NYC Transit Walkout Avoided in New York
New York City narrowly averted a transit strike when bus and subway workers agreed to a two year contract with point for point cost of living raises. In San Francisco a city strike continued with 250000 commuters affected as 34000 transit workers faced possible action.
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NYC Transit
San Francisco
New York
New York City
Subway
Mounicipal
New York City Transit Workers Union
Transit Authority
David Yunich
Yunich
Service Employes International Union
SEIU
George Moscone
Board of Supervisors
Linn United Way names Marshall Hardesty Jr president
Marshall G. Chip Hardesty Jr of 2300 Hillcrest Dr SE was elected president of the United Way of Linn County at its annual meeting. He succeeds Anita Terpstra who praised a year of growth and pre campaign budgeting. Terpstra became the first woman to lead the agency in 60 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall G
Chip) Hardesty, Jr
Hillcrest Drive
United Way
Linn County
Hardesty
Simmons, Perrine, Albright and
Ellwood
Anita Terpstra
AA. Rogers
Terpstra
John Byers
Richard Rehman
Emmett Scherrman
Lillian Neff
Percy Harris
Alabama lawmaker denounces marker bias on Indian battles
Rep H L Callahan a part Muskogee Indian told state historical commission director Warner Floyd markers misname Indian victories as massacres and white victories as battles Floyd, claiming Cherokee Indian heritage, promised fairness in the future. United Way board members were elected with J Bernard Rehnstrom as first vice president and Sam Wallace among new directors. terms assigned to Kay Chapman Martin Garvey and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery, Ala
UPI
Alabama
H.L
Sonny” Callahan
Mobile
Muskogee
Floyd
J. Bernard Rehnstrom
Scherrman
Donald Carstens
Sam Wallace
Sigm Falk
Donald Koppenhaver
Bernard (Bing) Grabek
Kay Chapman
Martin Garvey
Wilburn Hollis
Kathryne Sears
Reginald Watters
Irene Konecny
Richard Goode
Charles Denny [II
Constance Whitmore
Kidney danger signals and home remedy claims emerge
A garbled ad style notice warns of kidney danger signals like backache and getting up at night. It touts a "Corner Ahead" remedy and urges flushing and regulating with purported baskets of cures. It promises gentle relief and a 5 cent refund in 12 hours.
FMC Corp and UAW approve three year labor pact
United Auto Workers local 299 and FMC Corp crane and excavator division ratified a new three year labor contract for 1160 maintenance and protection employees at Sixth Street and Bowling Street plants. Negotiators cited general wage increases and added benefits including improved insurance pensions vacations and an extra holiday.
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United Auto Workers Local 299
FMC Corp. Crane and Excavator Division
FMC
Sixth Street
Bowling Street
Laser Treats Diabetic Retinopathy Cuts Blindness Risk
UPI reports preliminary results from the largest diabetic retinopathy study showing photocoagulation with high intensity light and laser reduces more than half the risk of blindness in some patients. The 10 year trial includes 1720 people across Baltimore Boston Madison Miami Minneapolis Chicago Los Angeles San Juan Albany Iowa City Philadelphia Salt Lake City Seattle Detroit and other centers. The National Eye Institute confirms the findings as a major advance in eye care.
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United States
National Eye Institute
Baltimore
Boston
Madison
Wis
Miami
Minneapolis
Chicago
Los Angeles
San Juan
P.R
Albany
N.Y
Iowa City
Philadelphia
Salt Lake City
Seattle
Detroit
More Buried Than Alive By United Press International
A United Press International report notes an eerie statistic: there are thirty times as many people buried in the earth as currently living. The piece contemplates mortality and population in stark terms.
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Emergency Financial Control Board
TWA
Marshall Hardesty, Jr
Linn United Way
United Way Board
Cool-Line
Michigan
C.R. Lumber & Appliance CO
Cedar Rapids
Marion Area
Second Street
United State Bank
Your Family Bank
16Th Ave
Sembig
FDIC
FMC Corp
UAW
Washington
Pisa
Italy
Franco Paron
Paron
Bhi Malloy
Haval
Cooler Rapids
Malloy Jewelers
United Press International
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