Nixon acts to end rail strike with 60 day back-to-work order
President Nixon ordered railroad workers to resume operations for 60 days while an emergency board studies the 12 year dispute over firemen on diesel engines. The move followed UTU strikes that idled thousands and a federal restraining order sought by rail carriers amid a potential national rail crisis.
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Washington
Nixon
Labor Department
United Transportation Union
National Railway Labor Conference
Repre
UTU
Baltimore & Ohio
Louisville & Nashville
Southern Pacific
National Mediation Board
Secretary of Labor
James W. Hodgson
Fred M. Livingston
Barrington Parker
Parker
Congress
Nine Die After Wagon Plunges Into Devil's Punch Bowl
A Colorado river rescue searched for five missing after a wagon carrying 12 people plunged into the Devil's Punch Bowl at Schofield Pass. Nine died, including Dr. T Thatcher Robinson, his wife Robin and two Caron children. Three survivors were found walking along a canyon road. Coroner identified four bodies. missing include Robinson children George and Andrew, Amos and Lucille Caron, and Larry Watts.
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Glenwood Springs
Colo
Here
Schofield Pass
T. Thatcher Robinson
University of Ilinois
Urbana
Robinson
Beren
Margie Caron
Villa Park
Ill
Valley View Hospital
Jack Farnum
Robin
Samuel
Barbara Caron
Theresa Caron
George
Andrew
Amos Caron
Lucille Caron
Larry Watts
Snowmass
Senate approves full NASA funding in public works bill
The Senate voted 38-35 against cutting NASA funds, keeping the agency at 3.319 billion in a large public works bill. Support also moved urban renewal by 400 million and water treatment by 300 million, with Fulbright thwarted in a bid to trim space spending.
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Nixon
House
Senate
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
William Proxmire
D-Wis
NASA
Sen
William Fulbright
Good Deed Tickets For Cops At Juvenile Court Conference
Atlanta police issue tickets for good citizenship along with baseball passes as part of a certificate program aimed at improving police community relations. Judge James C. Gulotta cautions against relying on larger correctional facilities to curb juvenile crime.
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Atlanta, Ga
National Council of Juvenile Court Judges
Ralph E. James Jr
North Carolina Wesleyan College
James
Atlanta Braves
Atlanta
Council
James C. Gulotta
New Orleans
Not Dying Say Famed Universities
Reuters style: Columbia University and the University of California at Berkeley deny a report that they are dying. UC Berkeley Chancellor Roger W. Heyns calls the death claim absurd and affirms the campus will defend academic freedom amid campus unrest. Columbia President Andrew Cordier was not available for comment.
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NEW York
Columbia University
University of California At Berkeley
Nixon
NBC
ABC
Berkeley
Roger W. Heyns
University
University of California
Heyns
Andrew Cordier
Riots Shock Asbury Park Leaves City in Turmoil
Police clashed with a large Black crowd in Asbury Park New Jersey as Tuesday’s rioting wounded 46 people including four critically. State Police reported 92 gunshot injuries over three days with troopers firing warning shots during the curfew enforcement.
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Asbury Park
N.J
Jetembo
Rourveell
Thomas Smith
Joseph Mattice
Springwood Avenue
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