Nationwide Rail Strike Delayed by Breckenridge Bill
The House approved a compromise emergency bill to postpone the nationwide rail strike to March 1 in exchange for a 13.5 percent wage raise for about 500,000 workers. The strike, set to start at 12:01 a.m. December 10, continues as Congress negotiates.
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Washington
House
Senate
C. L. Dennis
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
Dennis
Congress
West Virginia
Afl-Cio
Senate House
Calley Defense Blames Air Cavalry and Artillery at My Lai
Defense lawyers argued that gunships and artillery caused My Lai civilian deaths, claiming the bodies were already in the village before Lt. William L. Calley Jr. entered the hamlet. Maj. Kenneth A. Raby said the use of air and ground fire created the casualties.
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My Lai
FT. Benning, Ga
William L. Calley Jr
de At My Lai
Calley
Kenneth A. Raby
Reid Kennedy
Raby
Vietnam
John Partin
Army
Daniel E. Hill
Nguyen Dinh Phu
Charley Company
Governor Sets Stage For State Tax Increase
Governor Rockefeller pushes for larger federal tax share and orders all state departments to begin economizing as he accelerates demands for more revenue.
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T. Norman Hurd
Arthur Levitt
House approves foreign aid hike amid Cambodia debate
The House voted 249 to 102 to authorize an extra 550 million in foreign aid, rejecting an amendment tying Cambodia aid to U S troop withdrawals. The measure, larger than the administration request, moves to the Senate for further action as lawmakers seek to limit U S involvement in Southeast Asia.
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Washington
House
U. S
Southeast Asia
Senate
Cambodia
Paul Findley
Rit
South Vietnam
William P. Rogers
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Defense
Melvin R. Lé4ird
1971 Sport In Economy Expected
Government economists foresee a temporary 2 percent drop in real national output this quarter due to the General Motors strike, followed by a sharp rebound of 6 to 8 percent in the first quarter of 1971. They expect the sag to be a pause in a fragile recovery, with full employment near 4 percent by 1972.
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Washington
General Motors
Commerce Department
Murray Weidenbaum
the Treasury For Economic Affairs
Weidenbaum
Woman Wages White House Plea for Cancer Cure
Ruth Ann Singer, 23, a Mt Holyoke graduate living in Israel, wrote a letter to President Nixon asking for stronger government efforts against cancer. She died days later from reticulum cell sarcoma. The White House acknowledged the letter and planned to reply to her parents.
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Ruth Ann Singer
Nixon
White House
Ruth
Outer Space
Inner Space
Mt. Holyoke College
Singer
Kfar Hahoresh Kibbutz
Israel
Jerusalem
Yale-New Haven Medical Center
Hodgkins
Labor Woes Spotlighted In Washington London
A nationwide rail strike began at 12:01 a.m. with picket lines across East Coast cities after last minute congressional moves. union leaders vowed the walkout would proceed. In London, government leaders faced a three day power workers slowdown as lawmakers debated the dispute.
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Associated Press
Congress
Baltimore
House
Senate
London
Cambodia Forces Reclaim Puok Amid Angkor Battle
Cambodian premier Lon Nol said government troops retook Puok district center after fierce street fighting with North Vietnamese forces. Separate clashes near Angkor temple complex continued as authorities reported no Cambodian casualties and unclear enemy losses. The actions aimed to reopen Highway 6, a key supply route amid broader Indochina hostilities.
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Phnom Penh
Angkor
Lon Nol
Puok
Asia
Highway 6
South Vietnam
Nguyen van Thienu
Senate Committee advances Social Security hike despite rider fights
A Senate Finance Committee plan to raise Social Security benefits by about 9 billion dollars a year cleared the committee door but import quotas and a family aid rider threaten floor passage. Debate slated for next week, with opponents ready to block the rider while planning alternative rescue schemes.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
House
Counselor To President Quits Won't Head GOP
The White House announced the resignation of Bryce N. Harlow as a counselor to President Nixon and ruled him out as a potential new chairman of the Republican National Committee. Harlow, 54, will return Thursday to his post as director of governmental relations for Procter & Gamble.
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White House
Bryce N. Harlow
Nixon
Republican National Committee
Harlow
Procter & Gamble Co
GOP
Rogers C. B. Morton
Maryland
Walter J. Hickel
Interior
Ronald L. Ziegler
Allies Post Blasted South Vietnamese Command Post
In the fishhook area inside Cambodia a North Vietnamese assault killed or wounded at least half of the South Vietnamese defenders. The command reports 30 soldiers killed and 41 wounded after a barrage of 70 mortar shells and 50 pound rockets followed by an infantry attack by as many as 200 North Vietnamese troops early Wednesday.
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Saigon
Fishhook
Cambodia
Swiss Envoy Seeks Brazil Help To Free Kidnapped Ambassador
Swiss Ambassador Chiovanni E. Bucher, abducted in Rio de Janeiro, says he is safe and being well treated. Terrorists demand 70 prisoners be released to exile destinations Chile Algeria or Mexico, and Brazil says it will negotiate once it receives Bucher’s handwritten letter and the prisoners list.
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Chiovanni E. Bucher
Suyar
Brazil
Bucher
Rio
Chile
Algeria
Mexico
Hemisphere
Emilio Garrastazu Medici
Justice, Foreign Affairs
Brasilia
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Brotherhood of Railway and Airline
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House Appropriations Committee
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Jordan
Lebanon
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Que Son
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