Cost of Living Council eases fringe benefits rules Washington
The Cost of Living Council softened policy on fringe benefits during the wage-price freeze, allowing increased paid vacation time based on years of service and reissuing stock options under prior terms. The Pay Board kept a 5.5 percent annual raise ceiling but added a loophole to approve higher raises in ongoing bargaining, potentially aligning with rail industry settlements.
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Washington
Cost of Living Council
Phase Two wage controls tighten labor and inflation fight
The Pay Board sets 5.5 percent wage rises to curb inflation, framing a power struggle between the Nixon administration and labor leaders. Unions gain deferred increases but lose retroactive pay, while threats of strikes loom as labor weighs its Senate leverage and possible walkout amid government wage-control measures.
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Nixon
White House
Labor
Senate
FBI fingerprint expert links beer can to murder case in Yablonski trial
FBI fingerprint supervisor Groenthal testified that a beer can found near the Yablonski home bore Aubran Martin’s print and a film canister nearby carried the slain labor leader’s print. The testimony supported Vealey’s confession that Martin and Paul Gilly helped kill Joseph A. Yablonski and his family for $5200.
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FBI
Joseph A. Yablonski
Yablonski
Aubran
Buddy” Martin
Charles V. Groenthal
Martin
Greenthal
Pennsylvania 88
Claude E. Vealey
Vealey
Paul Gilly
Ohio
Annette Gilly
Cleveland
UMW
Margaret
Charlotte
View of Manhattan From Brooklyn Mirrors An Ordinary Day
A stretched cityscape across the river presents an unremarkable scene of Manhattan Island as viewed from Brooklyn. The calm, routine panorama captures familiar rooftops and skyline silhouettes under daytime light.
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Manhattan Island
Brooklyn
Weather Outlook Skies Clear With Mild Weekend Forecast
MM notes tonight fair with a low around 30 to 36. Thursday will be fair with highs 65 to 70. Friday through Sunday expect partly cloudy skies and mild conditions, with overnight lows in the 40s and daytime highs in the 60s to lower 70s.
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Tow
Mine injunction extended at Sahara Coal Co. mines
A Circuit Court judge extended a temporary restraining order limiting striking United Mine Workers at five Sahara Coal Co. mines in Saline County. Picketing has shut the mines since Oct. 19 as PMW members refuse to cross lines. The order was made indefinite after hearings and aims to avoid violence while allowing case presentation.
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Harrisburg
United Mine Workers
Sahara Coal Co
Saline County
Progressive Mineworkers of America
Trafton Dennis
PMW
Dennis
UMW
Illinois Coal Producers Association
SIU proposes cuts across five categories to trim budget
SIU Board of Trustees chair Harold Fischer orders a priority list of cuts totaling about 7 million across four categories that avoid the School of Medicine, with a large 4.2 million cut in a fifth category awaiting further discussion. Rendleman also expects a reduced Edwardsville budget from 36.6 million to 30 million.
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Robert G. Sayer
Southern Illinois University At Carbondale
SIU
State Board of Higher Education
Higher Board
Layer
New School of Medicine
Harold Fischer
Granite City
SIU Board of Trustees
Carbondale
Springfield
Rendleman
Tac
TI Am
Edwardsville
Shootout shotgun owner jailed in Chicago case
The owner Benjamin Robinson, 30, of Chicago, was sentenced to nine months in Cook County Jail for possession of a shotgun seized after a Carbondale police shootout. He was fined for failing to notify police of a firearm transfer and for failing to keep transfer records.
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Carbondale
Cook County
Benjamin Robinson
Chicago
Carbondale Ptl
Larry Hill
Paul Staffey
Robinson
Hill
Milton Boyd
Choate says Chicago papers try to discredit him
Illinois House minority leader Rep Clyde Choate accuses Chicago Today the Sun Times and the Tribune of running stories about his 7478 shares of racetrack stock to smear his name. He spoke on the House floor to denounce the coverage as politically motivated.
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Springfield
Clyde Choate
D-Anna
House
Chicago
Choate
Labor and civil rights leaders attack Supreme Court nominee Rehnquist
Civil rights leaders join AFL CIO officials in attacking William H. Rehnquist and Senator Eastland as partisan claims swirl. AFL CIO legislative director Biemiller labels Rehnquist a right wing zealot while noting support for Powell. Eastland defends inquiry and urges careful review. Rehnquist denies Bircher ties and calls for further committee scrutiny.
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Supreme Court
William H. Rehnquist
James C. Eastland
Justice Department
Judiciary Committee
Coat
Eastland
Andrew J .Biemiller
Afl-Cio
Rehnquist
Biemiller
Labor
Nixon
Lewis F. Powell, Jr
Richmond, Va
Lowell P. Weicker Jr
R-Conn
Powell
Weicker
Senate Judiciary Committee
John Birch Society
James O. Eastland
D-Miss
John Bircher
New York
Sidney Zion
Daniel Ellsberg
Joseph L. Rauh Jr
Clarence Mitchell
Harris May Drop Out Of 1972 Democratic Race
Democratic sources say Oklahoma Senator Fred R. Harris plans to end his brief bid for the 1972 Democratic presidential nomination. Fund raising problems and internal org strife are cited as key factors. Harris, 40, had announced in July he would not seek re election to the Senate and would pursue the presidency.
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Washington
Fred R. Harris
Oklahoma
Harris
James Monroe
Jack Hood Vaughn
Peace Corps
Herbert Allen Jr
New York
Allen
Democratic National Committee
Senate
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