Troy Firemen Defended By PERB Ruling
The Public Employment Relations Board ruled Troy firemen will not be penalized for a three hour walkout last November 22, citing extreme provocation by city officials and failures in good faith negotiations under the Taylor Law. The board noted brief strike, but said responders stayed nearby ready to act.
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Troy
Public Employment Relations Board
PERB
Sidney Smith
State Board
Smith
Blast Kills 63 Miners at Buffelsfontein Mine in South Africa
An explosion from dynamite deep in a Buffelsfontein mine near Klerksdorp killed at least 63 miners and injured many more. Survivors described the chaotic scene as rescuers pulled victims from the shaft while investigators examine the cause of the catastrophe.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Buffelsfontein
Klerksdorp
Here
General Mining and Finance Corp
L. B. J. Coetzee
Klerksdorp Hospital
Coetzee
Shaft Sinkers, Ltd
Harry Oppenheimer
Coalbrook Borth
Senators Back Peace Efforts In Vietnam Cease-Fire Call
Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield and 39 senators sponsor a resolution backing President Nixon’s Vietnam peace efforts and urging a mutual cease-fire. Mansfield says there will be no rush to a vote. He and Republican Leader Hugh Scott present the measure, echoing the House Foreign Affairs Committee version with the extra cease-fire call.
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Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Nixon
Ing
Vietnam
Montana
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
House Foreign Affairs Committee
House
Scott
Mansfield
Foreign Relations Committee
J. W. Fulbright
William P. Rogers
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Fresh U.S. Bases Hit as Vietnam Fighting Rises
North Vietnamese ground forces attacked Firebase Ferry near Saigon and shelled D others, killing a civilian and wounding seven U.S. defenders. The shelling hit bases Ike and Jamie, while B52s pounded targets north of Saigon. In the capital, an assassination attempt against a South Vietnamese cabinet member failed. Orchestrated border clashes extended through the 150 mile frontier.
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Saigon
U.S. Command
Ferry
U.S
U.S. 1St Air Cavalry Division
Bu Dop
1St Air Cavalry
Ike
Jamie
South Vietnam
Central Highlands
GOP Leaders Back Nixon Vietnam Policy At Western Conference
HONOLULU AP A resolution pledging down the line support for President Nixon's Vietnam policy was submitted Friday at the annual Western Republican leaders conference.
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Honolulu
Nixon
Protesters Debate Route For Nov. 15 Washington Parade
Government approves a mass march from the Capitol toward the White House for November 15 allowing Constitution Avenue instead of Pennsylvania Avenue. New Mobilization to End the War in Vietnam rejects the altered route and seeks a White House front pass.
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Washington
White House
Atty
Richard G. Kreindienst
Justice Department
Vietnam
Pennsylvania Avenue
Kleindienst
New Mobilization Committee
Constitution Avenue
Washington Monument
Baby trapped as Coveville farmhouse fire kills mother and infant
Norman Dickinson frantically pleads that his baby is inside as flames envelop a Coveville home in Saratoga County. Patricia Dickinson, 25, and Toby Marie, six months, die in the blaze while two other children James 2 and Michael 4 are rescued. origin of fire undetermined. Norman Dickinson, 33, could not reach the upstairs room due to flames and drives the boys to a neighbor for help.
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Patricia Dickinson
Toby Marie
James 2
Michael
Norman Dickinson
Dickinson
James Mitchell
Schenectady GE Non Striking Workers to Return Monday
GE workers who did not strike are to return to their jobs Monday under a court order allowing non striking employees to pass picket lines. The union plans an appeal but will obey the law until heard. A second court action is anticipated in Schenectady.
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Schenectady
International Union of Electrical Workers
State Supreme Court
National Labor Relations Board
Deputy Sheriff Visk Dies Of Heart Attack
James A. Visk, 69, a longtime public official in Troy and Rensselaer County, died Friday afternoon at Samaritan Hospital from an apparent heart attack. Coroner Anthony E. Matera ruled death natural causes. He lived at 62 Mt. Pleasant Ave, formerly 12 Liberty St, and served over 33 years in public office.
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James A. Visk
Mt. Pleasant Ave
Liberty St
Troy
Rensselaer County
Samaritan Hospital
Anthony E. Matera
Lindsay seeks big role in 1970 Republican ticket plan
Mayor John V. Lindsay, re-elected as an independent liberal, reaffirms GOP ties and pushes for influence in forming the 1970 state ticket. He favors ousting Lt. Gov. Malcolm Wilson, whose split with Lindsay has defined party rifts as Rockefeller weighs choices and regional results shape strategy.
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Lindsay
Albany
N. Y
UPI
John V. Lindsay
Rockefeller
Malcolm Wilson
Wilson
John J. Marchi
Marci
Earl W. Brydges
Rockefeller cautious on Goodell signals possible support
Gov Rockefeller has tepidly praised Sen Charles Goodell calling him the brightest ablest on the political scene then hedged his words saying Goodell is one of the brightest ablest. Capitol Hill watchers are split over whether Rockefeller will endorse Goodell for the GOP Senate nomination next year.
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Goodell
Gov
Rockefeller
U. S
Charles Goodell
New York Times
Sen. Goodell
Bbid
GOP
Capitol Hill
New York City
John V. Lindsay
U.S. Senate
Rocke
South Vietnam
Jamestown
Albany
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