Living costs rise as July CPI hits 125.5
The Labor Department reports a 0.4 percent rise in consumer prices in July led by a 1.0 percent jump in food costs. Average weekly earnings rose 0.8 percent, producing a real earnings gain of 0.4 percent. Meats, poultry and fish up 2.8 percent year over year, apparel down 0.9 percent, and New car prices down 0.3 percent. Weekly pay averaged $136.47 with a $1.09 increase from June.
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Labor Department
Bureau of Labor — Statistics
South Viet Offers Unconditional Release of POWs and Amnesty
The South Vietnamese government proposes to return 600 disabled North Vietnamese POWs unconditionally and grants amnesty to 496 South Vietnamese convicts. The Foreign Ministry urged Hanoi to arrange reception for the POWs, linking clemency to Vu Lan observances. The move comes after Viet Cong releases of American prisoners and renewed US air strikes along the North Vietnam coast.
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Foreign Ministry
Hanoi
Republic of Vietnam
John C. Sexton Jr
Warren
Mich
United States
South Vietnam
Laborers Strike Halts $200 Million in Work Across District 9
In Illinois District 9 a second week of laborers strike halts about 200 million dollars in construction. 6000 workers refuse cross lines and 1500 laborers strike over a building agreement dispute idling 90 million more across 13 counties. Negotiations set for Thursday in Mt. Vernon with Southern Illinois Builders Association and the Laborers Union of North America.
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Rves
Southern Illinois
Southern Illinois Builders Association
Egyptian Contractors Association
Marion
Southern Illinois District Council
The
Laborers’ Union of North America
District 9
Biel Aentei
Mt. Vernon
Jefferson
Effingham
Clay
Jasper
Crawford
Lawrence
Wabash
White
Richland
Edwards Counties
Marion County
Southern Illinois miners strike cuts wages by 1.26 million
The week-old walkout by area coal miners and construction workers in southern Illinois has cost about 1.26 million dollars in wages. UMWA District 12 president Kenneth Wells says the strike began after pay raise disputes with ABC contractors, with 4500 miners idled and production losses not disclosed. Contempt motions loom as court actions push workers to return.
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Southern Illinoisan
United Mine Workers of America
UMWA
Kenneth Wells
Umwa District 12
Association of Bituminous Contractors
Inland Steel Co
Danville
Federal District Court
Peabody Coal Co
Joseph Touhill
Coal Mining Corp
Chuck Holmes
Johnston City
Touhill
Washington, D. C
ABC
National Pay Board
Wels
Nixon poised for 1972 renomination at GOP convention
The 1972 Republican convention moves toward Nixon and Agnew on the podium with a platform praising Nixon and attacking McGovern. Delegates gather as Rockefeller presents Nixon’s name. few dissenters, aside from a handful likely to oppose at the balloting.
Makanda Man Killed in Rt 146 Crash Involving Boy
A Makanda man identified as Gilbert Hartline, 49, died after a head on collision on Rt 146 near I 57. West Frankfort boy John Richard, 10, was seriously injured and later transferred to a St. Louis hospital. Richard’s father Henry Richard, 48, received minor injuries. Traffic charges against Henry Richard are pending. Hartline taught in the Cairo school system.
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Makanda
West Frankfort
Rt. 146
Gilbert Hartline
Union County Hospital
Anna
John Richard
St. Louis
Henry Richard
Richard
Hartline
Cairo
Weather Outlook With Showers and Cooler Turnaround
Mostly cloudy tonight with showers and thunderstorms likely and turning cooler. Low in the upper 60s. Variable cloudiness Wednesday with likely and cooler. High in the 80s. Chance of rain Wednesday. Weather details, map page 18.
GOP floor fight appears unlikely at convention deferment
Republicans back plan favoring small Southern states for 1976 GOP convention delegates as Dole backed compromise rejected 61 to 27. Base two delegates per state electoral vote plus 4 percent bonus for Nixon supporters, with further 60 percent booster for states for Nixon.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Robert Dole
Nixon
Illinois Delegates Brace for Floor Fight at GOP Convention
Illinois delegates led by Sen. Charles Percy face a possible heated floor vote on convention rules as the GOP gathers in Miami Beach. Percy accuses conservatives on the Rules Committee of stalling a compromise while Gov. Ogilvie hopes for accord. Rep. Findley and other supporters back a gradual, orderly party opening ahead of Agnew’s nomination and Nixon’s address.
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Sen
Charles Percy
Illinois
Nixon
Charles McC. Mathias Jr
Maryland
New Mexico
Paul M. McCloskey
California
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
George McGovern
Florida
Charles H. Percy
Percy
Richard B. Ogilvie
Lindsay-Schaub
U- Tmais
U. S
Paul Findley
Pittsburgh
Findley
Pat Nixon Receives Rousing Welcome at Convention
Pat Nixon, greeted with a standing ovation, thanked the Republican National Convention for the warm reception. For about 10 minutes she stood on the platform as supporters chanted We want Pat and Four more years. She joked with a large gavel and denied the crowd was staged.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Pat Nixon
Protesters Infiltrate Fontainebleau Brunch Targeting Pat Nixon
Two 19 and 20 year old women slipped into a Fontainebleau Hotel brunch and shouted insults at Pat Nixon while about 150 protesters and 100 Young Voters for the President faced off outside. Security kept groups apart as a helicopter hovered overhead.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Pat Nixon
Fran Cohn
Buffalo
N. Y
Marsha Monestersky
Boston
Miss Monestersky
Miss Pig
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