Law firms face challenge to 78 year old minimum fee rule
The Justice Department plans to break a long standing practice of using minimum fees set by bar associations. Deputy Assistant Attorney General Bruce B. Wilson says investigations into many bar groups are underway and claims the fee schedules amount to cartel price fixing.
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Justice Department
Department
Asst
Bruce B. Wilson
House
Wilson
Florida
Michigan
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
American Bar Association
Antitrust Division
Rhode Island
Nixon push on Agnew denied amid resignation crisis
Washington officials refute reports of White House pressure on Vice President Agnew to resign over a Maryland political corruption probe. Deputy Press Secretary Warren said no forced resignation and no White House efforts to keep the Agnew story alive, while former aide Gold accused Haig and Laird of fueling rumors.
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White House
Spire T. Agnew
Nixon
Agnew
Gerald L. Warren
Maryland
Baltimore
Warren
Vic Gold
Melvin R. Laird
Alexander Haig
No progress seen toward settlement of tapes case
Washington (UPI) President Nixon's lawyers and Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox report to an appeals court if they have agreed on turning over the Watergate tapes. Signs show the sides remain far apart as a court urged compromise meetings. Cox and White House lawyers held multiple talks with little movement. The White House proposed excerpted transcripts after White House review.
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UPI
Nixon
Archibald Cox
U.S
U.S. Court of Appeals
District of Columbia
Cox
Appeals Court
White House
Nixon says Watergate difficult days are over
Washington United Press International reports President Nixon believes the Watergate crisis behind him as he shows a relaxed demeanor and his doctors call his pneumonia recovery excellent. Aides say he focuses on domestic issues while considering a Europe trip and Kissinger’s Senate confirmation ahead of the UN General Assembly.
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UPI
Nixon
White House
One Aid
Aids
Congress
Europe
Henry Kissinger
Senate
Kissinger
New York
United Nations General Assembly
Gas station protests flare as closures extend in Mass
United Press International reports Massachusetts gas station operators vow to end the shutdown if Nixon administration does not alter price controls. Hundreds of stations stay closed despite a court order, with dealers warning they will resume action by month’s end if demands aren’t met.
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Nixon
John Bell
Mobil
Boston
Lexington
Harold Murphy
Springfield
Mass
Washington
Charles Binsted
National Congress of Petroleum Retailers
Lief
Cost of Living Council
Binsted
Houston
Washington, D.C
Baltimore
Pension reform approved by Senate moves to House
The Senate backed a private pension reform bill 93 to 0, aiming to set minimum standards for private plans covering about 40 million Americans. It requires five years vesting to rights and 15 years for 100 percent vesting, full funding, and a government guarantee program if plans fail. Critics argue the measure is inadequate.
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Washington
Senate
House
Harrison A. Williams Jr
D-N.i
Jacob K. Javits
R-N. Y
Education and Labor and Ways and Means
al Altman
D-Ore
Ways and Means
Nixon
Cool tonight with fair skies and near 40 overnight
A cool evening gives way to overnight lows around 40 degrees under mostly fair conditions. Details on page 2.
Skylab crews test Apollo ferry ship for homeward run
Skylab 2 astronauts Bean Garriott and Lousma test the Apollo command ship amid a two month flight. They also complete a near final Earth resources photography sweep across the United States Europe and the Middle East while fixing a sensor issue on the data gathering system.
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UPI
Alan L. Bean
Owen K. Garriott
Jack R Lousma
United States
Europe
Middle East
Milton Windler
Earth Resources Survey
Texas not favored for Project Sanguine says Tower
Senator John Tower of Texas urges Defense Secretary Schlesinger to pick Wisconsin over Texas for the Navy sub marine low frequency communications project. He argues Wisconsin offers better geology and more public land, while Texas would disrupt private farms ranches and recreation with easements and nuisance issues.
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Sarah McClendon
Northwestern
Washington
John Tower
Texas
Secretary of Defense
James R. Schlessinger
Wisconsin
Navy
Tower
Michigan
Veto of wage bill upheld dims prospects for raise
Congress failed to override President Nixon's veto on a proposed wage bill that would have raised the minimum wage from 1.60 to 2.00 per hour this year and to 2.20 next July 1, extending coverage to 7 million workers. AFL-CIO leaders reject compromise on coverage and youth rate. House vote 259 to 164. Nixon called increases inflationary and opposed teenage wage cuts. Dent vows to quit before supporting subminimum teenage wage. Perkins seeks a congressional administration compromise.
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Congress
Nixon
House
Afl-Cio
John H. Dent
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