CSEA Rejects Rockefeller Meeting Offer Amid Strike Tensions
Gov Rockefeller proposed a meeting with state worker leaders to avert a planned walkout next Wednesday. CSEA president Theodore Wenzl rejected the offer saying talks without the governor are undesired. The union weighs mass action as the administration pushes job cuts while pledging to enforce penalties on strikers.
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Rockefeller
Civil Service Employes Association
Theodore Wenzl
CSEA
Wenzl
T. Norman Hurd
State Opeations
Abe Lavine
Downtown Troy Prepares Largest Flag Day Parade Yet
Downtown Troy readies a large Flag Day parade set for 1 p.m. Sunday with five divisions, routing from Monroe Street to Ferry Street. Police ban parking along the route as crowds from the Troy area are expected. The city decorates the route with two flags per pole and merchants boost storefronts with red white and blue trim. City leaders urge cleanup of sidewalks and alleys.
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Troy
Monroe Street
Fourth Street
Franklin
Greater Troy Chamber of Commerce
Ralph A. DeSantis
Andrew J. Petruska
Troy Retail Council
Passenger Slain In Hijacking
A Trans World Airlines jet hijacked from O Hare after a gun battle with police left one man dead. The hijackers believed to be bound for New York Kennedy Airport. The victim was about 60 years old and killed during the 10:30 to 11:15 p m local time shootout.
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Chicago
Trans- World Airlines
O’hare
TWA
New York
Kennedy International Airport
U S plane strikes antiaircraft site in North Vietnam
An Air Force F105 escorted by B52s attacked an antiaircraft weapons site 35 miles northwest of the DMZ in North Vietnam. The action, part of a three raid series, targeted Laotian border areas and bunker complexes near the A Shau Valley as US forces continued operations along the northern front.
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Saigon
U.S. Air Force
North Vietnam
U.S. Command
James D’entemont
Demilitarized Zone
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Laos
Khe Sanh
Harriman Links POWs to Indochina War Stalemate
Former U S peace negotiator W Averell Harriman told a House subcommittee that prisoners in Indochina will not be released while fighting continues. He said South Vietnam would survive only with a neutral non aligned government and criticized the Nixon administration for seeking a military junta. He agreed with Clark Clifford that a Dec 31 U S withdrawal could free all prisoners, though he did not confirm a 30 day release.
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U.S
W. Averell Harriman
Indochina
Harriman
House
Paris
Lyndon B. Johnson
Nguyen van Thieu
South Vietnam
Nixon
Clark M. Clifford
Clifford
Peter H. B. Frelinghuysen
R-N.j
Frelinghuysen
John Buchanan
R-Ala
Buchan
Hope Fades For Bill To Cut Asia War Funds
In Washington the Hatfield McGovern amendment to halt U S operations in Indochina after December 31 faces likely defeat in both chambers. Senate poll shows 53 against, 36 in favor with undecided leaning against. McGovern and Hatfield urge a pullout as the draft extension vote nears in the Senate and a companion House vote looms on the military procurement bill.
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Asia
Washington
U.S
Indochina
House
Senate
Associated Press
Gordon Weil
Senrn S. McGovern
D-S.c
McGovern
Mark. O. Hatfield
Lucien Nedzi
D-Mich
Charles Whalen
Ohio
Aursday
1467 Degrees Awarded At RPI Commencement
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute awarded 1467 degrees in its 165th commencement. Outgoing President Dr. Richard G. Folsom presided as 771 bachelor’s, 604 master’s, 92 doctoral and three honorary degrees were conferred. Honorary honorees included Clay Bedford Royden C. Sanders Jr. and Isaac Asimov who urged graduates to consider technology’s consequences for humanity.
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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
University
Richard G. Folsom
RPI
Folsom
Clay P. Bedford
Kaiser Aerospace and Electronics Corp
Fido Kappa Psi
Fido
Harry McKenna
Campus violence seen fading at state university system
Chancellor Ernest L. Boyer said students have completed a cycle of violence and now pursue thoughtful change. He noted broad approval of a mandatory student activity fee but warned it could fund controversial speakers. He urged directing energy into legitimate political and civic actions while cautioning against passivity.
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Ernest L. Boyer
State University
Boyer
Kent State
Altamont
Calif
Alatmont
Albany State U
Howdy Doody
Buffalo Bob
Nixon limits federal aid to suburbs with open housing promises
President Nixon pledged limited federal aid preference to metropolitan areas that open suburban housing to poor families of all races while not forcing federally assisted housing on any community. He underscored continued enforcement of anti discrimination cases and outlined a narrow approach to curb residential apartheid without mandating integration.
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Washington
Nixon
Jack Robinson
Boston
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Robinson
Arizona
U.S. Supreme Court
American Civil Liberties Union
ACLU
Jack Wood
National Committee Against Discrimination In Housing
New York
Supreme Court
White House
George Romney
Atty
John N. Mitchell
Lockheed Chief Pledges Job or Line to Secure Loan
Lockheed Aircraft Corp chair Daniel J. Haughton said he will resign his $112,000 a year post if needed to secure a $250 million loan guarantee amid fears the company could face bankruptcy. He cited Rolls-Royce receivership as a key risk and defended efforts to raise funds through airbus sales and bank financing. Senator Cranston urged wider leadership accountability for costly Lockheed failures across several programs.
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Washington
Daniel J. Haughton
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Lockheed
Britain
Rolls- Royce
Haughton
Senate Banking Committee
Airbus
Rolls-Royce
Great Britain
United States
Alan Cranston
D-Calif
Soviets Describe Salyut as Flying Medical Clinic and Garden
Moscow reports from Tass describe the Salyut orbital laboratory as a forerunner of space cities with automated space gardens growing onions lettuce cabbage radish spinach and dill plus crops like potatoes carrots and beans. Cosmonaut physician Boris Yegorov says the station's large volume allows sophisticated medical instruments and research methods aboard the craft.
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Moscow
UPI
Russia
Salyut
Tass
Earth
Boris Yegorov
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