Rail wage talks stall as strike deadline nears
United States rail wage talks falter with a looming strike deadline. The Brotherhood of Railway Signalmen seeks a 54 percent raise over 36 months retroactive to Jan 1, 1970, while railroads push a 42 percent raise over 42 months. Another union, the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, has reached a 42 percent over 42 months agreement.
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Washington
Signalmen
Afl-Cio Brotherhood of
Rairoa Signalmen
Presidential Emergency Board
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Calley denied freedom as appeal proceeds
The Army refused to release 1st Lt. William L. Calley from restraint during his My Lai murder case appeal, a decision upheld through Maj. Gen. Orwin C. Talbott at Fort Benning. Calley remains in quarters at Fort Benning, Ga., for months or longer while the case moves up to President Nixon.
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Washington
William L. Calley
My Lai
Nixon
Calley
Ft. Benning
Orwin C. Talbott
Murder conviction set aside in New Jersey case
Federal Judge John Gibbons voided the murder conviction of Edgar Smith after ruling an unsigned confession was coerced. Smith, 37, on death row for 14 years, was imprisoned for the 1960 murder of 15 year old Victoria Zielinski, a cheerleader, later writing a best selling book.
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Newark
N.J
Edgar Smith
John Gibbons
Smith
Victoria Zielinski
Sadat purges foes. Egyptians cheer crackdown on dissent
Pro Moscow factions celebrate Sadat purge after the removal of Ali Sabry and several cabinet leaders. He vows to crush independent power blocks while judges praise lawfulness and call for no room for terrorism. Mahmoud Fawzi expected to become vice president and prime minister as new government forms.
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Associated Press
Anwar Sadat
Sadat
Ali Sabry
Arab Socialist Union
Sabry
Egypt
Libya
Syria
Suez Canal
Mahmoud Fawzi
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Cairo Radio
Gaafar Numeiry
al Ahram
Ogilvie Maps Narrow Path on Nonpublic School Aid Plan
Gov. Richard Ogilvie says yearly state aid to nonpublic schools will not exceed 30 million dollars, with bills pending in the General Assembly. He predicts a quick court test and urges a blue ribbon panel to review education spending from kindergarten to PhD programs while pushing for a 188 million dollar cut in higher education budgets.
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Frank Leeming Jr
Lindsay-Schaub News Service
Springfield
Richard B. Ogilvie
Lindsay-Schaub
Ogilvie
General Assembly
Might be end of NATO warns Rogers on troop cuts
Secretary of State William P. Rogers cautioned that Senate approval of a 50 percent U S troops reduction in Europe would be a historic mistake and could signal the end of NATO. He noted Brezhnev’s talk of mutual reductions and said unilateral withdrawal would undermine foreign policy and national interests. Senator Symington argued Eisenhower’s 1963 stance no longer applies.
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Washington
William P. Rogers
Senate
U.S
Europe
North Atlantic
Rogers
Soviet Communist Party
Leonid Brezhnev
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Nixon
Mike Mansfield
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Dwight D. Eisenhower
NATO
Symington
Post Offices See Busy Stamp Sales as Rates Rise
Southern Illinois post offices report brisk trade in eight cent and two cent stamps as first class rates rise from six to eight cents this Sunday. Clerks note high demand for one and two cent stamps to supplement six cent stamps, with totals approaching tens of thousands sold this week across towns like Carbondale Murphysboro Herrin Benton Sparta and Chester. The Williamson County Tax Collector purchased 17 500 two cent stamps for mailing tax bills.
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Ilinois
Carbondale
Potmater
Dayton Hewerton
Howerton
Murphysboro
Bill Loy
Loy
Herrin
Fred Schoonover
J. W. Swofford
Russell Lehnherr
Sparta
Elbert Hoppe
Chester
Anna
Charles E. Resch
Resch
James Eveland
Marion Post Office
Williamson County
Harold Farner Eveland
Farner
Weather outlook: warmer with suns up tonight
The forecast calls for clear skies and a warmer night with lows in the mid to upper forties. Saturday remains mostly sunny and warmer with a high near 85 to 88, with a map page 18 reference for details.
Illinois Highway Plans Delayed by Federal Environmental Rules
Illinois highway planners say new federal requirements for extensive environmental studies will delay, but not stop, highway projects. Officials estimate six months to a year added planning time as studies must cover social economic and environmental effects and include two public hearings.
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Gladfelter Lindsay-Schaub News Service
Illinois
Roger Nusbaum
Ralph Brown
Illinois Division of Highways
Brown
Nusbaum
Department of Transportation
Edwin R. Ailes
District 8
East St. Louis
Ailes
Governor opposes college town aid bill in Illinois
Gov. Richard Ogilvie said he would veto legislation that would allocate state funds to university towns based on per capita student population. Carbondale officials expressed disappointment, hoping for a next fiscal year effective date to allow budgeting. The bill advanced from the Senate Local Government Committee to appropriations.
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John C. Gardner
Gary Blackburn
Southern Illinoisan
Richard Ogilvie
Springfield
Ogilvie
Schmitt
Carbondale
William Schmidt
Schmidt
Impacti
Ilinois Municipal League
Senate
Appropriations Committee
Gale Williams
Murphysboro
Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees
Girl pages break old tradition with water duty
Paulette Marie Desell, 17, becomes first congressional girl page to fetch water for Senate presiding officer in a historic shift from all male pages. She wears a blue pants suit and serves Sen. Alan Cranston, ending the era of exclusively boy pages.
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Washington
AIP
Paulette Marie Desell
Senate
Alan Cranston
D-Calif
Mississippi remap plan struck as illegal by panel
A three judge federal panel ruled Mississippi's legislative reapportionment plan illegal for failing to distribute seats under the one man one vote rule. The court asked attorneys to suggest seat redistribution and will issue an order later. Judge J P Coleman said the act did not comply and that the legislature lacked authority to increase its size.
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Jackson, Miss
Mississippi
5Th Circuit Court of Appeals
J. P. Colemann
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Sophia
National Education Association
Pro-Moscow
Parach
Ozilvie
Higher Board
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