Dock Strike Looms as West Coast Ports Brace for Action
A renewed dock strike threat endangers 24 West Coast ports after a weekend of marathon talks between PMA and ILWU with federal mediator J Curtis Counts. An 80 day cooling off expired Christmas Day and a temporary labor accord remains in place until 8 am PST today. Core issues include argo container handling between ILWU and Teamsters and wage terms, with Counts warning Congress could compel workers back to the docks if a strike resumes.
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San Francisco
West Coast
Pacific Maritime Association
International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Association
J. Curtis Counts
Counts
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Edwin M. Scott
Mediation Service
Scott
ILWU
PMA
Nixon
Congress
Teamsters Union
Argo
Teamsters
Sky Marshals Scrutinized as Budget Cuts Loom in 1973
Washington reports the sky marshal program, started in 1970, logged 639 arrests and thousands of weapons seized in its first year. Customs cites 20 aboard aircraft, 50 bomb threats, and 36,459 weapons detained, amid plans to cut back funding in fiscal 1973 in favor of enhanced ground surveillance.
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Washington
Customs Bureau
Customs
Myles J Ambrose
Ambrose
Sky
Nixon
Congress
Transportation Department
Refugee Camp Slaying Targets U S Nurse in Gaza
Israeli security men combed a Gaza refugee camp for Arab guerrillas who killed Mavis Pate 46 of Ringgold Louisiana and wounded Rev Edward Nicholas 49 of Austin Texas and his 17 year old daughter Carol in an ambush as they returned to the American School near Tel Aviv. Nicholas was shot in thigh and stomach. Pate died from head wound.
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Tel Aviv
Gaza Strip
Mavis Pate
Ringgold
Edward Nicholas
Austin
Tex
Carol
Nicholas
The
Baptist
Israel
Miss Pate
Beersheba
Baptist Hospital
Gaza
Rahman Claims Pakistan Slaughtered 3 Million in 1971 War
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, prime minister of Bangladesh, told British TV that West Pakistani troops killed about three million and destroyed towns and livelihoods. He described mass rape, arson, and starvation, urged UN action, and recalled his imprisonment and escape during the conflict.
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Associated
Preas
Sheik Mujibur Rahman
Bangladesh
Sheik Mujib
Dacca
David Frost
Agha Mohammed Yahya Khan
Mujib
United Nations
Yahya Khan
Awami League
East Pakistan
Pakistan
India
Swaran Singh
Bhutto
Singh
Merchant Ship Rescues Four Tanker Crewmen
A merchant vessel plucked four crewmen from the stormy Atlantic after the Liberian tanker Plym reported taking on water in 10 to 15 foot seas and 45 mph winds. The Plym with 63 aboard sent lifeboats away leaving one. Coast Guard and escort vessels sped to the scene as a plane reported a powerless, dark ship. The owner, cargo, captain’s name, port of departure and destination were unknown.
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Portsmouth
Coast Guard
Plym
Cape Lookout
N.C
Jacksonville
Gulf Solo
Evergreen
Chilula
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Nes
Conneautville
Landmark
Crawford County
Sky Marshals
Desmond’s Electrical Contea
U.S
Sosyph Ele Tevine
Gall Me
Corry Savings and Loan Association
North Center Street
Corry
Pennsylvania
Association
David'l ‘Nichols
Rahman
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Sheik
West
Mubashir Hassan
Gas Company
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