Wholesale Prices Rise In March After Decline
The Labor Department reported wholesale prices moved up two tenths of a percent in March reversing a two month decline. Increases were led by processed foods feeds and industrial goods while farm product prices fell one percent. Overall inflation stayed in a narrow band with seasonal adjustments. Economists expect a gradual continuation of economic recovery though rapid improvements in unemployment and inflation are unlikely to persist.
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Washington
Labor Department
Detroit Faces Budget Crisis Forcing Layoffs And Cuts
Detroit struggles with a 7 5 0 million budget and a 49 million deficit for 1976 77, risking thousands of layoffs and reduced services. Mayor Coleman Young warns deficits could rise to 103 million by 1977, as unemployment climbs toward 20 percent amid a weak auto economy.
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Detroit
New York City
Coleman Young
Michigan
Young
Question Line: Health tips and local graduation concerns
Readers inquire about scabies appearance and treatment and a parent asks about St Patrick. The column notes the difficulty of seating at Ragsdale High graduation and mentions a solution by Greensboro War Memorial Auditorium. It also covers GTI shuttle demand with city-limits service constraints and possible future expansion.
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Ragsdale High School
Anon
TG Madison
Greensboro War Memorial
Thousands Man Picket Lines as Teamsters Walk Out
Thousands of Teamsters marched on picket lines as negotiations to end a nationwide trucking strike resumed. Wages fringe benefits and a cost-of-living clause remain sticking points. Scattered violence reports emerged across several states as the strike threatens the economy and auto production.
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Arlington Heights
Teamsters
Connecticut
Colorado
Interstate Commerce Commission
Florida
Terre Haute
Ind
W. J Usery Jr
White House
Ford
Cleveland
Paul Allen
Manilla
N.Y
Allen
Detroit
International Cartage Co
Rockford
Michigan
Michigan 50
Interstate 96
Truckers Pull Off N C Roads
Truck drivers in North Carolina and South Carolina join a nationwide strike as Teamsters locals picket major freight terminals. Officials report no violence while perishable goods and hospital supplies aim to move, and drivers are told to proceed to next stops without parking.
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Teamsters
North Carolina
South Carolina
W. C. Barbee
Joint Teamsters Council Number Nine
Arlington Heights
National Negotiating Committee
State Highway Patrol
WL Nahrgang
Johnson Motor Lines
Charlotte
Nahrgang
Barbee
Local 71
Court Grants Right To Die To Quinlans
New Jersey Supreme Court rules doctors may remove life support from Karen Quinlan if her condition is irreversible and no recovery is possible. Guardian Joseph Quinlan can decide to disconnect respirator with medical approval. Quinlans ask for time to decide on appeal to the U S Supreme Court while faith leaders accompany them at Mount Arlington parish.
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Trenton
N.J
Julia Quinlan
New Jersey Supreme Court
Karen Anne Quinlan
Joseph Quinlan
St. Clare's Hospital
Denville
State Attorney General
U.S. Supreme Court
Quinlans
Mount Arlington
Hospital Picketing Expected
San Francisco's municipal services were shut down for a second day as thousands of city employees strike. Picket lines planned to spread to two city hospitals. SEIU locals pledge to honor lines, while union says it does not own the strike. Mayor Moscone aims to maintain nursing and emergency services.about 1,800 of 2,500 hospital workers could honor the pickets.
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San Francisco
AFI
Service Employes International Union
SEIU
George Moscone
Humphrey Tops Carter in National Democratic Poll
A Harris survey of 1,079 Democratic and independent voters shows Hubert Humphrey ahead of Jimmy Carter 48 to 43 in head to head matchups. Democrats favor Humphrey 53 to 40 while Carter leads independents 49 to 40. Jackson trails with 51 to 43 among all voters.
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Hubert Humphrey
Georgia
Jimmy Carter
Harris
Humphrey
Carter
Washington
Henry Jackson
Jackson
Arizona
Morris Udall
Alabama
George Wallace
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A.J. Holt
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Board of Supervisors
Louis Hantus
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