Brezhnev Criticized For Cliché Laden Soviet Report
AP Special Correspondent William L. Ryan notes Brezhnev's 24th Congress address was heavy with slogans and vague proposals. The piece highlights contrasts between calls for higher living standards and continued military priority, plus hints of international central coordination and renewed front alliances amid ideological tension.
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Steel Union Seeks 1 10 Wage Raise for 500000 Workers
President LW Abel of the United Steelworkers announced the union will demand at least 1.10 per hour in wage increases over three years for about 500,000 basic steel industry workers. The package would be roughly 25 percent above current pay of 4.41 hourly, and include cost of living protection along with improved pensions, vacations, insurance, and a shorter work week. Bargaining will start with nine major firms in May, then city talks, then a nationwide session on July 6.
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Baltimore seeks extradition in double murder case
Milton Niport, indicted for a July 1968 Baltimore County sandwich shop killings, may be returned from Florida to stand trial. Baltimore County officials have started extradition and hope to bring the 37-year-old suspect back by May 18. Niport already serves two life sentences in Florida for a Coral Gables holdup murder of two Western Union employees last fall.
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New Nursing Head Opposes Strike Action
Baltimore AP reports Naloxone tests show promise in curbing heroin use at Maryland Psychiatric Research Center. Dr. Albert A. Kurland notes no physical dependence on naloxone once abstinence begins, with costly supply limits and a trial of partial blockade to cover high-risk hours.
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Nixon transfers California beach land to state
President Nixon signs an order turning over a Pacific beach near his San Clemente home from Camp Pendleton to California authorities. A Property Review Board study said Marines had no need for the strand, supporting plans to expand parks and open spaces. Nixon met Kissinger, Rogers, and Laird in sessions ahead of a Vietnam troop withdrawal address.
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Henry A. Kissinger
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William P. Rogers
Melvin R. Laird
Ronald L. Ziegler
South Viet Town Burned By Cong
North Vietnamese troops struck Duc Duc district capital, 25 miles southwest of Da Nang, burning about 1000 houses and causing heavy civilian and militiaman casualties. Shelling and ground attack dominated Sunday night with town held through Monday and Tuesday, an American observer described the scene as a big ash tray.
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Priest Urges Catholics To Oppose War
In Chicago AP report Rev Neil McLaughlin a Baltimore priest indicted in January with Rev Philip Berrigan and four others on charges tied to a Kissinger kidnapping plot and bombing tunnels urged clergy to oppose the war and repression. He said American priests bear moral authority and pressed priests and nuns to speak out against war.
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Henry Kissinger
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Four Die and Twelve Hurt as Boston Fire Hits Apartments
In an early morning blaze of suspected origin, a five story Boston apartment building killed four people and injured twelve while others were reported missing. Fire officials noted prior suspicious fires in the same structure and about 150 residents escaped or were rescued as 250 firefighters battled the flames. A resident recalled hearing cries for help as he descended from a window.
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Stewart Thayer
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