Teamsters vote results under scrutiny by labor department
Seven members of Teamsters Local 347 in West Frankfort asked the U.S. Labor Department for a probe into the November 19 1971 election citing 14 irregularities. The department says the request was filed within the 90 day limit but no action has been taken. Election totals show Lester Harris re elected president and Sam Trefts secretary treasurer by mail ballots with other results listed.
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U.S. Department of Labor
Chicago
Teamsters Local 347
West Frankfort
Labor Department
Lester Harris
Sam Trefts
Marion
Trefts
Joint Council No. 65
Springfield
Joint Council
International
The
Washington
D.C
Department of Labor
Harris
John Morris
Eldorado
Dan Bray, Jr
Laverne Edwards
Herrin
Robert Tedford
Thomas Chamness
William Kelly
Benton
Fire at Johnston City Laundromat Damages Building
Deputy Fire Marshal Norman Hilton and Sheriff Russell Oxford inspect a detonating device found after a 3 am Johnston City fire. Doyal Bay Johnston City fire chief reports timing device remains blasting caps gasoline cans and shotgun shells on site. A U S Army bomb disposal unit responded.
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Norman Hilton
Williamson County
Russell Oxford
Doyal Bay
Johnston City
U.S. Army
Tri county vocational program approved for 1972 73
Fourteen schools in Jackson Perry and Union counties commit to a Tri County Vocational Education plan with Carbondale District 165 named the administrative district. Funds cover up to 80 percent of transportation and tuition costs, with plans to exchange pupils across districts for vocational training.
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Jackson
Perry
Union
Murphysboro
Carbondale
Monroe Deming
Jackson County
Deming
Carbondale High School
Murphysboro Township High School
Karber
Defense lawyer contrasts Spock and Berrigan conspiracy cases
Leonard Boudin, Spock’s former counsel, says the current Berrigan antiwar trial is “more important” than Spock for conspiracy law. He notes both cases center on symbolic acts and political dissent, with Boudin predicting cross examination of FBI informer Boyd Douglas early in the week.
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Harrisburg
Leonard Boudin
Benjamin Spock
Boston
Philip Berrigan
Spock
Boudin
Berrigan
FBI
Boyd Douglas
Douglas
Henry A. Kissinger
Washington
Newspapers skew conservative despite Agnew claims
Bagdikian of the Washington Post argues in the Columbia Journalism Review that U S papers are overwhelmingly Republican and conservative. He notes high Nixon endorsements in 1960 66 and 68 and cites Eckhardt's finding that two thirds of GOP endorsing papers also backed conservative positions on antiballistic missile Carswell Cambodian invasion and the McGovern Hatfield antiwar amendment.
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Columbia Journalism Review
Spiro Agnew
Agnew
Nixon- Agnew
Ben Bagdikian
Washington Post
Nixon
Bagdikian
Bob Eckhardt
D-Tex
Carswell Supreme Court
17 Die as Mohawk Airlines Turboprop Crashes in Albany
Federal investigators sift wreckage after Mohawk Airlines Flight 405 from LaGuardia plunged into a residential area near Albany. Nineteen killed include 16 passengers and Peter Sargent, a state data processing director. Survivors include Joseph Rosen and his family. The crew’s last actions suggest engine shutdowns and possible loss of all electrical power before impact.
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Albany
N.Y
Mohawk Airlines
Washington
Joseph I. Rosen
Marcia
Israel to Build Primary and High Schools in Arab Villages
Israel plans to spend 3 million dollars over three years on new primary schools in Israeli Arab villages. Seven new high schools are planned for the villages at 75000 dollars each.
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Israel
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