Snap-Tite Wins Navy Contract for F-14A Quick Disconnects
Snap-Tite Inc of Union City lands an $800,000 Navy contract for quick disconnects used on the Grumman F-14A. Grumman Aerospace’s Lew Evans confirms the deal, marking Snap-Tite’s second major aerospace breakthrough after a prior $400,000 award for L-1011 TriStar fittings. The announcement was made by Snap-Tite president George A. Clark.
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Snap-Tite, Inc
Union City
George A. Clark
Snap- Tite
Lew Evans
Grumman Aerospace Corporation
Bethpage
Long Island
N.Y
Grumman
Snap-Tite
Leaders Face Jail In Philly Teacher Strike
In Philadelphia, most of the 275 public schools stayed open as striking teachers picketed for a second day while six union leaders faced contempt charges for defying a court injunction. Principals used nonstriking staff to sustain some classes, with about one third of the district’s 12,800 teachers volunteering. Negotiations had stalled, and no new talks were planned before a hearing before Judge Theodore L. Reimel.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Federation of Teachers
Bernard Herman
Herman
Common Pleas
Theodore L. Reimel
Jom Ryan
Board of Education
Meadville Link Dedicated as Part of Shafer Highway
The Governor will dedicate a 13 mile Meadville link of the Interstate 79 extension from Erie to the Pittsburgh area on Friday October 30. A ribbon ceremony occurs at the Meadville Interchange at 3 30 p m followed by a dinner at the Holiday Inn Meadville. The project will shorten travel between Erie and Waynesburg and reduce costs while boosting safety.
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Raymond P. Shafer
Erie
Pittsburgh
Shafer
Crawford County
State Transportation Department
Saegertown
Conneaut Marsh
Meadville
Holiday Inn
Erie-Pittsburgh
Waynesburg
Greene County
Crawford
Mercer
Lawrence
Butler
Allegheny
Washington
Greene
Commonwealth
Hospital Accounting Three Years Behind at Allentown State
Auditor General Casey reports Allentown State Hospital bookkeeping is three years behind with unusable revenue office records. He cites last financial statement from June 1967 and says arriving at true accounts receivable is impossible. The hospital hired a new revenue agent in 1969 amid staff shortages.
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Harrisburg
Allentown State Hospital
Robert P. Casey
Casey
Bey
Moving House Fit for Salem Street Narrow Turn
Urban renewal in Salem Massachusetts threatened Frank Westmoore’s home. He moved the house itself to save it, and after two hours of maneuvering through a narrow street only a few inches wider than the house, the move succeeded with minor paint scrapes.
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Salem
Mass
Frank Westmooreof
Singer Leads Fight For Indian Equality
Washington AP reports Sioux singer Floyd Westerman foregrounds native rights in Washington. He questions Indian bureaucratic limits while appealing to many young Indians. Westerman uses country swing to critique systems that kept Indians under thumb and mocks anthropologists and missionaries.
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Washington
Floyd Westerman
Fred Harris
Dekla
George McGovern
D S.C
Westerman
Harris
Custer
TWA Workers Plan Strike At Midnight
In New York, Trans World Airlines stewardesses and pursers set a strike to start at 12:01 am Tuesday amid a contract dispute. The AFL-CIO Transport Workers Union cites three months of mediation failing to resolve the issue, with no wage demands or offers disclosed. The contract expired August 1, 1969.
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New York
Trans World Airlines
Afl-Cio Transport Workers Union
Cevete
Lift Wreckage For Cause Of C5A Explosion
An investigation began at Dobbins Air Force Base after a Saturday explosion and fire destroyed the first C5A supercargo jet. Pilot Phillip L. Smith, 31, was killed. Lockheed-Georgia faces renewed scrutiny from Sen. William Proxmire who calls for grounding all C5A jets until a cause is determined. R. D. Roche of Lockheed-Georgia said the blasts occurred during maintenance with engines off and no systems active.
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Dobbins Afb
Phillip L. Smith
Lockheed-Georgia Co
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Air Force
Proxmire
Senate
R. D. Roche
Lockheed-Georgia
CSA
Manger
Bomb damages Worcester courthouse window ledge
A small bomb exploded on a window ledge at the Worcester County courthouse late Sunday night, causing about $2000 in damage. No injuries were reported after a warning call to the Worcester Telegram. police arrived after the blast but found it already detonated.
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Worcester, Mass
Worcester County
Worcester Telegram
Indian protest songs and a law student’s music career
Westerman recalls life in mission and government boarding schools where a missionary claimed to feed, care for, and save Native children with a Bible. He notes a law student left after two quarters to record Indigenous protest songs by Vine Deloria Jr. One album featured a title song about Custer. another work is in progress at Shop Your Corry Stores.
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Westerman
Vine Deloria Jr
Custer
Cambodian troops reopen Highway 2 amid heavy resistance
Cambodian government forces clash 25 miles south of Phnom Penh wounding 15 soldiers while pursuing a plan to link with units pushing north from Takeo. North Vietnamese casualties reported. U.S. forces report no ground engagements but missi ng helicopter crew. Troop levels in Vietnam reduced to 378,900. In Laos, progovernment forces seize a key position southwest of the Plain of Jars ahead of the dry season.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Takeo
Kiri Rom
Elephant Mountains
Taung Kauh
Saigon
U.S
Vietnam
Laos
Plain of Jars
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