Postal Strike Expands Across Nation Spreads to Philadelphia
The first historic walkout against the U S postal system reaches major hubs as National Association of Letter Carriers leaders meet in Washington to plan further action for higher wages. The strike disrupts New York and extends to Philadelphia with picket lines at 41 branches. Connecticut enforces a mail embargo already in force in New York and New Jersey. Burlington and Lansing chapters weigh strike votes while workers await Washington results.
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America
National Association of Letter Carriers
New York City
Washington
Philadelphia
Post Office Department
Connecticut
New York
New Jersey
Wall Street
New York Stock Exchange
National letter carrier strike expands to multiple cities
Cover Nation Lansing Dearborn Dearborn Heights and several other Michigan cities already have walked off their jobs. Postal officials in New York said the walkout spread to Milwaukee St Paul Minn Akron Ohio Chester Pa Buffalo New Brunswick N J Berwyn Ill Cleveland Philadelphia Hartford New Haven Waterbury Conn East Lansing and Dearborn Mich Others await word from the Washington meeting on action. Postmaster General Blount seeks to persuade workers to return then discuss wages. The strike, first by New York letter carriers, could shape federal labor relations. Salaries cited range from 6176 to 8442 with top scale 11500 after five years. The stoppage disrupts welfare and pension check deliveries, affecting the poor most. Three hundred Akron carriers and East Lansing workers joined today. Buffalo Newark carriers also affected. See MAIL STRIKE Page 14 Col 6.
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Burlington
UPI
Lawrence Fontaine
National Association of Letter Carriers
Fontaine
National Association
Washington
Arthur Belanger
Montpelier
Lansing
Dearborn
Dearborn Heights
Michigan
New York
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Minn
Akron
Ohio
Chester
Winton M. Blount
County Planning Agency Proceeds Hopes To Raise Funds Privately
Arlington and surrounding towns will back the Bennington County Regional Planning Commission by subscription after three towns rejected funding. Chair John M. Moore warned that without the BRPC towns lose access to federal and state planning money for police, sewage and other projects. Pownal Shaftsbury and Arlington plan to raise their shares, with Pownal aiming for $720, and suburban officials optimistic about private support despite funds not being in the general budget.
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County Planning Agency
Arlington
Bennington County
BRPC
Moore
Planning Commission
State Highway Department
Bennington
Rupert
Jordan Young
Vermont
Senate
Young
Ferdinand Bongartz
Henry van Loon
Manchester
James Jeffords
Commission
Pownal
Shaftsbury
Charles Rounds
Rounds
Living Cost Jumps Again
The United States faced the worst inflation in two decades as February prices rose by half a percent led by food clothing and shelter. The Labor Department reported the consumer price index at 132.5 percent of the 1957-59 base, up 6.3 percent from a year earlier, meaning $13.25 buys the same goods as $13.18 in January.
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Washington
UPI
Labor Department
House
Gerald R. Ford
White House
Nixon
O'Brien Announces Candidacy for Vermont Governor
State Sen. Leo O'Brien Jr. of Chittenden and Grand Isle counties declared his bid for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination. At a State House event, he denounced Gov. Deane C. Davis for leadership failures and said he would oppose Davis and Lt. Gov. Thomas Hayes, who has not yet stated his plans.
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Taries
Deane C. Davis
O’brien
Davis
GOP
Thomas Hayes
Hayes
L. Hayes
House
Walter Kennedy
Chelsea
Kennedy
John Alden
Woodstock
Senate
House Panel Forces Open Primary Bill to Senate Floor
House Government Operations Committee voted out the open primary measure and set the stage for Senate action while endorsing two administration government reorganization bills. The Senate Government Operations Committee had earlier rejected the election law measure, prompting the House panel to leverage the reorganization bills as bargaining power.
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House
Senate
Montpelier
UPI
Andrew Orzal
Rutland County
State House
Goldberg Enters Democratic Primary Against Rockefeller
Former U N ambassador and Justice Goldberg announces bid to oppose Governor Rockefeller in New York Democratic primary. He cites need to unite party forces for effective state governance, awaiting Democratic Committee decision at Catskill meeting.
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New York
Arthur J. Goldberg
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Goldberg
U.S
United Nations
Supreme Court
Kennedy
State Democratic Committee
Catskill
State Committee
Aiken and Schweiker Reevaluate Carswell Support
Senate Republicans Aiken and Schweiker reconsider their early backing of G Harrold Carswell. Aiken may delay decision until vote day as he dislikes both sides' arguments. Schweiker's aides say he is undecided amid new civil rights questions and concerns about judicial competence. Carswell, 50, previously U S district judge and U S attorney, was named for the Supreme Court by Nixon.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
G. Harrold Carswell
Supreme Court
Vermont
George D. Aiken
Richard S. Schweiker
Pennsylvania
Nixon
Schweiker
Carswell
Tallahassee
Fla
U.S
U.S. District Court
Dwight Eisenhower
Mayfest Readies Two Major Events at Mt Anthony High
The Bennington Mayfest Committee announces two major events at Walker-Morgan Memorial Auditorium Mt Anthony Union High School. On April 25 Judith Dunn dancer and Bill Dixon musician perform with six guest musicians and two guest dancers assisted by Rich ard Kerry. May 24 presents a multi media requiem on war with original works in music dance film drama and art.
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Walker-Morgan Memorial
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Judith Dunn
Bill Dixon
Bennington College
New York
Miss Dunn
Dixon
Richard Kerry
Bennington
William D. Worthington
Irving Adler
Joseph E. Joseph
George A. Sleeman
Glenn Ertell
Edward J. Bloustein
Jerome Campbell
Arthur S. Faris
George Finckel
David Gil
Christine Graham
Charles Keir
John G. McCullough
Bernard Malamud
Julius H. Manes
Hiram G. Savage
Annette Shapiro
Arthur D. Taylor
Reinhoud van der Linde
Elaine Curran
Gary Mattison
Frank Baker
Louis Calabro
Inside editorials on environment and reform
On the Inside Sam Ogden wonders if the sudden interest in saving the environment has come too late. An editorial argues that when a nation adopts medio crity as its standard the only place to go is down. State Tax Commissioner Lawrence Wright notes tax system reforms are on the horizon. A “dirty picture” contest is part of Earth Day on April 22.
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Sam Ogden
Lawrence Wright
Mt Anthony Board Hears Pitkin Ideas on Vermont Education
Dr Royce Pitkin, former Goddard College president, addressed Mt Anthony Union High School and teachers about A Model Secondary Educational Program for Vermont. He urged practical, self developing education outside classrooms and warned against over ambition in schooling, proposing a small school environment to ease overcrowding and conserve tax funds.
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Royce S. Pitkin
Vermont
Pitkin
State Education Department
Goddard College
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Bennington
Mt. Anthony
Small
Gama
Catherine C. Corcoran
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