U.S. Ports Shut as East Coast Dock Strike Spreads
Striking East Coast longshoremen shut down the Atlantic seaboard with only Gulf ports partly open. Affected ports from Maine to Louisiana halted work, risking Taft-Hartley 90 day cooling off delays, while West Coast actions began earlier in July and UPI reports uncertain presidential action.
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UPI
U.S. Atlantic Seaboard
Gulf Ports
Nixon
Washington
Labor Department
Beaumont-Port Arthur
Maine
Louisiana
Gulf
New Orleans
Baton Rouge
Lake Charles
Gulf Coast
Texas Gulf Coast
Houston
East Coast
Atlantic
Pacific
Gulf of Mexico
Great Lakes
White House
Hurricane Ginger stalls in eastern North Carolina farm belt
Remnants of Hurricane Ginger lingered over eastern North Carolina causing widespread flooding and crop damage. Winds up to 90 mph diminished to 50 mph as the storm slowed. rainfall reached up to 5 inches inland with four to five inches near the coast. Morehead City residents sheltered then began cleanup while officials warned of possible flash floods. President Nixon observed the storm’s edge from air and expressed concern. North Carolina State University agronomist Dr. Guy L. Jones estimated crop losses at several million dollars.
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Morehead City
N.C
UPI
Ginger
North Carolina
Raleigh
Red Cross
Nixon
Florida
Ronald L. Ziegler
Guy L. Jones
North Carolina State University
Prison visit by black lawmakers barred after tensions rise
Three black Arizona lawmakers say Warden Frank Eyman blocked their attempt to talk with inmates at the state prison to ease tensions after seven inmate deaths in the past year. They said they telephoned officials but were denied entry and questioned the warden's control of the facility.
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Phoenix
UPI
Cleves Campbell
Dphoenix
Leon Thompson
Horace Owens
Campbell
Frank Eyman
Eyman
Stock Market Averages Reported By Dow Jones At 3 P.M.
Dow Jones intraday figures show gains and losses across a wide range of firms. Strong performers include IBM 30.5 percent and Owens-Illinois 53.4 percent while General Motors up 4.36 percent and AT&T 4.3 percent reflect mixed movement among manufacturers.
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Alcoa
American Can
American Motors
Anaconda
At&t
Arizona
Bell & Howell
Bendix
Bethlehem Steel
Boeing
Chrysler
DuPont
Eastern Air Lines
Eastman
Emerson
Fairchild Camera
Ford Motors
Frontier
General Dynamics
General Reléctrié
General Motors
General Telephone
Goodyear
Honeywell
IBM
Intl Nickel
It&t
Johns Manville
Kennecott
Litton
Marcor
Minnesota Mining
Motorola
North Amn Rockwell BY
Northrup
Owens Illinoisey
Pan American
Pg&e
Renn Central
Pepsico
Polaroid
Raytheon
RCA
San Diego
G&e
Santa Fe
Sears Roebuck
Skaggs
Southern Pacific
Sperry Rand
Calif
Standard
Texaco
Texas Gulf
Anti Thieu riots erupt in Saigon and Hue
UPI reports demonstrations against President Nguyen Van Thieu in Saigon and Hue escalate. In Saigon youths and children throw Molotovs while police fire tear gas. in Hue police use teargas and rifles as 400 students and veterans riot around the An Quang sect area.
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Saigon
UPI
Nguyen van Thieu
Hue
Nixon
Thieu
Imperial Citadel
University of
An Quang
Mili
Jewelry stolen from Antoinette Beyer residence
Police report jewelry valued at about 675 dollars taken from a jewelry box in a dresser drawer at the Antoinette Beyer home in Highland between December 25, 1970 and the day of reporting. The box had not been checked prior to the theft.
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Antoinette Beyer
Highland
Remapped districts win House approval in Arizona session
The Arizona House approved four new congressional districts with Phoenix-area majorities by a 4 to 21 vote, sending the measure to the Senate as reapportionment week ends. Critics urged rural representation concerns while some Tucson Democrats sided with the plan. The session also delayed a vote on extending the precinct-line deadline beyond December 1 and debated a constitutional framework for 30 districts and 90 legislators.
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Phoenix
UPI
House
Senate
John Conlan
Scottsdale
Judiciary
Jack Brown
St. Johns
Tucson
Ruth Adams
Rphoenix
Etta Mae Hutchison
Ethel Maynard
David Stone
Burton Barr
Boards of Supervisors
Brown
Library film festival opens with three short films
The Scottsdale Public Library announces a fall film festival starting Saturday at 2 p.m. Elaine Cholewa, Young Peoples Librarian, describes three short films About New Zealand Two knots on a counting rope and Crying Red Giant. The program is free and open to the public.
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Scottsdale Public Library
Elaine Cholewa
Young Peoples
New Zealand
Husband shot during spat in Scottsdale
Police report an apparent family quarrel ended with an accidental gunshot to Orville Simmons of 1108 North 72nd Place. Billie Simmons, his wife, fired a .32 caliber revolver. the bullet lodged near his left ear. He needed treatment at Scottsdale Memorial Hospital.
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Scottsdale
Orville Simmons
Simmons
Billie
Scottsdale Memorial Hospital
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Tyramny
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