Ford, UAW Optimistic on Weekend Talks
DETROIT AP Bargainers for United Auto Workers planned weekend meetings with Ford Motor Co amid optimism a breakthrough in stalled contract talks was close. Friday saw no main table talks as both sides held internal discussions. Ford said they remained in touch and optimistic. About 170,000 hourly Ford workers will receive no pay until the strike ends, with weekly benefits of 40 to 50 dollars starting next week. Labor Secretary Usery said he has no plans to intervene. Automotive News reports U.S. car production fell seven percent this week due to the strike, and Ford of Canada halted three assembly plants, laying off about 5,450 workers in Windsor, St. Thomas, and Oakville.
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United Auto Workers
Ford Motor Co
Ford
WJ. Usery Jr
Automotive News
U.S
Ford of Canada
Windsor
St. Thomas
Oakville
Ont
Hearst Receives Seven Year Bank Robbery Sentence
Patricia Hearst is sentenced by US District Judge William H. Orrick Jr. to seven years for bank robbery and two years for using a weapon, to run concurrently with credit for 671 days. Hearst will be eligible for parole in 16 months as prosecutors vow to fight bail while appealing.
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Tony Ledwell
Associated Press
SAN Francisco
Patricia Hearst
US District Court
William H. Orrick Jr
Miss Hearst
Orrick
F. Lee Bayley
Sth
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
James L. Browning Jr
Citizens' Band Radio Started In Kentucky
A Kentucky inventor Nathan B. Stubblefield is credited with early wireless transmission ideas. The column covers CB radio history, channel expansions, legal notes, and a Pontiac Michigan CB event with promoters predicting large crowds and a Miss Michigan CB pageant. Also mentions TVI interference and Texas Instruments’ FCC TV set contract.
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Citizens’ Band Radio
Kentucky
CB Connection
Pontiac
Mich
Pontiac Stadium
C. W. McCall
Convoy” Fame
Texas Instruments
FCC
EPA Halts Leaded Gas Reduction Plan Amid Shortage Fears
Washington AP The Environmental Protection Agency will suspend its plan to cut lead in gasoline fearing a supply shortage over the next two years. The move delays the three year lead reduction rule set to begin, allowing refiners to keep current lead levels during the grace period and then reduce in one step. Environmental groups are expected to challenge the decision.
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Washington
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Rhodesian plan prompts front line talks in Lusaka
Leaders of five front line states Zambia Tanzania Mozambique Angola and Botswana gathered in Lusaka to discuss Prime Minister Ian Smith's two year black majority rule plan for Rhodesia. ANC factions split over pace while Kissinger warned and U N sanctions status framed the debate.
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Zambia
Ian Smith
Rhodesia
Smith
African National Council
ANC
Abel Muzorewa
Henry Kissinger
U.N
New York
Security Council
Britain
Kissinger
Julius Nyerere
Tanzania
Kenneth Kaunda
Angela Smith
U.S
John Vorster
Pretoria
South Africa
Vorster
Rhodesian Front Party
Council of State
Council of Ministers
Ford Boat Excursion Heads South on Mississippi River
President Ford launches a first major campaign swing by taking a sternwheel paddleboat down the Mississippi River with plans to visit Gulf Coast states and Alabama, aiming to show he is a national candidate while Carter campaigns on the West Coast and in California.
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Associated Press
Ford
Washington
South
Jimmy Carter
West
Mississippi River
Carter
Los Angeles
California
Oregon
Beth
Walter Mondale
Bob Dole
New Orleans
Mississippi
Natchez
Gulf Coast States
Alabama
George C Wallace Ford
Deep South
Mexican Pay Hikes Meet Escalating Inflation Rate
Mexico imposes price controls and recommends wage hikes to curb post devaluation inflation. President Echeverria guides retroactive raises from 16 to 23 percent for workers and extends price controls to 117 items, with strict penalties for violators. Labor unions suspend a planned general strike as rubber workers sign new contracts.
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Isaac A. Levi
Associated Press
Mexico City
Mexico
Luis Echeverria
Echeverria
U.S
Horses Invade Mule Days in Benson North Carolina
BENSON NC AP Horses have been pressed into service for the four day Mule Days festival as the mule population dwindles from a peak in 1950. The town relies on horses for the parade with only Kate the mule remaining. Vendor Garland McLamb recalls starting Mule Days to keep the mule's memory alive amid horsepower shifts.
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Benson
N.C
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Nathan B. Stubblefield
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