Democratic Governors Urge Dividend Freeze
Democratic governors condemned the Nixon wage price policy as inequitable and urged a fixed profits and dividends restraint to accompany any wage limits. They aimed to present the plan to the 63rd National Governors Conference, hoping for 75 percent support, though GOP opposition could block it.
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San Juan
Pla
Nixon
William G. Milliken
Michigan
Milliken
Marvin Mandel
Maryland
White House
Nessman
Puerto Ricans Lavish Gifts On Governors
At the 63rd National Governors Conference in San Juan Puerto Rico local gifts honor the attendees. Governors receive blue jacket loafers and wives china tea sets while Agnew and Nixon receive bespoke items and gowns. Press and aides receive rum cigars shirts and wallets plus raffle tickets for travel and prizes.
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
Spiro T. Agnew
Nixon
Agnew
Anti Busing Pickets Shut Down GM Plant in Pontiac
Several hundred pickets, led by National Action Group, protested school busing at GM Fisher Body plant as 4,100 workers faced a disrupted day. 48 arrests reported. over 60 percent of the day shift did not report for work. Some workers crossed lines to earn a living amid tensions over integration and court-ordered busing.
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Pontiac, Mich
General Motors
Fisher
Pontiac
Attibusing
National Action Group
NAG
United Auto Workers
Charles Warren
al F. Platt
Fisher Body
Platt
Mine Chief Boyle to Testify in Labor Union Case
UMW leader Boyle prepared to testify in a Labor Department suit alleging illegal methods in the 1969 election. John Owens defended the union’s handling of election matters and rejected claims of efforts to thwart opposition, while details of polling locations and investigators’ findings emerged in court.
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Washington Cap
United Mine Workers Union
Tony
Boyle
Labor Department
John Owens
UMW
Owens
William B. Bryant
Joseph A
Jock’ Yablonski
International
Yablonski
Clarksville
Freight Train Derails Near Glen Burnie No Lethal Substance Involved
In Glen Burnie Maryland a 52 car Baltimore and Ohio freight train derailed early today with thirty four cars jumping the tracks. Police reported two tank cars were involved but stressed that no lethal or dangerous substances were released or spilled.
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Glen Burnie
Cap
Baltimore and Ohio
Here
Hurricanes Heidi Edith and Ginger Abate In Atlantic Threats
Tropical storm threats along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts diminished as Heidi was absorbed by a low pressure system off Nantucket and Edith weakened along the Mexican coast. Ginger remained the only significant shipping threat in the region as storms eased.
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Miami
Atlantic
Gulf
Heidi
Nantucket
Edith
Mexico
North Atlantic
Tropic Seas
Ginger
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CITGO
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