House Upholds Nixon Pay Freeze Amid Inflation Fight
The House voted 207 to 174 to sustain Nixon’s six month delay of a $1.3 billion federal pay raise. Senate action pending as Republicans and Southern Democrats join in opposition to the alternative July 1 raise. Senate and House may override without the other chamber.
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Nixon Acts To End Dock Strikes And Seek World Peace
United Nations speech by Secretary of State Rogers urges seating Communist China while cautioning that expelling Nationalist China could endanger other U.N. members. He seeks U.S. help for Egypt and Israel on a six point Suez interim plan, and outlines pragmatism on arms talks, Berlin transit, and Vietnam withdrawal.
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Meany urges Congress to curb Nixon economic actions
AFL CIO President George Meany testified before the House Banking Committee that Nixon has failed to stabilize prices and wages and urged Congress to reassert control over the economy. He asked how the President can impose actions that are unfair to workers and big business alike.
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House Banking Committee
Washington
Congress
Aflcio
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Meany
Youth Arrested In Hess Holdup In Troy
A 19 year old Troy youth was arrested Monday evening and charged with the Sunday night robbery of the Hess Service Station at 629 River Street. He allegedly forced the attendant to open the drawer and fled after robbing the till of 1100 dollars. Investigators continue to probe possible links to two other Troy robberies within a month. The gun and money remain unrecovered. The suspect was arraigned before Police Court Justice Kyran P Molloy Jr and remanded to jail without bail for further proceedings. Det. Peter P Durk ee Sgt. Robert O'Brien and Plainclothesman Charles King handle the case.
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River St
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Kyran P. Molloy Jr
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Rensselaer County
Nixon moves to end longshore strikes with Taft Hartley action
President Nixon signed an executive order creating a five member inquiry board to study dock negotiations and ordered potential court action under Taft Hartley to force a cooling off period for West Coast and Atlantic Gulf Coast longshoremen. The move aims to end the prolonged strikes by invoking national labor law.
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International Longshoremen’s Association
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Galveston
Corpus Christi
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Tex
Lake Charles
Great Lakes
Inmate Testifies Guards Beat Him After Attica Riot
Charles Colvin an Attica inmate testifies in U S District Court that after the September riot guards beat him and threatened death if he did not sign a paper. He says he was later accused of possessing a guard's nightstick and found guilty without testimony.
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N.Y
Attica State
Charles Colvin
Colvin
Attica
U.S. District Court
British Soldier Dies In Belfast Bombing
In Belfast a bomb at a British army post on Cupar Street injured ten soldiers and two women, with one soldier later dying in hospital. A sniper wounded a police officer on Lower Falls Road. A second gun battle occurred earlier in East Belfast with no reported injuries to troops.
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Falls Road
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Tank led relief reaches besieged Firebase Alpha in Cambodia
A South Vietnamese armored task force fought through North Vietnamese lines Monday to reach Firebase Alpha near the Cambodian border. Saigon said 134 NVA were killed in the Alpha push and northeast of Krek, with Vietnamese losses at 10 dead and 49 wounded. U S B 52 bombers also hit near the border.
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Cambodia
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Krek
South Vietnam
Brydges Signals Possible Tax Hikes Or Cuts For 1971 Budget
Sen Earl Brydges, Albany's House GOP leader, says next year's budget may require higher taxes or deeper cuts as Gov Rockefeller warns of a half billion dollar revenue gap. He notes six months remain and foresees improvement possible, but rules out further state employee layoffs. He also names John Dunne and Thomas McGowan to a 15 member commission to overhaul the state corrections system.
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Albany
Brydges
John Dunne
Thomas McGowan
Authe
Niagara
Doctor posing hijacker kills wife and three others in flight
George Giffe Jr posed as a physician to abduct his wife aboard a private Nashville plane. The craft flew to Jacksonville where Giffe killed his wife, the pilot and himself as FBI closed in. A companion, Bobby Wayne Wallace, was charged with air piracy and kidnapping.
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Nashville
Tenn
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FBI
Tennessee
Miami
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Randall Crump
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Brant Q. Downs
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Downs
Most Bishops Back Pope on Celibacy at Synod
At the fourth day of the Roman Catholic World Synod in Vatican City, most bishops supported Pope Paul VI's stance that priests should not marry. The pope did not attend due to a cold. While many delegates oppose priest marriage, a majority reportedly favored allowing mature married men to be ordained. Eastern Rite delegates defend celibacy but note their practice differs.
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