New York Hospitals Hit by Walkout in Labor Dispute
About 2,500 non medical hospital workers walked out in New York demanding higher pay causing emergencies in three private hospitals. Montefiore Bronx Mt Sinai Manhattan and Long Island Jewish Queens faced service disruptions as patient transfers were arranged. Union says demonstrations not ordered under wage reopening clause of five year contract.
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New York
Mannefiore Hospital
Bronx
Mt. Sinai: Hospital
Manhattan
Long Island Jewish Hospital
Queens
Montefiore
Afl-Cio Drug and Hospital Workers Union
Varnish Origins Tied to Ancient Resin and Queens
The article traces varnish back to prehistoric dimes from a tree in China and Japan yielding a milky resin used for lacquer. It notes the name derives from an altered royal name, connected to an Egyptian queen, and that Ptolemy I named a resin to match his queen's hair color.
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China
Japan
Ptolemy ID
Mass Murder in Chicago One of Worst in Annals
AP reports on eight nurses slain in Chicago, joining a list of infamous mass killings. The piece recalls Camden NJ 1949 and the St Valentine’s Day massacre in Chicago 1929, plus cases at sea and a Clutter family murder in Holcomb Kansas, with subsequent executions.
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Chicago
Camden
N. J
George ‘Bugs
Moran
al Capone
Terry Jo Duperrault
Miami
Arthur
Jean Duperrault
Green Bay
Wis
Julian Harvey
Terry Jo
Renee
Roberto Ramirez
Rogelio Diaz
Seven Seas
Truman Capote
Stock Exchange President Quits for University Post
Edwin Etherington, 41, resigns after 14 years as president of the American Stock Exchange to become president of Wesleyan University in Middletown Connecticut. He will take a pay cut, cites desire for family life and a return to education, and plans a demanding pace in academia. Etherington will leave the exchange next February and succeed Victor Butterfield at Wesleyan.
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American Stock Exchange
Etherington
Exchange Post
Wesleyan University
Middletown
Conn
New Post
New York Stock Exchange
American Exchange
Upper Montclair
N. J
Exchange Board of Directors
David §. Jackson
Wesleyan
Victor L. Butterfield
Exchange
Stone City House Burns
Fire destroyed an unoccupied stone house on the Nissen Engle property near the largest stone barn in the state. Anamosa firemen arrived after 11:45 p.m. to find the roof caved in. cause is undetermined.
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Stone City
Nissen-Engle
Anamosa
John Westphal
Gazette Want Ad Offers Quick Vacation Cash
Call 362-1121 and ask for an Adtaker to place a Want Ad selling odds and ends for extra vacation cash.
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Gazette
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Cedar River
Eleventh Avenue
N. Y
Samantha
Kcrg-Tv
Howard Unruh
State Hospital
Trenton
Harvey
Stock Exchange
By Robert Hollen
Edwin Etherington
Phi Beta Kappa
Yale Law. School
McGraw- Edison
Novak
Novak Heating & Air Conditioning
Cedar Rapids
Real Estate Investment Company
Polity
Town & Country Shopping Center
Stone City House
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