Teamsters Switch Legal Firm Over Watergate Ties
Washington AP report says Teamsters president Fitzsimmons moved the union's legal work to a firm linked with White House adviser Charles Colson, amid tensions over the Watergate case. Edward Bennett Williams's firm loses a $100,000 yearly retainer after 15 years. Colson planned to join Morin's firm, which will now represent the Teamsters.
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International Union
Auto Industry Signals Hope for Economy in 1973
New signs of vigor in the auto sector boosted hopes for a booming economy amid inflation concerns. Unemployment fell to 5.2 percent, the lowest in 27 months, as November auto sales rose to 1.03 million and automakers planned a 16 percent jump in Q1 output. Prices rose for Chrysler GM and Ford while Goodyear and Michelin announced new tire lines and a U.S. plant investment.
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Michelin
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CAB Rules Domestic Discount Fares Discriminatory
The Civil Aeronautics Board ruled that youth and family air fares are unjustly discriminatory but delayed canceling them while hearings consider lowering normal passenger fares. The 83 page order also extends Discover America excursion discounts for 18 months then cancels them, and lays policy to end any promotional fare within 18 months.
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British troops seize rocket as Belfast violence rises
In Belfast the army captured a Soviet made RPG 7 launcher with rocket and propellant charges in the New Lodge area, the second such weapon found in three weeks. Five soldiers wounded by gunfire in Andersonstown. Earlier a man was killed on a bus. a Japanese Armalite rifle was found hidden in a girl's slacks. Kentucky crime up over six percent last year, police report.
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Witness in Topeka murders dies in hospital
Floyd King 32, a key witness in the first degree murder case against Topeka brothers Jan and Eben Carpenter, died in a Lawrence hospital in an apparent coma. Autopsy pending, natural causes suspected though toxic substances cannot be ruled out. King had high blood sugar without diabetes history.
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Alan Sanders
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