National Airlines Attendants End 126 Day Strike
National Airlines and its flight attendants ended a 126 day strike with a 3-1 vote to accept a new contract. Wages for senior flight attendants rise to 13,500, 1,200 union members affected, about 6,000 workers laid off during the stoppage, and 1,000 kept idle. Flights resume with focus on New York and California as schedules rebuild.
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Miami
National Airlines
Bob Metell
National
London
New York
California
Walt Robshaw
Studies: Military Personnel Fail To Pay State Taxes
Government studies find many service members do not pay state income taxes owed, with up to half noncompliant. Officers often avoid by claiming residency in tax-free states. Pentagon opposes withholding. White House and budget officials push for tax withholdings to improve compliance.
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Washington
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Defense Department
White House
Office of Management and Budget
General Accounting Office
Advisory Commission On Intergovernmental Relations
The
National Association of Tax Administrators
Defense de
Department
Pentagon
Budget Office
Hotline Network Activated Amid Doctor Slowdown In LA
In Los Angeles area hospitals activated radio and telephone hotlines and organized a patient load sharing system as doctors protest rising malpractice insurance costs. Helicopters and emergency contacts were ready, with private hospitals referring some cases to public facilities if the slowdown grows, and officials prepared to resume a Sacramento meeting.
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Los Angeles
Sacramento
John Affeldt
Los Angeles County Department of Health Services
Press Barred From Simants Jury Selection
NORTH PLATTE Neb AP The press and public were barred from jury selection in the mass murder trial of Erwin C Simants 30 Judge Hugh Stuart said the ruling distasteful yet necessary The Nebraska supreme court barred him from telling the media what to report and the news media did not restrain reporting An oral appeal notice was filed by a coalition of news groups The defense and prosecution joined in seeking a closed jury selection Simants is accused of fatally shooting six members of the Henry Kellie family in Sutherland on Oct 18 He faces charges of sexual assault or attempted sexual assault The coalition contends jury selection is part of the trial and should not be closed
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Hugh Stuart
Nebraska Supreme Court
Nebraska
Simants
Henry Kellie
Sutherland
James Keley
Coalition
Mine Closed Traps 5000 Tourists in Eilat Strike
About five thousand visitors were stranded in Eilat as copper miners protested the Timna mines closure. The airport and harbor shut, roads blocked by earth-moving equipment, and a general strike declared after a government panel ordered the Timna copper mines closed due to a $9 million loss.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Red Sea
Eilat
Timna
Gazette Co Established Local Newspaper Rates
The Gazette Co publishes daily and Sunday editions from 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa 5240 with second class postage. Subscription rates listed for carrier and mail including 7 issues weekly 4.294 weeks 46.00 52 weeks and 70.00 52 weeks for other regions. AP exclusive rights noted for local news and dispatches.
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The
Gazette Coong
Third Ave
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Cedarapids
U S. Territories
Gandhi Criticized In Parliament In India Parliament opens four week session
Prime Minister Indira Gandhi faces sharp opposition as parliament begins its four week session in New Delhi. Communist leader Samar Mukherjee denounces censorship and calls for protection of opposition rights while Gandhi defends parliament’s authority and self restraint. In Bradford, Pa. officials shovel snow and cancel talks with striking workers amid heavy weekend snowfall.
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New Delhi
India
Indira Gandhi
Samar Mukherjee
Marxist Communist Party
Bradford
Maxwell Moore
Egypt demands PLO attendance at Geneva talks
Egypt urged a resumption of the Geneva Middle East peace conference in early 1976 with PLO participation. Foreign Minister Ismail Fahmi said the U N Security Council debate on January 12 cannot substitute for Geneva and noted a shifting American attitude toward the PLO. Israel opposes any change to Resolution 242, which Cairo seeks to keep as a political issue rather than a refugee matter. Allon headed to the U S for talks to align policy ahead of the debate.
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Egypt
Palestine Liberation Organization
Ismail Fahmi
PLO
Fahmi
U.S
U.N. Security Council
Council
Middle East
Cairo
Israel
Lebanese Food Convoy Halted After Near Beirut Confrontation
Christian militiamen blocked a food convoy to Palestinian refugee camps near Beirut twice. Moslem leaders demanded the government end the blockade by sundown, while Interior Minister Chamoun ordered an escorted delivery with army support. The convoy carried flour rice sugar and powdered milk to Jisr el Basha and Tal Zaatar camps. Leftist militiamen blamed Phalange Nat Liberal and Cedar Guards gunmen for stopping the aid.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Paforce
Yasir Arafat
Camille Chamoun
Jisr el-Basha
Tal Zaatar
Phalange Party
Chamoun
National Liberal Party
Cedar Guards
Nuclear Test Jolts Nevada and California
The nations first underground test of the new year rattled Western Nevada and Eastern California and was distinctly felt in Las Vegas. The delayed detonation occurred at 11:15 am at Pahute Mesa in the Nevada Test Site.
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Mercury
Nevada
California
Las Vegas
Pahute Mesa
FBI Memo Credits Secret Operations for Black Unrest
The San Diego memo, dated September 18 1969, notes FBI agents sought to disrupt Black Panther and US groups to worsen unrest in southeast San Diego. Four killed and four wounded that summer amid clashes between militant factions. An FBI official said violence was not the aim, but disruption of groups.
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FBI
San Diego
J. Edgar Hoover
Bureau
Black Panther Party
San Diego Union
Los Angeles Times
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John W. Finney
New York Times Service
Doctor Slowdown
North Platte, Neb
Erwin Charles Simants
Associated Press
Gandhi
Joseph V. Obrien
Ubeurer
Archdiocess
Vatican
Suria
Holy Land
Joseph
Archdiocese of Dubuque
Mount Loretta Ave
DuDuque
Dee
Addres
Geneva
James Adams
Minnesota
Perpetual
Modernaire
Second Ave
S.E
Lindale Plaza
Iowa City
E. Washington
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