Nixon Defends Wage-Price Freeze As Programs Extend
President Nixon described the wage price freeze as successful and vowed to continue it. He outlined a Price Commission and a Pay Board with standards for wage settlements, plus local compliance centers and new committees on interest and health services. He warned of penalties for violations and urged voluntary cooperation from labor and business.
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Nixon
White House
Cost of Living Council
Secretary of Treasury
John B. Connally
Board
Price Commission
Commission
Afl-Cio
Tripartite Pay Board
Internal Revenue Service
Arthur Burns
Federal Reserve Board
Russell B. Long
D-La
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Long
House
New Jersey
New York State
Texas
Klamath Falls
Mont
Indictment in Boston Meat Bribery Case Unsealed
A federal grand jury indicted 49 people and three meat firms in the Boston area on bribery perjury and conspiracy charges tied to paid bribes to U S Department of Agriculture inspectors. One inspector allegedly took between 54 500 and 70 500 dollars in bribes.
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Washington
John N. Mitchell
U.S. District Court
Boston
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Consumer and Marketing Service
Greater
Karchakian & Cohen Inc
Century Packing Co
Roxbury
Waters & Litchfield Co. Inc
National Royal Beef Corp
Isaac Karchkian
Reactions Mixed to Nixon Economic Plan in Early Response
Senators Kennedy Humphrey Byrd and House leaders weigh in on the administration’s wage boards and solid economic program. Critics argue Phase 2 remains organizational while praising board representation and urging expeditious congressional action.
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Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Hubert H. Humphrey
Dminn
Nixon
Humphrey
Senate
Robert Byrd
West Virginia
Congress
House
Banking Committee
Hale Boggs
Louisiana
Mount Vernon School Board Told to Submit Busing Plan
New York state education chief Nyquist ordered Mount Vernon Board of Education to provide within 60 days complete plans to implement a 1968 school integration order. The board argues debt limits hinder raising over 3 million dollars for transportation and lunches as part of desegregation, with December deadline given to outline plans and funding.
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Albany
N.Y
Ewald B. Nyquist
Mount Vernon Board of Education
James E. Allen Jr
Nyquist
Harold Koreman
State Supreme Court
Mount Vernon
$6.8 Million Gift to Episcopal Church
The Episcopal Church Foundation received a property gift valued at $6.8 million from Harvey S. Firestone Jr. and Raymond C. Firestone. The Hartford area facilities span 14 acres and are leased to Royal Typewriter Co. for 10 years.
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New York
Episcopal Church Foundation
Harvey S. Firestone Jr
Raymond C. Firestone
Hartford
West Hartford
Conn
Royal Typewriter Co
Tea consumption in Australia falls to 4.7 pounds per person in 1970
Australians, who once groused about wartime tea rationing of 6.5 pounds annually, averaged 4.7 pounds per person in 1970, according to government statistics.
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Sydney
Nader Calls Consumer Protection Bill Fraudulent
Ralph Nader denounces the consumer protection bill as fraud and urges a stronger measure on the House floor. He accuses the White House of favoring business interests and backs more legal powers for the proposed agency. Rosenthal labels the bill as a sheep in wolf's clothing but supports reform.
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Washington
Ralph Nader
White House
Nader
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
House
Ways and Means Committee
Consumer Protection Activites
Benjamin S. Rosenthal
D-N.y
Chamber of Commerce
Consumer Protection Agency
Rosenthal
Meredith Disagrees On Busing
James Meredith criticizes desegregation busing as nonsense and argues that straight district lines and open black schools would achieve integration. He says busing for integration differs from segregation, and worries about students' educational growth when moved away from home environments. He questions Jackson's current plan.
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Jackson, Miss
James Meredith
University of Mississippi
Mississippi
Meredith
Jackson
Court Names Guardian For Fetus In Abortion Case
In a potential test of when a fetus becomes a living person a Superior Court judge appointed Clifton E Bloom guardian of a 9 week old fetus at the request of state and county prosecutors The guardian could be cited as the fetus rights holder in a suit challenging Arizona abortion law The 23 year old pregnant woman plans to challenge a statute that bans abortion unless the mother's life is in danger The unnamed plaintiff along with Tucson physicians and Planned Parenthood sue to overturn the restriction
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Tucson
Ariz
Superior Court
Arizona
Jack Marks
Clifton E. Bloom
Pima County
Planned Parenthood Center of
Students vote drive amid proposed suffrage revisions
The State legislative committee opens hearings in Schenectady on revising suffrage provisions, absentee voting in primaries, and write in options. Testimony supports on campus registration, county mail re registration, and mobile registration sites to expand access for students and service members.
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Board of Elections
Tutunjian
Leo W. Hope
State Legislative Committee
Schenectady
Arabian Sultanate Gains U N Seat at United Nations
The United Nations admitted Oman as its 131st member after a 117 to 1 vote with two abstentions. The newly independent sultanate, population about 750,000, was opposed by Southern Yemen which charged Oman remains a British colony.
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United Nations, N.Y
United Nations
Arabian Peninsula
Sultanate of Oman
General Assembly
Yemen
Oman
Britain
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