3000 Workers Walk Out In Southern Illinois Strike
About 3,000 members of the Southern Illinois District Council of the Laborers International Union began a strike in 13 counties, shutting down area construction. The stoppage follows the expiration of a three year agreement with Egyptian Contractors Association and centers on wages and working conditions. Major projects in Carbondale, Marion, Carterville, Benton, and other towns are halted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Ilinois
The
Laborers’ International Union of North America
West Frankfort
Dlinois
Egyptian Contractors Association
Bill Best
E. J. Simonds Construction Co
Carbondale
Bill Todd
Fodd
Mt. Vernon
Highway District 9
Contractors Association
Todd
Jackson
Williamson
Franklin
Union
Alexander Gallatin
Hardin, Johnson
Massacherry Pope
Pulaski
Saline, “Area
Cedar Lake
New
National Food Store
Southern Illinois University
Iinois
East Grand Avenue
Supreme Court denies stay on GOP bonus delegates ruling
Justice Douglas refused to block a lower court order striking the Republican bonus delegation system for the 1976 convention. The Rippon Society suit argued the scheme violates the 14th Amendment by favoring less populous states, while California and New York gained far less. The ruling affects the 1976 convention setup, not the upcoming Miami Beach gathering.
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Washington
Supreme Court
William's. Douglas
Douglas
U. S
Miami Beach
Fla
Tower Court
Pon Society
U. S. House of Representatives
Rippon Society
Nevada
Wyoming
California
New York
GOP Rules Clash Over Delegates At 1976 Convention
Liberal and conservative factions clashed as the 100 member Rules Committee of the Republican National Committee debated opening delegate selection and allocation. Proposals would affect women youths and blacks participation and how state delegate strength is tied to overall voting populations, with decisions pending approval from both the national committee and convention rules panels.
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P Ital
Nayne
Republican National Committee
Rules
National Committee
Republican Party
Jacob K. Javits RN
John W. Gardner
Common Cause
Massachusetts
Francis W. Sargent
James Buckley
New York
Philip M.crane
R-Nl
House
Police clear area as 100 campers leave Flamingo Park
Police with 40 officers cleared about 100 campers from Flamingo Park in Miami Beach hours after the City Council voted to allow nondelegates for the Republican National Convention to use the site. Protesters, mainly Zippie followers, dispersed as officers blocked exits and escorted marchers toward a church shelter. No arrests were reported as the city prepared the 28 acre park for the event opening Monday.
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Miami Beach
Pla
Flamingo Park
Rocky Fomerance
Kleindienst
San Francisco
Richard G. Kleindienst
Justice Department
American Bar Association
Washington, D. C
Civil
Department
Weather outlook for the region
Tonight remains fair and warm with lows in the mid to upper 70s. Wednesday brings mostly sunny skies and continued heat and humidity with highs in the 90s. Partly cloudy conditions persist into Thursday. A chance of thunderstorms is possible Friday.
Pipeline opponents seek court order to halt oil project
Opponents of the trans-Alaska oil pipeline asked U S District Judge George L Hart Jr to block the project citing that the secretary of the interior sought to provide more land than legally allowed.
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Washington
U. S. District Court
George L. Hart Jr
Secretary of the Interior
Pilots say POW camp near Hanoi humane, Clark reports
Former US Attorney General Ramsey Clark described a North Vietnamese POW camp near Hanoi with windows in every bedroom and amenities like a movie theater and basketball court. He spoke after meeting 10 captured pilots under guarded conditions. Clark questioned if the camp was a showpiece and noted precautions by guards and officials. Mitchell rebutted Clark as naive, urging McGovern to address the bombing issue.
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U. S
Ramsey Clark
North Vietnam
Clark
Tsa
Hanoi
Mitchell
Washington
U.S
Committee For
United States
George McGovern
McGovern
Nixon
Miners and Construction Workers Idle in Illinois Strike
About 1,400 workers remain idle as Waltonville, Lesser, and Logan mines face a linked stoppage. Some 1,200 coal miners and 200 construction workers, unpaid for a year, protest for a guaranteed 127 percent raise. UMWA President Kenneth Wells says the strike is unauthorized and urges a return to work while wage talks with officials proceed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waltonville
Lesser
Logan
Kenneth Wells
Springfield
United Mine Workers of America
UMWA
District 12
Freeman Coal Mining Corp
Orient
Inland Steel Co
Freeman Orient
Wells
Coal Mine Construction
Bituminous Coal Association
Washinton
Southerlinois
Guy Humphrey
Royalton
Imson
National Pay Board
Humphrey
U.S. Department of Labor
Mercy cargoes halted by angry Aberdeen stevedores
Angry stevedores at Aberdeen halted handling of mercy cargoes bound for Orkney and Shetland today over strike breaking deliveries of beer liquor and cigarettes. They had agreed to relax the strike for food and animal feedstuffs as stocks on the northern isles ran critically low.
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Britain
Aberdeen
Scotland
Orkney and Shetland Isles
Laird addresses platform committee in campaign preview
At the Miami Beach session, Defense Secretary Melvin Laird and three of Nixon’s top economic advisers urged a strong U S platform. Laird attacked McGovern’s defense plan as waffling and warned that abandoning military strength could threaten security. Shultz, Stein, Solomon, and Whitman touted fiscal discipline and warned against inflation and higher taxes. McGovern and Shriver campaigned in Illinois, Ohio and California.
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Miami Beach
Fin
Nixon
Melvin R. Laird
Platform
Pentagon
Laird
McGovern
Vietnam
U. S
North Vietna
Hanoi
South Vietnam
Asia
Treasury
George P. Shultz
President’s Council of Economic Advisers
Shultz
Congress
Executive Branch
Herbert Stein
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Carterville
Benton Consolidated
Herrin
Quoin
Rt. 18
Pittsburg
Willamson County
Bridge and Structural Ironworkers Local 392
Southern Illinois Builderg Association
St. Louis
Local 992
East St. Louis
Franklin, Randolph and
Jefferson
GOP
Miami Beach, Fla
Miami
Family Living
University
Tion
Sen
Ezra Solomon
Marina N. Whitman
Sargent Shriver
I Ilinois
Ohio
Shriver
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