Doctors and interns walk hospital picket lines in Chicago
At Cook County Hospital doctors and interns walked out over salary and patient care issues. A temporary restraining order halted the day-old walkout, with 490 of 525 house staff reported participating. Emergency visits dropped as six patients were admitted and 3 emergency operations occurred, while 150 outpatients visited.
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Chicago
Cook County Hospital
House Staff Association
Circuit Court
Donald O’brien
Association
Geraghty
James Haughton
Hospital Governing Commission
Trash containers set on fire near County Road 28 Racine
Racine Volunteer Fire Department responded Sunday at 9 29 p m to two trash containers on fire along County Road 28. They used 300 gallons of water to extinguish the blaze as crews average one to two calls weekly for similar fires. The county wide disposal system was created by county commissioners for convenient resident trash disposal instead of littering the countryside. Observers should notify the sheriff if they see arson or tampering with containers.
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Racine
Sheriff's Department
Former Prostitute Seeks Legalization at Women’s Congress
At the International Women's Year Congress in Cleveland Susie a former prostitute told a workshop she supports legalizing prostitution She described a life of hardship and said she now relies on welfare The session drew a standing room crowd of over 200 with 80 students present and more than 45 000 attendees across the event.
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Cleveland
Susie
Congress
Eduard Eichner
Richard O'Toole
Kent State University
O'Toole
Carole Turoff
Smithson To Head Union
Leonard Smithson of Letart was elected president of Local 9586 United Mine Workers of America at a Sunday meeting in New Haven Community Building. The 180 Central Coal Co. employees face furloughs as the mine scales down production with 125 laid off and 62 to possibly follow. shutdown cited as high production costs difficult mining conditions and high sulfur content. Some members consider work with Southern Ohio Coal Co. or in Charleston area while the mine remains on standby for future resumption.
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New Haven
Leonard Smithson, Letart
United Mine Workers of America
Central Coal Co
Southern Ohio Coal Co
Charleston
Central
Philip Sporn
Graham Station
WVU PRT System Off to Surprising Start
West Virginia University reports its Personal Rapid Transit system has run 13 days at 87 percent efficiency linking three campuses. Dr. Samy Elias, originator and WVU industrial engineering chair, says 96 percent is the target and that only running time remains to fix remaining bugs.
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Morgantown
W. Va
West Virginia University
WVU
University
Samy Elias
Elias
Banks Move to End Free Use of Federal Tax Funds
Congress advances a plan to end banks free use of billions in noninterest tax and loan deposits held by banks for the government. Rep. Wright Patman leads subcommittee action as Treasury backs interest payments to the government and a year‑end shift to an interest bearing arrangement is anticipated.
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Washington
Congress
Wright Patman
Dtex
Patman
House Banking
Treasury
The
Antique Car Buffs Rally to Globe Girdling Bicentennial Race
James Jaworski leads a band of antique car buffs in a 22,000 mile reverse Paris to Peking route limited to cars built by 1914. Entries include a 1912 Alco, 1912 Pierce Arrow, 1904 Pope Toledo, 1909 Buick and 1912 Rolls Royce with hopefuls from Uruguay, Rome, Belgium and Britain. The event starts in Paris around May 28 and ends in Times Square around July 25, with a four-person crew per car and a 150 000 to 500 000 dollar prize. The rally will emphasize reliability over speed and include support vehicles with a machine shop and parts.
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Dennis Montgomery
Associated Press
Cleveland
James Jaworski
Paris
le Matin
New York Times
Jaworski
Nevada
Bill Harrah
Alco
Ellenville
N.Y
Detroit
Buick
France
Rolls Royce
Sydney
Uruguay
Rome
Belgium
Great Britain
Jaworksi
New York
Times Square
Brussels
Bonn
Berlin
Warsaw
Moscow
Novosobirsk
Irkutsk
Siberia
Khabarovsk
Rhodes Plans Tour of Ohio Transportation Research Center
Gov. James A. Rhodes will host a tour for Transportation Secretary William T. Coleman of the 30 million TRC at EAST LIBERTY Ohio. The facility seeks two federal leasing programs and plans a 14 million compliance center to test auto safety and emissions while facing funding delays and potential sale.
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East Liberty
Ohio
James A. Rhodes
U.S. Secretary of Transportation
Rhodes
Transportation
William T. Coleman
Transportation Research Center
Columbus
TRC
Washington
Council
Wall Street Journal
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Trimble Tomcat
Rosemary Cardaras
Cindy Swartback
Lynn Sharp
Debbie Vardol
Messenger
Dan Dry Muskingum College
Athens
Kevin Geraghty
Nelsonville
James R. Hartley
Carol Road
State Highway Patrol
Jefferson
Hartley
Smithson
Union
the Athens Messenger
D&s
West Virginia
U.S. & Possessions
Messenger Publishing Co
Johnson Road
Rhodes Selling Test Center
Pol. Pol. Adv
William C. Rowland
City of Athens
Ohio University
Ohio Northern University
Glouster, Trimble
Amesville
Rowland
City Solicitor Committee
Roger J. Jones
Chrm
Phyllis Katz
Phyllis
Hatz
Katz
Betty Patrick
Columbia
Council-At
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Athens City
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Skiliet
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