Johnson era policy that used higher drafts.
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Arkansas Weather: Warmer With Scattered Thunderstorms
Weather report for 24 hours ending 7 am Tuesday notes a high of 92 and low of 71. Forecast calls for partly cloudy warm conditions through Wednesday with scattered showers and thunderstorms in the northwest tonight and elsewhere mainly in afternoons and evenings. Highs Wednesday expected in the low to mid 90s with tonight’s lows in the low to mid 70s.
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Bob Hope Named Entertainer of the Year by AGVA
Bob Hope is honored as Entertainer of the Year by the American Guild of Variety Artists. He will receive the Georgie golden statuette on Ed Sullivan’s show September 20. Other winners include Tom Jones Barbra Streisand Flip Wilson Carol Burnett Blood Sweat and Tears Melba Moore the Flying Alexanders Tanya the Elephant and Radio City Music Hall.
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Panthers to Deliberate Basic Rights
Delegates at the Revolutionary People's Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia wrestle with defining and safeguarding basic rights. Workshops on street people's self determination and power distribution reveal disputes over oppression, policing, and guarantees of life liberty and happiness amid calls for housing transport and medical care reforms.
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Weather to Be Warm With Some Showers
Warm weather continues in Arkansas with increased shower activity, especially in the northwest. Showers and thundershowers moved into the northwest corner and pushed southeast early this morning as a weak frontal system sits through Southern Missouri and Northeast Oklahoma. A cool front was expected to reach Missouri and Kansas by Wednesday night. highs reached 97 at Fort Smith and 96 at Little Rock.
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Certification Sought Friday
Thom as A. Glave, chairman of The Arkansas Election Laws Institute, said there is absolutely no reason the results of today s primary run off should not be certified by Friday. He noted the results in the preferential primary were not certified until six days after the election and that today s ballot was shorter with potentially smaller turnout.
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Florida study pays pregnant women to sleep in lab
Dr Ismet Karacan at the University of Florida is paying pregnant volunteers ten dollars a night to sleep in a lab while brain waves and sleep patterns are recorded. The $80,000 study aims to predict postpartum blues and prevent severe mood disturbances after birth by early warning signs observed weeks before delivery.
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Arkla Gas grants 1970 71 scholarshi p to Hope student
Carol Denise Yocom of Hope receives a $350 Arkla Gas Co scholarship for 1970 71 from an employee funded program. Seventy one grants total $24 850 this year across six states, lifting cumulative disbursements since 1957 to over $250 000.
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FAA Praises Plan to Halt Hijacking
The FAA says its hijack deterrent system remains highly effective and leading the fight against hijackings. U.S. incidents have fallen since adoption, even as global cases rise. Records show over 100 Americans hijacked to Cuba in a decade, with fewer than a dozen still there.
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Direct election plan for president faces uphill Senate vote
Senate debate opens on a constitutional amendment to elect the president by direct popular vote after House approval. Senator Bayh says 54 to 60 supporters exist but a tough fight lies ahead. President Nixon endorses the plan, while opponents warn it could upend the two party system and federal relations.
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