Guests Strike Over Built-In Tip at Miami Beach Hotels
The Fontainebleau and six other luxury Miami Beach hotels faced a three day strike by the Hotel and Restaurant Left and Bartenders Union demanding a $1.50 daily maid tip from guests. Edwin Dean of the South Florida Hotel and Motel Association opposed the surcharge, warning it could raise room rates and set a precedent. Nonunion staff and friends filled in, guests endured glitches, and some baggage duties fell to guests as negotiations for a three year contract stall. The union claims about 10,000 members with around 2,000 out of work before the strike.
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Miami Beach
UPI
Fontainebleau
Edwin Dean
South Florida Hotel and Motel Association
Miami
Dean
Pope
Coral Beach
Shelborne
Honover
Deauville
Carillon
Eden Roc
Coral Country Club
Honever
Daley heir emerges from smoke filled room
Chicago Democratic leaders sealed a power sharing deal after the death of Mayor Daley. Alderman Edward Bilandic is set to be elected acting mayor at Tuesday’s City Council meeting. Burke and Alderman Edward Vrdolyak gain influence as the party splits power and positions for a future mayoral contest within six months.
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Chicago
UPI
Democratic Party
Richard J. Daley
United Party
Edward Bilandic
Daley
City Hall
Burke
Democratic Organization
Bilandic
Edward Vrdolyak
Wilson Frost
Frost
Wheat deal with Russia cited as good policy for peace
President-elect Carter's agriculture nominee says the five year U S Russia grain agreement, guaranteeing 6 million metric tons a year with option up to 8 million, appears sensible. The pact protects U S consumers if shortfalls occur as Russia's 1976 purchases run about 6.5 million tons amid a strong harvest.
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Washington
UPI
Russia
Jimmy Carter
Bob Bergland
United States
Santa Hoists 15000 Kids Then Hospitalized For Exhaustion
A department store Santa in Richmond is hospitalized with exhaustion after twenty years of portraying Santa at a downtown store. Arthur Hood, 54, spent Christmas hearing wishes from thousands of children, saying he did not take enough time away to eat. He remains hospitalized while expressing regret he could not endure another Christmas Eve. Hood recalls a woman traveling from Houston with her family to see him, a testament to the Santa tradition.
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Richmond. Va
UPI
Arthur G. Hood
Richmond Memorial Hospital
Hood
Balding Ter
Santa
R and Rhoads Department Store
Houston
Overland Park, Kan
Stephanie E. Shoemaker
Natalie
Shoemaker
Ae Street
Ms. Shoemaker
Pee Natalie
Stalie
Jane Shoemaker
34Th Street
Amtrak Derailed On Main Line Hurts Holiday Travelers
An Amtrak Broadway Limited derailed on Philadelphia’s Main Line injuring at least 36 travelers. Four cars left the track, power was knocked out in the town, and several passengers were hospitalized in Chester County and Coatesville. Names include Ivadell Gamble Edith Chappellear Shern Sledge Gus Manheimer and George Sharp.
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Downingtown, Pa
UPI
Amtrak
Philadelphia
Chester County Hospital
Ivadell Gamble
Munising, Mich
Edith
Chappellear
Chevy Chase
Shern Sledge
Los Angeles
Gus Manheimer
Jamestown
Mich
Coatesville Hospital
George Sharp
Downingtown
Gilmore faces Jan. 17 firing squad after bleak holiday
Gilmore, in solitary confinement since an earlier incident, has received hundreds of Christmas cards but is denied visits except from attorneys. His execution in Provo, Utah, is likely the first U.S. death penalty carried out in years, following prior delays and a murder conviction of a 36-year-old former Oregon parolee for killing a motel clerk.
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Salt Lake City
UPI
Gilmore
Moody
Ronald Stanger
Vern Damico
United States
Oregon
Provo
487 Lose Lives on Holiday Weekend
United Press International reports 487 people died during the Christmas holiday period from fires traffic planes and other accidents. A Chicago Parish mourns 12 lost in a Pilsen fire while a Missouri family perishes in a plane crash near Fort Wayne Indiana.
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United Press International
St. Vitus Church
Chicago
Kago
Pilsen
David Reichard
Stone Mountain
National Safety Council
Illinois
Maryville
Texas
California
North Carolina
Florida
Maine
Montana
New Mexico
North Dakota
South Dakota
Utah
District of Columbia
Missouri
Fort Wayne
Ind
Columbia City
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le Chateau Frontenac
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Saco
Taai
Granby
Darrell Day
Day
Maine Mall
Art Gallery
Merry Manor
Portland
Civic Center
East Coast
Robert Moody
Main St
Rt. 1
Mile Rd
Well, Me
Electrolux Call Anytime
J. Durfee
Melvin Ave
D.C
Beach
P.J
Maggie Colt
Sheraton Inn
Sheraton Hotels & Inns Worldwide
Maine Mall Road
South
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