Rebel Teamster strikes idle 42000 workers nationwide
Rebelling Teamsters forced closings at at least a dozen auto plants and idled more than 42,000 auto workers as they picketed Detroit terminals. Chicago Strike actions affected 32,000 members, with 15,000 drivers under contract. Overall, about 80,000 workers were believed affected by auto plant shutdowns and reduced shifts nationwide.
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Teamsters
Detroit
Chicago
Teamsters Tocal 705
Chicago Truck Drivers Union
Chicago Teamsters
Louis Peick
Michigan
Federal Pay Raise Delayed by Solon
Congressman Andrew Jacobs Jr. objected to quick floor action on a six percent across the board federal pay raise that would also boost congressional staff. The measure, supported by Udall, would affect 5.8 million workers and cost $1.3 billion for half a year and $2.6 billion annually thereafter, retroactive to December 27.
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Washington
Fial
Andrew Jacobs Jr
House
Nixon
Senate
Jacobs
Morris K. Udall
D-Ariz
Heart Plant Man Dies in Rejection After Transplant
Willard M. Shepard, 49, a former Navy pilot from Norfolk, died at the Medical College of Virginia from acute rejection of a heart received in a transplant on February 10. He was the world's 156th heart transplant recipient and one of five at the college. Louis B. Russell Jr., 44, from Indianapolis, remains the longest survivor with a donor heart, now at 598 postoperative days since his August 24, 1963 transplant, surpassing prior records.
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Richmond
Willard M. Shepard
Norfolk
Medical College of Virginia
MCV
Shepard
Louis B. Russell Jr
Indianapolis
Russell
Philip Blaiberg
South Africa
4000 Help Clean Stanislaus County Roads
Thousands of residents joined a four hour weekend cleanup across Stanislaus County. About 4000 volunteers removed an estimated 600 to 700 tons of litter from 1837 miles of highways and rural roads. Paul Philbin led the effort for the Sierra Club.
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Modesto Ups
Stanislaus County
San Joaquin Valley
Paul Philbin
Sierra Club
School Head Back in Post Amid Desegregation Standoff
Bradenton Florida Manatee County School Superintendent Jack Davidson resumes duty after two suspensions as Governor Claude Kirk assumes control to resist a federal desegregation order. Kirk moves to have contempt cleared and braces for court-backed bus plan affecting 2,600 of 17,000 students while DOJ signals study and possible modification. Davidson to implement desegregation plan and transfer 107 teachers tomorrow morning.
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Manatees County
Jack Davidson
Florida
Claude Kirk
Kirk
New Orleans
U.S. 5Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Manatee County
Gulf Coast
Tampa
U.S. Justice Department
Department of Justice
Davidson
Humphrey Endorses Blackmun for Supreme Court
In Washington former Vice President Hubert Humphrey endorsed Judge Harry A. Blackmun of Rochester Minnesota as a potential Supreme Court nominee if President Nixon selects him. Humphrey praised Blackmun as a long time friend and a politically moderate, nonprejudiced candidate. He noted Blackmun was appointed by Eisenhower and recalled recommending him then while discussing the Carswell rejection and other mentions of Gignoux.
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Washington
Hubert HH. Humphrey
Harry A. Blackmun
Supreme Court
Nixon
Humphrey
Blackmun
Rochester
Minn
Edward T. Gignoux
Maine
Senate
Carswell
Eisenhower
Life Sentence Sought in L B Murder Case
A San Diego jury urged life imprisonment for 40-year-old Walter Tremayne after a trial over the death of his wife Anna Marie Tremayne. Her nude body was found decomposed in a Long Beach car trunk around December 20. Sentencing is set for May 1 before Superior Judge William Mahedy.
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San Diego
Long Beach
William Mahedy
Anna Marie
West 22Th Street
Cedar Avenue
Peace groups plan three day tax protest against war
In a nationwide push led by three groups the New Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam the Vietnam Moratorium Committee and the Student Mobilization Committee protests will run for three days before the tax filing deadline. Rallies will target IRS offices across major cities including Boston New York Chicago and Dallas with leaflets petitions and antiwar literature. Endorsers include eight U S senators and 17 representatives with hundreds of student leaders backing a student strike set for April 15.
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Washington
Lafayella Park
White House
New Mobilization Committee
Vietnam
Internal Revenue Service
Boston
New York
Baltimore
Newark
Knoxville
Chicago
Cleveland
Denver
Houston
Dallas
U.S
Student Mobilization Committee
Three Boys Die After High Speed Train Collision
In Wilmington Delaware three youths were struck and killed Sunday by a high speed Penn Central train on a railroad trestle near the city. Police identified the victims as James Wilhelm III Mark Wilhelm and James M Young all about 11 years old. Another boy William Succar Atti 12 was killed Saturday by an express train near the railroad yard.
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Wilmington
Del
Kiere
Penn Central
New York
James Wilhelm
Mark
James M. Young
William R. Succaratti
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Moscow
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Ford Motor Co
State Committee For Science and Technology
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Santa Ana
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Costa Mesa
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Joer Blvd
Viking Triangle
Montoir Ave
Downey
Woodruff
Poelfic
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Broadway
Imei Pubishecs
CDI Elgage
Notubes
Renee
Blocres
Goodyear Service Store
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Bellflower
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Torrance Blvd
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Pioneer
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