Rail unions face possible nationwide rail shutdown
A breakdown in talks between railroads and four AFL-CIO shopcraft unions could trigger a coast to coast strike this weekend. A federal judge heard arguments on extending restraining orders that have kept trains moving since Jan 31.
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Washington
Howard Corcoran
W. J. Usery
Miami Beach
Fla
William Winpisinger
Afl-Cio
Union Pacific
Usery
White House
Winpisinger
John P Hiltz
Nixon
Agnew Tops Fundraising Drive As Nation's Draw
Vice President Spiro T. Agnew has become the nation’s most sought after speaker with about 50 requests daily. Democrats trail with limited fund raising pull as Agnew headlines cover fundraising dinners, with several events expected to fetch about 1.6 million dollars from thousands of attendees. Descriptions note Agnew’s outspoken charges against antiwar protest leaders and media, fueling demand after a sharp burst following Des Moines.
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Washington
Spiro T. Agnew
Agnew
Nixon
Des Moines
Fla
Hubert H. Humphrey
Edmund S. Muskie
Edward M. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Cape Cod
St. Paul
Minn
Atlanta
Nebraska
Lincoln
E.J. Faulkner
Southerns Fail In Bus Ban Aid
The Senate approved a 35 billion education aid bill after Southern attempts to attach a ban on busing failed. In the House, Dixie forces won antidesegregation amendments to a HEW Labor bill, while Nixon opposed inflationary funding. The overall package expands major education programs and aims to extend ESEA Title I funding.
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Washington
Senate
House
Dixie Forces
Departments of Health, Education and Welfare and Labor
Nixon
Congress
South
John Stennis
D-Miss
Ervin
State Finances Balloon Threatens Pennsylvania Programs
Pennsylvania faces a fiscal crisis as unfunded programs grow and revenues lag. Officials warn a $500 million gap, with half covered by recent taxes, forcing cuts to PIDA loans, PBS network operations, state universities, and mass transit. Governors and lawmakers hesitate to raise taxes, risking service curtailments.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Public Television Network
Penn State
Pitt and
Temple
Canadian power loan eyed to curb PJM outages
The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission chair George S. Bloom announced a plan for the Pennsylvania New Jersey Maryland power pool to borrow about 400 megawatts from Ontario producers next summer. In winter, the 400 megawatts would be returned as Canadian facilities are taxed. The PJM pool covers roughly 20 million customers across 48 000 square miles in three states.
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Harrisburg
PJM
Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission
George S. Bloom
Ontario
Mayor Orders Zoning Shut of Friedl and Daghir Offices
Mayor Robert Kein ordered the borough police to close the temporary district justice office of Elizabeth Friedl and the temporary Elk County District Attorney office due to zoning violations in a residential zone. The county commissioners found a new temporary DA office in the rear of a store and seek a temporary Friedl location, amid resident complaints and prior offers of borough space.
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ST. Marys
Robert Kein
Elizabeth Friedl
Elk County
Gordon Daghir
Friedl
Gilbert A. Straub
Herbert Straub
Thomas Gorman
Dean Williams
Benzinger
Two Wives Claim To Body In Erie Crash
A court decision is awaited this afternoon to determine who has legal claim to the body of Dr. Darrell R. Shipley, pilot of a twin engine plane killed near Erie International Airport. Shipley’s wife Joanne and another woman Bonnie Sue Shipley both claim rights. Police were sent to notify Joanne, but a card in Shipley’s pocket led to Bonnie’s claim. Shipley, from Clarksville Tennessee, had two sets of children and made regular flights including trips to a Texas town, with FAA records being checked.
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Darrell R. Shipley
Erie International Airport
Shipley
Erie
Joanne Shipley
Joanne
Clarksville, Tenn
Ernie
Bonnie Sue Shipley
Bonnie
Federal Aviation Authority
Texas
Labor To Squeeze For Big Pay Hikes
Miami Beach AP report says unions plan large wage demands to counter four years without real earnings gains. AFL CIO president Meany argues inflation stems from excess profits and calls for worker pay boosts. about five million workers in major bargaining, with profits rising faster than wages.
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Miami Beach
Afl-Cio Executive Council
Labor Federation
George Meany
Labor Council
Meany
Two Traffic Accidents Damage $4300 In Corry Area
Corry State Police investigated two crashes yesterday causing $4300 in damage with no injuries. A Cooperstown woman, Barbara M. McCormick, 39, lost control on icy Route 8 and struck a utility pole, $1800 damage. A second crash near a narrow bridge involved two semi trailers and a car, totaling $2500 between vehicles. Kenneth W. Waite Jr., 24, of Jamestown, and George E. Dahlgren, 45, of Jamestown were identified as drivers.
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Corry
Cooperstown
Corry-Spartansburg
Henry Kaschalk
Barbara M. McCormick
Wattsburg
Kenneth W. Waite Jr
Jamestown
N.Y
Martin Kaschalk
George E. Dahlgren
School Ordered To Stop Bible Reading
The U S Circuit Court of Appeals ordered an immediate halt to Bible readings at Fairchance Georges Junior Senior High School Fairchance Fayette County The court cited the injunction granted by U S District Judge Louis Rosenberg in Pittsburgh which Rosenberg had stayed pending the Circuit ruling
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Philadelphia
U.S
Srd Circuit Court of Appeals
Fairchance Georges
Fairchance
Fayette County
Harry EB
Kalodner
American Civil Liberties Union
Louis Rosenberg
Pittsburgh
Rosenberg
Circuit Court
Fear Shrouds Scene of Triple Slaying near Fort Bragg
At Fort Bragg North Carolina residents near a military housing project fear increases after an Army doctor’s wife and two young daughters were slain and the surviving husband Captain Jeffrey MacDonald wounded. Police tightened secrecy around the investigation as investigators removed bloodstained wall sections for laboratory analysis.
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FT. Bragg
N.C
Jeffrey MacDonald
Womack Army Hospital
MacDonald
MacDonalds
Kimberly
Kristen
Army
Criminal Investigation Division
Ft. Gordon
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Barbara A. Thoren
Guilford, Conn
Connecticut Turnpike
East Lyme
Hugh Scott
Sam J. Ervin
DNC
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Delaware
District of Columbia
Bloom
Penn Central Railroad
Union City
Clarence Drayer
Atlantic Street
Drayer
George
Francis Wontenay
Drayer Brothers
Union City Memorial Hospital
Wontenay
Jack Whiteley
Whiteley
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