Dockers reject strike end as wage freeze sparks clash
The West Coast longshoremen reject Nixon's 30 day wage and price freeze saying it harms workers. ILWU president Bridges says the 15,000 dockworkers will keep the 80 day strike in full force while debating talks with PMA.
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San Francisco
UPI
Nixon
Pacific Coast
Harry Bridges
International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen's Union
ILWU
Bridges
Pacific Maritime Association
PMA
United States
Announ
Robert Packwoods
Aee Wooung
Ty Hartley
Currencies to Float After Nixon Move
Financial experts predict an indefinite period of floating currencies after President Nixon cut the dollar linchpin. Governments hope to avoid chaos, with plans to limit floating and guide a more flexible system while major currencies may join the float as markets reopen.
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Harry Hobbs
London
UPI
Nixon
Europe
Labor Up Freeze Criticism Faces Nixon Policy
Washington unions press back against Nixon wage price freeze while AFL-CIO leaders meet with Hodgson to seek explanation. UAW and Teamsters threaten broader action and possible auto plant walkouts if the policy extends beyond November 12.
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Washington
UPI
Organized Labor
Afl-Cio Executive Council
James D. Hodgson
Nixon
Treasury
John B. Connally
United Auto Workers
Aflcio
Teamsters Union
UAW
American Labor Movement
Teamsters
Leonard Woodcock
State official rebuts AEA critique of reading policy
Dr. James Hartgraves, Arizona associate state superintendent, rejects the AEA claim the new policy is archaic. He says the policy sets local promotion standards only for kindergarten and first grade and not district wide, with flexibility for individual students.
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Phoenix
UPI
Arizona Education
James Hartgraves
AEA
Flagstaff
State Board of Education
Hartgraves
Mall sponsors essay contest at Tri-City Mall
The merchants at Tri-City Mall in Mesa sponsor an essay contest with the theme Why I want to go back to School. Open to students eight years old and up, entries must be 150 words or less and are due by August 31. Fifteen $25 U S Savings bonds will be awarded to top entries.
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Tri-City Mall
Mesa
Tri-City
U.S
Bus Plunge Near Boulaou Kills 45 in Morocco
A bus crashed through a guard rail and fell into a ravine near Boulaou, Casablanca, killing 45 Moroccans and injuring 25. Police said all victims were Moroccans.
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Casablanca
Morocco
UPI
Boulaou
Medina test arguments over lie detector evidence in My Lai case
The Medina court martial in Fort McPherson heard defense attorney Fr Lee Bailey press to admit Army lie detector results as evidence though Judge Howard ruled them inadmissible. Bailey called experts to testify on reliability. Government witnesses described injuries at My Lai, but none placed Medina at the scene or shown he knew of the mass killings. The trial resumed with continued testimony and a juror-free ten minute meeting called by the judge.
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FT. Mcpherson,ga
UPI
Ernest L. Medina
Lee Bailey
Medina
Army
My Lai
Kenneth A Howard
Bailey
Howard
Wheelchairs Needed for Patient Discharge Program
Maricopa County General Hospital seeks wheelchairs walkers and other devices to enable earlier release under the Home Health Care Program. The Equipment Home Loan Program led by Dr. Ellis D. Sox invites donations via coordinator Imogene Harter at the hospital contact 267-5257.
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Maricopa County General Hospital
Ellis D. Sox
Maricopa County Health Department
Imogene Harter
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