Labor leaders push no strike pledges amid public concern
AFL-CIO leaders backed a no-strike pledge from six maritime unions at Miami Beach as public impatience with labor power grows. Congress and the Nixon administration fear mandatory dispute methods while Meany pushes voluntary arbitration to curb crippling strikes and protect the public interest.
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Afl-Cio
Miami Beach
Congress
Senate
Paul Hall
Nixon
George Meany
Clues Point to Bombers Case From Wisconsin Blast
The article notes Karleton Armstrong in custody in Canada as a suspect in a 1970 Madison Wisconsin building explosion that killed a graduate student and injured four. His father Donald argues for fair treatment and cites war protests, while other youths remain charged.
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Karleton Armstrong
Canada
University of Wisconsin At Madison
Donald Armstrong
Madison
Karleton
University of Wisconsin
Defense Department
Conyers protests U N over U S prison conditions
Rep John Conyers of Michigan denounces U S prisons to the United Nations calling black inmates political prisoners due to racist backgrounds and law enforcement. He says the men are not common criminals but political prisoners, likening prisons to concentration camps and urging listeners to forget about race.
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John Conyers
Michigan
Black Caucus
Congress
United Nations
U.S
Convers
Soviet Union
Siberian
Conyers
Moscow Pravda decries visa denial for U S Soviet delegation
Pravda condemns the U S State Department for denying visas to the Soviet delegation invited to the Communist Party USA convention. It calls the move a violation of the Russian U S exchanges on science technology education and culture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Communist Party
Pravda
U. S. State Department
Communist Party—Usa
U.S
Kremlin
USS
Fresh Doubts Over Welfare Surveys Prompt Watchdogs Request
John D. Twiname of the Social and Rehabilitation Service urges Congress to fund hundreds of inspectors to audit welfare funds at federal, state, and local levels. He acknowledges no tracking system exists and cites repeated overcharges and a 14.6 percent overpayment rate in the Dependent Children's program, with average errors of 44.92 dollars monthly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D. Twiname
Social and Rehabilitation Service
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Poems Of Nixon May Be Read To Mao In China
Art Buchwald reports President Nixon prepared for emergencies in China and jokes that Nixon would read self penned poems to Mao Tse-tung. The light verse blends political satire with references to politics polls and foreign travel.
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Richard Nixon
Washington
Nixon
China
Mao Tse-tung
Mao
Jf 1
Air Force One
Me Plainsman Pokes at Democrats Bright Steed Comment
The piece quips that Democrats would fare better with one bright steed rather than many dark horses. It contrasts civic leadership with a lighthearted jab at political and domestic routines.
Penitentiary Productions and Lubbock Kiwanis Tales Compared
The piece reports inmates at a Richmond maximum security prison forming Penitentiary Productions Inc to create films with Miss Pat McDermott guiding scripts and music. It also reflects on the 50th anniversary of Lubbock Kiwanis Club, its growth, rivalries with Rotary, and memories of early civic activities and fundraiser games.
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Richmond
Pat McDermott
Patrick Productions
Hollywood
Penitentiary Productions, Inc
Miss McDermott
Lubbock
Kiwanis Club
R. B. Hutchinson
Rotary
Kiwanis
Plainview
Dimmitt
Levelland
Tulsa
Brownfield
Lubbock Kiwanis Club
Owen McWhorter
W. C. Rylander
C.N.N. Ferguson
First Methodist Church
Kiwanis and
Kiwanis-Rotary
Ed Inmon
Clyde Tatum
Jack M. Lewis
Flaws Seen In Reform in Arizona Delegates
Andrew Tully voices doubts about the reform movement's claim of representative diversity in Arizona's 25 Democratic convention delegates. He notes the mix includes eight women, three blacks, seven Chicanos, two high school students, and several collegians under 30, but questions if they truly reflect their blocs. He warns reforms may face issues like age bias and specific demographic underrepresentation.
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Washington
Arizona
Miami Beach
New York
Bella Abzug
New York City
Random Facts and Quips From L M Boyd Column
L M Boyd riffs on everyday science and social trivia noting street noise affects traffic light perception and women increasingly manage family finances. He cites 27 of 100 households with male financiers, asks quirky questions about wigs and poisonous mammals, and ends with a reader mail address.
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Louis XIV
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Pat
New Hampshire
Cama
Kissinger
Yellow River
China Sea
Plainsman
Wm. J. Shakespear
Virginia Payette
Attica
Marlow Cook
Kentucky
McDermott
San Quentin
Otto Gibson
Penitentiary Productions
Aye
Mr. Ferguson
Avalanche Journal
Merrill Park
19Th & A
A-J
Avenue Q
William Proxmire
Illinois
Democratic Party
Andrew Tully
George McGovern
Maine
Margaret Chase Smith
L. M. Boyd
Oklahoma
Berlin
Lima
P.O
Fort Worth
Texas
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