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Great Transit Strike Leaves New York Paralyzed
New York endured the first city wide bus and subway strike as transit workers led by Michael J. Quill walked off the job after a breakdown in wage talks with the Transit Authority. Mayor John Lindsay faced a sudden test of leadership on January 1, 1966, with thousands of commuters stranded and 800 miles of lines idle, while authorities debated a proposed wage package and fare considerations.
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Wagner
Mexico
Kirda
Robert F. Wagner
City Hall
Michael J. Quill
Afl-Cio Transport Workers Union
Tippler
New York
Mike Quill
Helen ‘Hayes
TWA
Quill
Tol
John V. Lindsay
New York Times
Lindsay
World-Telegram
Sun Reserve District
TWU
Transit Authority
Quil
Subway
London
Times Square
Central Park Zoo
Radio City Music Hall
Madison Square Garden
West Side
National Guard
Long Island
New York Central
Pennsylvania Station
Grand Central
LIRR
Penn Station
Bridge
Manhattan
Henry Barnes
Barnes
Ime
Supreme Court
Abraham Geller
Bellevue Hospital
Douglas MacMahon
TWU International
MacMahon
W. Willard Lindsay
Wirtz
Rotary
Tey
Secretary of the Treasury
Johnson
Americana
Niotel
Bellevue
Onion
Pawel
Nathan Feinsinger
Theodore
Sylvester Garrett
Mac Snow
Mahon
Chamber of Commerce
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