Nixon Promotes Domestic Proposals Amid Midwest Stop
President Nixon heads to Kansas City for a regional tour to push welfare reform tax revenue sharing and government reorganization. He , Mrs Nixon depart Washington for San Clemente after meetings with administration officials and editors from multiple states.
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Garrison seeks to block papers from printing federal charges
New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison asks a court to bar the Times-Picayune and the States-Item from publishing the text of federal gambling charges alleging bribery tied to pinball interests. He claims he was framed by a trusted aide as he argues a national TV profile and a perceived federal crackdown. The 133 page affidavit outlines charges against Garrison and nine others with marked money found in his home. A hearing was set before U S District Judge Herbert Christenberry amid ongoing newspaper publication of affidavit excerpts.
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Teamsters UAW Deny They Will Rejoin AFL
High officials of the Teamsters and the United Auto Workers deny plans to rejoin the AFL CIO. Costs and financial strain at the UAW hinder a return while leaders seek to resolve a jurisdictional dispute with California farm workers.
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Nixon presses steel talks amid inflation fears
President Nixon summoned steel industry leaders and union negotiators to the White House to press a resolution amid inflation and unemployment concerns. The United Steelworkers demand a 31 percent raise over three years, while talks with Basic Steel Industry Conference begin soon. advisers warn a costly settlement could worsen unemployment and boost imports. IW Abel says the administration targets workers as scapegoats and eyes possible compulsory arbitration.
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Penn Central plans asset sale to save railroad by 1976
Penn Central trustees may sell nonrail assets including land and buildings in New York worth about 1 billion dollars to raise cash. Jervis Langdon Jr. states the plan aims to restore profitability by 1976 while focusing resources on railroad operations and public service. The company expects large losses this year and next, with a lengthy path to reorganization and recovery.
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Jazz Festival On But Where Newport Festival Faces Uncertain Future
Newport Rhode Island producer George Wein confirms the Newport Jazz Festival will continue next year despite crowd trouble. Police used tear gas to disperse youths outside the grounds and City Manager Mallory ordered a temporary shutdown amid security breaches.
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Typhoon limits bombing while B52s press Vietnam push
Storm Harriet curbed some U S bombing in Indochina as B52s continued heavy strikes on suspected North Vietnamese targets in the northern South Vietnam theater for the seventh straight day. Flights out of Da Nang were halted by rain and wind as the typhoon approached, while U S troops in Vietnam see withdrawal progress and potential quiet before a summer push.
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Winds Wreak Havoc Across Great Plains Crops
Washington AP reports wind damaged more than 2.5 times the erosion acreage in the 10 Great Plains states this year. The seven month period ending May 31 totaled 4.76 million acres, far below the 1954-55 record of over 15 million. Crop losses dominated, Texas bearing most of the impact with 2.77 million wind swept acres.
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Nevada killer begins probation work in Maryland
Eisentrager, a Nevada inmate who received a life sentence for second degree murder in 1958, is released on parole and starts work today as a probation agent for Montgomery County Maryland. Authorities credited a judge and psychiatrist with steering his case after the board voted 4 to 2 to release him into Maryland custody.
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Railroad Man Keeps Traffic Off Kenova Crossing
Ray Hamilton, 61, guards a four-track crossing near Tri-State Airport in Kenova West Virginia using a six foot stop sign. He works five days weekly from a small shack and earns a little over 500 dollars a month to stay connected with the railroad he joined at age 14. He watches for trains and errant drivers, sometimes facing near misses as cars race to airport connections. Hamilton says trains can approach fast and he must react instantly.
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Associated Press
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