Police Association Sues City Over Pay and Rights Conflict
A Los Angeles police association filed a 14 million suit alleging the city sought to destroy the union and failed to pay overtime and fringe benefits. The action, connected to a broader fight for parity with city and county officers, followed a work slow down and a July statement by Councilman Deas.
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Paul R. Deas
SUN
Los Angeles
Sheré
Chew
Robert Creighton
Stephen W. Solomon
Deats
I‘a Law Flirm
Solomon
Sity
Tinson-geles
Sheviff
Stans backs continuing controls after wage freeze
Commerce Secretary Maurice Stans said some form of mandated wage price controls would be needed after the 90 day freeze ends November 12. He noted business leaders favor continuing measures to curb inflation and rejected doing nothing or WWII style permanent controls.
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Washington
UPI
Commerce
Maurice H. Stans
Nixon
Stans
Cost of Living Council
Government
Treasury
John B. Connaily
Connally
Afl-Cio
George Meany
City freezes pay hikes despite promotion exemptions
The city’s pay hike is barred by a wage freeze with promotions allowed to the prior scale. The administration plans a 1971 72 tax rate ordinance while reserves would cover frozen increases if the presidential order is ruled invalid. Putnam urged the auditor to proceed as usual.
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Putnam
Slain con valogized by Angela Dav is
Angela Davis, a self described Communist and former UCLA philosophy instructor, declares that George Jackson made the prison struggle central to revolutionary change. She notes Jackson faced daily threats of death while urging a mass movement to free imprisoned comrades, in a four page statement from Marin County Jail released by defense attorney Howard Moore Jr.
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San
George
Miss Davis
UCLA
Jon
Marin County
Howard Moore Jr
Une
Brive Bales
Bingham
George Jackson
James Park
Fark
Ronald Reagan
Breakout plot at San Quentin linked to prison violence
The incident at San Quentin involves charges against Ruchell Magee and Angela Davis tied to the Marin County Civic Center shootout that killed a judge, two convicts and Jonathan Jackson. Authorities search for Bingham, a Berkeley-based associate, while Governor Reagan condemns violence and calls for action.
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Soledad
Ruchell Magee
Angela Davis
Marin County Civic Center
Cowicts
Jackson
Jonathan
Procunier
San Francisco Bay
San Quentin
Oakland
Berkeley
Bingham
Franck, Hill, Stender, Ziegler & Hendon
Jonathan B. Bingham
D-N.y
Marin County
Rural living cheaper. Baton Rouge cheapest for retirees
Action Line notes a Department of Labor survey across 40 urban areas showing rural areas as cheaper to live in. Baton Rouge, Louisiana is identified as the least expensive for a middle class retired couple, with Honolulu the most costly.
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Baton Rouge
Los Angeles
Honolulu
Department of Labor
Los Angeles St
Calif
Prison Escape at Soledad Ends in Bloodshed and Chaos
A dramatic prison breakout at Soledad State Prison left guards dead and inmates killed as inmates seized the day. The escape unfolded after Jackson, aided by Larry Spain, burst from the adjustment center and fled toward a 20 foot wall where rifle fire felled him. Guards responded with heavy force, convening armed reinforcements and enforcing a brutal lockdown as 25 inmates were restrained and searched.
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Jere Graham
DeLeon
Graham
Jackson
Park
Adjustment Center
Larry Spain
Los Angeles
D. R. Weber
Sir Meh
Weber
San Quentin
Theo
Charles Beckenridege
Urbano Rubiaco
Vietnam GIs Put On Alert Across Four Regions
U S forces in South Vietnam ordered to stay off streets and in official vehicles as elections approach. Marines in U S missions wore flak jackets and officials urged low profile to avoid incidents. Thieu rejects Ky plan to resign and trigger a new election while a veteran set himself ablaze in Da Nang as protest. Negu yen Minh Dang, 47, father of six, died.
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U.S
Creighton W. Abrams
South Vietnam
Mekong Delta
Demilitarized Zone
Cmdr
Gene Smith
Nguyen van Thieu
Nguyen Cao Ky
Thieu
Ellsworth Bunker
United States
da Nang
Saigon
Neguyen Minh Dang
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