Some Relief In Labor Shutdowns
Washington AP reports that telephone workers prepare to return to work under a proposed contract terms while seven postal unions meet to review a tentative pact with the U S Postal Service. The deals cover over 1 million workers and follow 36 hours of round the clock bargaining with pay effects ranging from 7100 to 9700 dollars yearly after eight years. The CWA strike involved about 400000 members with 100000 more on picket lines. Ratification will await secret ballots over about two weeks.
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Washington
U.S. Postal Service
Postal Service
Post Office Department
Bell System
Communications Workers of America
Joseph A. Beirne
CWA
Cautious Tone At Local Office On Possible Contract
The Southwestern Bell manager Richard Forster declined comment on a possible contract settlement with the Communications Workers of America. He planned to comment Wednesday morning as 55 local workers picketed the office and 18 from Merriam Kansas Western Electric joined. Union members expect pay raises from 4.50 to 17.50 dollars weekly if ratified.
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Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Communications Workers of America
Richard Forster
Merriam
Kan
Western Electric
Expect Hike In Rates Now
TOPEKA AP A three year contract between Southwestern Bell Telephone Co and Communications Workers of America prompts a likely rate request in Kansas. James F. Haake, Bell Kansas vice president, says the contract could cost $32.8 million in the state. He adds we will absorb as much as possible but the total rise may force a rate adjustment.
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Topeka
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Kansas
Communications Workers of America
James F. Haake
Haake
Bell
Draft Lottery Set For Aug 5 Amid Draft Law Doubts
Washington AP report notes the 1972 draft lottery will start August 5 at 10 a.m. in the Commerce Department auditorium to determine order of induction, with 366 birthdates and 1-366 numbers guiding the sequence. Congress delays on renewing the law spark uncertainty about future drafts.
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Washington
Congress
Selective Service
Curtis W. Tarr
Commerce Department
Tarr
House
Senate
Pearson Presses to Halt Lyons Nuclear Site Purchase
Sen James Pearson and Sen Bob Dole move to bar the Atomic Energy Commission from buying land near Lyons Kansas for a nuclear waste facility until further research answers environmental and safety questions AEC would lease the Lyons site for three years for study under an advisory council with funds for research and development about health and environmental effects.
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Washington
Lyons
Kan
James Pearson
R-Kan
Pearson
Bob Dole
Atomic Energy Commission
Kansas
AEC
Winfield lake debuts after years of planning and chaos
In Winfield Kansas the city finally opened a lake in 1970 to supply water and boost recreation. The first year saw chaotic unsafe boating with underage drivers, swamping sails, and lax safety. By January 1971 boat licenses became required daily or seasonally.
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Winfield, Kan
Winfield
Walnut River
Timber Creek
Atlanta
Winfield City
War Throttle Reved Up As Bombers Hit DMZ Positions
U S B52s dropped 600 tons on suspected North Vietnamese positions along the DMZ after a three week lull ended by new assaults on South Vietnamese bases near the frontier. The strikes targeted Camp Fuller and Alpha 1 and Alpha 2 strongholds within a mile of the buffer zone. Viet Cong gunners shelled Van Thanh training center near Hue. Saigon reported no casualties. A U S patrol was ambushed 43 miles southeast of Da Nang, with one American killed and four wounded. The 1st Brigade, 5th U S Mechanized Infantry Division began redeploying from Quang Tri, with defense responsibility handed to the South Vietnamese 1st Infantry Division. The Viet Cong signaled rejection of Nixon's peace terms in broadcasts prior to Nixon's Peking trip.
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Saigon
U.S
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
Camp Fuller
Frontier Defense Line
van Thanh
Hue
da Nang
Vietnam
Associated Press
J. T. Volkerstorfer
Quang Tri
Sth
U.S. Mechanized Infantry Division
Arab Allies Still Feuding War of nerves widens in Middle East
Iraq demanded Jordan be expelled from the Arab League and urged collective measures against King Hussein's Jordan, recalling its ambassador, closing the border, and banning Jordanian flights. Libya urged an emergency Arab summit in Tripoli to halt alleged genocide in Jordan, while Lebanon saw guerrilla clashes in Tripoli leaving a girl dead and several wounded. The guerrillas’ threat to Hussein appeared to ease for the first time in months.
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Iraq
Jordan
Arab League
Hussein
Baghdad Radio
Libya
Muammar Kadafi
Tripoli
Lebanon
Pro
Sudan's Military Rulers Form Seven-Man Revolutionary Council
Beirut AP Sudan's pro Communist military regime names a seven man Revolutionary Council led by Maj Hashem el Atta as vice chairman and army commander. Col Babikr al Nur Osman is chairman with others including Maj Farouk Osman Hamdalla. Atta and Osman were linked to the Sudanese Communist party and had been ousted last November. Authorities lifted bans on four Communist affiliated groups and promised south autonomy amid massive student demonstrations.
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Beirut
Sudan
Africa
Hashem el Atta
Col
Babikr al Nur Osman
Farouk Osman Hamdalla
Atta
Osman
Hamdalla
Sudanese Communist Party
Omdurman Radio
Federation of Labor Trade Unions
Students’ Federation
The
Youth League
Women’s League
Socialist Revolution
Communist Party
National Review Reveals Secret Vietnam Contingency Papers
The National Review claims secret documents show a 1954 contingency plan for a nuclear demonstration drop in Indochina. It cites 1962 revived proposals and a February 12, 1965 date noting continued consideration within the military and some intelligence circles. The issue states the materials may not be part of the Pentagon Papers and does not confirm their inclusion in the Vietnam study McNamara ordered. Buckley Jr. unavailable for comment.
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New York
The
National Review
Vietnam
U.S. Defense Department
Indochina
Pentagon
New York Times
Washington Post
Defense
Robert 5. McNamara
William F. Buckley Jr
County Forecast for Weather: Clear to Partly Cloudy
Weather forecast for the county calls for clear to partly cloudy skies with little temperature change through Wednesday. Light variable winds today and tonight, low to night upper 50s. Highs Wednesday around 85 with near zero precipitation probability through Wednesday. Monday high 60, low today around 50. Year ago today high 74, low 52. record high 112 in 1934, record low 52 in 1910. Hourly temps are incomplete in readable text.
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Perm
Inno
Zam
Sap
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