Congress still acting on strike continues to push for a vote
Congress remains in session amid a Lincoln's Birthday recess as President Nixon urges action on a strike settlement. The House may vote on the Senate bill under a Rules Committee plan, with education and labor panels backing a milder substitute. Rep Frank Thompson Jr. warns a new arbitration measure could derail the tentative arrangement and urges delaying action.
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Nixon
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House
Rules Committee
House Education and Labor Committee
Rates Committee
Educational and Labor Committee
Frank Thompson Jr
D-N.j
Thompson
Irving, wife take Fifth as inquiry
New York Clifford Irving and his wife appeared before a federal grand jury on Tuesday and refused to testify. Both invoked the Fifth Amendment and the wife also cited spousal privilege. Authorities had not offered immunity, and they were ordered to provide handwriting samples at the Foley Square courthouse.
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Clifford Irving
Howard R. Hughes
Irving
Smirces
Irvings
Richard J. Suskind
Navalist
Hughes Project
Federal
Foley Square
Grand Jury
Blonde in Hughes saga tells her side of affair
The woman recounts abrupt plans to visit Mexico to meet Howard Hughes, noting Clifford Irving’s claims and a secret manuscript. She recalls meetings in Los Angeles and New York, the Life serialization deal, and a later grand jury investigation into Irving’s biography project.
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Hughes ‘Saga
Clifford
Los Angeles
Howard Hughes
New York
McGraw-Hill
Life Magazine
Doin Marshall
Hughes
Palm Springs project fallout and legal actions unfold
The document summarizes a 1970 case where executives faced prison for tax evasion related to Palm Springs Panorama Inc. It details collapsed land maintenance, shut water service, failed infrastructure, and plummeting property value, plus a note on Handy’s broken promises and investor losses. It also recounts reader questions answered by ACTION LINE about wedding photos and citizenship issues, and a technical report on fire alarm boxes showing 255 alarms in 1969-70 with low maintenance costs.
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Int
PSP
Hanily
T Hat
Water District
California
Handy
Assembly
Long Beach
Fire Department
Nixon warns critics may aid enemy in Vietnams end
President Nixon urges that critics focus on aiding an honorable peace but cautions that any statements by a candidate could give the enemy incentive to prolong the war until after the election. Haldeman and White House aides push back on Democratic critics.
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Nixon
White House
Nixon sees China Russia trips as steps toward peace
President Nixon describes planned visits to China and the Soviet Union as steps toward world peace and progress on Vietnam. He cautions rivals to temper war talk, notes prior summit gains, and signals talks on arms control, Europe security, and trade with the USSR.
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Peking
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Peoples Republic of China
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India
Pakistan
Henry A. Kissinger
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