Nixon halts rail strike and sets 60 day cooling off
President Nixon ends a surprise strike by three major railroads after ordering a 60 day cooling off period. He creates an emergency fact finding board to resolve a long standing union dispute and prevent a nationwide rail tie up. About 82 000 rail workers across 16 states faced disrupted service as freight and passengers stalled.
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Stock Market Roundup Hints Broad Gains Across Indices
United Press International notes mixed to positive trading with the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 8.49, the Transportation index up 1.91, and several blue chips advancing including DuPont, General Motors, AT&T, and Boeing among others. Sales totaled 9,330,000 shares.
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Innocence slipping away in town youths education debate
An Inside column by Charles Stough reviews a Scottsdale School District meeting where parents fear lost childhood and exposure to adult topics. The piece contrasts guardians seeking control with youths facing modern realities, urging timely yet careful balance between protection and education.
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Keane to Publish Paradise Valley Cartoonist Circus Book
Gold Medal Books plans to publish a paperback edition of Bil Keane’s Family Circus cartoons from Paradise Valley. The new volume, titled Wanna Be Smiled At, collects Keane’s syndicated comic features.
Rampage in Asbury Park Wounds 46 Black Youths
In Asbury Park New Jersey 46 Black youths were wounded Tuesday amid three nights of disorder that also touched Red Bank and Freehold. Police report 160 injured and 225 arrests over the unrest with no confirmed police shootings.
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Joseph Mattice
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