Dock Workers Return To Work
Long shoremen across Atlantic and Gulf Coast ports return to work under federal orders while New York remains on strike after 59 days. The IL A reports 45,000 members subject to Taft Hartley cooling off orders as negotiations continue.
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New York
UPI
Atlantic
Gulf Coast
International Longshoremen’s Association
ILA
Nixon
Waterfront Commis
Sion
New York Shipping Association
Brooklyn
Pier
Jesse Langston
Commission
Langston
The
Shipping Association
Homeric
Olympia
Victoria
Staten Island
Hoboken
Jersey City
Bayonne
N.J
Largest Beet Crop Harvested in Washington State
Harvesting operations completed for what is deemed Washington’s largest sugar beet crop. About 2 million tons dug since September, surpassing 1.65 million tons in 1969. Acreage harvested reached roughly 78 500 acres, the state’s highest on record.
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Moses Lake
UPD
Washington
Liloyd V. Olsen
Northwest
Utah and Idaho Sugar Company
Olsen
State
Agnew Criticizes Kennedy Health Plan For Cost
Vice President Spiro Agnew rejected Edward Kennedy’s comprehensive health care plan saying it would be costly and dismantle the current system. He cited an estimated $59.4 billion added tax burden by 1974 and urged strengthening government and private sector partnerships instead of nationalized medicine.
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New Orleans
UPI
Spiro T. Agnew
American Medical Association
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
America
Agnew
Nixon
Bank Robbery Thwarted as Suspect Arrested in Eagle Idaho
Ada County deputies arrested a man suspected of robbing the Valley branch of Idaho First National Bank in Eagle around 12:15 p.m. He fled on State Street, was chased and captured between 21st and 23rd Streets. Assistant manager Jay Cole reported a dark suit and a note demanding money, but vault keys were unavailable. Cole activated the alarm and caught part of the suspect’s license plate. The man’s identity was not released. A separate report notes a well dressed gunman robbed a Mobile station at Vista Avenue, stealing $211 before escaping with a locked attendant and companion.
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Boise
UPI
Ada County
Valley
Eagle
Idaho First National Bank
Ada County Sheriff’s Office
State Street
23Rd
Jay Cole
Cole
Ada County Sheriff's Office
Officers Search For Hunter Believed Drown
Idaho Falls sheriffs sought a teenager feared drowned after a Saturday river trip on the Snake River. Dennis Oar, 19, fled with two companions Ray and William Starnes as their boat sank while moving upstream. The Starnes brothers survived with life jackets. Oar did not.
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Aho Falls
UPD
Idaho Falls
Snake River
Dennis Oar
Ray
William Starnes
Starnes
Guards Surprise Inmates At Raiford Prison Hospital
Raiford Florida guards pried hinges from a hospital door and surprised six inmates who seized four hostages and threatened to ignite oxygen tanks with a Molotov cocktail. The hostages were released unharmed after a brief standoff and the inmates surrendered following guard intervention.
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Raiford
Fla
UPD
Raiford State Prison
L. E. Dugger
M. R. Galloway
Paul McBridge
A.D. Griffin
Dale Winstead
Bennett Stricken At White House Conference
Senator Wallace F. Bennett of Utah suffered a medical episode during a luncheon speech at the White House Conference on Aging. Doctors speculated a coronary spasm as Bennett, 73, was treated in the Washington Hilton Ballroom and later transported to a hospital.
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Washington
UPD
Wallace F. Bennett
Utah
White House
Bennett
Washington Hilton
Sholom Shakin
Brooklyn
New York
A. L. Seffer
Chicago
Shakin
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