UAW Ready for Ford Strike Then Expands to October
DETROIT AP reports United Auto Workers prepared for at least a two week strike against Ford Motor Co. Bargainers show no resumption of talks until Monday. UAW President Leonard Woodcock said he was not optimistic the nationwide walkout by 170,000 workers would end soon. Sources close to him said the strike, which began just before midnight Tuesday, could run into October as major issues remain unresolved.
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Detroit
United Auto Workers
Ford Motor Co
UAW
Leonard Woodcock
Ford
Woodcock
Michigan Afl-Cio
Ken Bannon
Sidney F. McKenna
McKenna
Edich
Four Vehicles Involved In Odd Mishaps
State police investigated two unusual traffic incidents yesterday. In the first, a rear end collision occurred after a cloud of cement dust blinded drivers Johnston of Erie and Mercer of Elgin, causing $1,300 damage and minor injury treatment. The second mishap involved a crane operator swinging a bucket on Route 428 in Plum Township, striking a parked pickup and causing $100 damage to the windshield.
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Corry Memorial Hospital
Charles Johnston
Erie
West Smith Street
Michael Mercer
Elgin
Mercer
Johnston
Robert Bean
R.D
Franklin
Richard Spence
Oil City
Plum Township
Spence
Bean
Hearst Sentencing Set For September 24 in Bank Robbery Case
Federal Judge William B. Orrick Jr. fixed September 24 for Patricia Hearst sentencing after her conviction for participating in a terrorist bank robbery. A hearing at 8:30 a.m. will hear arguments from both sides, with the sentence to be imposed in the afternoon. Hearst, 22, faces a minimum time already served and up to 35 years. Her lawyers promise an appeal after sentencing.
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San Francisco
Patricia Hearst
William B. Orrick Jr
Miss Hearst
77 Year Old Dying Man Ignored On City Street
Oklahoma City drivers and pedestrians passed a dying man on a sidewalk for 20 minutes during rush hour before aid arrived. Clinton Collins of Bethany lay bleeding and unresponsive as bystanders attempted resuscitation. An ambulance and fire units reached him 30 minutes later. he died at a local hospital.
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Oklahoma City
Henry W. Nichols Jr
Nichols
Clinton Collins
Bethany
Leslie
Collins
Miss Nichols
Fire Department
Feen
Speck Denied Parole. Next Hearing Set For 1968
Richard Speck, convicted of killing eight student nurses, was denied parole at Stateville Penitentiary. The board ordered annual hearings thereafter, citing Illinois law. Speck, 34, showed no remorse. family members and critics attended, with some calling him a fiend. He faces sentences totaling 400 to 1,200 years after escaping the electric chair.
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Lena Wilkening
John
Richard Speck
Joseph Matusek
Patricia Wilkening
Speck
Joliet
Stateville Penitentiary
Peter A. Kotsos
Kotsos
Ilinois Law
SS. Supreme Court
Chicago
Penny to be eliminated by 1980 says government study
A government study by Research Triangle Institute recommends ending the one cent coin by 1980 due to rising costs and minimal purchasing use. It also suggests replacing half dollars with a smaller one dollar coin and notes potential cultural friction with Lincoln’s presence on currency.
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U.S
Research Triangle Institute
Mint
Treasury Department
Italians Flee Quake Ravaged Friuli for Safe Havens
In Friuli Italy thousands abandon their homes as aftershocks continue driving people to the Adriatic coast or Dolomite mountains. The government assigns army units to assist departures. Eight more fatalities since last Saturday raise homeless numbers to about 70,000 and total quake deaths near 1,000.
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Udine
Italy
Friuli
Adriatic
Dolomite
Sparta Man Faces Trial In Brew Case
John A. Byler age 22 of Spartansburg waived preliminary hearing after arraignment before District Justice Charles Gillette. He was charged by state police with furnishing malted beverages to minors for an August 22 incident in Spartansburg and bound over to criminal court on his own recognizance.
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John A. Byler
A.D
Spartansburg
Charles Gillette
Little Cooley
Byler
Corry
CB radio antics aid law enforcement with mixed results
Citizens Band operators are praised as assets by police for aiding in pursuits, traffic reports, burglaries, and kidnappings, while critics warn of nuisance and false reports. The Associated Press survey notes 6 million CB users nationwide, with incidents of interference and overreaction. Antenna Specialists eyes 1976 sales up about 30 percent.
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Cora Gordon
Antenna Specialists Company
Allen Group
Associated Press
Cbers
Citizens Band
Pennsylvania
California
Florida Highway Patrol
Padi Gracey
Robert Marshall
Little Rock, Ark
Marshall
Ohio
Richland County
Gene Hart
Mansfield
Hart
Bernard Grysen
Ottawa County
Mich
Grysen
Chers
David Arnold
New York State
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Ford Motors
Bulletin
Ana
Penny
Washington
Abe Lincoln
Lincoln
Jacob and
Gabriel Beckwith
Buck
Sparta
Chris Frenca
Roderick Moore
Michigan State Police
Alabama
John Henderson
State Patrol
Henderson
Livingston County
Ill
Sammie J
Graham
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