New York Firefighters Slowdown Tests City Resolve
About 11,000 New York City firemen began a job slowdown amid a wage dispute after contracts expired. They paused nonessential duties while awaiting a court-ordered injunction and potential further action. Police and sanitation crews also faced contract issues as snow removal continued under overtime.
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Michael J. Maye
Funeral services held for Thomasa Alameida in Fremont
Thomasa Alameida, 93, died Wednesday in Fremont. Funeral services begin at 9:30 a.m. from Chapel of the Palms Mortuary on Fremont Boulevard. a 10 a.m. requiem Mass follows at Holy Spirit Church. Interment at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in Hayward. Native of Washington Township, widow of Manuel Alameida, sister of Frances Quadros of Oakland, member of SPRSI Council No. 4, Fremont.
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Anti salary hike petitions filed in Alameda County
Alameda County supervisors face a recall effort after petitions to repeal their pay increase were filed at the county courthouse. About 49,000 signatures were pledged with 37,800 needed for a special election, while a separate filing in Butte and Napa counties also seeks to curb raises.
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Hotel fire kills 3 guests at Sushi yosuka Hotel
A flash fire swept through the Sushi yosuka Hotel in Japan early Saturday, killing at least three party guests and injuring 11 others. Ten guests reportedly trapped as the blaze broke out at 1:20 a.m. on the flat floor of the three story hotel. The building was destroyed before firefighters could control the fire.
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Muskie snub appalled White House officials in bill signing
White House aides defended Nixon's bipartisanship after reports that Senator Edmund Muskie did not receive an invitation as a chief sponsor to a clean air bill signing. They said the ceremony was limited to key staff and committee leaders, with Muskie invited on several prior occasions.
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Harry 0. Staggers
D-W.va
Randolph
Muskie
Hubert J. Humphrey
Johnson
Kennedy urged defeatism in secret British papers
London dispatch cites 1940 Foreign Office memos by Sir Robert Vansittart portraying Joseph P. Kennedy as a double crosser and defeatist who claimed Britain would be defeated and suggested he spread the view in the United States. The documents note earlier notes reading HH H and reference Kennedy’s son John F. Kennedy then allied with his father in London at the war’s start.
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