Parliament Abolished in Thailand Board Debate Over Back Pay
The Pay Board in Washington grapples with retroactive pay raises after a Tuesday failed settlement. Five labor members on the 15 member board seek back pay from wage increases that would have taken effect during the 90 day wage price freeze period.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
John B. Connally
Economic Club of New York
Connally
Federal Reserve Board
Commerce Department
Nixon
Congress
Senate Banking Committee
Senate
Alan Cranston
D-Calif
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
Gulf of Tonkin
Wilbur Mills
D-Ark
United States
Mills
Ways and Means
New York
Virginia Teachers to Get Promised Pay Raises
Virginia school districts will implement the 1971 72 pay scales for teachers delayed by Nixon wage price controls. Winchester Frederick Clarke counties will raise BA BS salaries to new minimums and maximums within 12 to 16 steps, with retroactive pay under consideration.
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Virginia
State Department of Education
Winchester
Frederick County
Clarke County
Thanom Assumes Absolute Power in Thailand Coup
Premier Thanom Kittikachorn dissolved the Cabinet and Parliament, suspended the constitution, and announced a Revolutionary Council with military and civilian members. Martial law declared and officials ordered to continue work. U.S. bases in Thailand unchanged while Bangkok reconsiders policy toward Red China. King Bhumibol remains above politics.
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Bangkok
Thailand
Thanom Kittikachorn
Thanom
Revolutionary Council
Sarit Thanarat
United States
Indochina
South Vietnam
Thanat Khoman
U.S
Southeast Asia
China
Peking
U.N. Vete
Taiwan
Bhumibol Adulyadej
Ford Seeks Higher Prices on 1972 Ford Models
Ford Motor Co filed with the Price Commission to raise prices on some 1972 model cars and trucks. A spokesman avoided model specifics or amounts, but likely targets include the Torino Montego and Lincoln Continental Mark IV. Ford had sought exemptions for remodeled 1972 models and previously sold them at 1971 prices.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Co
Price Commission
Ford
Storm Laura Drifts In Circular Course Near Cuba
Tropical Storm Laura drifted on a circular course after lashing western Cuba with heavy rain and 70 mph winds. The NHC reported 14 inches of rain on the Isle of Pines in 24 hours as steering remained weak and the storm’s ultimate path uncertain. No deaths were reported in Cuba but over 20 000 people were evacuated and Cuban flights and buses were halted while Havana ships secured.
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Miami
Fla
Laura
Cuba
Havana
Key West
National Hurricane Center
Isle of Pines
Hurricane Center
Radio Havana
Pinar del Rio
Fort Lauderdale
Accidents and Disease Replace Combat as Vietnam Killers
The Pentagon reports battlefield deaths in Vietnam dropping to six per week while nonhostile deaths rise, with aircraft crashes as the leading killer. Last week eight Americans were killed in action and 33 died from noncombat causes, including 2,789 from aircraft accidents since the war began.
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Washington
USS
Vietnam
Pentagon
U.S
Saigon
IRA Threatens Reprisals Over Torture Allegations
In Belfast the IRA warned of ruthless action against British intelligence personnel accused of torturing guerrilla suspects. The group demanded an international jurist panel to review interrogation methods amid reports of abuses identified by a British inquiry.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
IRA
Dublin
Irish Republic
Jack Lynch
European Court of Human Rights
Strasbourg
France
Londonderry
UN Speech Disses U.S. but Nixon Visit Moves On
American officials call PeKING’s UN attack disappointing and predictable yet say it will not derail Nixon’s planned Peking trip next year. Bush labeled the tirade empty rhetoric and Washington plans to coordinate the visit with a second White House advance party.
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Washington
China
U.S
United Nations
Nixon
Peking
George Bush
Péking
U.N
Bush
United States
Taiwan
Indochina
White House
Henry Kissinger
Holton to Attend Republican Governors Conference
Gov. Linwood Holton will depart Richmond in the early afternoon for the Republican Governors Conference in French Lick Springs Indiana. He will return Friday and attend the William and Mary Richmond football game in Williamsburg on Saturday and Thanksgiving ceremonies at Berkeley on Sunday.
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Richmond
Linwood
Holton
French Lick Springs
Ind
William and Mary Richmond
Williamsburg
Berkeley
Richland Virginia Sets to Warm Sunny Outlook Today
A ridge of high pressure from the Great Lakes kept Virginia sunny and mild. The weather page notes a Treasure Box Anniversary and a late Christmas showing at Smalls Garden Center on Sunday afternoon November 21.
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Richmond
Great Lakes
Virginia
Smalls Garden Center
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National Institute of Health
Bethesda
GOP Conference
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