Steel price hikes anger Nixon administration and ripple effects
US Steel and rivals announced price increases of about 8 percent on all products except stainless steel to fund a new three year contract with the USW. White House officials condemned the moves as immoderate and poorly timed, while Senate Leader Mansfield urged a wage price freeze amid rising costs and plant slowdowns nationwide.
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UPI
US. Steel Corp
United Steelworkers Union
USW
Washington
U.S
James D. Hodgson
Bethlehem Steel
Republic
Armco
Youngstown Sheet and Tube
White House
Gerald Warren
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Nixon
Lackawanna
N.Y
Bethlehem
U.S. Steel
South Vietnamese Kill 44 Reds in Daylong Battles
South Vietnamese infantrymen killed 44 Communist troops in two daylong battles in muddy rice fields along the Cambodia border. No U.S. ground fighting reported, but U.S. B52 bombers struck suspected North Vietnamese positions near the DMZ and in the A Shau valley.
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Saigon
UPI
Cambodia
South Vietnam
U.S
South
Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
A Shau
Svay Rieng
Phnom Penh
Black Market
Chipou
Mekong
House resolution backs hospitals amid Nixon cuts
The House approved a Sense of Congress resolution urging President Nixon not to shut down 10 Public Health Service hospitals and 30 clinics after he cut 28.4 million dollars from the 1972 budget. The measure notes staffing falls and cites locations in San Francisco, Lexington, New Orleans, Baltimore, Boston, Staten Island, Galveston, Fort Worth, Norfolk, and Seattle.
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UPI
House
Nixon
Public Health Service
Sense of Congress
Senate
House Commerce Committee
Congress
San Francisco
Lexington
New Orleans
Baltimore
Boston
Staten Island
N.Y
Galveston, Tex
Fort Worth
Tex
Norfolk, Va
Seattle, Wash
Apollo 15 Falcon leak scare ends after hatch checks
Apollo 15 astronauts David Scott James Irwin and Alfred Worden docked Falcon to Endeavour then faced a possible pressure leak in the tunnel. They stayed joined an extra orbit wearing spacesuits as a precaution after Soviet cosmonauts died from a similar leak. Hatch resealing resolved the issue and they prepared to jettison Falcon with safe return assured.
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Apollo Safety Committee
Earth
Glynn Lunney
Parker
Moon
Scott Simkinson
Widow questions wrong suspect in Sierra slayings
Beatrice Simmons, widow of John Simmons who died in the Sierra Nevada campground killings, says she believes suspect Clarence Otis Smith did not commit the crimes. An arrest warrant was issued for Smith, a 43 year old Auburn garbage collector, and police issued an all points bulletin. Kennedy Garbe, a survivor, described the killer as laughing and growling. Donna Fitzhugh and another woman were killed. three others injured as a man with a sickle attacked campers near Grass Valley California. Smith’s former boss Lagomarsino said Smith had recently become religiously inclined and changed behavior, though he noted Smith was previously reliable.
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Nevada City
UPI
Sierra Nevada
Beatrice Simmons
John
Clarence Otis Smith
Smith
Auburn
Simmons
Kenneth Garbe
Garbe
Mother Lode
Grass Valley
Calif
Donna Fitzhugh
Ontario
Louis Lagomarsino
Lagomarsino
Three governors join effort to halt West Coast dock strike
Governors Reagan of California McCall of Oregon and Evans of Washington plan a San Francisco meeting with ILWU president Harry Bridges and PMA chief Edmond Flynn to urge an early settlement as the longshoremen walkout idles dozens of ships from Canada to Mexico. Curtis Counts of the FMS emphasizes resolving the dispute amid material shortages and rising prices.
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San Francisco Bay Area
Canada
Mexico
Curtis Counts
FMS
United States
Hawaii
State Emergency Food Division
PMA
Bridges
ILWU
Princess Anne celebrates 21st birthday aboard Britannia
Princess Anne danced into the early hours aboard the royal yacht Britannia berthed at Portsmouth to mark her 21st birthday. More than 100 guests attended hosted by Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip, with Prince Charles Princess Alexandra and Angus Ogilvy among attendees while Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon were absent due to prior engagements and health.
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Portsmouth
England
UPI
Anne
Britannia
Queen Elizabeth
Prince Philip
Prince Charles
Alexandra
Angus Ogilvy
Prince Richard
Gloucester
Princess Margaret
Lord Snowdon
Snowdon
Princess Margarets
Maj
John Griffin
East Anglia
Windsor
Ascot
Buckingham Palace
London
Princess Anne
Cowes
Mrs Irwin Calls Moon Quest Safer Than Sunday Drive
Mrs James B Irwin wife of Apollo 15 lunar module pilot says she was speechless when the Falcon launched toward the moon but fears Gulf Freeway driving more than spaceflight. She notes her children see their fathers’ work as routine and unremarkable.
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Nassau Bay
Tex
UPI
Texas
James B. Irwin
Irwin
Falcon
Gulf Freeway
Houston
David R. Scott
Scott
Tracy
Doug
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Andrews Air Force Base
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Dsacramento
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Lompoc
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Constellation Rd
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Government Employees Corporation OF
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Government Employees Insurance Company OF
Washington, D.C
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