Labor protests mount as Nixon wage freeze faces union revolt
President Nixon sends a high level group to meet AFL CIO leaders amid growing labor rebellion against the wage price freeze. UAW and Teamsters threaten contract action while West Coast longshoremen and other unions push for broader strikes and stoppages.
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United Press
Washington
Nixon
Afl-Cio
Unnions
Apl-Acio
George Meany
UAW
Aplcio
Teamsters
Frank F. Fitzsimmons
United Auto Workers
Leonard Woodcock
Harry Bridees
West Coast
George P. Shultz
White House
Office of Management and Budget
Meany
Labor Federation
Lafayette Square
James D. Lee
Nixon expands wage freeze to state local workers teachers
The Cost of Living Council announced that the Nixon wage price freeze now covers all state and local government employees including teachers whose contracts start after Aug. 15. The move affects about 90 percent of the nation’s 2.1 million public school teachers and follows pressure from organized labor.
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United Press International
Washington
Nixon
Coste of Living Council
Treasury
John BR. Connally
Afl-Cio
Dow Jones
Wall Street
BRBT
General Motors
Chrysler
Tokyo
Bank of Japan
Europe
Illar
O of
National Education Association
Teast
President Nexon economy moves spark broad reaction
President Nexon faces a mixed fate as the Cost of Living Council bars immediate raises for state and local workers amid nationwide strikes. France denounces dollar moves and pushes a two tier money market while stock prices slide after a two day rally. Nixon urges sacrifice on barnstorm tour as Japan savors gold shop run amid Yen revaluation fears.
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France
U.S
Sec. A
Dow Jones
Sec. D
Nixon
Revitalization Corps targets 100000 children for sea shores
Crossword example aside this brief notes a plan by the DH in the DH in the A J Revitalization Corps to relocate one hundred thousand ghetto children to nation’s sea shores by summer’s end. It also lists page references and a humorous comic dictionary line about love affairs.
Prayer for strength and renewal in faith
A reader asks for divine guidance to rededicate life to God. The prayer requests wisdom courage and strength to do what is right and seeks forgiveness for past wrongs. Amen.
Cloth scraps found near hole not linked to Greene disappearance
Odessa police report scraps of cloth found in a shallow hole near Crane Highway do not connect to the June 17 disappearance of 2 year old Sue Nix Greene Green, taken from O L Well Service Co. headquarters. A $1000 reward remains for information on her location or body.
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Avalanche
Gdessa
John Green
Crane
Sue Nix Greene Green
County Officials Clash Over Budget Committee Plan
County commissioners vented frustration over a proposed budget review committee as two 1972 budget bills stirred concern. They urged a legal ruling on constitutionality while discussing treasurer duties and wage issues. Judge Pat Moore ruled on back wages, and Purdom briefed on wage freeze effects on local governments.
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Eugene Smith
Avalanche-Journal
Tom Purdom
Lubbock County
Jane Rieger
Nixon
Pat Moore
72Nd District Court
J. R. Dever
Brazell
Purdom
Arch Lamb
Attorney General's Office
Rod Shaw
Lubbock City Manager Keeps Post After Closed Session
The Lubbock City Council and City Manager Bill Blackwell ended a four hour closed session with an announcement that Blackwell would retain his post. The meeting followed a record breaking 26 million dollar budget proposal and amid prior rumors of policy misunderstandings. The council declared the issues resolved and expressed support for Blackwell.
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Perry Flippin
Avalanche—Journal
Lubbock City
Bill Blackwell
Blackwell
A-J
Jim Granberry
la ‘Theyus
Jim Gran‘berry
Council
CH47 Crashes in Germany Killing 37 U S Troops
An Army CH47 Chinook helicopter carrying 37 U S soldiers to a field exercise crashed near Pegnitz Germany. All aboard died in the flaming wreck the worst West German training accident since World War I. The craft flew from Ludwigsburg to Grafenwoehr with 33 from the 56th Artillery Brigade and four crew.
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Pegnitz
Germany
West Germany
Ludwigsburg
Stuttgart
Grafenwoehr
56Th Artillery Brigade
U.S. Army European Command
Heidelberg
Collision Kills Eight in Ventura County Pileup
Eight people died and ten were injured in a fiery crash on U S 101 near La Conchita Ventura witnesses said a stalled car started the chain reaction as a large truck plowed into it and jackknifed three other vehicles and a second truck collided with the wreckage as the pileup spread.
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Ventura
Calif
Sought Council Gets Hot Potato
City Manager Bill Blackwell proposed a 14 cent property tax increase and a $2 monthly garbage charge to fund minimum priority needs and begin mechanizing refuse collection. He unveiled a $26,630,900 budget at the first of three work sessions, but review paused after an executive session called amid questions about the manager’s resignation. The plan would raise $1,275,196 to balance the budget and $653,500 for the first phase of installing garbage containers in residential alleys.
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Vaughn Hendrie
Avalanche Journal
City Mer
Bill Blackwell
Lubbock
Blackwell
James Granberry
Avalanche-Journal
City budget clashes with proposed 14 cent tax hike and garbage fee
Mutsch er notes Three year citywide containerization would cost 2.5 million. Budget includes 44 502 for new or expanded programs while departmental requests totaling 1.2 million were cut. Council weighs reinstating brush pickup weed mowing and animal center services amid fears of overreach and a rising tax burden.
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Blackwell
New Look
Sam Wahl
Public Works
Granberry
Lonnie Hollingsworth
Hollingsworth
Tacit understanding links Sharp to 1969 Texas stock deal
Financier Frank W. Sharp testified of a tacit understanding to aid House Speaker Gus Mutscher in exchange for help pushing banking bills through the 1969 Texas Legislature. He implicated Mutscher and several other politicians, noted a $50,000 loan exchange, and described his immunity as he testified before the House committee.
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Austin
Frank W. Sharp
Gus Mutscher
Texas
Sharp
House General Investigating Committee
Mutscher
Preston Smith
Turmany Shannon
Fort Worth
Heaux
Paducah
A. R. “Bahe” Schwartz
Galveston
Houston
Securities and Exchange Commission
SEC
National Bankers Life Insurance Co
Cotton cooperatives report record earnings surge
An optimistic briefing by Dr. C R Jerry Sayre alongside financial results shows four regional cotton cooperatives posting aggregate net earnings of 8 221 674 for 1970 71 up from 4 784 177 the prior year The joint meeting at Municipal Auditorium drew 1 552 attendees and featured a bronze bust presentation for Roy B Davis longtime Plains Cooperative Oil Mill executive.
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Duane
Howe
Avalanche-journal
C. R
Jerry” Sayre
Greenwood
Miss
National ‘Cotton Council
Municipal Auditorium
Uncheon
Jones Stadium
Roy B. Davis
Plains Cooperative Oil Mill
Weather map page reports warm, partly cloudy conditions
Partly cloudy and warmer conditions prevail across Lubbock and vicinity. Highs reach the upper 80s with overnight lows in the low 60s. Southerly winds around 10 to 15 mph.
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Lubbock
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