Officials Clash Over Labour Foe Meany and Nixon Wage Freeze
Secretary John Connally assails AFL-CIO chief George Meany as out of touch while a White House delegation seeks unity with labor leaders opposing the 90 day wage price freeze. Strikes by longshoremen telecommunication workers and teamsters continue amid government pressure to halt walkouts.
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John B. Connally
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Meany
White House
James D. Hodgson
George P. Shultz
Office of Management and Budget
Connally
NBC
Today Show
Nixon
America
Conally
Hodgson
Executive Council
Labor Federation
Pentagon
David M. Packard
Department
Cost of Living Council
Washington
U. S
Coun
Cil
J. Curtis Counts
Federal Mediation Service
Capitol Hill
William Proxmire
Senate House Economic Committee
Prox
Sai
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Muskie
Congress
Administration
Treasury
Charles E. Walker
Wall Street
Nations discuss dollar crisis at Brussels talks
Finance ministers from Britain and six Common Market nations met in Brussels to mend divergent plans for the dollar crisis after President Nixon suspended gold backing. Secret talks followed as they weighed two currency schemes and renewed efforts with the United States to reform the international monetary system.
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Britain
Brussels
Nixon
Germany
Karl Schiller
Bernard Clappier
Bank of France
London
Paul Volcker
U. S. Treasury
Volcker
Europe
France
Clappier
Anthony Barber
Treasury
Mario Ferrari-Aggradi
Italy
United States
Common Market
Executive Commission
West Germany
Personal income drops in July as Social Security boosts fade
The Commerce Department reported July personal income at an adjusted annual rate of $859 billion, down $11 billion from June. Excluding Social Security effects, July income rose $2.25 billion, after a $3.5 billion gain in June, with June benefiting from a $16.75 billion retroactive payment spike.
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Commerce Department
Department
Prison helicopter enables escape from Mexico City jail
At Santa Marta Acatitla prison in Mexico City a secret helicopter landed on the patio and two inmates fled, including Joel D. Kaplan a New York businessman convicted of murder in 1963. The other escapee was Venezuelan Carlos Antonio Contreras Castro held for fraud and forgery. The craft reportedly headed toward Central America, and fuel for eight hours was aboard.
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Mexico City
Joel D. Kaplan
New York
American Sucrose Co
Louis Vidal
New York City
Kaplan
Santa Marta Acatitla
Carlos Antonio Contreras Castro
Jose Luis Campos Burgos
Vidal
Cuernavaca
Southwestern Sugar and Molasses Co
Santa Marta
Contreras Castro
Carbondale water rate hike tied to Cedar Creek Lake plan
Carbondale approves an Aug 1 rate rise to fund Cedar Creek Lake construction, with billing starting mid August after a July 13 council vote. De Soto faces a 29 percent increase now deemed likely invalid due to post midnight Aug 14 approval. De Soto purchases Carbondale water under a no contract clause and pays 1½ times the normal rate until a new agreement.
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Carbondale
Nixon
Office of Emergency Prepaidness
Washington, D. C
William Schmidt
Schmidt
de Soto
Kinkaid Lake
Cedar Creek Lake
Louby Tonight Weather and Weekend Forecast
Partly cloudy tonight with a low near 6. Friday will be variable with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs range from 87 to 92. Also note weather map page 26 and classified pages 23 to 25 with comics, TV, bridge, crossword on 27 and sections for editorials, family living, and sports.
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Williamson County Court House completion slips amid penalties
Completion of the first two floors of the Williamson County courthouse faces delays as duct work painting ceilings and lighting remain. Officials expect Friday finish with penalties for delays, jail work waits for electrical controls, and moving in scheduled for September 13.
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Williamson County
K. Neil Thurmond
Building Commission
Thurmond
Government workers face pay freeze under Nixon plan
Millions of state and local workers are blocked from raises as the 90 day wage price rent freeze covers all wages. Pentagon pay hikes are halted and military raises deemed frozen. White House council clarifies all government pay adheres to the freeze, while lawmakers weigh legal limits and political fallout.
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Cost of Living Council
White House
Council
Thaddeus J. Dulski
House Post Office Committee
New York Democrat
Pentagon
Secretary of the Treasury
John B. Connally
Connally
Conally
NBC
Today
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Erage
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