Duffy Recalls West Texas Roots and Pay Fight Plight
James Duffy recounts early days in West Texas as Congress debates pay hikes and a postposed wage freeze. House veto efforts divide Democrats led by Thaddeus Dule Iski and Jerom Waldie while Republicans like Gerald Ford rally against the delay. A Senate veto move looms as federal workers face wage pressures and potential losses from past freezes.
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Post Office and Civil Service Committee
Thaddeus J. Dule Iski
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Ford
Gerald Ford
Michigan
Bywen
Charles McC
Mathias Kel
Texas Port Picket Ends and West Coast Dock Strike
Pickets at Beaumont and other Texas ports ended as Longshoremen pause actions while ILA President Gleason urged unity. The West Coast dock strike entered a second day with 80,000 workers walking out. pay, welfare funds and retroactive raises dominated talks as union leaders seek wage gains amid broader inflation controls.
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Associated Press
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Tysas
ILA
Hove
Texas
Theates Gleason
Houston
Galeveston
Str WC
Wad
Wildie Blackwell
Canada
Mesiro
West Coast
Walker
Duffy
Vinson
Taitay
Okla
Curtis
Mangum
al Bank of Amhers
San Francisco
Lambrer
Pacific Coast
Amer
James Duffy
United Mine Scif
Cambodian action yields civilian death in Saigon clash
U S command in Saigon reports an air strike incident amid Cambodian action. An ARVN unit reportedly moved into the area shortly before delivery, triggering a deadly exchange and prompting official statements from allied command.
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U.S
Saigon
Delvery
Something Happened in China and Southeast Asia War Updates
The French ambassador in Peking cryptically says something happened in China as four Chinese officials sleep at Chenonceaux after a late Paris visit. Separately in Vietnam the area around Tay Ninh sees renewed shelling, air strikes, and road clearing with Lt. Gen. Minh optimistic but wary, Khmer forces fighting hard on Route 6 for hillside control near Phnom Santuk.
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Europe
Paris
Chenonceaux
Manac’h
Peking
Aiken
China
al Way
U.S
Nguyen van Minh
Saigon
Braddick
Kompong
Highway 6
Policy to be announced by the President on Oct 15
Interviews over the weekend feature Senate leaders Mansfield Aiken and Proxmire discussing a policy to address retroactive wage increases in contracts. They argue contracts should be honored and payments made when the wage freeze ends, noting teachers and others deserve due pay.
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Feder
Congress
Jan T. Volkomir
Legis
Chamber of Commerce
Nixon
Afl-Cio
Senate
Mike Mansfield
George D. Aiken
Vermont
Senate Republic Ns
William Prox
Senate Economic Com
Mansfield
Mathias
Mire
Houmittee
Dallas floods kill no one amid heavy rain and hail
Severe weather drenched Central Texas with widespread rain totals near 3.83 inches in Dallas by Sunday evening. A flood warning remained for the Wichita River as it crest near 18 to 19 feet while White Rock Creek surged in North Dallas washing a car from an intersection and prompting barricades. No injuries were reported.
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Crane
Dallas
Williamson
Blanco
Caldwell
Fayette
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Travis
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Hays
Austin
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Wichita Falls
Wichita River
Texas
Panhandle
White Rock Creek
Public Works
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M. Sue Perkins
White Rock Lake
Valley View
Gallup
Denton
Gainesville
HEW Official Talks Costs and Civil Rights in Education
Richardson says phase II caps on medical costs by HEW while urging local autonomy to enforce civil rights in education. He supports targeted health policy changes rather than broad welfare reform and notes Congress may act on Social Security eligibility. A Dallas flood incident results in three drowning deaths, with rainfall disrupting streets near White Rock Lake.
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Supreme Court
HEW
Richa
Congress
Court opens term with vacancies and broad civil rights agenda
The Supreme Court begins its new term with two vacant seats and a slate of cases on press witness rights grand jury secrecy wiretap legality residency voting discrimination private clubs and church faith in government power. The term will set precedents on Vietnam War legality broadcasting labor plans and environmental disputes as justices deliberate over controversial issues.
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Warren Burger
Abe. Fortis
Senate
William ©. Douglas
William J. Brennan Jr
Congress
American Civil Liberties Union
ACLU
New York
Philadelphia
California
Lake Michigan
Lake Champlain
Sierra Club
Walt Disney Productions, Inc
Sequoia National Forest
Federal Power Commission
Thieu Wins Confidence Vote Amid Saigon Violence
In Saigon a first attack on the capital since 1970 sparked terror blasts near polling places and rioting as monks students veterans and youths clashed with police. At least 57 were wounded and reports of fatalities varied, with Da Nang showing 63.4 percent turnout.
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Bien Hoa
da Nang
Vung Tau
Tay Ninh
Can Tho
Vinh Long
Quang Ngai
Saigon
Associated Press
Holger Jensen
Jensen
Tinh Hoi
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