San Francisco strike ends in fact finding truce
One of the city’s longest municipal walkouts ended in a fact finding truce restoring buses trolleys and table cars amid widespread disruption. Craft union workers kept pay scales at reduced levels while a five member panel including Mayor Moscone will propose new pay scales.
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San Francisco
UPIL
Craft Union City
Transport Workers Union
Board of Supervisors
George Moscone
Moscone
South County eyes recycling plan amid wary officials
South County government leaders moved toward a long range wastewater reuse plan after an EPA driven study urged action. The East Bay Dischargers Authority signaled support for a pilot recycling program despite optimistic notes about immediate reuse prospects and the continuing pull of the existing $100 million super sewer. Authorities urged quick planning, funding via grants, and the creation of an action program to meet future needs.
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Nee
Soh
South County
East Bay
EPA
Langdon W. Owen
Irvine
Langdon
Gram
Commission
Gus Morrison
Fremont
Owen
Morrison
San Leandro
Jack Maltester
Wayne Bruce
Ford taunts Reagan as Nebraska drive begins
President Ford accused Ronald Reagan of being “a babe in the woods” as he sought to halt Reagan’s rising primary momentum in Nebraska. Ford spoke to Omaha World-Herald editors and addressed Independence Square amid Truman statue unveiling ceremonies, underscoring his congressional experience and warning against demagoguery in policy debates.
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UPI
Ford
Ronald Reagan
California
Reagan
Omaha World-Herald
Washington
Harry
Truman
Omaha
Congress
Independence Square
Margaret Daniel
Texas
Indiana
Hubert Humphrey
D-Minn
Missouri
Christopher Bond
Stuartington
D-Mo
Humphrey
Sarkis elected Lebanon president amid clashes and protests
In Beirut parliament elected conservative Christian Hilas Sarkis as president on the second ballot with 66 votes. Leftists denounced the vote as a forgery and urged continued resistance as mortar fire and gunfire hit near the Villa Esseily and the Beirut Carlton Hotel.
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Beirut
Lebanon
UPI
Christianer
Hilas Sarkis
Sarkis
Kamal Jumblatt
Raymond Edde
Eeena Tad
Beirut Carlton
Palestine Liberation Army
Esseily
Scholarship named for Phil Brazil honored by Fremont.Bank
Fremont Bank launches eight annual scholarships of 50 dollars to Fremont Newark Union high school seniors. Irvington High School will name the first recipient as part of the program. Associate Superintendent Braz is the first citizen honored, with seven more named over the next seven years.
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Fremont
Phil Brazil
Deeing Irvington High School
Fremont Bank
Newark
Union
Braz
Aine
Fargaria
Fulvio Jonutrat
Italian town bears scars of quake as aid arrives
In San Daniele del Friuli and nearby towns, aftershocks keep 8000 residents in the countryside while ruins dot medieval streets. Coffins line a garage, a boy handcrafts lining for a child’s coffin, and villagers recount loss. many families shelter in military tents as early recovery begins.
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San Daniele Dei
Friuli
Italy
UPI
Cathedral of
Michael Archangel
Haly
San Daniele
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