Labor Yells at Harassment in Pay Board Strategy Meeting
AFL-CIO figures complain of harassment aimed at blaming labor for wage control failures. Meany and two other labor appointees push for full retroactive pay and exemptions while industry and public members seek to divide labor. Pay Board rules allow review of hikes over 5.5 percent and exempt workers earning under the $1.60 federal minimum.
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Afl-Cio
George Meany
The
Labor Federation
Frank E. Fitaimmons
Teamsters
Leonard Woodcock
United Auto Workers
Fitzsimmons
George Boldt
Meany
Ers
Pay Board
War tolls rise and fall in Vietnam conflicts
AP dispatch from Saigon reports five American combat deaths last week, the sixth straight week with eight or fewer. South Vietnamese command cites 219 killed in action, with a weekly total under 250 for the second consecutive week and eighth time this year. The US Command notes 21 American wounded in action, 22 Americans dying of nonhostile causes, and discrepancies in enemy casualty tallies amid a broader ledger of total war tolls for American, South Vietnamese, and North Vietnamese forces.
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Saigon
Vietnam
U.S
NE Ohio Plane Crash Kills 4
A twin engined chartered plane crashed in Lake County near Dock and Chapel Roads in Madison Township killing four. Victims were from the Cleveland area with identities withheld pending kin notification. The FAA in Cleveland said the Cessena 316 was chartered by North American Rockwell at Youngstown airport. Witnesses reported the engine sputtered before impact.
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Painesville, Ohio
Lake County
Ohio Highway Patrol
Cleveland
Richard McBurney
Dock and Chapel
Onds
Madison Township
Lake Ashtabula
Federal Aviation Administration
North American
Rockwell
Youngstown
It Stinks It Stinks Tax Bill Faces Ohio Leaders
Rep Robert Netzley criticized the new tax bill in Columbus calling it a stinking proposal. The conference committee includes Rep Manning and Rep Scott with both party leaders voicing concerns as Kurfess urges readiness for a possible long session while Gray guides Senate strategy.
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Laura
Columbus
House
Charles Kurfess
Perrysburg
Senate
Theodore Gray
Piqua
GOP
Miami County
Gray
Robin Turner
Marion
Kurfess
Turner
Robert Manning
Akron
John Scott
Fairborn
A. G. Lancione
Bellaire
Anthony Calabrese
Cleveland
Michael Maloney
Cincinnati
Max Dennis
Wilmington
Manning
Scott
Dennis
Lancione
Calabrese
Lawmakers urged to let process unfold without influence
He predicted a new bill would be ready for Monday or Tuesday. Kurfess urged lobbyists representing education labor and business to withdraw their pressure and allow legislators to do their work with counsel and advice.
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Kurfess
Judge uses Clean Air Act to shutter 23 Birmingham mills
A federal judge invoked emergency powers to order 23 major Birmingham industries shut until air pollution improves. The temporary injunction, sought by the Justice Department on EPA chief William Ruckelshaus’s recommendation, targets plants including steelmakers and remains until a hearing Friday or the alert is lifted.
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Birmingham
Ala
U.S. District Court
Sam C. Pointer
U.S. Justice Department
William D. Ruckelshaus
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
George E. Hardy
Jefferson County Health Department
Nine Rescued From Fire On Towboat
Nine crewmen were rescued from a burning towboat on the Ohio River near Rising Sun Indiana and Boone County Kentucky. The Billy K. towed two gravel barges south from Cincinnati when fuel tank fumes ignited. No injuries were reported as rescue crews transported the men to the Indiana shore as the boat burned.
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Cincinnati
Ohio River
Rising Sun
Ind
Boone County
Indiana
Billy K
Pakistan Says Indian Forces Beaten Back
Pakistan reports two fresh clashes with Indian troops near Dacca and Comilla in East Pakistan. Army claims 36 Indian soldiers killed near Jaffang. India shells hit border villages wounding civilians, including eight children. Pakistani forces reportedly destroyed rebel hideouts, nine militants killed. Curfew lifted in Dacca as troops patrol.
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Dacca
Jaffang
India
Assam
Comilla
Weather Outlook With Showers Tonight and Tomorrow
Mostly cloudy conditions persist with a chance of showers tonight and tomorrow. Overnight lows in the upper 40s to low 50s, tomorrow's highs in the 60s, yesterday's high reached 72, overnight low around 48.
Cambodian Situation Deteriorates as U S Increases Air Support
In Saigon officials described Cambodia’s military scene as worsening with substantially boosted American air power. Cobra helicopter gunships attack forces threatening Phnom Penh ten miles west. Reports say Cambodia seeks South Vietnamese infantry reinforcements while fighting rages on Phnom Penh’s western outskirts. North Vietnamese and Viet Cong regiments threaten Highway 4 and 5, key supply routes. A Cambodian counteroffensive northeast began with U S strikes, shelling, and probes. U S bombers also carried out a 77th strike of the year in North Vietnam, hitting supply depots in the DMZ for the sixth day running.
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Saigon
Cambodia
Phnom Penh
Highway 4
U.S. Command
North Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
Duplications, waste blamed for NATO lag in weapons lead
London AP reports Jane's Weapons Systems 1971 72 says costly duplication and parallel programs kept NATO from matching the Soviet Union in weapons tech. Editors Pretty and Archer note Soviet initiative, advances in radar, navy and ABM around Moscow, and a new supersonic bomber project named Backfire ahead of U S efforts at mockup stage.
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Soviet Union
Russia
Jane's
R.T. Pretty
D.H. R. Archer
Pretty
Ities
Moscow
U.S
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