GAO study on federal pay aims to uncover biases
The General Accounting Office is examining if federal pay is biased toward federal workers, comparing average salaries to private sector jobs. Early findings may lead to executive or congressional action, with first recommendations expected this spring. The probe follows allegations of overcompensation in white collar grades.
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Ly Bill Neikirk
Associated Press
Washington
General Accounting Office
Congress
GAO
Elmer B. Staats
Weather Outlook Indicates Showers Through Weekend
Tonight shows a 90 percent chance of showers or thunderstorms with windy, warm conditions and overnight lows in the 50s. Wednesday brings more showers, then partly cloudy and mild with highs in the 60s. Thursday to Saturday trend warmer with chances of rain Friday and Saturday.
Judge orders county tax data for 1971 refunds
A Cook County Circuit Court judge directed 82 counties to report 1971 personal property tax collections including principal, penalties, payer counts, and refund costs. Judge James Mejda also seeks interest earned on these funds since they were placed in escrow per a prior court order. Counties Williamson Franklin Jackson Union in Southern Illinois must comply.
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Cook County
Supreme Court
James Mejda
Illinois Agricultural Association
Mejda
Williamson
Jackson
Franklin
Union
Illinois
Diplomats’ Bodies Returned From Khartoum
The bodies of Ambassador Cleo A. Noel Jr. and Deputy G Curtis Moore, killed in Khartoum, Sudan, were brought to the United States on an Air Force jet. Secretary of State William P Rogers met the aircraft at Andrews AFB with about 500 State Department staff. A military honor guard and a 19 gun salute marked the arrival.
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Washington
Khartoum
Sudan
United States
Cleo A. Noel Jr
G. Curtis Moore
Andrews Air Force Base
William P. Rogers
State Department
McDonnell-Douglas to Sell Thor-Delta System to Japan
AFL-CIO official testifies that McDonnell-Douglas plans to export a full Thor-Delta rocket system to Japan to compete with U.S. launch firms. He says Japan may also build 91 F4 fighters in Taiwan, risking U.S. jobs and taxpayer funded tech. Ribicoff calls for Defense Department explanation and warns of damaging balance of trade impacts.
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Abraham Ribicoff
Dconn
Elliot L. Richardson
Ribicoff
Vandenberg Air Force Base
California
U.S
Earth Resources Technology System
Washington
Tokyo
Biemiller
McDonnell-Douglas
Pepsico
General Motors
IBM
Pennsylvania Miners Hit With Western PA Wildcat Strike
About 3,000 coal miners in western Pennsylvania walk off the job in a wildcat strike against UMW leaders pension plan changes. Loyalists to the ousted Boyle regime shut down portals in Armstrong County and spread to Indiana and Cambria counties halting several large mines. The dispute centers on Arnold Miller’s push to merge dead locals with active locals and rumors of using the IEB to block the merger.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
United Mine Workers’ Union
W. A
Tony” Boyle
Armstrong
Indiana
Cambria
UMW
Arnold Miller
UMW International Executive Board
Gray warns of national security and privacy stakes in Watergate hearing
L. Patrick Gray III told the Senate Judiciary Committee during the third day of confirmation hearings that concerns about national security constitutional due process and the right to privacy loom over the Watergate probe He acknowledged the FBI bugging procedures are fair game for examination while the select committee under Senator Sam Ervin will pursue the wider Watergate record with safeguards for bystanders.
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Washington
Patrick Gray III
Gray
Senate Judiciary Committee
FBI
Gay
Senate
Sen. Ervin
Sam J. Ervin Jr
D-N.c
Vietnam Pullout Nears End as U S Troop Levels Drop
With the Paris cease fire near, U S forces in South Vietnam dwindle to about 10 000 by Monday as the 1st Aviation Brigade and the 716th Military Police Battalion remain the largest units. Cargo ships move home thousands of tons of military hardware while more than 60 000 tons of gear and ordnance are already shipped or transferred. Eighty of 106 released American prisoners of war will fly home mid week to bases including Andrews Scott Kelly and Travis.
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Southeast Asia
South Vietnam
U.S
Paris
Saigon
Korea
Cam Ranh Bay
Seoul
USS
Uncle Sam
Nixon
United States
Delong
Peace talks continue as two Indians leave Wounded Knee
Two youths become first to depart Wounded Knee since the takeover as tepee talks resume between Justice Interior officials and 200 AIM supporters. A federal attorney voiced cautious optimism for a broader peace accord permitting unarmed departure while mass arrests are avoided.
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Wounded Knee
S.D
Justice and Interior Departments
Interio Department
Oglala Sixons
Justice Department
Erickson
FBI
SIU Sex Bias Case: Dismissal Motion Denied
FEPC official William Regas denied SIU Carbondale’s motion to dismiss the sex discrimination charge against the university in the Marisa Canut Amoros case. A second public hearing on Carolyn Weiss’s similar charge is set for Wednesday.
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Dave Butler
Southern
SIU
Ms. Canut-Amoros
FEPC
John Huffman
Regas
Carolyn Weiss
SIU Cartographic Laboratory
Percy Praises Nixon In Foreign Policy Speech
Sen. Charles H. Percy described President Nixon as the boldest and most innovative leader in foreign policy this century. He cited domestic changes including the volunteer Army, peaceful campuses, and early steps toward urban problem solutions during his Maine visit.
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Augusta
Maine
Charles H. Percy
R-N
Nixon
Illinois
Volunteer Army
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Belleville
Ill
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San Antonio
Tex
Travis Air Force Base
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