Strike Into 13th Week Keeps Mexico Carpentry Talks Stalled
The Mexico carpenters union Local 2099 and contractors have stalled talks over two working conditions as a 18th week of work stoppage looms. The union seeks a job steward appointed from the hall and a limited hiring hall, while wage increases of 1.75 over three years have been offered to all other locals. Negotiations stalled when the business agent was on vacation and union negotiators demanded broader terms. Contractors show willingness to negotiate but expect real bargaining.
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Carpenters Union
Mexico
William Reinhardt
Reinhardt Inc
Centralia
Missouri
Reinhardt
Fred Jenkins
Labor Gave $13,355 To Judiciary Members
Campaign finance records show labor unions donated 13,355 to eight House Judiciary Committee members since impeachment inquiry began. Most funds came from Teamsters and UAW AFL-CIO unions. Edward Mezvinsky and Barbara Jordan were top recipients with 7,400 and 4,125 dollars respectively. Republican Thomas Railsback also received support from auto workers.
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Washington
House Judiciary Committee
Teamsters Union
Teamsters
Afl-Cio
Nixon
Aflcio
Edward Mezvinsky
Iowa
UAW
Barbara Jordan
Houston
Charles Rangel
New York City
Jerome Waldie
Berkeley
Calif
Auto Workers
Thomas Railsback
Illinois
CIA Ex Agent Spilled To Cuba
Washington AP report says a former CIA employee made three trips to Havana after leaving the agency and aimed to expose CIA activities. The CIA rearranged Western Hemisphere operations and moved assets to prevent compromise while denying any Soviet contact. The ex-agent is now said to live in Western Europe.
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Washington
Central Intelligence Agency
Cuba
CIA
Havana
Moscow
Howard H. Baker Jr
R-Tenn
Europe
Baker
Senate
Watergate Committee
Red Thomas Marks 38th Year At Coke
Red Thomas began at the Coca Cola bottling company 38 years ago after being told there was no work that day. Now 62, he delivers daily across the city of Mexico since 1955 and notes changes in local stores while not planning retirement, driven by his chauffeur’s license.
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Lansing
City of Mexico
President Keeps To Light Work At Biscayne Bay
President Nixon maintains a light schedule at his Biscayne Bay waterfront home in Florida. Doctors advised swimming to aid his venous condition. He spent Friday morning doing office work, then swam at midday and enjoyed a late afternoon cruise with friend C G Kebuzo.
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Key Biscayne, Fla
Nixon
White House
Biscayne Bay
CG. Kebuzo
Speed limit ballot tally favors 55 mph rule
Ledger ballots count 103 with 60 for keeping 55 mph and 43 for changing. Voters favor 65 or 70 mph on non interstates, with comments praising enforcement and some calling for gradual adjustments. Several excerpts cite fuel use, travel time, and interstate differences.
Milk Ad Signs Stir Cow Conversation in Wis Town
In Adams County Wisconsin the Times notes two cows grazing as a tank truck passes, a bright sign proclaims Pasteurized Homogenized Standardized Vitamin A Added, prompting one cow to joke about feeling inadequate. The humorous vignette captures local flavor and dairy culture through a playful exchange.
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Adams County
Wis
Times
Ford Serves As Son's Best Man
Vice President Gerald Ford served as best man at his son Michael Ford's wedding in Catonsville Maryland. The couple Michael Ford and Gayle Brumbaugh married at Chapel Hill Church with Susan Ford as bridesmaid and John and Stephen Ford as ushers. Nixon and his wife attended as guests but did not appear on the dance floor. Michael Ford, 23, will study theology at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary this fall.
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Catonsville
Gerald R. Ford
Michael G. Ford
Baltimore
Michael
Gayle Ann Brumbaugh
Chapel Hill United Presbyterian Church
Ford
John
Stephen
Susan Ford
Daniel T. Cox
Bishop Cummins Memorial Reformed Episcopal Church
Fords
Brumbaughs
God
The
Secret Service
Nancy Howell
Gerald Ford
Kissinger May Testify in Plumbers Trial
A federal judge signaled Kissinger may be required to testify in the Plumbers trial while Ehrlichman’s team loses bid for Nixon written answers. Gesell warned Kissinger should be ready as subpoena remains active, but presidential testimony would only be allowed if no other source answers.
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Washington
Henry A. Kissinger
U.S
Gerhard A. Gesell
John D. Ehrlichman
Nixon
Kissinger
Europe
NATO
Daniel Elisberg
Ehrlichman
David R. Young
Elisberg
Lewis J. Fielding
Beverly Hills
Calif
Plumbers
White House
Pentagon
Pentagon Papers
Gesell
FBI
Bernard Malloy
CIA
Malloy
Ellsberg
G. Gordon Liddy
E. Howard Hunt
Young
Egil
Bud) Krogh
Fielding
Charles W. Colson
Callaghan proposes new energy agency and nuclearNonproliferation talks
British Foreign Minister James Callaghan says world powers weigh creating an international agency to coordinate energy supply, prices, and payments among producers and consumers. He urges strengthening the 1968 nuclear nonproliferation treaty and plans talks with Henry Kissinger in London about revitalizing the accord as more nations move toward nuclear capability.
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London
James Callaghan
Callaghan
Henry A. Kissinger
Washington
Kissinger
International Agency
India
United States
Soviet Union
Britain
France
China
Argentina
Sweden
Switzerland
Israel
Japan
Colson to Begin Prison Term for Ellsberg Case
Former White House aide Charles Colson will surrender to federal officials on Monday to start a one to three year sentence for attempting to improperly influence the Ellsberg prosecution. He was moved from a planned Allenwood Pa camp to a Washington area facility at the House Judiciary Committee and Watergate prosecutor request.
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Washington (Ap
White House
Charles Colson
Daniel Ellsberg
Colson
Allenwood
Washington-Baltimore
Justice Department
House Judiciary Committee
Special Watergate
Season Tickets Near 600 for Miss Missouri Pageant
Charles Peck says 1974 Miss Missouri Pageant season tickets approach six hundred as Brookfield leads out of town buyers with 110. The 39th annual pageant on July 18 at Missouri Military Academy offers season seats at Peck's TV Store only, with door sales and mail orders via Miss Missouri Pageant, Mexico. Patron tickets at 17.50 cover three nights. season seats down from regular prices, with reserved at 8 dollars and general at 6. Regular single-night prices are 3/4. 1,024 reserved seats, 200 patron, and nearly 1,000 general admission seats available.
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Charles Peck
Missouri Military Academy
Peck
Brookfield
Peck’s Television & Record Store
Mexico
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