Strikes Paralyze Cities Across New York and Pennsylvania
Wildcat sanitation walkouts in New York City suspend trash pickup as 19 000 municipal workers are fired. Police and fire unions discuss joining the strike while state employees in Pennsylvania idle up to 80 000 workers.
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Samuel Maul
Associated Press
New York City
Pennsylvania
New York
Sanitation Men’s Union
Antonio Escevec
South Bronx
Albany
Abraham D. Beame
New York Would Become ‘Stink City,” Uniformed Sanitationmen's Association
John J. DeLury
Uniformed Firefighters Association
Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association
Ernest P. Kline
Columbus Avenue
83Rd Street
Abraham Beame
Flooding Rain Wrecks Crops Across North Dakota and Minnesota
Four days of heavy rain flood more than a million acres across North Dakota and Minnesota. Officials estimate losses exceed 125 million dollars with widespread damage to sunflowers, small grains, beets, and potatoes. Damages span Cass and Richland counties plus areas in Clay Norman Wilkin s and Ransom.
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Bismarck
N.D
North Dakota
Minnesota
James
Clay
Norman
Wilkins
Ozzie Daellenbach
Clay County
Minn
Howard Wilkens
North Dakota State University
Wilkens
Drayton Byram
Cass County
Richland County
J.D. Latham
Latham
Barnes, Ransom
LaMoure
Ohio June marketbasket costs rise 3 percent in 13 cities
AP survey shows white potatoes up 65.5 percent in a month from 1.22 to 2.02 for 10 pounds. Sugar falls 16.8 percent, while hamburger, chuck roast, fryers and pork chops push meat prices higher. Across 13 Ohio cities including Columbus and Cleveland the total basket climbs to 18.10 from 17.52 in May.
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Associated Press
California
Akron
Athens
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Columbus
Conneaut
Fremont
Marietta
Massillon
Portsmouth
Steubenville
van Wert
Youngstown
Produce Department
Gasoline Prices Rise Across Major Oil Firms
Eight big oil companies announce wholesale gasoline increases up to three cents per gallon effective Tuesday or today. Dealers expect prices to rise for consumers during the Fourth of July weekend as federal officials project summer hikes.
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Washington
John Hill
Federal Energy Administration
Shell Oil Co
Standard Oil of Indiana
Amoco
Phillips Petroleum Co
Clark Oil & Refining Corp
Ashland Petro
Leum Co
Mobil Oil Corp
Atlantic Richfield Co
Arco
Texaco, Inc
Phillips
California
Exxon Corp
Gulf Oil Corp
Standard Oil of California
Widow and children sue Eastern Airlines for 2 million
The widow and two children of a New Orleans surgeon filed a 2 million dollar damage suit in U S District Court Tuesday against Eastern Airlines. They claim negligence in the crash that killed the physician and 111 others, the nation’s worst single aircraft disaster.
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New York
New Orleans
Eastern Airlines
William D. Norman
U.S. District Court
Ford to Sign Housing Bill Promising 300000 New Homes
President Ford will sign a compromise housing bill supporters say could spur construction of 300000 new homes in the next year. The measure also offers up to 250 dollars a month for mortgage payments to help homeowners facing foreclosure during the recession.
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Washington
Ford
GOP aims to register 9.5 million more Republicans nationwide
Republican National Chairman Mary Louise Smith announced a target to register 9.5 million additional Republicans nationwide. The plan followed the final of three paid television programs highlighting GOP achievements, titled Republicans Are People Too, aired on NBC stations Tuesday night.
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Washington
Mary Louise Smith
NBC
Briton Denied Release in Uganda Detention
Ugandan radio reports British teacher Denis Hills remains detained in Uganda after Idi Amin suspended execution but tied Hills’s freedom to talks between Britain and Zaire. Amin had announced a pardon for Hills who was sentenced to death for calling him a village tyrant in an unpublished manuscript.
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Nairobi
Kenya
Uganda Radio
Denis Hills
Zaire
Idi Amin
Hills
Amin
Street Fighting Eases As Beirut Calm Returns
After eight days of guerrilla warfare between Palestinian leftists and Christian Lebanese forces, fighting eased and residents began returning to streets littered with debris. Authorities reported over 250 dead and 1,000 wounded. security forces cleared roadblocks while Phalangists urged lights off to avoid rocket fire. Cam
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Beirut
Lebanon
Nese
Beirut Radio
Chiyah
Ein Rummaneh
Phalange Party
Rashid Karami
National Reconciliation
Palestine
Yasir Arafat
Karami
Camille Chamoun
Chamoun
el Kaa
Bekaa
Nixon seeks tapes to finish memoirs amid legal fight
Richard Nixon asks courts to release tapes and 42 million documents tied to his presidency. He argues prolonged unavailability blocks his ability to review materials during his lifetime and claims government control impedes frank discussions with associates.
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Washington
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Congress
Montagnard Refugees May Move to Washington Mountains
Montagnard tribesmen from Indochina may be resettled in remote western Washington villages to match their homeland climate and altitude. Officials say they must stay together for survival and anticipate about 40 arrived with 400 more expected, with no burden on relief rolls.
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Camp Pendleton
Calif
Indochina
Washington
Nick Thorne
Thorne
Tom Pryor
Washington State Office of Emergency Services
Washington State
Southern
California
Women Adopt 10 Year Action Plan At UN Conference
The International Women's Conference approved a 10 year plan for sexual equality by acclamation. Debates anticipated over wealth redistribution and anti Zionism resolutions. The two week session near 1975 International Women's Year drew 1,300 official delegates and 4,000 unofficial attendees. Bell A bzug called it historic.
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Mexico City
International Women’s Conference
United Nations
Bella Abzug
D-N.y
Plan of Action
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