Auto Workers Urge Nixon Impeachment Response
The United Auto Workers delegates vote nearly unanimously to urge impeachment of President Nixon at the international convention in Los Angeles. ABA president Chesterfield Smith labels the President unfit and stresses legal accountability, while UAW president Leonard Woodcock calls Smith's message pivotal for the nation.
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Los Angeles
United Auto Workers
Congress
Nixon
American Bar Association
UAW
Leonard Woodcock
ABA
Chesterfield Smith
Woodcock
Smith
United States
Iowa Must Replant Nearly One Million Acres of Corn
Iowa farmers face replanting nearly one million acres of corn after four weeks of heavy rain flooded fields and caused soil erosion. The Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service based its estimate on a farmer survey, noting about 8 percent of spring corn must be replanted.
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Iowa
Des Moines, Iowa
Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Garment Strike Affects 750 Plants Across States
A nationwide strike by 110,000 garment workers at 750 factories in 30 states continues, with negotiators possibly meeting in Washington midweek. Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America president Murray H. Finley plans to attend talks, while Clothing Manufacturers Association seeks rapid resumption of discussions. Picketing impacts Boston Cleveland and Los Angeles plants. about 40,000 workers in the United States are affected. The strike targets wage gains amid a $7 billion annual output, with a $1.10 raise sought on top of a $3.50 hourly average.
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New York
Washington
Murray H. Finley
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America
W. J. Usery Jr
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Clothing Manufacturers Association
Usery
Harry P. Lebow
Baltimore
Boston
Cleveland
Los Angeles
Virginia
New Jersey
Kentucky
Missouri
Pennsylvania
Veterans Seek Nov 11 Date For Veterans Day Return
Washington AP Veterans groups urged legislation to restore November 11 as the official Veterans Day. In 1968 Congress moved the holiday to the fourth Monday in October, creating long three day weekends. Law impacts federal workers and DC, with states largely following.
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Washington
Veterans Organizations
Congress
District of Columbia
Herald
Disabled American Veterans
Noncommissioned Officers Association of the United States
Nixon
Senate
House
Strom Thurmond
R.C
James B. Allen
D-Ala
Penny Kiss Vanishing as Candy Bars Rise to 20 Cents
AP Chicago report cites Peter F. Norton of Ludens Inc stating penny candy will disappear as costs rise. He predicts 15 cent candy bars become 20 cents or shrink to smaller 15 cent bars. Norton notes sugar and cocoa price surges and higher production costs push candy prices upward.
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Chicago
Peter F. Norton
National Confectioners Association
Norton
Ludens Inc
Reading
Nixon Economic Policy Rejected in National Poll
New York AP report shows 82 percent of 1,555 households nationwide disapprove of President Nixon's economic handling in the Harris poll released Monday. Fifteen percent approve, three percent unsure. earlier polls in April and May 1973 showed similar negative trends with not sure responses.
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New York
W Nixon
Louis Harris
Nixon
White House
Harris
County Waste Meeting Set
Audrain County Solid Waste Committee will meet at 7 30 p m Wednesday in the county court room at the courthouse in Mexico All incorporated areas and Auxgasse must present their ordinances and contracts for solid waste disposal The committee chairman William E Johnson reminds members that the county plan must be presented to the state division of health by month end All committee members and interested residents are urged to attend Wednesday night meeting.
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Audrain County Solid Waste Committee
Mexico
Auxgasse
William E. Johnson
State Division of Health
Hazelwood Board Ordered To Negotiate
Hazelwood Board of Education and Hazelwood Community Teachers Association ordered to resume negotiations by St Louis County Circuit Judge Orville Richardson. Both sides told to discuss problems of moral concern and interest by Wednesday. Teachers struck four days starting May 22 over wages benefits and working conditions. They returned to work after filing for court action.
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Clayton, Mo
Hazelwood Board of Education
Hazelwood Community Teachers Association
St. Louis County
Orville Richardson
Package Bomb Kills Judge In Office
Pasco Washington AP report says Superior Court Judge James J Lawless 50 was killed when a mailed package opened in his Prosser office exploded. Police shielded other judges, and Lawless's death leaves widow Beth and five children.
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Pasco
Wash
Jim Boldt
Superior Court
James J. Lawless
midApril
Prosser
Donald Linton
Lawless
Bob Gregory
Maxine Hancock
Frank Suhadolnik
Beth
Agnew Agrees to Pay $1100 for Kenwood Home Improvements
Spiro T. Agnew will pay the government 1100 to settle charges over 175000 in improvements to his Kenwood Maryland home while he was vice president. An April 12 agreement with GSA assigns 700 for air conditioning and 400 for carpeting. The government had spent 175569 on the home before his resignation and tax plea.
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Washington (Ap
The
Washington Post
Spiro T. Agnew
Kenwood
Agnew
General Services
Arthur W. Sampson
GSA
18 Drug Arrests Made In St Joseph Area
Eighteen persons were arrested as part of a Buchanan County grand jury probe into drug traffic in the St Joseph area. All 18 face charges of sale of a controlled substance after indictments delivered by the grand jury. Sixteen arrests occurred Monday morning and two later that night. A man and his wife were also arrested on suspicion of drug sales but not named in the indictments. the first 16 arraigned in Buchanan County Circuit Court.
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ST. Joseph, Mo
Buchanan County
St. Joseph
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Scott Broeker
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Keven Rosa
Steven Schneider
Carolyn Schwartze
Ledger
Richard Vance
Hazelwood Board
St. Joseph Area
Rey
Singer
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Sengur
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