Nixon Moves Closer to Wage and Price Guidelines
President Nixon nears wage and price guidelines as calls for an income policy grow. An 18 hour railroad strike ended after a 13.5 percent wage rise was legislated retroactive to January 1970. Burns and Nixon discuss market oriented policies and expansionary money supply to curb inflation. The Labor Department reports unemployment at 7 percent with a slight wholesale price dip.
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New York
Nixon
Clerks’ Union
Congress
Arthur Burns
Federal Reserve Board
Burns
Federal Reserve
Reserve Board
William McChesney Martin
Five MIA After Blast Fires at City Hall Park Tavern
A gas leak caused a massive explosion that turned a three story building into a blaze near City Hall Park. Firemen and police searched smoldering wreckage for five missing workers as more than 60 people, many patrons of Ryan's Bar and Grill, were injured with 11 in critical condition.
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New York
City Hall Park
John V. Lindsay
City Hall
Spong criticizes U.S.-Soviet fishing pact over menhaden
U S Senator William B Spong Jr voices disappointment with a new U S Soviet fishing accord arguing it does not protect river herring and menhaden off American shores He calls for the Soviets to abstain from systematic fishing as Poland did and warns of ongoing threat to U S fisheries from Soviet activity and declining American catches
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Washington
William B. Spong Jr
Virginia
United States-Soviet Union
Spong
United States
Virginia Democrat
U.S
Soviet Union
Poland
State Seeks 56 000 Federal Funds for Desegregation Plan
The Virginia State Board of Education requests 56 000 dollars in federal funds plus 17 000 from other sources to run a year long desegregation groundwork program starting Jan 15. It will aid local officials in following federal guidelines, provide training for teachers and administrators, counsel students, and share effective desegregation approaches. Dr Woodrow W Wilkerson calls the issues faculty integration and related social attitudes and negative reactions.
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Richmond
State Board of Education
Virginia
Woodrow W. Wilkerson
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
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