Ulster election amidst sniper attacks and mortar fire
British security forces guarded polling booths across Northern Ireland as the assembly election proceeded amid scattered mortar and sniper attacks. Mortar rounds hit Kelvin Street school playground in West Belfast and a polling place in Londonderry faced sniper fire with no injuries reported. Voter turnout neared 75 percent of 1.03 million eligible, with 210 candidates from 17 parties for 78 seats.
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SDLP
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Food shortages loom in month in wake of profit squeeze
In Chicago headlines, Nixon price ceilings linger as food processors and retailers face a profit squeeze. Production slowdowns threaten shortages next month, with eggs broilers flour and certain produce already dipping. Beef packers warn they may cut output if costs rise. stores report normal Middletown supplies but no shortage notices.
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Middletown
Daitch Shopwell
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William Speirs
Buffalo
Gordontown
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Speirs
Teamsters reach new pact for highway transport
Washington (UPI) Teamsters Union and trucking industry officials agreed on a 33 month contract promising three years of labor peace in the nation s highway transportation system. The agreement covers 400 000 workers and sets wage increases of 35 cents per hour.
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Teamsters Union
Trucking Industry
Grange County truckers approve new contract terms
A trucking industry spokesman stated the fresh contract calls for 35 cent hourly increases starting July 1, plus 30 cent rises in each of the next two years. Union had sought 50 cent hikes. nationwide pay scale is $6 an hour. Mile-based pay also rises, with 5 and 44 cent increases over three years. Pension and health funds receive weekly $3 contributions next year and $2.50 thereafter. An 8 to 11 cent hourly cost of living bonus is included.
Dollar Drops in Europe as Gold Slips Amid Devaluation
Worldwide markets report the dollar hitting record lows against West German marks in Frankfurt and other European currencies, with gold falling to 121.75 per ounce. EEC finance ministers promise inflation curbs, while Uruguay's military-led government clamps down on dissent and Egypt claims an Israeli jet downed near the Suez Canal. Drought devastates West Africa, and China says it conducted a defensive hydrogen bomb test to break the nuclear monopoly.
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Fayed
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China
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Nixon to name energy czar and new energy department
President Nixon plans to present a energy plan to Congress to cope with the crisis. He will name Gov. John A. Love of Colorado as a White House aide to coordinate energy efforts and propose a Department of Energy and Natural Resources integrating Interior and related functions. A separate energy research and development agency would coordinate federal energy work, with Atomic Energy Commission roles folded into the new agency.
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