Labor and Poverty Unite to Meet Industry Threat
Labor and antipoverty groups join environmentalists in Urban Environmental Conference to address alleged economic blackmail by industry over pollution rules and to discuss highway construction housing and inner-city impacts. The coalition includes Sierra Club NAACP SCLS and United Auto Workers with planning underway.
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Washington
Associated Press
Urban Environmental Conference
The
Sierra Club
Wilderness Society
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Southern Christian
United Auto Workers Union
Triple Alliance
Philip A. Hart
D-Mich
Pay Board May Require Advance OK For Wage Hikes
The Pay Board considers tightening rules to require advance approval for any wage agreement exceeding 5.5 percent annually. Currently only agreements affecting 5,000 or more workers need advance approval, while 1,000 to 5,000 are filed for review. The board reviews three proposals ranging from advance approval to full reporting with no approval.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Service
Cost of Living Council
Pay Board
Herbert Worth
Tripartite Board
Four Indicted in Manhattan Bar Hold Up Case
H. Rap Brown and three others were indicted in New York on attempted murder robbery weapons possession and assault charges tied to the October 16 Manhattan bar holdup and a gun battle with police.
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NEW York
H. Rap Brown
Manhattan
Urge Return to State Budget Discipline
State Comptroller Arthur Levitt urged the legislature to restore budget discipline to avoid end of year gimmicks. He warned quick fixes would be painful for the legislature, local government, and taxpayers as the state faces a fiscal crisis.
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Albany
N.Y
Arthur Levitt
Indian Troops Near Dacca and Kashmir Front Claims
Indian authorities claimed advances toward Dacca East Pakistan with forces reaching the Meghna Bank at Daudkandi 28 miles from Dacca and Jessore reportedly captured. They acknowledged losses in Chhamb Kashmir while Pakistan denied Dacca fall and reported fierce fighting elsewhere along fronts.
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Associated Press
India
East Pakistan
Chhamb
Kashmir
Dacca
New Delhi
Srinagar
Calcutta
Meghna River
Daudkandi
Jessore
Comilla
Chittagong
Hilli
Rawalpindi
Benapole
Brahmanbaria
Sylhet
India’s Attack Surprised U S Pakistan Concessions Told
A White House briefing says India surprised the United States by attacking East Pakistan on Nov 22, days after Nixon reportedly discussed Pakistani concessions with Indira Gandhi. Officials deny U S neutrality claims while urging cease fire and troop withdrawal to ease human suffering.
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India
U. S
Indira
Washington
East Pakistan
United States
Nixon
Indira Gandhi
White House
U.S
Henry Kissinger
New Delhi
Nixon Faces Sign or Veto on 2 Billion Child Development Bill
President Nixon must decide whether to sign or veto a bill creating a 2 billion dollar child development program. The House passed it 210 to 186 amid strong bipartisan lobbying, with support from 24 Republicans including Dole and Scott. The measure would fund planning this year and launch a program open to all families with income caps, modeled on Head Start.
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Nixon
Washington
House
White House
Gerald R. Ford
Senate
GOP
Robert Dole
Hugh Scott
Robert P. Griffin
Carl D. Perkins
Dky
Six Los Angeles fires damage home and business
More than 30 wind whipped fires scorched six homes and a business in the Los Angeles area. No injuries reported as 110 city units and 400 firefighters battled blazes sparked by snapped power lines in 50 mph winds. several roofs were lost and evacuations occurred in South Pasadena.
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Los Angeles
Horace A. Kingsley
Vermont Canyon
Pasadena
Court rejects draftee induction delay appeal
The U S Court of Appeals for New York which also covers Vermont and Connecticut rejected Theodore J. Wally 21 of Bayside N Y argument that inductions should be held for 90 days after the Selective Service Act passage The 2nd Circuit aligned with the Boston based ruling and said Congress would have stated a moratorium explicitly if intended Roosevelt Assistant U S Attorney Christopher DuPont Roosevelt argued for the government noting prior Supreme Court activity on related stay requests
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New York
U.S. Court of Appeals
Vermont
Connecticut
2Nd Circuit
Boston
Theodore J. Wally
Bayside
N.Y
First Circuit
Congress
Wally
Asst. US
Atty
Christopher DuPont Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Supreme Court
William D. Douglas
Los Angeles
U S Planes Fire On North Viet Nam Laos Border Action
U S fighter-bombers conducted three border sorties along the North Vietnam Laos frontier, dodging surface to air missiles and engaging a radar site and an antiaircraft battery. Navy A7s and Air Force F4s supported missions with no reported aircraft damage.
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U. S
North Viet
Laos
Saigon
North Vietnam
U.S
Demilitarized Zone
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Ban Karai
Mu Gia
Navy
Mu Gia Pass
European Allies Plan Modest Defense Spending Increases
At a NATO meeting in Brussels America’s European allies outline a joint package of defense spending rises for 1972 to ease U.S. pressure to cut 310000 troops in Europe. Defense Secretary Laird reacts as ten Eurogroup members say their increases total well over one billion dollars, offset by inflation.
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Congress
America
Brussels
U.S
Europe
Tary Melvin R. Laird
NATO
Eurogroup
UN General Assembly Calls for Immediate India Pakistan Truce
The United Nations General Assembly urged an immediate cease fire and withdrawal of forces, seeking a political solution for East Pakistan. It passed 104 to 11 with 10 abstentions, despite Soviet vetoes in the Security Council and deep regional alignments. The resolution urged protection of civilians and urged Security Council action, though prospects for timely council action remain unlikely.
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UN General Assembly
India-Pakistan
United Nations, N.Y
U.N. General Assembly
India
Pakistan
United Nations
Soviet Union
Security Council
East Pakistan
Assembly
U Thant
Byelorussia
Ukraine
Bulgaria
Czechslovakia
Hungary
Poland
Mongolia
Cuba
Bhutan
Britain
France
Denmark
Afghanistan
Singapore
Nepal
Oman
Senegal
Chile
Supreme Court bars unions from forcing retiree benefits talks
The court ruled 6 to 1 that unions cannot compel management to bargain on benefits for retired employees. The ruling upends the 1969 NLRB position and affects a small Ohio retiree group, but lawyers warn it could influence bargaining nationwide and threaten many topics at the table.
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Washington
Supreme Court
National Labor Relations Board
Ohio
NLRB
Five Die in Westfield Home Slaying
Five people were found shot to death in a Westfield New Jersey home, including three children. Authorities sought John E List, 46, an executive in New York City, for questioning. Police said the victims, his wife, children, and mother, had been dead about a month.
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New York City
List
John F. Moran
Westfield Police
Vicetims
Lawyers plan to file hundreds more Attica inmate claims
Albany AP reports between 40 and 50 notices of intent to file claims against New York State were received this week at the Court of Claims from prisoners who say they were at Attica during the September uprising. An official said lawyers for Attica inmates expect about 200 more such notices Thursday.
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Albany
N.Y
New York State
Attica State Prison
Attica Intiates
Libya Nationalizes BP Assets in Libya and Withdraws Deposits
Libya nationalizes British Petroleum Co assets and plans to withdraw its billion dollar deposits from British banks. The moves, announced by Libyan radio and the government news agency, are described as retaliation for Britain's alleged complicity in Iran's occupation of three strategic islands at the mouth of the Persian Gulf.
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Algiers
British Petroleum Co
Libya
Britain
Iran
Persian Gulf
Proxmire Endorses Rehnquist for Supreme Court
Senator William Proxmire announces he will vote for William H. Rehnquist to join the Supreme Court. Senator Birch Bayh calls the endorsement by a liberal deeply distressing, while Proxmire says the court requires high intellectual capacity and Rehnquist has it.
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Washington
William Proxmire
D-Wis
William H. Rehnquist
Supreme Court
Birch Bayh
D-Ind
Rehnquist
Proxmire
Froxmire
Senate
Bomb blasts damage Stanford lab electronics. no injuries
The FBI investigates two explosions at Stanford Linear Accelerator Center that damaged about $100,000 worth of electronics at the world’s largest atom smasher. Officials say the accelerator itself sustained no damage and no radiation, fire, or injuries occurred. Sidney Drell, acting center director, confirmed precautions.
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Stanford, Calif
FBI
Seid
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
Sidney Drell
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