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(TOKYO)-UNITED AUTO WORKERS PRESIDENT LEONARD WOODCOCK TODAY
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PROPOSED CREATION OF AN INTERNATIONAL COMMERCE AUTHORITY. WOODCOCK
SPOKE IN JAPAN.
HE TOLD JAPANESE AUTO WORKERS THAT CONTROL OF MULTINATIONAL
CORPORATIONS IS IMPERATIVE. HE SAYS THE NEW AGENCY COULD RE
AN ARM OF THE UNITED NATIONS.
(HONG KONG)--A POLICE LAUNCH HAS INTERCEPTED A PANAMANIAN VESSEL
AND ESCORTED IT RACK TO HONG KONG AFTER IT WAS INVOLVED IN A
COLLISION WITH A CHINESE CRAFT. THE MAINLAND CHINESE ''LIGHTER''
WAS SLICED IN HALF. NO INJURIES ARE REPORTED.
(MANILA)--THE PHILIPPINES DEFENSE SECRETARY SAYS 56 AMY OFFICERS
AND ENLISTED MEN HAVE BEEN FIRED SINCE MARTIAL LAW WAS DECLARED.
THE MEN APPARENTLY ARE CHARGED WITH DERELICTION OF DUTY.
PRESIDENT FERDINAND MARCOS HAD ORDERED THE DEFENSE SECRETARY
TO TAKE SEVERE DISCIPLINARY ACTION AGAINST SOLDIERS FOUND DERELICT.
IT'S ALSO REPORTED THAT 13 CONSTABULARY TROOPERS HAVE BEEN DISMISSED
FOR TILING FALSE JOB APPLICATIONS.
(WASHINGTON)--THE NIXON ADMINISTRATION HAS PLEADED ONCE AGAIN
WITH THE SENATE TO PASS THE PRESIDENT'S WELFARE REFORM PLAN.
RUT THE PLEA SEEMS LIKELY TO GO UNHEEDED.
HEALTH EDUCATION AND WELFARE SECRETARY ELLIOT RICHARDSON SAYS
PASSAGE OF AN ALTERNATIVE TEST PROGRAM OF WELFARE REFORM WILL
ONLY DELAY THE SOLUTION OF THE PROBLEMS OF WELFARE FAMILIES
FOR FIVE YEARS. THERE ARE THREE WELFARE REFORM PLANS BEFORE
THE SENATE AT PRESENT. NONE APPEARS TO RE ABLE TO MUSTER ENOUGH
SUPPORT TO GET PASSED.
(DAVENPORT, FLORIDA)--FROM THE "WHERE WERE YOU WHEN THE LIGHTS
WENT OUT?'' DEPARTMENT THE DAVENPORT, FLORIDA CITY COUNCIL
WAS LISTENING TO A NEW ORDINANCE WHEN A POWER FAILURE CUT THE
LIGHTS IN THE CHAMBER. A FLASHLIGHT WAS PROVIDED. THE ORDINANCE
WAS READ AND ADOPTED. ITS GRANTS A 30-YEAR FRANCHISE TO THE
LOCAL POWER COMPANY.
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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [News Script: International briefs], script, October 3, 1972; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1730228/m1/1/: accessed June 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.