Teachers union targets Nixon wage freeze plan
The American Federation of Teachers to resist the wage price freeze with a seven point program. Local unions may act on contracts not yet updated. Locals could refuse to work if boards fail to negotiate or honor salary schedules and increments. In Augusta, Maine a plane crash killed the pilot and two passengers amid dense fog.
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San Francisco
American Federation of Teachers
Nixon
AIT
David Selden
Selden
Royals
Boards of Education
Augusta
Maine
Airlines
Augusta State Airport
Federal Aviation Administration
Boston
Rockland
FAA
Eyed Miracle Claim From Fireworks Accident
An Asheville area boy claims sight from a removed-eye after a fireworks accident. Doctor Powell speculates on extra sensory perception as a possibility and tests at a recognized eye institute may be arranged. The Pellettier family calls it a miracle.
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Asheville
N.C
William F. Powell
David L. Pelleier Jr
Black Mountain
Jilly
Medina trial airs cease-fire order at My Lai testimony
In a Medina murder trial, Capt. Ernest Medina’s platoon leaders testified about cease-fire orders during the 1968 My Lai assault. Lt Jeffrey LaCross recalled no cease-fire order, noted only a stop to burning, and said he did not report bodies. A medic said Medina issued two cease-fire orders seconds apart, with Medina allegedly shouting the second.
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FT. Mcpherson
Ernest Medina
My Lai
Jeffrey LaCross
Hig Rapids
Mich
Medina
LaCross
My Lal
Assaul
William L. Calley Jr
Stephen Brooks
U.S
States
Abel Flores Jr
San Antonio
Tex
F. Lee. Bailey
NATO to Move Allied Naval HQ from Malta to Naples
NATO announced the headquarters once based in Malta will relocate to Naples, Italy. Adm Gino Birindelli has been in Naples since Mintoff ordered Malta’s government out in June, with the move planned by the defense planning committee and subject to Italian approval.
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Brussels
Mediterranean
Malta
Dom Mintofi
Naples
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Adm
Gino Birindelli
Mintoff
U.S
Adin
Horacio Rivero
NATO
Europe
Defense Planning Committee
France
Minton’s
Italy
Calif State Fair Opens With Hot Pants Contest
The California State Fair began a 20 day run in Sacramento featuring a hot pants contest among other attractions such as a farm machinery show and moon rocks from Apollo 41. Thirty entrants compete for Maid of California with a winner to be crowned tonight. The event also includes live stock shows rodeo performances and thoroughbred racing. Attendance is expected near one million at the California Exposition site opened in 1908. In Houston a man shot his wife in the head then killed himself after entering the hospital room.
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Sacramento
Maid of California
Raquel Tejada
Raquel Welch
Self Houston
UPI
Chette Y. Bradshaw
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David L. Pelletier Jr
Springa Weizenblatt
Weizenblatt
Reg
Reg Sale
Bank Americard Master Charge
Don Loper
Lily Dache
Pistia
Ai. Va
Ale
Belmont Bore
Barlains
Apache
Sears
Sears Customer Service Dept
Pacific Coast Highway
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