Labor leaders press grim job picture and 3 percent goal
Labor leaders say despite a 4 percent unemployment rate drop and record job totals, conditions remain bleak. AFL-CIO chief Meany and UAW President Woodcock urge action, warning that high joblessness hurts families and prompts social ills. A proposed full employment bill aims for 3 percent unemployment in four years, coordinating public and private efforts.
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Afl-Cio
George Meany
Sinc
United Auto Workers
Leonard Woodcock
Woodcock
House
Aliempe
Augustus F. Hawkins
D-Carif
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Min
Democratic House
Carl Albert
Cmnformant
He Cain
Progress in national strikes fuels hope for trucking restart
Labor Secretary W J Usery says two thirds of trucks are back on roads under special contracts as 45 negotiators return to talks on a new national master contract. Elsewhere, San Francisco craftsmen resume talks to end a four day transit strike, and NBC technicians and writers near new negotiations amid ongoing pickets in seven cities. A separate Maryland incident sees a police delegation head haircut controversy at a funeral. Proceeds from a local bike ride benefit FCARC with multiple routes and safety measures in place.
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National Broadcasting Co
Usery
Teamsters
Frederick County Association For Retarded Citizens
FCARC
Frederick County Citizens Band Radio Club, Inc
Frederick Civil Air Patrol
Frederick Peddlers
Frederick
Frederick Community College
FCC
Linganore High School
C&o
Douglas predicts film's Oscar haul and global success
Los Angeles AP Kirk Douglas praises son Michael for predicting Nine Academy nominations for One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and five top Oscars for his production. Michael Douglas, Miles Forman, Saul Zaentz, Jack Nicholson, and Louise Fletcher toured globally as Cuckoo’s Oscar wave builds. Rental estimates run from sixty to eighty million as United Artists markets the film.
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Los Angeles
Kirk Douglas
Michael
Douglas
Michael Douglas
Saul Zaentz
United Artists
Fiddler
Quake Hits Turkey Kills Four In Agri Province
An earthquake in eastern Agri near the Russian border killed four people and demolished many homes. Turkish state radio reported 1,500 livestock perished in the Friday night quake in the remote mountainous region.
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Ankara
Turkey
Agri
Movie project battles studio doubts and Kesey payoff dispute
Former producer recounts years of courting studios for a film based on Kesey’s novel. Michael Douglas notes funding moves by Zaentz and initial $15 million budget, later revised. Kesey claims he received only $20,000. he sues for $869,000 and 5 percent of gross receipts. In Florida, Lou Truglia surrenders after allegedly shooting three loan sharks collecting a $20,000 debt, killing James Capotorto and two others at his home.
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Michael Douglas
Douglas
Zaentz
Fantasy Records
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Lou Truglia
Lebanon Cease-Fire Struggles Amid Mountaintop Fighting
In Beirut and suburbs 92 killed and 85 wounded as Moslem and Christian forces clash over a strategic crossroads. Calls for Syrian army intervention rise as leftist and rightist leaders doubt security for parliament to approve constitutional changes.
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Jieh
Phalange
Syria urged to deploy troops in Lebanon amid ceasefire talks
Al Bayrak reports Christian leaders demand effective Syrian intervention to restore order in Beirut and across Lebanon. The United States opposes military involvement, while Syria massed 18 000 troops 80 tanks and pressed Kamal Jumblatt toward a truce as Saiqa accuses him of trying to undermine the ceasefire.
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Syria
al Bayrak
Franiieh
Beirut
Lebanon
Secuke Ws. L
Dean Brown
Providiou Birs
Iclecveruien
United States
Ford
Henry Kissinger
Kamal Jumblatt
Saiqa
Jumblatt
Senate resistance to Egypt arms sale crumbling slowly
Washington AP reports that Senate resistance to a $65 million sale of six C-130 cargo planes to Egypt is easing after Henry Kissinger assurances that no arms rearmament or broad military ties are pledged. Senators Humphrey and Javits accept limits on training and urge no further sales this year.
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U.S
Egypt
Washington
Middle East
Henry A. Kissinger
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Jacob Javits
R-N.y
Kissinger
Sen
Clifford Case
R-N.j
United States
Humphrey
Javits
Michelangelo Drawings Found Behind Whitewash in Florence Corridor
Experts in Florence report nearly 50 drawings beneath whitewash in the San Lorenzo basilica corridor may be by Michelangelo. Paolo dal Poggetto and Dioclecio Redig de Campos describe angels, a Christ head, and other figures, noting the style and overlap of versions. Discovery began New Year’s Day and prompts further restoration.
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Italy
Michelangelo
Dioclecio Redig de Campos
Vatican Museums
Basilica of San Lorenzo
Medici Chapels
Redig de Campos
Paolo Dal Poggetto
Medici Chapel
Medici Tombs
Dal Poggetto
Christ
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Big Jim" Capotorto
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