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Dates: during 1970-1979
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When contacted twice in the past week, Nelson, who is supposed to receive his Ph.D. this June and who recently signed a two-year assistant professorship contract with Claremont Men's College in Pomona, Calif., first denied the book theft allegations saying, "No, No I don't know anything about that," and last night refused to speak to the Crimson...
...uncertain whether the allegations against Nelson will affect his contract as an assistant professor in Political Sciences at Claremont and officials at that school could not be reached for comment last night...
...Asmara Chemie, and it had purchased the uranium-which was mined in what is now Zaire-from the Belgian mineral firm Societe Generale des Minerals. Asmara Chemie had no previous record of buying uranium at all -let alone $3.7 million worth-but on March 29, 1968, Asmara signed a contract to buy 200 tons of uranium oxide. Today the founder of Asmara, Herbert G. Scharf, denies any knowledge of the deal, and one former employee of the firm says, "I assume that somebody must have used our name...
...from which Reuther defected in 1968-Fraser's mandate is less clear. The Los Angeles delegates voted to authorize union leaders to call a special convention within six months to consider the matter, but many members fear that reaffiliation would strip the U.A.W. of too much autonomy. Though contract bargaining time is two years off, Fraser has to start persuading white-collar workers that their needs will be well represented. Union organizing has been going poorly at plants relocated in conservative Sunbelt states, and even in the North, younger workers are losing interest in union activities...
...owns shares, to British Leyland Chief Executive Alex Park. The letter spoke of a "proposed method for dealing with 'special account arrangements' " that had been "nodded through" by Varley. The note went on to mention Ryder's concern about "the escalating trend of payment to 'contract agents,' " especially in the Middle East, and included a warning that the company should not be "taken for a 'camel ride' in such dangerous territory," evidently referring to shakedowns by unscrupulous go-betweens...