Railroad Strike Looms as Union Demands Wage Hikes
Union leader C L Dennis signaled Congress could avert a national walkout by ordering immediate wage boosts and a strike delay. He said 13.5 percent now and 5 percent April 1 might be acceptable for a 45 day pause. Volpe floated Army rail operation if needed. Warren denied such plans. The House Commerce Committee considered a 70 day delay as the new Congress prepares to convene January 20.
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Washington
Congress
White House
Gerald L. Warren
Dennis
Nixon
Mittee
Afl-Cio
Capitol
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Jacob Javits
New York
Ronald L. Ziegler
George Meany
Coast Guard Ignored Pleas in Kudirka Defection Case
Congress heard eyewitness testimony that the Coast Guard disregarded pleas from a civilian seeking asylum for Simas Kudirka aboard the Vigilant. The account, called "sickening" by Rep. Wayne L. Hays, adds to claims of similar Coast Guard actions along the Southern coast.
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Robert Brieze
Fishing Industry Association
Coast Guard
Vigilant
House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee
Wayne L. Hays
Ohio
Brieze
Hays
Washington
House
Coast Guard Cutter Vigilant
New Bedford
Simas Kudirka
Latvia
Trial Told Calley Ordered Deaths
A former GI testified that Lt. William L. Calley Jr supervised the execution of groups of Vietnamese civilians at My Lai. James Durst said Calley ordered him to fire on defenseless villagers, including mothers and children, during the March 1968 assault near My Lai.
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Ft, Benning, Ga
William L. Calley Jr
Daniel
Dursi
Calley
My Lai
South China Sea
Joseph Dursi
William Calley
Thomas Turner
Ford Pact Approved and Ford Raises Car Prices
The United Auto Workers at Ford Motor Co. approved a new contract for 166,000 members. Ford announced a further average price increase of 15 dollars on 1971 models, boosting total increases since 1970 to 187 dollars. The pact now goes to rank and file for ratification with a December 15 deadline.
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Detroit
United Auto Workers
Ford Motor Co
Ford
UAW
Leonard Woodcock
Ford Council
General Motors
Chrysler Corp
Douglas Fraser
Chrysler Department
Chrysler
State Judge Blasts Federal Meddling in New York Justice
New York AP report quotes Justice J Clarence Herlihy of the State Appellate Division saying federal court decisions erode state authority and backlog criminal cases. He cites prisoner transfers from Dannemora State Hospital to Clinton Prison and notes a telepathy claim by a prisoner. He urged restoring balance between federal and state courts.
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New York
J. Clarence Herlihy
State Supreme Court
Albany
Herlihy
Brooklyn Bar Association
Dannemora State Hospital
Clinton State Prison
Boston Strang
Nixon official calls urban time bomb in crisis talk dialogue
Dwight A. Ink of the Nixon administration warned at Saratoga Springs that urban decline is a growing time bomb. He linked housing crime and population pressure to broader management faults and urged federal reform and decentralization to reverse the trend.
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Nixon Ride
Dwight A. Ink
Nixon
New York
Gideon Putnam
Saratoga Springs
Ink
Iron Curtain Coun
Half Of Britain's Power Switched Off By Strike
A nationwide power blackout hit much of Britain including Buckingham Palace as electricity workers slow down their strike demanding a 25 percent wage increase. Factories slowed output and some plants may be shut to conserve power, with temperatures in the 30s to 40s and homes using candles for warmth.
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Britain
London
Buckingham Palace
Electricity Council
SST Gets a New Lease on Life
The House refused to accept the Senate's rejection of funds for the SST program, voting 213 to 174 to instruct conferees to keep a $290 million item for two prototype SST models in the Transportation Department appropriations bill. The bill's final fate awaits conference resolution.
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Washington
House
Senate
Transportation Department
Cambodia to receive U S arms boost for Lon Nol regime
The United States plans to arm 30 000 Cambodian troops and nearly double the air force next year if Congress approves an $85 million military aid package. The plan would fund ammunition and training for battalions, add two propeller driven bombers, and provide artillery river patrol boats and field hospitals to back Lon Nol’s Phnom Penh government.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
United States
Congress
Nixon
U.S
Lon Nol
Thailand
Guerrillas Attack Jordan Army Patrol North of Amman
Guerrillas ambushed a Jordanian army patrol near Jerash 24 miles north of Amman using heavy machineguns mortars and Chinese rockets. The clash lasted about 40 minutes with guerrillas claiming government shelling of a Palestinian refugee camp on Amman's outskirts.
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United Press International
Amman
Gaza Strip
Arab Truce Committee
Beirut
al Fatah
Irbid
Jerash
Cairo
Jordan
Rockefeller orders broad budget cutting move to close gap
Governor Rockefeller mandates spending reductions across departments to next March. Budget Director Hurd orders hiring suspension, unfilled vacancies, layoffs of provisional staff where possible, a halt on new programs, and no equipment repairs except emergencies. Target is a $100 million cut while regular state employees are protected.
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Rockefeller
T. Norman Hurd
Hurd
Civil Service Employes Association
Handwritten letter left with Swiss ambassador kidnapping in Brazil
Posed as a ransom note and a five page manifesto were found Tuesday night in Tijuca church by security officials. The diplomat Giovanni Bucher reportedly left a French letter. a second note demanded halt to police patrols. A note to President Medici and a mailbox message claimed the ambassador is in Parana and well.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Giovanni Bucher
Tijuca
Rio
Emilio Garrastazu Medici
Bucher
Curitiba
Parana
Estado Do Parana
Carlos Lamarca
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C. L. Dennis
The
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
House Commerce Committee
Transportation
John Volpe
Harley O. Staggers
House Commerce Com
Robert M. Brieze
New Bedford, Mass
Seafood Producers Association
Labor Department
Aubrey Daniel
James Durst
Brooklyn
N.Y
Col
Reid W. Kennedy
By James T. Quinn
Jordan Army
Rocky
By Bob Fusco
Gov
Theodore C. Wenzl
Employes Union
Wenzl
CSEA
Brazil
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