Trucker Strike Puzzle Has Many Odd Pieces
AP reports a complex set of labor talks over independent truckers with a tentative agreement but no binding contract. Negotiators bounced between a Washington hotel room and the White House, involving a Democratic governor, a Republican administration, federal mediators, carriers, the Teamsters union, and state and federal agencies amid a fragile effort to restart trucking deliveries.
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Robert A. Dobkin
Washington
White House
Teamsters Union
Congress
W.J. Usery Jr
Great Britain
Pennsylvania
Milton J. Shapp
Shapp
Judge on loan clears New Jersey backlog in busy week
Federal Judge Herbert P. Sorg, on loan from Pittsburgh, steers a packed New Jersey calendar with back-to-back trials from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. In one case a 66-year-old woman faces phony tax charges, while another juries return verdicts in a cocaine and bank misapplication case.
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Newark
Herbert P. Sorg
Sorg
Pittsburgh
New Jersey
Frederick B. Lacey
Ted Williams
California
Hawaii
Prostitution Ring Spreads Across 14 States and Canada
An organized prostitution syndicate with operations in 14 states and Canada grossed at least 364000 in Boston last year. Cities include Philadelphia and Pittsburgh with a circuit reaching to Denver. FBI and Suffolk County DA investigators say five women were arrested in Boston as agents studied financial records. Prostitutes stayed two weeks in each city with customers paying 25 to 100 dollars.
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Canada
Boston
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
FBI
Suffolk County District Attorney
Denver
Heart Doctor Urges Calm Amid Gas Shortages
Pittsburgh cardiologist Dr. Lawrence N. Adler warns motorists to avoid panic during fuel shortages. He cites stress as a risk for heart disease and urges out of gas drivers to walk or bike when feasible. Adler notes personal plan to walk to work with a quarter tank remaining.
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Plctsburgh
Pittsburgh
Lawrence N. Adler
Pennsylvania Heart Association
Adler
Large Suggestion Award at Corry Foam Plants
A $925 reward shared by two employees, Joseph Wawrejko and James Ross, was presented for a plant suggestion that yielded substantial labor savings. George E. Cote, plant manager, announced the award, noting it as the largest in the company’s history at Corry Foam Products.
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Joseph Wawrejko
James ‘Sparky’ Ross
George E. Cote
Penn Central Reports 1973 Losses Amid Revenue Gain
Penn Central Transportation Co reports 1973 ordinary losses over 189 million dollars, down from 1972. Net loss 172.5 million, versus 222.8 million in 1972, aided by a 16.4 million extraordinary credit from June loan settlement. Total revenues reach 1.96 billion, up 7.6 percent from 1.83 billion in 1972.
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Philadelphia
Penn Central Transportation Co
Penn Central International N.V
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