Meany Shows His Personal Power in AFL-CIO Neutrality
Washington AP George Meany maintains AFL-CIO neutrality in the presidential race, guiding a 97.3 vote by the 35-member executive council against endorsing McGovern or Nixon. He says the 117 affiliated unions and 13.6 million members are free to act, blunting McGovern support and signaling potential future leadership challenges within labor. Widespread split views persist as COPE fundraising could shift if unions back McGovern or other candidates.
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Nixon
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Wurf
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Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers
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Patrick Gorman
Amalgamated Meat Cutters
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Gorman
Rapid City
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Eagleton Expands Labor Outreach For Votes
Senator Thomas Eagleton says he will broaden his labor outreach after Meany and the AFL CIO stayed neutral in the McGovern Nixon race. He vows to contact labor leaders across unions and does not rule out Meany endorsements. Eagleton dismisses Laird claims of a price for VP selection as a figment of imagination.
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George Meany
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George McGovern
Nixon
Retail Clerks International Association
Afl-Cio
Associated Press
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McGovern
McDonnell-Douglas Corp
St. Louis
Laird
Showdown on minimum wage bill tests McGovern Nixon
Senate faces a pivotal vote over a Democratic wage bill raising the floor from 1.66 to 2.20 in steps, expanding coverage to 8.4 million workers as a Republican alternative offers 2.00 in two steps with limited reach. McGovern flies to DC to back labor efforts and unveil Lawrence F. O'Brien as a strategic ally.
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McGovern Flies To Capitol To Vote On Minimum Wage
McGovern departed from Rapid City en route to the Capitol to vote on a proposed 2.20 minimum wage measure. He anticipated multiple votes and evening deliberations as Sen Dominick sought to scale back the wage proposal. McGovern reacted coolly to AFL-CIO endorsing other candidates, stressing union power brokers and the forthcoming test of their influence.
Heatherton Sues Anka Over Las Vegas Contract Break
Los Angeles entertainer Joey Heatherton sues singer Paul Anka for 10.12 million dollars in Superior Court. The suit claims Anka pressured a Las Vegas hotel to cancel a contract with Heatherton, alleging breach and damages.
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Paul Anka
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NDC Endorses Schramm Spainhower in Primary Vote
The New Democratic Coalition endorsed seven candidates in a Democratic primary at the Searfoss home. Endorsements required 66 to 23 votes from 32 members. Recipients included Jack J. Schramm for lieutenant governor and James I. Spainhower for state treasurer, along with several precinct committeemen and women.
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Robert Searfoss
Ray Hamlett
James F. Littrell
Arthur Riley
Don St. Clair
Andrew T. Crum
Holloway Neill
Lloyd Lewis
Tom Merritt
James EB
Littrell
James Clement
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James I. Spainhower
John Harmon
Mary Harmon
Lowell Hagan III
Lewis Brooks Jr
Marjorie Keller
George Craddock
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Biggest Roof Now Going Up At Hartford Civic Center
In Hartford Connecticut the $30.5 million Hartford Civic Center rises a 1400 ton roof, claimed by builders to be the nation’s largest of its kind. The roof stretches as long as two football fields and will be raised over five days to reach eight stories, surpassing the Air Force Academy dining hall roof in weight and span.
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Hartford, Conn
Hartford Civic Center
U.S. Air Force Academy
Civic Center
Mr and Mrs Chi Move to St Louis for New Posts
Mr and Mrs Peter Chi formerly of 609 East Monroe Street have relocated to St Louis. Mrs Chi, a longtime Audrain Medical Center nutritionist and City-County Health Unit health educator since 1970, joins the Visiting Nurse Association in St Louis. He becomes an accountant for the St Louis Board of Education.
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Peter Chi
E. Monroe St
Eagleton To Attend Hearnes Birthday Dinner
Thomas F. Eagleton said he will attend a birthday dinner for Gov. Warren Hearnes in Jefferson City Saturday night July 29. He will begin his official campaign swing as Democratic vice presidential nominee July 27 in Honolulu with a speech to the Retail Clerks International Association convention.
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Thomas F. Eagleton
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Jefferson City
Eagleton
Honolulu
Retail Clerks International Association
Afl-Cio
Antibusing Bill Clears House Education Subcommittee
Washington AP A House Education subcommittee approved President Nixon s antibusing bill after stripping the 2.5 billion for compensatory education. The measure now limits court remedies for desegregation, allowing busing only above the elementary level after other remedies are tried. It would reorder remedies and keep districts under current court orders within the new framework.
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Washington
House
Nixon
Congress
Albert H. Quie
R-Minn
Full Education and Labor Committee
Missing In Week's War US casualties rise in weekly tally
SAIGON AP reports weekly war summary showing American casualties at 26 wounded with four killed and five missing. South Vietnamese losses total 837 killed and 2,367 wounded while North Vietnamese and Viet Cong casualties reach 804,201 killed. Allied totals: American 46,818 killed in action, 10,239 nonhostile deaths, 1,775 missing or captured, 303,234 wounded. South Vietnamese 150,383 killed, 986,765 wounded. North Vietnamese and Viet Cong 804,201 killed.
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