Arrests mount as Chavez's farm workers defy orders
In Fresno County mass arrests of United Farm Workers pickets rose to 1700 as sheriff's deputies moved prisoners by bus from struck ranches. Many jailed protesters slept on floors and sang huelga and We Shall Overcome while Chavez denounced court orders as unfair.
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Nader Hart propose SEC licensed private pension funds plan
UPI reporting from Washington says Ralph Nader and Senator Philip Hart urge reform of private pension systems. They back SEC licensing, portability, immediate vesting, and employee access to a pension passbook showing contributions and projected retirement payments. The plan targets bank concentration of funds and seeks worker choice of licensed funds.
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U S official foresees lifting export ban by September
European Community official Petrus J. Lardinois said in Washington he got a strong impression the United States will lift its ban on soybean and other agricultural exports by the end of September. He noted assurances were not 100 percent but added there is willingness to restore normal trade patterns, as US officials including Earl Butz, Herbert Stein, and William J. Casey met during a one day series of talks.
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Four sex-offenders recaptured after escape from hospital grounds
Deputies aided by tracking dogs rounded up four inmates who escaped from the state Hospital for the Criminally Insane by bending bars in a restroom window. Recaptured within four hours about a mile from the facility, they harmed no one and were identified as Hightower, Pannell, Smith, and Biddings, part of a work detail in the dining room. About 50 officers searched the area. the escapees were from Cleveland, Cleveland, Columbus, and Akron, all 20-24 years old, committed for varied sex offenses.
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Allen County
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Kintz
Willie Hightower
Cleveland
Roland Pannell
Jervis Eric Smith
Columbus
Robert Biddings
Akron
Pork packing plant reopens after price freeze ends
Philadelphia UPI reports Penn Packing Co says its 120 million dollar a year pork operation will resume full production Monday after the Nixon administration lifted the price freeze. The restart comes as Teamsters dispute and court actions seek to settle layoffs amid the Phase IV policy shift.
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Louis C. Bechtle
Safety group urges immediate RV suspension inspections nationwide
The Center for Auto Safety says up to 400,000 pickup campers and motor homes may have inadequate suspensions. It charges NHTSA with timidity and demands formal defect investigations and a broad consumer warning bulletin. The letter cites overloaded rigs and prior survey findings as grounds for action.
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