Dockmen refuse Arab cargo loading amid oil boycott
Teddy Gleason of the International Association warned Buffalo audiences that union members will refuse to load cargo on ships headed to Arab countries as part of an oil boycott. He claimed Arabs in the U.S. are buying food, oil, and drilling equipment to sustain the boycott, and vowed to halt cargo to pressure the action.
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Buffalo
N.Y
UPI
Thomas W
Teddy” Greason
International Agshoreman's Association
Community Friends of
Israel
Gleason
United States
Iall
Two Day Trucker Protest Triggers Nationwide Turmoil
The two day stoppage by independent truckers sparks violence across the East and Midwest with shootings and damaged trucks. Police report shots, severed hoses, tar dumped at stops as drivers flee major highways. Indiana Illinois Ohio and Pennsylvania tally reduced traffic amid uncertain turnout. As dissident drivers push for higher pay protections, union support remains unclear.
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Pennslvania
Ohio
Pennsylvania
U.S. 322
Lonnie Bowers
Ivan Z. Zimmerman
New Holland
Bowers
Lancaster
Cheshire
Ohio Highway Patrol
Canfield
Interstate 76
Interstate 75
Cincin Hall
Dayton
Midwest
Teamsters Union
New Jersey Turnpike
Woodhaven
Mich
Nettie Edwards
Strongsville
Ohio Turnpike
Meet
Indiana
Parmal
Robert Jasmon
Midwest Truckers Association
Springfield
I l
Ilinois
Jasmon
Oil firms warned by Tunney to deliver fuel to priority users
Senator John V. Tunney says major oil firms must be forced by court if needed to supply oil to California farmers fishermen and mass transit when distributors report denial from big companies. He cites Exxon Mobil Phillips Union Shell Texaco Arco Standard and urges Federal Energy Agency action.
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Washington
UPI
John V. Tunney
D-Calif
Tunney
William Simon
Federal Energy Agency
California
Simon
Exxon Corporation
Mobil
Fixxon
Phillips, Union
Shell
Texaco
Arco
Standard
Reagan signs 56 mph speed limit cut in California
Governor Ronald Reagan signed energy crisis legislation reducing the state speed limit from 65 to 55 mph effective January 1. The move aims to cut gasoline use by about 8 percent or 4 million gallons annually. Reagan said the change should not be a hardship and noted the ceremony followed his two week absence.
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UPI
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
Assembly
Bob Moretti
D-Van
Regan
Australia
Singapore
Indonesia
Highway Patrol
Walter Pudinski
Pudinski
Norman 8. Livermore Jr
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