Bitter Providence strike ends in settlement after 16 days
A 16 day city workers strike ended with a settlement signed at 7:01 am by Local 1033 of the Laborers Union. Mayor Cianci called the accord a victory for the city while union leaders said they achieved their goals. Cianci claimed control over union leaders Virgilio Coia and Arthur E Coia and said the city won.
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Steve Szkotak
Providence, R.I
UPI
Laborers Union
Cianci
Ment
Providence
Joseph Virgilio
Arthur A. Coia
Laborers International Union
Arthur E. Coia
Virgilio
Coia
Sears to pay 450000 in fire wrongful death suit
Sears, Roebuck & Co. will pay 450000 to Margaret Randall of Telford for the deaths of her three children in a house fire blamed on a defective television bought from Sears. The settlement ends a U.S. District Court suit alleging wrongful death from the June 24, 1979 blaze that killed Barry, 26, Marjorie, 24, and Alan, 22.
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Philadelphia
UPI
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Sears
U.S. District Court
Margaret Randall
Telford
Montgomery County
Randall
Barry
Marjorie
Alan
Three Bank Robbers Sought After Levittown Heist
Police sought three masked gunmen after a Philadelphia National Bank branch in Levittown Bucks County was robbed at 10 15 am Monday. One suspect was wounded in a chase that ended with a shootout as Officer Howard Bennett of Tullytown opened fire from his patrol car.
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Levittown, Pa
UPI
Tullytown
Philadelphia National Bank
Levittown
Bucks County
Howard Bennett
Bennett
Money bag snatched by bicycle youth in Lehighton
Police investigated a pre planned theft where a youth on a bicycle grabbed a $12,000 money bag from a supermarket employee en route to a bank. The suspect rode away, passed the bag to another youth who jumped into a blue station wagon.
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Lehighton, Pa
UPI
Lionel Cote
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