Strike Halts Publication Of the Washington Star
Date: 02 January 1971
Special to The New York Times
Washington Star struck by IAM garage mechanics after contract expires; paper ceases pub after members of other unions refuse to cross picket lines
Replaying Saturday, January 2, 1971
The January 2, 1971 was a Saturday under the star sign of ♑. It was the 1 day of the year. President of the United States was Richard M. Nixon.
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2nd of January 1971 News
News as it appeared on the front page of the New York Times on January 2, 1971
Newsmen's Strike in London Spreads to Scottish Papers
Date: 03 January 1971
journalists strike spreads to Daily Record and Sunday Mail, Scottish papers owned by Mirror group
Strikes Casting a Pall Over Fleet Street
Date: 02 January 1971
By ANTHONY LEWISSpecial to The New York Times
Newsmen stage wildcat strikes at London Daily Mirror and The Sun; object to new agreement between publishers and Natl Union of Journalists which sets natl minimum pay scales; union orders strikers back to work; Printing and Kindred Trades Fed, representing Journalists Union and 8 mechanical unions, warns strike may harm natl press; some newspaper closings seen possible in '71; threat seen greatest at Daily Mail, Daily Sketch and London Evening News, pub by Lord Rothermere's Assoc Newspapers
Washington Star Still Shut By Strike of 15 Mechanics
Date: 03 January 1971
Special to The New York Times
pub of Washington Star again halted by mechanics strike
Pact at Pittsburgh Press
Date: 02 January 1971
Pittsburgh Press and Post-Gazette reach tentative accord on new contract with pressmen's union
17 DIE AS U.A.R. JET CRASHES IN LIBYA
Date: 03 January 1971
United Arab Airlines: 17 aboard killed in crash of United Arab Airlines Comet, Tripoli, Libya
U.N. MAKES APPEAL FOR ARAB STUDENTS
Date: 03 January 1971
Special to The New York Times
UNESCO Dir Gen R Maheu appeals for $10-million in voluntary contributions to aid in educ of Palestinian refugees