Unions Strike GE After Failed Deal Talks
Pickets block GE Erie plant as 6,800 United Electrical Workers members join a nationwide walkout. The strike, centered on wage and cost of living protections, includes 147,000 workers across GE plants and threatens production at several facilities. GE aims to keep plants running while unions press for binding arbitration.
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New York
General Electric Co
Erie, Pa
United Electrical Workers Union
Erie
United States
Labor Coalition
International Union of Electrical Workers
Afl-Cio
United Electrical Workers
United Auto Workers
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Erie Woman Killed in Crashes Near French Creek Route 426
An Erie woman Anna Bernatowicz, 5, was killed after being thrown from a car that overturned on Route 426 one mile south of French Creek, N.Y. Driver Stella K Zimmerman, 54, of Eric, was in fair condition with back and pelvic injuries. Unknown driver identity noted. Corry deputies report four weekend accidents with one injury. Georgeanna Sweet, 42, Union City, and Merle Smith, 51, Waterford, were involved on Route 19 and Route 6 with Arlene Smith treated and released for chest pains. Damage listed at 300 and 200 dollars. Possible charges pending per Trooper Marvin Johnson. (Continued on Page Four)
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Erie
Anna Bernatowicz
Corry Memorial Hospital
French Creek
N.Y
James Hileman
Stella K. Zimmerman
Eric
Merle Smith
Waterford
Arlene Smith
St. Vincent Hospital
Sweetcar
Smith Auto
Marvin Johnson
Two Teens Charged In Fatal Philadelphia Knife Killing
In Philadelphia two youths Allen Wright 13 and Willie Jones 16 were charged with murder for the unprovoked stabbing of 40 year old auto mechanic Stephen Adams, the 37th gang related death this year. Adams died after being stabbed in the chest Saturday evening. Police blamed a gang of 15 to 20 youths and noted cries of Black Power as they fled.
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Philadelphia
Joseph Golden
Allen Wright
Stephen Adams
Wright
Willie Jones
Adams
Frank L. Rizzo
Lebanon Near Normal Amid Shrinking Crisis In Beirut and Cities
Lebanese cities returned toward normal as Arab leaders urged easing the army guerrilla crisis. Tripoli remained under 24 hour curfew while Beirut eased to partial curfew. Tyre Baalbek Nabaliyeh lifted curfews and life resumed. Egypt Syria and Libya warned Beirut but hinted at ceasefire talks and mediation via El Kholi with regional leaders. Fresh clashes were reported in Tripoli and surrounding villages.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Tripoli
Old City
Tyre
Baalbek
Nabaliyeh
Egypt
Syria
Libya
Israel
Cairo
Middle East
Palestine
al Ahram Said
Hassan Sabri el Kholi
Gamal Abdel Nasser
el Kholi
Jordan
Hussein
Damascus
Noureddin Atassi
Yasser Arafat
Moussa Ahmed
Weekend crashes and thefts tally $2235 in city losses
Police report a busy weekend with crashes, malicious mischief and two larcenies totaling 60 dollars. A 6 year old girl, Tammy McCaslin, rolled a parked car into a culvert causing 1200 dollars damage and injuring her leg after jumping from the vehicle. Paul Catalfa, 22, caused 1000 dollars damage in a high speed crash. a woman and daughter avoided harm. Richard Catalfa faced drunk driving charges after an early morning stop on North Center street.
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Jack McCaslin
West Pleasant Street
Tammy Lou McCaslin
Corry Memorial Hospital
Paul Catallu
East Pleasant Street
Park Street
East Washington Street
Harald ©. Roush
R.D. J. Clymer
Roush
Warren Reynolds
Richard Farley
North Center Street
Richard A. Cataltu
Spring Street
Porter Auer
Richard E. Snyder
Catalin
Per
Warren Boy Killed By 25 Ton Boulder While Arrowhead Digging
A 14 year old, William Kohler of Warren, was crushed when a 25 ton boulder toppled onto him in a gravel pit while digging for arrowheads. His companion Jim Dombeck, also 14, witnessed the accident. Kohler died on arrival at Warren General Hospital. Rescue crews secured the rock and excavated the body at the abandoned quarry around 4 p.m. Authorities noted the rock measured about 12 by 7 by 4 feet. Police, fire, rescue, ambulance crews and wreckers participated in about an hour of rescue efforts under the direction of Sgt. Edward Peterson.
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William Kohler
Warren
Warren General Hospital
Kohler
Jim Dombeck
Borough
Borough Police Department
Borough Fire Department
Warren Rescue
North Warren
Edward Peterson
Borough Police
Larry Kopko
James Urey
Dennis Schmader
Peterson
Drag racing crash kills eight in Indianapolis street
Stephen Coleman stopped to let three children out when a drag race car slammed into his sedan at 70 mph. Flames engulfed the vehicle as eight people including Coleman's pregnant wife and three foster children died in the wreck. Drag racer Dalton Wallace survived and was later hospitalized. a second racer fled the scene.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Stephen Coleman
Coleman
George A. Brooks
Levina
Antoinette
Stephen Jr
Linda Ligon
Wayne Ligon
Ophelia Piggie
Charles
Kevin
Dalton Wallace
Wallace
Ten-Year Fake Address Drug Shipments Revealed
San Francisco Hearings reveal shipments of amphetamines to a fictitious Tijuana address for a decade. Bates Laboratories president Irving Udell and broker William Joffrey faced questions as agents seized a million pep pills and accused a San Diego agent Humberto Omerno of confirming the fake address. The House Crime Committee questioned figures about Mexican distribution and possible U.S. bootlegging, with testimony from Chief Thomas Cahill, Rev. Leon Harris, and Dr. Roger Smith.
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SAN
William Joffrey
San Ysidro
Calif
Tijuana
Omerno
Joffrey
Udell
Justice Department
Miguel Santacruz
Mexico
U.S
Claude Pepper
D-Fla
Masks Sold At Pollution Hearing
Masks were sold at the doors of the auditorium where an air pollution hearing was held in St. Louis. The action aimed to dramatize the bad air problem during the U S Senate subcommittee on air and water pollution hearing following an emergency alert Aug 25 to 28.
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St, Louis
Committee On Environmental Information
U.S. Senate
St. Louis
On Base NCO Clubs Big Business and Bribery Probe
Washington reports a Senate investigation found on base open messes and clubs to be lucrative for NCOs with over 750 million dollars in sales and 53.4 million in profits last year. The probes allege a tight group of sergeants skimmed funds through slot takeoffs kickbacks and a private corporation while protected by high ranking officers. Witnesses cited Swiss bank accounts and a summit at Fort Benning to discuss investments of stolen money. Key figures named include Sgt Major William C Wooldridge and retired Maj Gen Carl C Turner.
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Senate
Army
Ft. Benning
William C. Wooldridge
Carl C. Turner
Military Police
Wooldridge
Turner
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Melbourne
Australia
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the Seekers
Ron Edgeworth
London
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Aenia
Mediterranean
Beiruti
Hama
Sea of Galilee
Haifa
Garo
Amman
Sinai
Okebanan
Aqaba
Warren Boy
Rage Six
NCO
Washington
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