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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1971
Page
4
Debates over the Nixon economic package intensify on Capitol Hill as Democrats hint at reshaping the plan. Talks focus on inflation relief, tax cuts, and possible expansion of investment credits while Republicans urge restraint on personal tax relief amid broader concerns about employment and the economy.
Defiant labor leaders weigh a 90 day wage price freeze and a ban on strikes as Chief Federal Mediator Counts warned of possible legal action. Union chiefs and executives from AFL CIO and other unions press for clarity on contract costs price controls and wages amid Nixon administration efforts to curb labor upheaval.
An entomologist explains California lacks fireflies due to its semi tropical climate and cooler winters. The article notes firefly biology including light organs, nocturnal behavior, and bioluminescent processes. It also recounts a reader complaint about Talent Opportunity Program in New Orleans, which is reportedly defunct and unresponsive, with BBB confirmation and no trace of owner contact.
J Mr Long Beach, president of Control Date Institute in Long Beach, protests an article implying computer school graduates struggle to find work. He notes nine graduates placed last week and a total of 477 graduates since 1867, with 437 placements, funded by the school to aid data processing industry needs.
The article notes widespread labor stoppages amid Nixon's wage price freeze program with mediation involvement in about 360 strikes affecting around 150,000 workers. It cites government calls for voluntary cooperation from unions and management to avoid strikes, and discusses nonretroactive settlements and AFL-CIO criticisms led by George Meany and remarks by James Hodgson and Frank Pollara on enforcement and scope.
President Nixon praised farmers as a national strength and backed U.S. trade aims in a speech to Knights of Columbus in New York. Governor Rockefeller said welfare and revenue sharing are still on the table after meetings with Nixon. Meanwhile Mrs. Nixon concludes a five state parks tour by handing California a parcel of excess federal land along the Pacific.
The California Assembly Rules Committee chair says the panel will defy the wage price freeze and push in grade pay raises for about 500 employees. The Emergency Preparedness office will review whether the order covers federal state and local government workers including teachers. Democrat John Burton calls the president's order unfair to workers and says raises will go ahead for many employees, with roughly 40 percent affected during the 90 day freeze.
Treasury says most college tuition and private school increases announced earlier may take effect this fall despite the wage price freeze. California state colleges plan higher out of state and foreign tuition, with residents exempt. UC tuition was set to double, but the rule allows limited increases.
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