Labor leaders weigh participation in Nixon Phase 2 plan
AFL-CIO Executive Council and leaders of the Teamsters and United Auto Workers meet to decide on joining the post-freeze Phase 2 economic program. Javits urges union involvement and warns on wage decision veto power while White House officials discuss Pay Board autonomy and interim standards.
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Afl-Cio
The
Teamsters
United Auto
Aflcio
Federation
George Meany
White House
Nixon
Executive Office
Cost of Living Council
Tripartite Pay Board
Javits
Labor
Participa
Board of Commission
Hugh Scott
Senate
Pennsylvania
Organized Labor
United States
George Papadopoulos
House of Representatives
U.S
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Bombings Hit Two U S Targets as Agnew Arrives in Turkey
Vice President Spiro Agnew began a 13 day tour of Turkey Iran and Greece arriving amid two bomb incidents in Istanbul. One device exploded near the U S Consulate General grounds and a second blast damaged the car of Kenton Keith the U S cultural attaché outside his home. The attacks followed Agnews arrival and he met Premier Nihat Erim and later paid tribute at Ataturk tomb.
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Ankara
Spiro T. Agnew
Turkey
Iran
Greece
Istanbul
Here
Agnew
Nihat Erim
Kemal Ataturk
U.S
U.S. Consulate General
Kenton Keith
United States
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Erim
NATO
Washington
British Arrest New Spy Suspect
London AP reports Leonard Michael Hinchliffe a 39 year old English clerk at the British Embassy in Algiers was arrested and charged with passing secrets to an unnamed enemy. He is the fourth person charged under Britain Official Secrets Act since Britain expelled 105 alleged Soviet spies and announced a Russian trade official's defect. Details of the case were not disclosed.
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London
Algiers
Leonard Michael Hinchliffe
Britain
Hinchliffe
Special Branch
Khartoum
Sudan
Bow Street
Liverpool
Sirioj Husein Abdoorcader
Portsmouth
Kyriacos Costi
Constinos Martianon
Los Angeles Piers Shutdown as West Coast Strike Action Continues
The Los Angeles area piers remained shut while West Coast ports thawed after a 14 week strike pause caused by a Taft Hartley back to work order. East and Gulf coast dockers walked out for 11 days with no talks planned, and 100000 coal miners stayed idle in a separate walkout.
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Los Angeles
West Coast
Long Beach Harbor
International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union
East
Gulf Coast
Afl-Cio International Longshoremen’s Association
Texas
West Gulf
Nader Criticizes Nixon Wage Price Controls as Constitutional Blow
Ralph Nader told a Senate subcommittee that President Nixon s wage and price control system undermines the constitution and could be struck down quickly by a strict constructionist judge. He urged public minutes and oversight of advisory councils while warning the boards will merely set wages and prices benefiting private interests.
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Washington
Nixon
Ralph Nader
Nader
Senate
Lee Metcalf
D-Mont
Night Patrol Plans Balked by Troop Doubts
Five soldiers balked at a night ambush near Pace on Oct 9 but the plan was canceled when a South Vietnamese element was found near the site. The next day the same group conducted a daylight patrol, overcoming the hesitation. An inspector general review follows the incident and another near-miss with a Claymore mine.
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Saigon
Robert J. McCaffee
Honolulu
Hawaii
Oper
Ations
Pace
McCaffee
U.S. 3Rd Region Military Assistance Command
1St Cavalry
1St Air Cavalry Division
U.S
Reciprocal Gesture Hints More POW Swaps
A North Vietnamese prisoner release in Cambodia described as a reciprocal gesture followed the Friday release of U S Army Sergeant John C Sexton Jr. The embassy cautioned that no assurances exist for further exchanges while Washington downplayed optimism. Local area operations near Loc Ninh were suspended as Sexton appeared after an eight hour hike.
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Saigon
U.S
Cambodia
Washington
John C. Sexton Jr
Warren, Mich
U.S. Army
Loc Ninh
Sexton
Scions Press U S Push for Less U N Funding
A U S spokesman said President Bush shares senators Buckley and Tafts concern that expelling Nationalist China could curb U S funding to the United Nations. Buckley and 21 senators urge a dramatic cut if Taiwan is expelled, while Bush cautions against linking talks to outcomes.
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United Nations, N
Sen
Robert Taft
Ohio
Bush
U.S
U.N
China
Buckley
America
Taiwan
Spokseman
Canadian Cardinal Pushes Study Of Women Priests At Vatican Synod
Cardinal George B. Flahiff of Winnipeg urged the 210 member International Synod of Bishops to form a mixed commission to study whether women could be ordained or take part in priestly ministries. He argued the issue is too serious to ignore and impacts over half the church. The cardinal called for exploring current and future roles for women in ministry.
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Vatican City
UPI
Third International Synod — of Bishops
George B. Flahiff
Winnipeg
Flahiff
Synod
Death of Gen. Lewis B. Puller the Marine Corps’ most decorated figure
Hampton Virginia AP report details the 73 year old Lt. Gen Lewis B Ches ty Puller who died after a long illness. He earned 56 decorations from 1917 to his 1955 retirement including five Navy Crosses the only man to hold that distinction. His son Lewis B Puller Jr lost both legs in Vietnam and later pursued law. Puller began as a private after leaving VMI in 1917 and led the 1st Marine Division in World War II and Korea.
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Hampton
Lewis B
Puller
Korea
Marine Corps
Vietnam
Lewis B. Puller Jr
College of William and Mary
Kecoughtan Veterans Administration
Virignia Military Institute
VMI
Th Marines
1St Marine Divison
Io Korea
West Point
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Danny Murtaugh
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Don Buford
Mark Belanger
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