Nixon orders rail workers back to jobs for 60 days
President Nixon using Railway Labor Act powers to halt a nationwide rail shutdown. An emergency board will study a 12 year dispute over firemen on diesels while UTU strikes are suspended. The order covers 18,800 UTU workers idled plus 60,000 others, with hearings set on injunctive moves.
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Nixon
Labor Department
United Transportation Union
National Railway Labor Conference
UTU
Baltimore & Ohio
Louisville & Nashville
Southern Pacific
National Mediation Board
Secretary of Labor
James W. Hodgson
Fred M. Livingston
Parker
Congress
U S Forces Battle North Vietnamese Near Khe Sanh
U S helicopters and ground troops fought a seven hour battle near the old Marine base at Khe Sanh in northwest South Vietnam three miles from Laos. Officials say up to 126 enemy fighters were killed while U S losses were two killed and six wounded.
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Saigon
U.S
Marine
Khe Sanh
Laos
South Vietnam
Leathernecks
1St Corps
Quang Tri
Cam
South
Cambodia
Troop Cut Stir in Korea Sparks South Korean Concern
In Seoul the Nixon administration proposal to cut the 60,000 U.S. troops in Korea drew strong reaction from South Korea. Premier Chung Il kwan and Foreign Minister Choi Kyu h ah discussed budgetary reasons with U S officials while reaffirming defense commitments.
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Nixon
U.S
Rogers
United States
South Korea
North Korea
Choi
Chung Hee Park
Washington
Korea
Park
Asia
South Vietnam
Stephens City Caps Auto License at Ten Dollars
Stephens City Town Council voted to raise the annual auto license fee to 10 dollars from 5 dollars after a public hearing with no attendees. Town Attorney Benjamin M. Butler and Mayor Lynn Comer denied any plan to share the funds with Frederick County, noting the Virginia Code does not permit such a transfer.
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Stephens City
Frederick County
Benjamin M. Butler
Butler
Lynn Comer
Police Turn to Guns to Break Up Negro Attack
In Asbury Park New Jersey state police used gunfire to quell a racial attack and enforce a curfew. Sixty six gunshot wounds were reported with 46 persons wounded and four Negroes critically injured.
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New Jersey
Asbury Park
N.J
Safer Cars Not Enough as US Traffic Fatalities Decline
The first five months of 1970 show 20 500 highway deaths, down from 20 860 a year earlier despite more cars and drivers. Howard Pyle of the National Safety Council cites safer new cars and stricter laws, noting lower deaths on safer interstate highways.
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Chicago
U.S
Howard Pyle
National Safety Council
Four Winchester youths questioned in school window smashing
Winchester police rounded up four of nine juveniles suspected in a month long spree of breaking school windows at Winchester Intermediate School. The four, a 13 year old girl, a 12 year old girl, an 11 year old boy and a 10 year old girl, were questioned with parents present and referred to juvenile court while five others await questioning.
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Linda Mowery
Winchester
Star
Mary Helen Massie
Winchester Intermediate
Warren Rudolph
Jacob L. Johnson
Mr. Johnson
Maj. Rudolph
Maj
Rudolph
Tom Orndorff
Nixon proposes new era for Indian self determination
President Nixon urged Congress to empower Indian tribes to run their own schools and to expand federal funding for Indian programs. He endorsed restoring 48 000 acres near Blue Lake New Mexico to the Taos Pueblo for religious and tribal use with a proviso the land be kept wild otherwise. The president called the Indians the most deprived minority and pressed major policy changes.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
8000 Soviets Said in Egypt
Israel's army chief of staff said about 8000 Soviets were in Egypt with 3000 as soldiers pilots or experts, while the rest were advisers and instructors. Lt. Gen. Bar-Lev warned the Israeli forces may have to confront Russians as Soviet pilots possibly fly missions in the Suez Canal zone or beyond unless Western pressure mounts.
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Israel
Egypt
Haim BarLev
Davar
Bar-Lev
Jerusalem
Washington
Suez Canal Zone
Kremlin
Weather shifts as warm air spreads over Virginia through Thursday
A southerly flow of warm air spreads across Virginia with a trough of low pressure moving southeast toward the state. The forecast indicates continued milder conditions into Thursday as the system approaches.
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Richmond
Virginia
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