Memphis Labor Talks Fail To Break Police Firefighter Strike
Mayor Wyeth Chandler met with labor leaders in Memphis to broker a settlement as police and firefighters push for higher wages. National Guard secure city while 4,000 Presley visitors observe burial day amid curfews. teachers return with no new contract.
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Tommy Powell
Ed Jacobs
Memphis
Belgium
Elvis Presley
National Guard
Lorene Osborne
Memphis Education Association
Jacobs
Questioning of King shooting direction raises doubt
The House assassinations committee heard that tests could not prove whether the fatal King shot came from the boarding house window or bushes below. James Earl Ray, who pleaded guilty in 1968, has since recanted. Civil rights leader Jesse Jackson urged reopening the probe. officials noted both possible firing angles but offered no definite conclusion.
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Martin Luther King Jr
James Earl Ray
King
Memphis
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Justice Department
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Rdhio
Michael Baden
Baden
Lorraine Motel
Nyad And Taylor End Open Ocean Marathon Attempts
Diana Nyad and Stella Taylor abandoned their 100 mile open ocean swims citing tides winds and dangerous currents. Nyad quit less than halfway from Cuba toward the Florida Keys after 41 hours in heavy seas. Taylor was about 10 miles from her Bahamas to Florida goal when she gave up ten miles off Jensen Beach as winds pushed her off course.
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Associated Press
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Stella Taylor
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Jack Crouser
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Key West
United Way Campaign Aims For 10 Percent Rise In 1978
Greater Bluefield's United Way kicks off 1978 with a breakfast meeting at Bonanza Restaurant. Chairmen Kellerman and Pile urge canvassers to push for at least a 10 percent pledge increase over 1977 as UW President Gillespie and campaign chair Ammar set a $231,000 minimum goal. Key leaders include Ray Williford Nick Amell and division captains W J Berry Lena French Walter Sowers Ray Marstin Kellerman Gillespie and Ammar.
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Greater Bluefield United Way
Bonanza
Fred Kellerman
Jim Pile
A. S
Buddy) Ammar
Barnes Gillespie
Bluefield
Ray Williford
Nick Amell
Batcave In South Jersey Found By Comic Map
AP reports in a comic strip plot that Batman’s Batcave and Wayne Mansion are located on the Delaware Bay shores in South Jersey near Bivalve in Cumberland County. The map also places Superman in Delaware while Justice League members care for The Flash at Gotham General Hospital.
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Batman
Boy Wonder
Robin
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Batcave
Wayne Mansion
Delaware Bay
South Jersey
Charles
New York City
Superman
Delaware
Wonder Woman
Justice League of America
Gotham General Hospital
Cumberland County
Michael Gold
DC Comics
Rail Strike Widespread Amid Coal Car Shortage
The N and W Railway leases coal cars to other lines as coal movement stalls. Lou Phelps cites day-by-day leasing with many cars bound for Louisville & Nashville. Clinchfield mines resume after a judge’s injunction against clerks’ picketing. Over 4,500 clerks and 20,000 others strike, union seeks job security. Coal movement limited, some trucking coal to other railroads. Appalachian Power Co. remains a customer.
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Lou Phelps
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Clinchfield Coal Co
Castlewood
Glynn Phillips
UMW
Clinchfield
Railway Clerks’ Union
Phillips
Virginia
Sid G. Bishop
Brotherhood of Railroad and Airline
Bishop
Brotherhood of Railway and Airline
Phelps
Roanoke
West Virginia
Wise County
North Carolina
The
Appalachian Power Co
Damages at Bluefield Sash & Door suit details
Damages at Bluefield Sash and Door could have been repaired in 1972 for under five thousand dollars, the jury told in the Hill Street housing project suit. The Maryland American Legion supports whipping post for wife and child beaters. College costs rise at most Virginia institutions. A former WVEA secretary sues to regain position. Princeton little leaguers win 95 to Mississippi. three teams set for Grid-A-Rama at Mitchell Stadium on August 25.
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Bluefield Sash & Door
Hill Street
Princeton
Mississippi
Mitchell Stadium
Index The sex scene is changing fast
Playboy features a centerfold photo of a test tube signaling evolving norms in adult imagery and science themed presentation.
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