Booze Debate Heats Bible Belt States Across Midwest
In Topeka the liquor by the drink issue stirs passions across Kansas Oklahoma and Texas with dry forces challenging petitions and pushback from wets. Texas shows revenue gains and growing permits while Kansas eyes legislative action as the battle shifts from constitutional amendment to a potential bill backed by KMABC and Kansas United Drys.
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Topeka, Kan
Texas
Kansas
Oklahoma
Tulsa
Muskogee
Garfield
Cleveland
Kay
Comanche
Sunflower
Kansas United
Longhorn
0. N. Humphreys Jr
Alcoholic Beverage Control
Humphreys
Wet Forces
Oklahomans For Modern
Alcoholic Beverage Control, Inc
Drys
Kansas United Drys
Midwest
Carry Nation
Richard E. Taylor Jr
Taylor
Glen Dickinson
Mission
Hank Parkinson
Wichita
Parkinson
KMABC
Norman Gaar
R-Westwood
California Supreme Court
New Hope For Mideast Settlement
US officials report movement toward an interim Middle East accord after talks between Secretary Rogers and Egyptian Foreign Minister Riad. They say the progress is largely attitudinal and that the United States will not impose its views on the settlement.
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New York
Middle East
U.S
William P. Rogers
Mahmoud Riad
Rogers
Riad
United States
Nixon outlines phased plan to fight inflation
President Nixon proposes a second phase featuring wage and price controls with voluntary cooperation, no profit ceilings, and new Pay and Price boards to regulate wages and rents after the 90 day freeze ends. He seeks authority to manage interest rates and dividends as a safeguard and asks for a one year extension of the Economic Stabilization Act.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Labor
White House
Cost of Living Council
Secretary of the Treasury
John B. Connally
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Four year old Andy Sampson shows resiliency with dual casts
Andy Sampson, four, son of Mr. and Mrs. Milton Sampson, broke both arms after a fall from a second story roof. Despite the casts he continues to ride his tricycle and play, using straws to drink and bath-covering bags for washing. His casts are due to come off in November.
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Andy Sampson
Milton Sampson
Willow
Andy
Sampson
West Coast Longshoremen End Historic Walkout
SAN FRANCISCO AP Dock union leader Harry Bridges ordered 15,000 West Coast longshoremen back to work Saturday to comply with a court order after Nixon invoked the Taft-Hartley Act. The East Coast and Gulf ports' strike enters its second week as does a coal walkout by United Mine Workers. The Pacific dock walkout, the longest on the coast, has cost about 1.7 billion dollars. losses elsewhere total around 17 million daily. Bridges sent telegrams to 28 Pacific locals to return on the first shift. A hearing to extend a restraining order was postponed to Oct 15 for an 80-day cooling-off period. The Pacific Maritime Association reports 249 ships tied up in 24 ports. Estimates vary on how long cargo clearance will take. Bridges noted work will proceed under the five-year contract.
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San Francisco
Harry Bridges
West Coast
Nixon
East Coast
Gulf Ports
Puerto Rico
United Mine Workers
Washington, D.C
Pacific
Gulf
Bridges
International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen's Union
ILWU
U.S. District Court
Spencer Williams
William T. Sweigert
Williams
National Health and Safety
The
Pacific Maritime Association
Ers
Weather forecast hints at cool weekend with sun breaks
County forecast shows tonight's decreasing clouds and cooler air with low in the 40s, Saturday partly sunny and cool with a high around 45 to 70. Wind shifts from 18 mph this afternoon to 10 mph tonight, with precipitation chances at 10 percent tonight and 4 percent Saturday. Highs and lows listed for Thursday and today, and historic records noted. Hourly temps end at 8 am today.
Nixon Phase 2 plan draws cautious, mixed reactions
Washington and Wall Street reacted with guarded optimism to President Nixon's Phase 2 outline. Economists like Walter Heller supported it but urged firm action against violators, while Gardner Ackley called it procedural. Industry leaders Roche and Townsend backed voluntary compliance, labor voices remained quiet, and Patman and Humphrey offered measured critiques. Monte Gordon saw potential for lower rates and easier money.
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Walter Heller
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Nixon
Heller
A.W. Clausen
Bank of America
Gardner Ackley
Council of Economic Advisers
Johnson
General Motors
James Roche
Lynn Townsend
Chrysler Corp
Voice of Labor
Albert J. Fitzgerald
United Electrical Workers Union
America
Washington
House Banking Committee
Wright Patman
D-Tex
New York
Wall Street
Monte J. Gordon
Bache & Co., Inc
Rate Hike Sought By SW Bell in Kansas
Southwestern Bell filed in Topeka to raise phone rates in Kansas totaling about 14.7 million dollars annually. Home service would rise roughly 1.07 dollars per month with similar boosts for business lines. Intra state long distance may increase as operator handled calls grow. The company cites inflation and a union contract as reasons and notes possible delays before KCC hearing and date of any rise. The last general increase was filed in 1959 and became effective in 1964.
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Southwestern Bell Telephone Today
Topeka
Kansas
Richard Forster
Forster
Kansas Corporation Commission
Union
KCC
US Air Support Praised in Cambodian Border Fight
Saigon reported that U S air support turned the tide against a North Vietnamese offensive along the Cambodia border. Lt Gen Nguyen Xuan Thinh credited heavy bombing, logistics, and helicopter resupply for aiding South Vietnamese forces. Air strikes by U S forces totaled over 170 in two weeks, with ongoing combat near Krek and Fire Base Pace.
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Saigon
U.S
Nguyen Xuan Thinh
Thinh
South Vietnam-Cambodia
Krek
Alpha
Pace
Vietnam
Air Force
South Vietnam
Cambodia
Tay Ninh
Slight Drop In Unemployment Report Shows Mixed Gains
The Labor Department reported a small dip in unemployment to 4.8 million and a jobless rate of 6.0 percent as total employment rose marginally. Most gains were among part time workers while many Americans saw weekly earnings fall due to shorter hours, with average weekly pay down 27 cents to 128.76 dollars.
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Washington
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bureau
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Mideast
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Commerce
Maurice H. Stans
Meany
By Dan Mullen
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Pyenigne
Patman
Hubert H. Humphrey
SW Bell
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