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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1971
Page
1
The City of Troy revised its contract offer to members of the Police Benevolent and Protective Association by adding a veterans retirement benefits clause. The original offer was rejected by more than ten to one, with many PBA members signaling they would not approve without changes.
The text notes that without a provision for veterans benefits being absent this would not have been as noticeable. The new offer includes a clause stating the city will make available to the members of the PBA bargaining unit that
The new contract offer omits fringe benefits such as insurance and vacations that were included in the original proposal but not disclosed.
The Troy Police Benevolent Association proposes across the board pay increases retroactive to January 1 with a new salary scale. Starting patrolman pay would rise from 5759 to 7400, aligning with rates paid to most officers, while fringe benefits are noted as part of the offer.
President Nixon pledged to push Congress to end conscription and move to an all volunteer force by midsummer 1973. He proposed a $1.5 billion pay boost for servicemen, expanded recruiting and ROTC, and urged a two year extension of induction authority to July 1 1973. He said the move would bring the nation closer to an all volunteer military.
Cambodian warplanes bombed and strafed enemy positions across the Mekong River from Phnom Penh and black smoke hung over the capital. U S B52s pounded the Ho Chi Minh trail network near Khe Sanh in northwestern South Vietnam as the war’s most sustained aerial bombardment continued.
The Nixon administration faces Senate Foreign Relations concerns over deeper U S involvement in Cambodia despite Secretary Rogers assurances. B52 raids and Cambodian air actions frame a volatile theater as government and opposition weigh commitments and draft reform proposals emerge in Congress.
Gov. Nelson Rockefeller defended the South Mall complex as worth the expense amid criticism of rising costs. He cited delays and a projected total near 792 million with financing, insisting a building-by-building approach would raise costs further and noting annual cost increases of about 1 percent.
UAW vice president Douglas Fraser said 10 000 Chrysler workers will strike at 10 a m Tuesday if no new contract is reached by then. Chrysler and the union recently settled deals for 110 000 production and maintenance workers, likely keeping plants running for now.
Charles Klotz, a 61 year old Detroit widower and service rep for Smith Corona, won New York state's second one million dollar super lottery drawing. He plans to retire in July but will stay with his company until then. He bought the winning ticket in Niagara Falls in November.
A lottery drawing at Grant Central Terminal awarded Steve and six others top prizes. Klotz receives 1 million in 50 thousand installments over 20 years, with 84 months pregnant Alberto Ficalora and Winifred winning 100 thousand, Norman Cook 50 thousand, and Maj. William Dieal 25 thousand. The 14 finalists earned 10 thousand each as the state reports record sales of 69 million and 8.66 million in the 1970 lottery.
A federal judge in Cleveland struck from the record a special grand jury report on violence at Kent State University. He ruled it could irreparably damage rights of 25 indicted students and suggested the report bordered on criminal accusations against 23 unnamed faculty members. He kept the 25 indictments and rejected a three judge panel to challenge Ohio's anti riot law. The shootings followed May 4 disorders when four students died and nine were wounded during a clash with National Guardsmen.
Cairo sources say the cease-fire may extend beyond February 5 as U Thant seeks a new path. Jarring resumes talks with Gunnar Jarring back at work, while Israel pushes for an indefinite pause and Egypt demands progress before extending the truce. In Tel Aviv, Golda Meir tells students not to panic if war resumes.
The Nixon administration expands basic intercity rail with Railpax to operate daily trains linking 16 mandatory routes and five new city pairs including New Orleans to Los Angeles and Washington to Newport News to Cincinnati. Railroads joining Railpax must run specified lines. nonparticipants continue existing service.
New York Attorney General Louis J. Lefkowitz urged state operation of all intercity trains not covered by Railpax and called for revitalizing service. George McHugh of the State Railroad Bureau supported the plan, while warning Railpax could wipe out many routes. both testified before the Assembly Transportation Committee. Lefkowitz proposed an Interstate Transportation Authority to run trains between New York Albany Montreal and New York Chatham, and between New York and Binghamton Elmira Jamestown Buffalo, plus restoring Buffalo Niagara Falls service. McHugh warned any state takeover must be by law to avoid financial strain, but agreed state may need full passenger-service responsibility if Railpax stands.
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