Port Shutdown Looms As Pay Board Trims Wage Increase
The Pay Board cut the ILWU PMA contract wage rise from 16 to 10 percent drawing a threat of a nationwide port shutdown. Bridges warned his 13000 member union of possible action if wage increases are blocked while the Feb 16 pact allows strikes within 30 days. The board approved a net 14.9 percent in total benefits and wages, with a 72 cent hourly wage rise retroactive to Dec 25 and a further 40 cents due July 1.
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ILWU
ILA
West Coast
Pacific Maritime Association
George H. Boldt
Varied Reactions To Nixon Busing Halt Proposal
President Nixon called for legislation to halt further busing and to upgrade inner city schools triggering mixed reactions in Congress. Black leaders condemned the plan as an attack on the Constitution while busing supporters saw it as a step toward solutions. Critics fear Justice Department intervention could deny fair hearings in federal courts.
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Nixon
Congress
United States
Henry Marsh ID
Richmond
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fTenn
Senate
Clarence Mitchell
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Justice Department
Mitchell
Nixon proposes incentives to spur new industry products
President Nixon calls for a government industry partnership to accelerate science and technology solving economic problems and boosting U S competitiveness. He proposes tax relief, credit aids, federal cost sharing and prize incentives while allowing limited antitrust cooperation for targeted breakthroughs.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Feltrinelli Murder Sparks CIA Accusations In Milan
Italian police identify the body found after an explosion as Giangiacomo Feltrinelli the 45 year old publisher of Doctor Zhivago He was linked to a power supply attack on Milan streetcars and lights Maoist groups alleged police or CIA involvement amid claims of a state frameup Feltrinelli rose from inherited wealth to publishing leftist works and brought Doctor Zhivago to wide attention in 1957
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Milan
Italy
U.S
Central Intelligence Agency Today
Giangiacomo Feltrinelli
Workers Avantgarde
Feltrinelli
Manifesto
Workers’ Power
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
Feltrineli
Communist Party
Boris Pasterna
Killings Mar St Patrick's Day In Northern Ireland
Belfast reports two more killings as St Patrick's Day approaches amid rising Protestant unrest. A 19 year old woman died in a Lurgan public lavatory blast and a young man was found shot in a Catholic parish hall north of Ardoyne. Death toll in the province's religious conflict reaches 278 since August 1969.
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Mar St. Patrick’s Day
Northern Ireland
Belfast
St. Patrick’s Day
TRA
Lurgan
Ardoyne
Irish Republican Army
Jack Lynnna
Irish Republic
Edward Heath
The
Guardian
Heath
IRA
Presidential Commission Urges Abortion and Contraceptives for Minors
The commission urges abortion on request and contraception for minors to curb population growth. It calls public and private health services to cover fertility costs totaling up to 8.1 billion annually, with most costs currently funded by agencies. Strong opposition from Catholic members and Sen Cranston is noted.
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Washington
America
James T. McHugh
United States Catholic Conference
Helicopter Crash Takes 11 Lives Near Saigon
A U.S. helicopter carrying combat reinforcements crashed into the Dong Nai River 21 miles northeast of Saigon, sinking with 11 Americans feared dead. Ground firefight casualties were none, and pilots reported no enemy fire. B52 raids followed as NVA casualties and equipment losses were tallied.
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Saigon
U.S
Dong Nai River
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