Public pressure mounts over state pay raises across Pennsylvania
Corry City Council and Erie leaders join a broad wave of protests against a 62 percent pay hike for the General Assembly and state officials. Unions threaten a one day strike in Erie, while cities and counties seek court action to block the increases. Legislators face recalls and petitions as petitions circulate to Gov. Shapp and area lawmakers.
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General Assembly
Corry
Erie
United Electrical Workers Union
Local 506
United Auto Workers
Raymond Division
CAP
Milton
Shapp
House
Commonwealth Compensation Commission
Today's Journal
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Allegheny County
Council
Pat Cappabianca
Four Area Residents Hurt In Separate Crashes
Four area residents were hospitalized after crashes across the region. William Tobin, 18, and John Tobin, 16, brothers of Titusville, were injured when a northbound car left into their southbound motorcycle on Route 27. Both Tobins are in satisfactory condition at Titusville Hospital. In another wreck on Route 6 near Youngsville, Viola Mead, 36, of Garland and Beverly Huffman, 21, of Corry sustained injuries and were treated at Corry Memorial and Warren General Hospitals respectively. The Mead car struck a stopped Nadolny vehicle, causing total losses estimated at 750 dollars. An Erie man was treated and released after his car overturned on Route 6 west of Corry.
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William
John
Robert Tobin
East Main Street
Titusville Hospital
Titusville
Warren
William Tobin
Thomas Wright
R.D. 1
Garland
Corry Memorial Hospital
Corry
Warren General Hospital
Wlrs
Viola J. Mead
Corry Hospital
Beverly Huffman
Warren General
Clarence Nadelmy
Mead
Nadolny
Erie
Heavy Fighting South of Quang Tri City Near My Chanh Line
South Vietnamese forces clash with a North Vietnamese battalion estimated at 200 to 300 troops south of the My Chanh defense line about 10 miles south of Quang Tri and 20 miles north of Hue. The fight threatens Highway 1 as U.S. aircraft bomb from above and mortars strike below. Casualties unavailable. a suspected larger North Vietnamese move, possibly a regiment, aims to sever the highway behind the advancing task force.
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Saigon
Quang Tri
My Chanh
Hue
Highway 1
South Lee
le Ba Khien
U.S
Air Force
Meany Leads AFL-CIO to Neutral Stance in 1972 Campaign
Washington AP Meany who runs the AFL-CIO steered the federation to a fence-sitting neutrality on the 1972 presidential race, with a 27-3 vote against endorsing Nixon or McGovern. He said unions are free to choose and avoided a direct endorsement, signaling possible future challenges to his leadership amid growing McGovern support in the ranks.
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Washington
George Meany
Afl-Cio
House of Labor
Meany
George McGovern
Nixon
Labor Council
McGovern
Labor
Labor Federation
Jerry Warf
American Federation of State
Warf
Afl-Cio Council
Paul Jennings
Signal Union of Electrical Workers
al Grospiron
Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers
McGovern Moves to Soothe U.S. Labor Bloc
Democratic nominee George McGovern flies from the Black Hills to Washington to cast a pro labor Senate vote and announce Lawrence O'Brien as a campaign bridge to party regulars. He aims to quell AFL CIO opposition while stressing a test of union power in upcoming months.
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Rapid City
George McGovern
Washington
Senate
Lawrence F. O'Brien
Custer
O'Brien
McGovern
Richard Dougherty
South Dakota
Black Hills
Peter Dominick
R-Corp
House
Minimum Wage Showdown In Senate Today
The Senate plans a decisive vote on four bills to raise the minimum wage with George McGovern racing from South Dakota to Washington for the showdown. The Democratic version would lift the floor from 1.60 to 2.20 in steps, extending coverage to 8.4 million workers and repealing exemptions that block overtime pay.
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Washington
Senate
George McGovern
Nixon
McGovern
South Dakota
Afl-Cio
Senate Labor Committee
Railroad firemen dispute settles after 35 years
Washington AP reports a settlement ending the nation’s longest labor dispute over railroad firemen appointments. The agreement preserves 18,000 current firemen jobs and requires all vacancies for engineers to be filled from firemen. About 20,000 firemen were eliminated in eight years under a federal arbitration ruling.
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Washington
Congress
Kissinger Reports On Talks
Henry Kissinger, back from his 14th Paris session with Hanoi negotiators, appears optimistic about resuming talks with North Vietnam. He met Le Duc Tho and Xuan Thuy for a long six and a half hour session and reported to President Nixon. White House aides signaled further meetings will be announced as held.
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Washington
Henry Kissinger
Paris
Hanoi
Kissinger
Andrews Air Force Base
White House
Nixon
Ronald L. Ziegler
Ziegler
Ralaston
le Duc Tho
North Vietnam
Xuan Thuy
United States
Columbus Township Faces Sewage Plan Study and Options
Columbus Township supervisors accept a 2900 study by Northwest Engineers of Tidioute to address pollution from private septic systems. State half paid, township other half. second half released after Environmental Resources approval. Study weighs building a local plant or piping to Corry, with Corry pipe viewed as most practical by firm spokesman Ralph Osborn.
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Columbus
Warren County Health Department
Department of Environmental Resources
John Grandinetti
County Health Department
Grandinetti
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Herbert Fineman
Philadelphia
Assembly
Law Augusta
Fineman
Walter Foulke
James Hanes
Hanes
John K. Valentz
James Maloney
Steiner
John Burglund
Pryor
Youngsville
Quang Tri City
Floyd Smith
Machinists Union
U.S. Labor
Afl-Cio Executive Council
Big
Bulletin
Indochina
Jordan Christensen
Columbus Township Board of Supervisors
Ralph Osborn
Northwest Engineering Company of
Tidiaute
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