West Coast Longshoremen End Strike Call to Return
The 15 week West Coast longshoremen strike was paused by union leaders under a Taft Hartley back to work mandate. President Harry Bridges urged 28 locals to resume work, directing dockers to return on Saturday’s first shift.
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West Coast
Harry Bridges
Bridges
ILWU
San Francisco
Pacific Maritime Union
Seattle
San Diego
Gulf
Afl-Cio International Longshoremen’s Association
Nixon
ILA
Puerto Rico
Thomas Gleason
United Mine Workers Union
Washington
Virginia
West Virginia
UMW
Norfolk & Western Railroad
UMW Welfare and Retirement Fund
Chicago
Kelleher Promises to Secure Home Town Student Voting
Assemblyman Neil W. Kelleher testified before the Joint Legislative Committee on Election Law at the Rensselaer County Courthouse. He pledged to ensure students vote in their home towns rather than where they study and defended state reforms to outdated Election Law provisions.
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Neil W. Kelleher
Kelleher
Peter R. Biondo
R-93
Joint
Legisative Committee On Election Law
The
Rensse
Laer County
More Individual Tax Relief Asked Amid Senate Pressure
Washington senators pressed Secretary Connally on Nixon’s tax cut bill amid a flood of requests for broader relief for individuals. The discussions focused on ways to ease the tax burden and spur economic growth as the administration defends the proposed plan.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
John B. Connally
Nixon
Connally
Senate Finance Committee
House
Senate
Vance Hartke
D-Ind
Border fighting again sparks flareup near Krek
South Vietnamese command reports renewed clashes two miles east of Krek inside Cambodia. They say 50 North Vietnamese were killed by ground and air forces with no friendly losses, while small clashes near Thien Ngon in Tay Ninh Province left four NVA and six ARVN wounded. Cross-border shellings caused no casualties.
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Saigon
Krek
Cambodia
Alpha
Thien Ngon
Tay Ninh
Pay Raise Delay Wins Senate Nod
The Senate approves a six month delay of a federal pay raise as part of Nixon anti inflation policy by a 51 to 32 vote. The vote follows House tax cut approval and precedes Nixon radio TV address on wage price restraints to begin after the August freeze.
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Washington
Senate
Nixon
Congress
House
Hugh Lott
Pennsylvania
Frank E. Moss
Utah
Scott
Hiram L. Fong
Hawaii
Fong
Senate Civil Service Committee
Conservatives Blamed For East West Discord
In Brighton Labour leader Denis Healey assailed the Conservative government as the main obstacle to East West understanding. He urged within a year a balanced reduction of East West forces in Europe and direct UN involvement in East Pakistan. Police guarded the Labour convention against Irish guerilla demonstrations.
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Brighton
England
Labor Party
Britain
Denis Healey
Edward Heath
Europe
Mediterranean
Indian Ocean
United Nations
East Pakistan
Northern Ireland
Heath
Convention Hall
Clerics Cautioned Against Militancy at World Synod
Vatican guideline cautions Roman Catholic clergy to avoid militant political action while American Black Catholic leaders argue Christianity entails addressing systemic injustice. U S delegates urge clearer focus on racial discrimination and the separation of political action from priestly duties.
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Vatican City
World Synod of Bishops
Vincente Cardinal Enriquez Tarancon
Spain
Lawrence Lucas
New York
National
Black Catholic Clergy Caucus
Father Lucas
Synod
United States
Bingo Sessions Drain New York Funds Despite Economy
New York residents spent 124,999,915 in 92,568 bingo sessions last year, reported by the State Bingo Commission. Chairman Ira M. Ball said bingo continues to roll along despite economic conditions.
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Albany
New York
State
Ira M. Ball
Bingo Control Commission
College Enrollment to Double by 2000 in Carnegie Report
The Carnegie Commission predicts U.S. college enrollment will reach 16 to 17 million by 2000, necessitating roughly 300 new institutions, mostly two year community colleges in metropolitan areas. It forecasts half of 18 to 21 year olds in college by 2000, with alternative growth scenarios.
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Philadelphia
Carnegie Commission On Higher Education
United States
Commission
Nixon declares wage price freeze successful and outlines plan
President Nixon called the wage price freeze remarkably successful and announced continued restraints after the November 13 end date. He outlined a Pay Board and Price Commission to set guidelines, with government veto over major decisions, and urged inflation to be kept at 2 to 3 percent by year end 1972.
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Washington
Nixon
Secretary of the Treasury
John B. Connally
Cost of Living Council
Congress
Pay Board and Price Commission
Democratic Reaction Mixed On Nixon Phase Two Plan
Washington AP reports Democrats offer cautious praise for President Nixon’s Phase 2 economic plan while voices call for tighter congressional controls. Sen. William Proxmire condemns extending the act without limits, arguing for confirmation rights and court appeals for wage and price rulings. Sen. George McGovern dismisses Phase 2 as a smokescreen and notes it won’t add jobs.
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Washington
Nixon
William Proxmire
Dwis
Senate
House Economic Committee
Proxmire
Congress
George McGovern
McGovern
Missouri Leaders Endorse Muskie as Democratic Hope
Missouri governor Warren Hearnes and Senators Stuart Symington and Thomas Eagleton endorsed Edmund Muskie for the Democratic presidential nomination. They said Muskie can unite the party and defeat Nixon, aiming for at least 60 of Missouri's 73 convention votes.
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Washington
Edmund S. Muskie
Missouri
Nixon
Stuart Symington
Thomas F. Eagleton
Warren E. Hearnes
Sen. Muskie
Richard Nixon
Muskie
Hearnes
Britain to Reinforce Belfast with 1500 Additional Troops
London, AP The British government agreed to send three more battalions to Belfast to intensify the effort against terrorism in Northern Ireland. The move follows a six hour meeting with Northern Ireland's Prime Minister Brian Faulkner and Prime Minister Edward Heath. The 1500 troops will enable General Sir Harry Tuze to tighten border control along the 260 mile frontier with the Republic of Ireland.
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London
Northern Ireland
Belfast
Brian Faulkner
Edward Heath
Faulkner
No. 10 Downing Street
Heath
Irish Republican Army
IRA
Ulster
Harry Tuze
Republic of Ireland
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D-La
Fred R. Harris
D-Okla
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Robert P. Reeves
R-4
Biondo
Joseph T. Berlant
Hoosick Falls
State Democratic Youth Action Corps
Berlant
Assemblyman
U.S
John Cardinal Dearden
Detroit
John Cardinal Krol
John Cardinal Carberry
St. Louis
Leo Byrne
Minneapolis
St. Paul
William Baum
Springfield-Cape Girardeau
White House
America
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