Tough union line at AFL-CIO convention warns of higher costs
At the AFL-CIO gathering leaders pledge wage and fringe benefits near or above this year’s levels. They warn unions will push for big increases across construction oil refining and other sectors, risking further inflation while arguing living costs must be offset by higher pay.
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Wien
All-Cio
Teamsters
United Auto Workers
Unson
Walter Reuther
Auto Workers
Afi-Cio
UAW
Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers
Meany
New Research Links Blood Type A to Higher Cholesterol
Reports in The Lancet note blood group A linked to higher cholesterol than groups O, AB, or B in a 6,000 male study in Scotland. A separate South Wales study found group A slightly higher than C B or AB. Cholesterol drive arterial thickening and heart attack risk.
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Scotland
South Wales
Lancet
McCarthy May Seek Speaker Seat Against Old Guard
Senator Eugene McCarthy, noted for clashes with the political establishment, mulls a bid for House speaker after leaving the Senate in 1970. He could seek Rep. Clark MacGregor’s retiring seat, challenging 77 year old Speaker Jamie Cormack in a move backed by liberal Democrats. Some aides call the plan preposterous.
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Washington
Eugene McCarthy
House
Jamie Cormack
McCormack
House Democratic Study Group
McCarthy
Loase
Clark MacGregor
Minneapolis
Ron
Senate
Kentucky
Henry Clay
Interior seals switch fuels dust to park service marks
Secretary Hickel discarded the new Interior seal and the Buffalo return, while the National Park Service kept the pine tree emblem. Udall-era stylized seals cost about $12,000 but Hickel scrapped Madison Avenue designs as untraditional. Old seals from 19th century era could not be restored due to lost plates during the Ural regime.
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Walter J. Hickel
Hickel
Department
National Park Service
Udall
Interior
NPS
Mickel
Sidewalk Senate Pearl Jones Retired in Long Beach
A collection of Long Beach residents reflecting on why they stay. Quotes from Pearl Jones Theresa Bergeron Scott Jeffers Vance Hall Henry B Smith Opal Prieur and Pye note attachments to weather ocean air fishing and community, with mixed thoughts on change and attachment.
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Theresa Bergeron
Long Beach
Opal Prieur
Torrance
Pye
Mars for wild New Year parties sparks a Martian lifestyle
A columnist riffs on Mars living and its 687 day year, linking holidays, taxes, and aging to Martian time. He contrasts Mars life with Earth norms, joking about weddings and anniversaries, then shifts to a GI letter defending hair length in school and the meaning of freedom in Vietnam.
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Moon
Marg
L&t
Dmz
Vietnam
Long Beach Unified
DMA
Guy Rosenlof
Unsure era remarks spark and stock market musings
A fragmented passage mentions Senator Soaper COACIE PUG UNDERSLUG and an alma mater, with crude musings on a school and unpaid pl s. It also references a tough international monetary situation, forefathers and oyster shells, an amateur stock picker noting Wall Street doldrums, and a remark about Indian Sumter, all in disjointed form.
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Ural
Wall Street
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