Bargain On Local Issues In Auto Strike Talks
Detroit AP General Motors and the United Auto Workers pressed for local bargaining as national talks stall. About 365,000 GM workers are on strike after a midnight start, with 30,000 plus local demands. Local sessions resume next Tuesday while union leaders stress urgency amid 155 locations needing settlements before strikers return.
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Leonard Woodcock
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Chrysler
American Motors
Nasser Tries To Halt Fighting In Jordan Crisis
Beirut reports say an Egyptian cease-fire proposal to King Hussein appeared accepted by some, but Jordanian military leader Majali issued a surrender ultimatum to the fedayeen. Fighting intensified as casualties rose past 5,000. guerrillas said the Egyptian plan had little chance of acceptance.
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Chicago Sun-Times
United States
Iraq
Rail unions blocked from striking for sixty days
Washington AP reports the Nixon administration blocked a nationwide rail strike for 60 days with executive orders under the Railway Labor Act. A five member board will study the dispute and issue recommendations within 30 days. unions and rail lines will then negotiate for another 30 days. The action affects about 400,000 workers across 160 rail lines as pressure mounts for a contract settlement.
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Cambodians Plan Major Push to Break Foe Stronghold
Cambodian military command aims a large assault to break a Communist strongpoint stalled for a week near Taing Kauk, 47 miles north of Phnom Penh, with preliminary U S air strikes against about 1,000 North Vietnamese troops. South Vietnamese and Cambodian air forces may provide support as the operation proceeds, while reporters were kept from the front.
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Mrs. Howard Jones Dies at 39 in Audrain Hospital
Mary Margaret Nelson Jones, wife of Howard Jones, 39, of 426 Bourne Street, died at 8:15 a.m. at Audrain Hospital after a stay since September 15. Funeral 2 p.m. Monday at Precht Pickering Funeral Home, with Don Wortman officiating. burial in East Lawn Memorial Park. Survived by husband, mother Mary Willingham Nelson, and three children Donna Sue, Darla Rae, and Howard Douglas. Richard Lee Jones preceded in death. sister Dorothy Nelson also died earlier. Friends may call after 7 p.m. Sunday.
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Howard Douglas
Richard Lee Jones
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Outstanding Young Women Nominated in Mexico Event
Eight women vie for the Outstanding Young Woman of the Year at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Mexico at 6 30 p m. Nominees include Mrs Robert Peak Mrs James McCarty and Mrs Henry Finck among others. Judges are Mrs Hal Randolph Mayor Warner Williams and John R Cline with Robert M White II as featured speaker.
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Robert Peak
United States
Jaycee Wives Club
Hal F. Randolph
Warner Williams
John R. Cline
Battle to clear Amman snipers escalates amid harsh siege
In Amman Jordan the army uses armor and a 105mm recoilless rifle to root out guerrilla snipers from a house, a two hour battle signaling a widening fight from the city center to guerrilla camps. Heavy bombardment, curfews, black smoke, and disrupted power mark the crisis as Red Cross works plan relief.
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Hijacker Turns Back From Cairo to Havana Flight
A gunman aboard an Allegheny Airlines Boeing 727 hijacked a Pittsburgh to Boston flight just before Philadelphia. He released 90 passengers and kept eight crew, two flight inspectors, and himself. The hijacker demanded Cairo but was persuaded to reroute to Havana where the jet landed after an hour on the runway. A passenger described threats and a bag with a butane gas canister.
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John Harkin
Robert Baker
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John Balderama
President Watches Middle East Crisis From Camp David
President Nixon maintains a close watch as US forces position in the Mediterranean to safeguard over 400 Americans in Jordan and deter wider conflict. The White House underscores precautionary steps with potential intervention if Iraq or Syria join the civil war or Jordan falls under guerrilla control. Nixon, Kissinger, and Haldeman at Camp David coordinate diplomacy with Cairo, Moscow, and Tel Aviv while defenses reinforce ships and planes in the eastern Mediterranean.
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