DeSantis Details Troy Firemen Contract Terms
Troy City Manager Ralph A. DeSantis outlined the proposed terms for the firemen contract amid UFA charges. The package totals 11 174 dollars for two-year experience with base pay 8100 plus holiday and clothing allowances, plus social security, hospitalization, and retirement contributions. He noted a 500 dollar rise over current pay, benefits include unlimited sick time, 2–4 weeks vacation, and retirement at half pay after 25 years, with full city-paid costs. He argued hazards are not greater than other city workers and highlighted ten 24 hour days per month flexibility.
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DeSantis
Troy
Beneas
Albany
Schenectady
Cohoes
Watervliet
Kelleher blasts state layoffs and calls for top-salaried cuts
Troy Assemblyman Neil W. Kelleher charged state officials with a hostile taxpayer posture after news of 8 200 job cuts. He said many high salary positions remain and urged Gov Rockefeller to trim executive ranks, proposing an ad hoc committee to expose waste and protect workers. He cited a $30 000 plus aide and questioned hiring in the budget division while service layoffs hit. He urged dismantling ivory towers in Albany.
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Troy
Neil W. Kelleher
Kelleher
Rockefeller
Assembly
Howard Miller
Dept. of Social Services
Office of General Services
State University
Albany
Manson and followers sentenced to death in Tate killings
Los Angeles judge Charles Older formalized death sentences for Charles Manson and three female followers for the Sharon Tate murder conspiracy and seven senseless murders. The defendants, including Patricia Krenwinkel Susan Atkins and Leslie Van Houten, faced lengthy appeals before any execution.
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Sharon Tate
Charles Manson
Charles H. Older
Manson
Miss Tate
Patricia Krenwinckl
Susan Atkins
Leslie van Houten
Older
Jay Sebring
Abigail Folger
Wojiciech Frykowski
Stephen Parent
Tate
Miss Atkins
Lon Nol resigns as Cambodian premier over health
Cambodian Premier General Lon Nol and his cabinet resigned citing health reasons in a letter to head of state Keuky Lim Cheng Heng. Lon Nol, aged 57, led the government of national salvation after Sihanouk’s ouster and recently returned from Honolulu for stroke treatment.
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Phnom Penh
Lon Nol
Cab
Inet
Infor
Keuky Lim
Cheng Heng
of National Salvation
Norodom Sihanouk
Antiwar Veterans Protest Occupies Capitol Area
About 2000 veterans in combat garb gathered on Capitol Hill to demand ending the Vietnam War. They slept on the Mall after a court order limited camping, marched to Arlington Cemetery, where gates were closed, and held a memorial service outside with Rev. Jackson H Day leading the war dead ceremony.
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Capitol Hill
Vietnam
Potomac Park
Arlington National Cemetery
Jackson H. Day
4Th Infantry
Thant Warns Peace in Peril Amid Middle East Shifts
U Thant warned the basis for negotiating a Middle East peace was in danger of collapse due to the projected federation of Egypt Libya and Syria and stalled talks led by Gunnar V Jarring. He urged seizing the opportunity and noted both sides face renewed pressure to move toward peace.
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U Thant
Middle East
Thant
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Egypt
Libya
Syria
Federation
Gunnar V. Jarring
Jarring
Moscow
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L U.N
Yosef Tekoah
Tekoah
Agnew Questions Ping Pong Tour China Policy
Vice President Spiro Agnew told Republican governors he doubts the U S table tennis team tour of China and cautioned against any thaw in relations He also stressed U S commitments to Taiwan and criticized praise of Chinese rhetoric as misaligned with U S concerns. He noted a team member allegedly aligning with Communist rhetoric.
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Spiro T. Agnew
China
Agnew
United States
Taiwan
Stock Index Advances to 11 Month Peak in Week Start
The Dow Jones average rose 8.64 to 948.85 in New York trading as 1,705 issues were active on the Nasdaq Exchange. Advancers outnumbered decliners 790 to 637, with Big Board volume at 17.73 million shares as the market began its third straight weekly gain.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
IRS urges higher withholdings to avoid tax bills
The IRS advised millions to boost payroll withholding for 1971 federal income taxes due to 1969 Tax Reform Act changes. Up to 20 million may be under withheld, with workers earning over 11,500 and using the 1500 standard deduction most at risk. The agency urged arranging additional withholding through employers.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Commander Switched Saigon as Napalm Coverage Triggers Relief
The U S Army relieved Lt Col Frank Miller of Orlando, Florida, for criticizing the Laos operation and for allowing a TV crew to film napalm use on enemy positions. Miller is reassigned to Camp Franzell Jones near Saigon as troops phase out of Vietnam. Field reports say Lince troops scouted A Shu Valley ahead of a major push with 2 000 Americans and 10 000 South Vietnamese.
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U.S
Laos
Frank Miller
Orlando
Fla
Camp
Franzell Jones
Vietnam
Lince
A Shu
Hue
SUNY to Deny 2000 Admissions as Budget Cuts Hit Jobs
The Rockefeller administration announced sweeping cutbacks, abolishing 8,250 positions and closing facilities including Cohoes Armory and Wynantskill Girls Training School. SUNY will admit at least 2,000 fewer students next fall, with enrollment goals dropped from 140,000 across 32 campuses.
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Troy
State Training School For Girls
Wynantskill
Saratoga Springs
Mt. van Hoevenburg
Lake Placid
Dept. of Mental Hygiene
Narcotics Addiction Control Commission
Albany
N.Y
State University of New York
Rockefeller
Richard L. Dunham
SUNY
Dunham
Harold Bissett
Bissett
New Hampton
Rockefeller vows court challenge to welfare residency rule
New York Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller announced plans to challenge the Supreme Court ban on welfare residency requirements. He warned the welfare and education cost crisis requires a one year residency rule, saying the emergency is serious and the U.S. cannot continue.
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Nelson A. Rockefeller
U.S. Supreme Court
Rockefeller
Associated Press
Waldorf Astoria
John Roderick
Americanews Service
Main
China
York
Congress
Bill Would Aid States In Increasing Welfare
Drafters of a new Welfare Social Security bill weigh easing state welfare boosts and Medicare costs. The Ways and Means Committee drafts, likely to be revised, consider limited federal matching for higher state benefits and delaying patient payments for hospitalization beyond day one.
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House
Ways and Means
Congress
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California
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