Women win $100000 sex bias suit in Miami
Seven women from Southern Bell Telephone Co receive over 100000 in an out of court settlement for sex discrimination. They will get about 40000 in back wages and 60000 in anticipated pay raises through retirement with 1000 to 3000 yearly increases starting April 30. Named plaintiffs include Fay Harris Thelma Bendonbough Katherine Goolsby Elizabeth Martin Julia Western Lois Williams and Mildred Van Delinder. Judge Joe Eaton approved the settlement in Miami.
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Elizabeth Martin
Julia Western
Lois Williams
Mildred van Delinder
Mrs. Cherry
Tupamaros Free 15 Prisoners in Uruguays Bold Break
Guerrillas tunneled 200 feet from Punta Carretas hospital to the city sewer, freeing 15 comrades and 10 criminals. Booby traps left to slow pursuers mark third major jail break by the Tupamaros in a year in Montevideo.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
Reir
Punta Carretas
Tupamaras
Floods and storms across Tennessee and Kentucky claim lives
Floods triggered by heavy rains killed a year old girl in Tennessee and displaced about 500 people in Kentucky. Two more weather related deaths occurred. A new tornado watch was issued for the lower Midwest after strong winds and a tornado killed one and injured several. Northwest Orient Airlines Boeing 747 encountered severe turbulence over the Pacific near Honolulu, injuring 13. Merger approval reported for Bergdorf Goodman by Broadway Hale. Secretary Rogers says Nixon visit to China should not imply Cuba policy shift as OAS ministers meet.
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Tennessee
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Women push for priesthood and equal rights in church
Eight Catholic women's groups including a nun group urge bishops to permit women priests and back a constitutional amendment for equal rights. Archbishop Leo Byrke says the matter will be studied and a statement issued later. In Albany, the New York State Council of Churches backs a bill letting under 16s buy contraceptives to protect against venereal disease and premarital pregnancy.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Atlanta
Leo Byrke
National Conference of Catholic Bishops
Albany
New York
Apollo 16 Moon Mission Countdown Advances Smoothly
Cape Kennedy rehearsals and a smooth countdown for the Apollo 16 mission prompt civil authorities to prepare for massive traffic near the launch site. Astronauts John Young Charles Duke and Thomas Mattingly board the command ship and carry out preflight activities from liftoff to orbital burn.
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Charles Duke
Thomas Mattingly
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Sausalito Madam Sally Stanford Wins City Council Seat
Sally Stanford the last great Sausalito madam won a council seat on her sixth try amid plans to remove street planter boxes and tidy up the town. The 68 year old, who once ran a Nab Hi bordello, said she does not miss the old days but would not have missed politics. Stanford has run since 1962 and finished second among 13 candidates for three seats.
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San Francisco
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Golden Gate
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Sally
Lincoln
Nixon appoints Benjamin Flooks to FCC as first Black member
President Nixon on Wednesday nominated Benjamin Flooks of Memphis a minister and attorney to become the first Black member of the Federal Communications Commission. Hanks 47 a Southern Christian Leadership Conference board member and NAACP life member is an independent who was recommended by Senators Howard Baker Jr and William Brock TH both Tenn Republicans.
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Virginia
Army
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Memphis
Federal Communications Commission
Hanks
Ber
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
NAACP
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William Brock TH
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