Philadelphia transit leaders jailed for walkout defiance
Two leaders of Philadelphia's 5 200 transit workers strike were jailed for refusing to end a four day walkout that halted bus trolley and subway service. Domin ic DiClerico and Joseph Donato of Local 234 faced escalating fines as Judge Jamieson ordered penalties that could reach billions if the standoff continued.
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Philadelphia
Dominic DiClerico
Joseph Donato
Transport Workers Union
Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority
DiClerico
Order of Com
Local 234
Donato
Unions Press Higher Wages After Rejected Contract
Workers complained of a substantial increase in pay with most of it immediate while the current wage stands at 3.93 per hour. The executive board proposed a two year contract for 75 cents plus better pensions and life insurance, but the membership voted down two to one last week.
South Viets Launch Big Counteroffensive In Central Highlands
Thousands of South Vietnamese troops launched a counteroffensive in the central highlands against North Vietnamese forces. The clash centered around Fire Base 6 at Tan Canh and near Fire Base Lonely, with heavy shelling escalating in eastern Cambodia. U.S. advisers were killed and missing in action near Fire Base 6, as airlifted support evacuated others. The clashes followed reports of 42 American fatalities in Indochina the previous week, and large NVA Viet Cong losses. Military units also conducted a search and clear operation from Fire Base 6 as paratroopers, backed by air strikes, faced heavy enemy fire.
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Saigon
Central Highlands
Tan Canh
Lonely
Cambodia
U.S
Fire Base 6
Indochina
Pleiku
Explosion hits Soviet trade delegation in Amsterdam injuring four
An early morning blast damaged the Soviet trade delegation building in Amsterdam and the adjacent U.S. Consulate. Four occupants and a passerby were injured with no American casualties reported. A protest slogan supposedly linked to militant groups appeared nearby amid broad damage to nearby facilities.
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Amsterdam
U.S
Incomes Rise in March But Miss Administration Target
U S personal income advanced in March by 6 billion dollars to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 836.3 billion dollars. Wages and salaries rose 3.25 billion driven by longer hours and higher hourly earnings, while transfers were noted as a factor. For the first quarter 1971 income averaged 831.5 billion, 18 billion above late 1970.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Nixon
Department
Judge Conti Tough on Draft Dodgers in San Francisco
Federal Judge Samuel Conti, appointed by Nixon, imposes two year prison terms on four men claiming conscientious objector status who refused the draft. He criticizes leniency for resisters and says sentences must reflect the law, not attitudes about the Vietnam War.
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AN Francisco
Nixon
Samuel Conti
Con
San Francisco
Congress
Highway Patrol Trooper Stabbed In Stop
McAlester AP A Highway Patrol trooper Doyle Southard was stabbed five times while questioning a driver on U S 69 near the Indian Nations Turnpike. The driver was shot by the trooper and both were hospitalized with non life threatening injuries.
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Mcalester
Highway Patrol
Doyle Southard
St. Mary’s Hospital
Southard
U.S. 69
Dry humor blooms as drought grips Lawton area
In a drought plagued period Lake Lawtonka and Lake Ellsworth host parched scenes with fish and water games reflecting the dryness. Local humor, tied to the dry weather, rises as rainfall remains far below the long term average. Herman Ledford camps on rain prayers after losing the Democratic primary to Wayne Gilley.
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Lake Lawtonka
Lake Ellsworth
Lawton
Herman Ledford
Wayne Gilley
Herman
Oklahoma House to Vote on Slightly Brimmed Income Tax Plan
Oklahoma City AP report says the House Revenue and Taxation Committee fast tracked a revised income tax bill pegged at 17 million dollars. The measure would raise about 8 million from corporations and 9 million from individuals and faces a Tuesday House vote.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
House
House Revenue and Taxation Committee
Charles Ford
Tulsa
Vol Odom
Dragoner
Dav
Hall
Senate
House Rules Committee
Savings and Loan
Nixon endorses Saigon plan for neutral POW internment
President Nixon endorsed a South Vietnamese proposal to hold sick, wounded and long term prisoners of war from both sides in a neutral country. Ziegler said 378 Americans were known to be held by North Vietnam with others believed in Indochina. Nixon urged a positive response to the Geneva convention backed plan and noted the suffering of prisoners and families.
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Washington
Nixon
Vietnam
Saigon
Paris
White House
United States
Ronald L. Ziegler
Indochina
North Vietnam
Republic of Vietnam
North
South Vietnam
Rain Likely With Two Systems From West
Lawton and Southwest Oklahoma face a 50-50 chance of rain tonight and Friday as two pressure systems develop in California Nevada and Arizona. Expect highs in the upper 70s to low 80s with overnight lows around the mid 50s. Wednesday's high was 71 and low 53.
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Lawton
Oklahoma
U.S
California
Nevada
Arizona
Backward Wingo still walks through memory in California
In 1931, Prennie L Wingo walked around the world backward. He crossed 8000 miles through the United States and continental Europe, finishing 18 months after starting. Now 76, he works as a security officer in Serano California. A retrospective feature recalls the unlikely journey.
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Wingo
United States
Europe
Union Bank
Secur
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KLM
Stelijk Modern Art Museum
Joop Soetendorp
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