Teamsters seek steep wage hikes in truck contract talks
The Teamsters formalized demands for wage increases of 1 per hour annually for three years plus 1.25 hourly in fringe benefits and higher mileage pay for long distance drivers. About 450,000 drivers are affected with 350,000 hourly workers. Industry sources call the demands fantastic and warn of a possible nationwide lockout as 12,000 firms await contracts expiring March 31.
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Washington
Teamsters Union
Frank Fitzsimmons
Teamsters
James Hoffa
Trucking Employers Inc
Nixon
Labor
Shultz
Chuckle Science Advances 50 Years Behind Comics
The field of Chuckle Science makes notable progress, now lagging comic book depictions by about five decades. Copyright terms apply.
Friends recall Kennedy plan to inform police after Chappaquiddick dive
In Edgartown Mass two of Sen Edward Kennedy's close associates Joseph Gargan and Paul Markham testified they believed Kennedy planned to go to police when his car fell into the channel near Chappaquiddick. They said it was only the next morning they learned he had not gone to police and urged him to do so. They described exhaustion after the search and Kennedy diving from the car into the channel.
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Edgartown
Mass
Edward Kennedy
Mary Jo Kopechne
Kennedy
Chappaquiddick Island
Martha’s Vineyard
Joseph Gargan
Paul Markham
Gargan
Markham
Miss Kopechne
Dike
Chappaquiddick
Edmund Dinis
James Boyle
Dinis
Judge Boyle
U.S
Boyle
Noethe
Matias
Woman Dies After Cedar Rapids Residence Fire
An 87 year old woman died at University Hospitals Iowa City from burns suffered in a Cedar Rapids fire Tuesday evening. Mrs. William C Johnson 407 Fourth Avenue SW suffered burns over 60 percent of her body after officials said a match dropped on her clothing. Her 86 year old husband was burned while trying to save her. Firemen found the couple in a smoke filled living room around 7 40 p m Tuesday. police arrived shortly after.
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University Hospitals
Iowa City
Cedar Rapids
William C. Johnson
Fourth Avenue
Shivering Continues in East Iowa
The Cedar Rapids area endures prolonged cold with temperatures failing to rise above zero since Monday. Forecasts for the next few days remain bleak as morning readings drop further in downtown Cedar Rapids.
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East
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Five U.S. helicopters downed in Viet Cong fighting
Vietnamese forces shot down five American helicopters as the heaviest combat of the month continued. U.S. losses stood at six dead and 40 wounded, with 239 Viet Cong and North Vietnamese fighters reported slain in the northern war zone.
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Saigon
UPS
U.S
da Nang
Ross
Young Columbus of 1970 To Visit England Austria
England and Austria will be on the agenda of the Eastern Iowa boy selected as The Gazette's representative on the Young Columbus XIV Anglo Austrian Adventure March 26 to April 7. A Gazette boy and 100 other youths will fly from New York aboard a chartered TWA jet after orientation. The 12 day itinerary includes the Tower of London Stratford upon Avon Parliament Eggenberg palace Schoenbrunn Vienna St Stephen's Cathedral and the University of Vienna. The Gazette launched a circulation drive Tuesday to aid in selecting the participant.
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England
Austria
Iowa
Gazette
Gazette Newspaper
Trans World Airlines
New York
Tower of London
Anne Hathaway
Stratford - Upon Avon
Britains Houses of Parliament
Eggenberg Palace
Schoenbrunn Castle
Vienna
St. Stephen’s Cathedral
University of Vienna
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Amana Society meat plant row prompts split statements
Iowa officials and Amana Society leaders disagreed over promises about the meat plant operations after a December inspection. Liddy defended no broken promises while confirming ongoing issues such as waste disposal and stream pollution, with licenses and federal standards to be addressed.
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Amana Society
Secretary of Agriculture
L. B. Liddy
Liddy
Des Moines
Amana Society Meat Department
Iowa
State Health Department
Health Department
Homestead
Amana
Len Dawson Acknowledges Acquaintance With Restaurateur In Gambling Probe
Len Dawson says he had a casual acquaintance with Donald Dawson, a Michigan restaurateur linked to a nationwide gambling ring investigated by IRS agents. The Chiefs quarterback is in New Orleans for the Super Bowl against the Minnesota Vikings. NBC named other figures as potential grand jury witnesses but officials dispute the breadth of the NBC report.
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NEW Orleans
Len Dawson
Kansas City
Chiefs
Michigan
Internal Revenue Service
Dawson
Minnesota Vikings
NBC
U.S
James Brickley
Detroit
Pete Rozelle
Donald Dawson
Birmingham
Mich
Youth Shot To Death In Holdup At Cedar Rapids Service Station
Cedar Rapids police report 19 year old Thomas John Noethe shot in the face during a nighttime holdup at the Trax service station 801 Third Street SE. He and his brother leased the station with a third partner. a cigar box of cash and checks was stolen. The shooting occurred between 2 50 and 3 13 a.m. and investigators seek witnesses. Noethe lived at 1012 Eighth Street SW and recently moved from Moneta, Iowa.
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Cedar Rapids
George Matias
Thomas John Noethe
Trax
Third Street
Noethe
Eighth Street
James
Matias
Moneta
Towa
Urban Noethe
Parents Defy Court Desegregation Order in Mississippi
Angry white parents at Petal junior high auditorium defied a Supreme Court desegregation edict by resisting transfer of 280 white pupils to Earl Travillion school. Superintendent Milton Evans stated the board had no choice as chants of hell no we won't go filled the room. Some families planned to enroll children in all white private schools to avoid the order while Holmes county district carried out desegregation quietly.
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Shoup
Amana Society
Liddy
Jackson, Miss
UPI
U. S. Supreme Court
Mississippi
Forrest County
Hattiesburg
Petal Junior High
Travillion School
Milton Evans
Evans
Holmes County
Jackson
Mower Accident Basis for Suit Asking 265000
A $265,000 suit filed in Linn district court seeks damages for Gregory R. Tuominen of Marion who at age five was blinded in the left eye in an April 26 1969 mower accident. The suit, by his father Richard Tuominen, alleges the boy was struck in the eye by a rock.
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Gregory R. Tuominen
Marion
Linn District Court
Richard
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