Texas Governor defies Nixon wage freeze on teachers
Governor Preston Smith orders state agencies to fund scheduled Sept 1 pay raises for teachers and state workers, asserting responsibility while White House denounces the move. The plan raises his own pay and uses funds from the General Appropriations Act and Education Code. Summary notes 130,000 teachers affected and a projected $40 million cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Tex
Preston Smith
Nixon
White House
Cost of Living Council
Smith
Treasury
John B. Connally
Con
Connally
Texas
Austin
the Veterans of Foreign Wars
Texas State Teachers Association
Dollar exchanges to reopen with separate policies
Britain and the six Common Market nations will restart their foreign currency exchanges on Monday but will not adopt a unified dollar value policy. France and West Germany failed to bridge differences, leaving each government to set its own rate system. officials expect limited dollar intervention to avoid export harm and a flood of cheap American goods.
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Brussels
Britain
France
West Germany
Anthony Barber
Karl Schiller
Valery Giscard d'Estaing
Hoffa Seeks Parole Again From Federal Prison
James R. Hoffa makes his third bid for parole as the U S Board of Parole prepares to hear the case in executive session. Hoffa's review was moved ahead by nearly a year on the basis of new evidence presented by his son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Teamsters Union
James R. Hoffa
U.S. Board of Parole
Hoffa
Hospital Notes List Names and Addresses From Community
A long list of residents and relatives appears in hospital notes including Karen Jones 2411 La Patricia Galinski 1624 E 16th Mrs Iva Sutton Baldwin Jerry Cofer 1124 Del Mrs Lizzie Neis Eudora Homer C Flory Rt 5 Jeffrey Anderson 2530 W 25th Katherine Kinkaid 2902 W Ninth Howard Brown 2232 Westchester Mrs Mary Abel 1902 Maple La Jack Leroy Campbell Tonganoxie Floyd White 1608 W Fourth Mrs Anna Paasch 2600 Haskell Ave Mrs Jacqueline Huff 2518 La Mrs Viola Had Rt 5 Mrs Suzanne Lister 903 W 24th Staci Scott 2907 W Sixth Carol Hopper Eudora Mrs Nancy Smith Milwaukee Wis Clifford Wheeler Sunflower Mrs Ann Hopkins 132 Perry Dorothy Sales 721 Bill Vantuyl 102 Providence Mrs Dolores Smith Eudora Mrs Karen McClure 2441 Winterbrook Dr Mrs Shirley Kennedy and baby boy 2200 Harper Mrs Carrie Masquat 1120 Del Mrs Fern Amen 1724 Barker Ave Staci Scott 2907 W Sixth Mrs Alice Gibler Rt 2 Paul Brungardt 1701 Ohio Jerry Cofer 1124 Del Philip Sylvester 1007 Tenn Charles Young Baldwin Mrs Barbara Shanger and baby boy 1906 Edgelea Rd Mr and Mrs Larry Gish 2107 N H a daughter Thursday Mr and Mrs Jesse Hopkins Eudora a son Thursday
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Karen Jones
Patricia Galinski
E. 16Th
Iva Sutton
Baldwin
Jerry Cofer
Del
Lizzie Neis
Eudora
Homer C. Flory
Jeffrey Anderson
Katherine Kinkaid
W. Ninth
Howard Brown
Westchester
Mary Abel
Maple la
Jack Leroy Campbell
Tonganoxie
Floyd White
Anna Paasch
Haskell Ave
Jacqueline Huff
Viola Had
Rt. 5
Suzanne Lister
W. 24Th
Staci Scott
W. Sixth
Carol Hopper
Nancy Smith
Milwaukee
Wis
Clifford Wheeler
Sunflower
Ann Hopkins
Perry
Dorothy Sales
Bill Vantuyl
Providence
Dolores Smith
Karen McClure
Winterbrook Dr
Shirley Kennedy
Harper
Carrie Masquat
Fern Amen
Barker Ave
Alice Gibler
Paul Brungardt
Ohio
Philip Sylvester
Tenn
Charles Young
Barbara Shanger
Edgelea Rd
Corporations Up Foreign Figures
New York based McGraw Hill says American industrial corporations will invest over 14 billion dollars abroad in 1972. The survey shows a 17 percent rise from 1970 and projects 14.7 billion in 1972 and 14.9 billion in 1973 for foreign expansion by US manufacturing mining and petroleum firms.
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New York
United States
McGraw-Hill Publications Co
McGraw- Hill
Economics Department
U.S
Board Suspends Arrested Coach In Kansas City
The North Kansas City board of education suspended wrestling coach Joseph R. Crouthers after his arrest in a drug raid. The suspension continues until the board acts on his case and he will miss the teachers workshop next Tuesday.
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Kansas City
North Kansas City
Rights Workshop Concludes Today in Lawrence Schools
The Lawrence school district finishes an eight day Civil Rights Title workshop funded by a 45500 federal grant. Recommendations will be presented to the school board in early September with three task forces continuing to meet through the year to evaluate programs and policies.
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Lawrence
Ernest Coleman
George Cleland
Ray Miller
Public utilities hit by Nixon wage price freeze
Eight Kansas utilities facing rate increase requests totaling 10.75 million will be affected by President Nixon’s 90 day wage and price freeze. The largest request, 7 million from Kansas Gas and Electric of Wichita, remains unsettled along with several others including Peoples Division Northern Natural Gas, Kansas Nebraska Natural Gas, Kaw Valley Electric Cooperative, Commercial Pipeline, Central Kansas Telephone, Central Kansas Power and Kansas Telephone.
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Topeka, Kan
Kansas
Nixon
The
Kansas Corporation Commission
Dale E. Saffels
Kansas Gas and Electric Co
Wichita
Utilities
Peoples Division of Northern Natural Gas Co
Kansas-Nebraska Natural Gas Co
Kaw Valley Electric Cooperative, Commercial Pipeline Co
Central Kansas Telephone Co
Central Kansas Power Co
And
Kansas Telephone Co
Laird Loses Prestige in Pentagon Wage Freeze Clash
Washington AP reports a dispute over a 90 day wage freeze ends with Connally gaining influence. Pentagon spokesman Friedheim says longevity increases and other benefits will be paid to military personnel during the pause, asserting secretary authority to run the department.
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Washington
Pentagon
Secretary of Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Department
Treasury
John B. Connally
Connally
Nixon
Jerry Friedheim
Friedheim
Blowout injures woman on Kansas Turnpike near Lawrence
Nancy J. Smith, 43, of Milwaukee, was hospitalized at Lawrence Memorial after a tire blowout caused her 1971 station wagon to overturn 2.8 miles east of the East Lawrence Interchange on the Kansas Turnpike. She suffered scalp wounds and was reported in good condition. The eastbound vehicle damage was estimated at $4,000 by a turnpike trooper.
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Milwaukee, Wis
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
East Lawrence
Kansas Turnpike
Nancy J. Smith
LMH
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Ronald N. Ziegler
Ziegler
Harold Fisher
N.H
Larry Gish
Jesse Hopkins
Don Green
Saffels
Peoples Division
Kansas-Nebraska
Kaw Valley
Laird
Capitol Hill
Defense
Meadowbrook West
Meadowbrook
Imeadowbrook
Crestline
Jayhawker Towers
K. U
Meadowbrook Garden
Heatheridge Apts
Heatheridge
Morningside Drive
Kasold
27Th
Iowa
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