Nixon announces wage freeze amid economic crisis
Washington AP reports Nixon imposes a 90 day wage and price freeze with federal pay raises halted, Pentagon misstep on military pay noted, and cost of living council to interpret guidelines. White House engages with AFL CIO and foreign leaders as U.S. economy and policy face global scrutiny. Budget officials deny delays will derail recovery as lawmakers weigh legal options and enforcement.
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Sanat
Nixon
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Javela
Abitvate
Samie
Bes
Ngounell
Thaddeus J. Dulski
House Post Office Committee
Feet
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Connally
Pentagon
NBC
Today
Cost of Living Council
Defense
David M. Packard
Department
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U.S
Afl-Cio
White House
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Office of Management and ‘Budget
James D. Hodgson
J. Curtis Counts
Federal Mediation Service
Ottawa
Canada
Wilbur Mills
House Finance Committee
Allen J. Ellender
Dla
Mike Mansfield
Dmont
16000 U.S. servicemen seek drug treatment
Washington AP reports nearly 16,000 U.S. servicemen voluntarily surrendered themselves as drug users this year and requested treatment, according to the Pentagon.
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Washington
U.S
Pentagon
Dock Strike To Go On Bridges Says
SAN FRANCISCO AP longshore leader Harry Bridges condemns Nixon wage price freeze as unfair to workers and says the 49 day West Coast dock strike will continue in full force while negotiations resume next week. Bridges calls an ILWU strategy meeting and insists all issues including wages be bargained.
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Nixon
Harry Bridges
West Coast
Bridges
West Coast Dock Union
Pacific Maritime Association
International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union
ILWU
United States
U.S
PMA
Edmond J. Flynn
Teamsters Union
Teamsters
Flynn
The
Shootout Wounds Kill Police Detective in Jackson
Police Detective Lt. William L. Skinner died from a head wound after a 20 minute gun battle at the Republic of New Africa headquarters in Jackson. Three officers were wounded. seven suspects were arrested on murder charges, and four others were held over gun theft tied to Detroit. FBI and local police hunted for Jerry Steiner and other suspects as the RNA leadership faced legal action over a contested capital site near Jackson.
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Jackson, Miss
William L. Skinner
Skinner
Jackson
Republic of
New Africa
Jack Travis
ANA
Imari Obadele
Detroit
FBI
Jerry R. Steiner
Michigan
Steiner
Elmer Linburg
William Stringer
Billy Crowell
Stringer
Crowell
RNA
el Malik
Lofton Mason
Labor, Nixon wage freeze spark White House talks
Labor leaders meet White House emissaries in virtual protest against Nixon wage price freeze and strike ban. Federal workers face raises tied to 90 day freeze while housing officials flag cost and management problems threatening subsidized apartments. National and world items include Nixon military plea and yen revaluation news.
Earth City Dev Project Defended By Linclay Director
Linclay Corp president J Dale Perkinson defends Earth City arguing the environmentalist suit is unfounded. He notes the private development has no federal funds, aimed to open in eight years with 300 million in costs. Environmentalists warn of river floodplain disruption on land sold by Emil Hoechst.
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ST. Louis
St. Louis County
J. Dale Perkinson
Linclay Corp
Perkinson
Linday
U.S. District Court
Coalition For the Environment
Corps of Engineers
Missouri River
Earth City
Emil Hoechst
Linclay
Wallace Again Challenges Alabama School Integration Orders
Gov George C Wallace signed an executive order in Hobson City to restore full 12 grade schooling for Hobson City and nearby Oxford, prompting opposition from a civic leader as federal court orders for racial balancing faced renewed challenges.
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Hobson City
Ala
George C. Wallace
Alabama
Oxford
7th Fleet Bombards DMZ as U S. forces push back
U S naval task force led by the Berkeley shells the southern DMZ in tandem with B52 strikes to slow the North Vietnamese offensive. Reports say 142 NVA and 22 South Vietnamese troops died near Camp Carroll after a 12 hour battle, with 61 more South Vietnamese wounded as U S forces hit rocket and mortar positions and fires broke out from bombardments.
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U.S. 7Th Fleet
Berkeley
Dmz
South Vietnam
Camp Carroll
U.S
Fuller
Ho Chi Minh
Hanoi
North Vietnam
Noreaat
Ba’ Ho
Sarge
Two Prisoners Escape Mexico City Prison By Helicopter
A helicopter secretly landed in the patio of Santa Marta Acatitla prison in Mexico City allowing two inmates to escape. Joel D. Kaplan, a New York businessman convicted of killing his partner, and Venezuelan Carlos Antonio Contreras Castro, held for fraud and forgery, fled the facility. Authorities indicated the craft carried fuel for eight hours and may have headed toward Tegucigalpa or Venezuela. the helicopter had earlier landed in Ventaprieta Hidalgo with Texas plates.
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Mexico City
Joel D. Kaplan
New York
Sucrose Co
Louis Vidal
New York City
Kaplan
Santa Marta Acatitla
Carlos Antonio Contreras Castro
Jose Luis Campos Burgos
Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Venezuela
Ventaprieta
Hidalgo
Texas
Mexico
United States
Vidal
Cuernavaca
Southwestern Sugar and Molasses Co
Santa Marta
Contreras Castro
Two Youths Held After Farm Theft
Timothy Lawrence age 20 of Mexico and Joe Thomas Beahan age 19 of Thompson face burglary charges in Randolph County Magistrate Court for stealing end tables and goods from a Cairo area farm home. Arrested yesterday afternoon at Highways 22 and 63 in a blue Mustang, their bond was set at 1000 cash each provided by their fathers. Ensuing arraignment was scheduled before Magistrate Judge William M. Stringer.
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Mexico
Thompson
Randolph County
Cairo
Orville Price
Price
Timothy Lawrence
Joe Thomas Beahan
Highway Patrol
William M. Stringer
Show Biz At Muny Opera
St Louis Municipal Opera presents This Is Show Business a seven night extravaganza featuring Betty Grable Dorothy Lamour Don Ameche Dennis Day Rudy Vallee and Chita Rivera concluding Forest Park s fifty third summer season from August 30 to September 6 Mail orders to Box Office Forest Park tickets priced 7 6 5 3 and 1 50 Tickets on sale daily at the Municipal Theatre Box Office Forest Park Sundays included
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ST. Louis
St. Louis Municipal Opera
Betty Grable
Dorothy Lamour
Don Ameche
Dennis Day
Rudy Vallee
Chita Rivera
Forest Park Theatre
Municipal Theatre
Forest Park
Missouri
Gillespie Announces Presidential Run Statement
New York AP Dizzy Gillespie the jazz trumpeter says he will seek the presidency next year but has not decided party affiliation. He discussed the idea after a television interview and a chat with President Nixon who urged more overseas State Department travel. Gillespie aims to mobilize newly enfranchised young voters.
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New York
Dizzy Gillespie
Gillespie
Nixon
State Department
Missouri Man Held For Rape
A Bucks County man was held for Missouri authorities on charges of kidnapping and raping a 19 year old Doylestown girl. Raymond E. Webb 27 of Sellersville Pa was also wanted on a Jefferson County Mo fugitive warrant for the Aug murder of a couple near Cedar Hill Mo. Webbs arrest ties to a string of kidnapings and the Redden slayings in Cedar Hill with several suspects still at large and vehicles linked to the cases found in Pa and New Jersey.
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Bucks County
Missouri
Raymond
E. Webb
Sellersville
Jefferson County
Cedar Hill
Webb
William Redden
Joyce
Philadelphia
Wendy Loreen Holzworth
San Francisco
Kenneth Parnell ‘Hose
Eureka
Tamawua
Reddens
David Rowlands
Ohio
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