Maritime union chief accuses UMW head of meddling
NMU President Shannon Wall accuses UMW President Arnold Miller of interference in NMU affairs. In letters to Meany and Miller, Wall denounces Miller for endorsing James Morrisey, alleging funding and prompts by lawyer Joseph Rauh. He says the intervention undermines NMU democracy and warns of legal and political repercussions while circulating copies to unions.
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George Crago Washington
National Maritime Union
United Mine Workers
NMU
Shannon J. Wall
UMW
Arnold Miller
James Morrisey
Maritime Union
Wall
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Meany
Miller
Joseph Rauh
Tony Boyle
Rauh
New York City
Edward Ennis
Curran National Maritime Union
Joseph Curran
Morrisey
Ruth Teitelbaum
Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr
Joan K. Davidson
Ennis
Ellsberg ties Watergate link to Nixon re election efforts
Daniel Ellsberg says a new report linking Watergate conspirators to his trial convinces him the Pentagon Papers prosecution was connected to efforts to re elect President Nixon.
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Los Angeles
Daniel Ellsberg
Nixon
Congress fights to save community action programs
Congressional supporters press for continued federal funding for Office of Economic Opportunity community action agencies amid a Nixon budget cut plan. A federal court halted the phaseout, arguing the administration acted illegally, intensifying House and Senate appropriations committee negotiations. Ellsberg comments tie Nixon backers to broader political prosecutions as Watergate fallout continues.
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Washington
Congressional
Nixon
Office of Economic Opportunity
Congress
Appropriations Committees
House
Senate
OEO
Legislative Committee
Appropriations Committee
William B. Jones
Cotter proposes Social Security payroll tax shift
Representative William R. Cotter of Connecticut proposed a 1974 change to Social Security payroll taxes. He would tax earnings up to 12,000 at 5.2 percent and earnings above that up to 24,000 at 5.6 percent, with the higher bracket deductible on income tax.
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Washington
William R. Cotter
D-Conn
Cotter
Flash fire kills six elderly in Kansas City apartment
A flash fire sweeping three floors of a Kansas City Kansas apartment house early Saturday killed six elderly widows and injured three others. Police said investigators considered arson as a possible cause.
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Kansas City
Kan
UPI
Shriver Says Watergate Not Enough to Win in ’76
Sargent Shriver, 1972 Democratic vice presidential candidate, told a Birmingham breakfast that Watergate alone cannot win back the White House in 1976. He called Watergate the biggest national tragedy and urged Democrats to address other issues while challenging the Nixon administration as the most incompetent since Hoover. He was en route to Montgomery for the Kennedy Johnson King Dinner.
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Shriver
Birmingham
Ala
Sargent Shriver
Democratic Party
White House
Herbert Hoover
Vesco files turned over to New York grand jury
The State Department turned over Vesco files to a federal grand jury in New York probing the financier’s activities. The documents include Vesco’s contacts with U.S. diplomatic personnel and relate to his Lebanon banking effort. Ehrlichman acknowledged meeting Vesco representatives but denied White House backing for the Lebanon deal.
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Washington
UPI
State Department
New York
Robert L. Vesco
Nixon
Department
Vesco
Lebanon
U.S
Whitney North Seymour Jr
John
Indians cool it officials worry at Wounded Knee
At Pine Ridge South Dakota fierce gunfire marked the day before a 61 day occupation related deaths. Authorities fear a Sunday confrontation as Frank Clearwater is buried, with AIM supporters and tribal council foes in tension. Clearwater died after April 17 shooting. Lamont also killed. Wounded Knee residents warned.
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Pine Ridge
S.D
UPI
Wounded Knee
Justice Department
Bureau of Indian Affairs
American Indian Movement
AIM
Oglala Sioux Tribal Council
Frank Clearwater
Clearwater
Lawrence Lamont
Pine Ridge Reservation
Rapid City
Tom Exendine
Bureau of Indian Affairs Information
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G. Gordon Liddy
E. Howard Hunt
Liddy
Hunt
Democratic National
Watergate
Anthony Russo
Pentagon Papers
Matt Byrne
Earl J. Silbert
Asst
Henry E. Peterson
Gordon Liddy
Howard Hunt
Silbert
Byrne
Russo
Pentagon
Ray Cromley
Cromley
Morgantown
U.S. News
UPI Telephoto
Mississippi
St. Charles
Glass & Mirror, Inc
Auto Glass
Window
Fairmont Rd
Westover
W.va
Bill Marsh
Joseph Neverg
Space Agency
Cape Kennedy
Electrical Workers Union
America
Bendix Field Engineering Corp
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
John Thomas
Lincoln Neb
Frank Fools Crow
Kyle
By Bennett Millstone
England
Riviera
London
Hotel Morgan
Furn.,inc
Pleasant St
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