Fire devastates telephone storage yard amid Bay Area strike
A fire at a Pacific Telephone storage yard near a building under construction exploded two 500 gallon gasoline tanks and damaged a forklift. The blaze occurred amid a nationwide communications workers strike, with Bay Area operators and staff walking out. Picketers swarmed Bay Area sites as unions reported thousands out. Separate labor actions continued at Longshore ports and public employes in Concord protested pay.
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San Jose
UPS
Star Fe Pt
Pacific Phone Company
Tate
Pickew
All Bay
Asid
Bay Area
As Tong
Tomate
Aeris ME Company
Taft
CWA
Bright Ca
Bright
San Francisco
West Cast
Pacific Maritime Association
ILWU
City Em
Concord
Publi Employes Local 1
Israel seeks U S jets amid Middle East pressure
Israel’s Foreign Minister Abba Eban urged the United States to decide promptly on supplying more fighter planes. He cited Soviet arms to Egypt and Syria as intensifying the urgency while noting Israel’s readiness for direct talks with the Soviet Union to resume relations.
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Jerusalem
UPI
Abba Eban
United States
Israel
Egypt
Syria
Eban
Knesset
Defense
Moshe Dayan
Middle East
Okaynupels Af Renance
Txdio
Soviet Union
Russia
Railroads warn of mass firings if workers strike
Railroads warn UTU workers of mass firings and drastic pay cuts if a limited strike proceeds on Friday. Union walkouts threaten potential nationwide rail disruption, affecting 180,000 UTU members across lines including Southern Pacific and Norfolk & Western. management insists rules changes are milder than earlier proposals to pressure UTU to bargain.
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Washington
UPI
United Translation Union
UTU
Union Prem Railway
Chicago
North Western
John Piltz
Raih
Southern Pacific
Norfolk & Western
Hiltz
Hilla
Pacychecks
Chicago & North Western
UTA
District Court
District Coin
Court of Appeals
Landon Criticizes Presidents For Misleading Congress
Alfred Landon, 83, former Kansas governor and 1936 Republican nominee, condemned presidents for using executive wartime power to wage war and mislead Congress and the public. He cited Nixon, Johnson, and Roosevelt, urging Congress to reclaim authority over war and peace.
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Topeka
Kan
UPI
Landon
White House
Congress
Roosevelt
China
U. S
Kansas
National School Boards Association
Lyndon B. Johnson
Franklin D. Roosevelt
ABC
Johnson
Tonkin
Alameda County creates separate voter registration department
The Alameda County Board of Supervisors approved creating a county voter registration department by a 4 to 1 vote, separating it from the office of county clerk recorder. Rene Davidson, 40, previously head of the division since 1967, becomes department head with a 170 dollar monthly raise to 1637 dollars. The move follows a 1970 Grand Jury recommendation and faces concern from Supervisor Emanuel Razell about departmental consolidations.
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Alameda County Board of Supervisors
Jack Blue
Blue
Alameda
Emanual P.’ Razell
Oue
Kentucky Man Finds Relief With Preparation H Product
Adolphus Ky resident Adulphus Har ion reports that after a friend suggested Preparation H, initial applications produced marked improvement. Doctors’ tests show Preparation H helps shrink hemorrhoidal swelling and relieve pain, with ointment or suppositories available as an alternative formula.
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Kentucky
Adulphus, Ky
Aylis Harion
Adolphus
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Communication Workers of America
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Bell Telephone Companies
Nas
U.S
Don
Nixon
Newark
Newark Community Center
Cedar Blvd
Darryl Reina
Recreation Spe Pale
Davidson
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