Army cuts reduce bases 40 percent with same troops
The Pentagon trims 40 percent of U S bases while preserving troop numbers. The 1976 plan shuts 16 of 29 bases with about 22 000 jobs cut and annual savings estimated near 248 million dollars. Fort Devens and Aberdeen Proving Ground face the heaviest losses as units relocate.
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N.Y
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Puerto Rico
Savanna Army Depot
Tefferson Proving Ground
Ind
Arlington Hall Suudion
Vint Hill Farms Research Mation
Schilling Manor
Kan
Ft. Devens
Mass
Army Security Agency Training Center
Aberdeen Proving Ground
Sons
Beristone Arsenal
Ala
Ft. Eustis
Three pedestrians struck by car in Long Beach crosswalk
A 4 year old boy Sammy Rutledge and two adults, Sue Tresten 44 and Stonard Sleeker 25, were hospitalized in serious condition after a car struck them at Anaheim Street and Gundry Avenue at 4 00 pm Thursday. The impact hurled the boy 45 feet and the adults 35 feet before police say driver Amelia Magno 63 failed to see them. She was not cited.
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Gundry Avenue
Sammy Rutledge
Sue Tresten
Stonard Sleeker
Almond Court
St. Mary Medical Center
Long Beach
Charles Mann
Amelia Magno
48Th St
Market Basket Prices Rise in March as Food Costs Climb
An Associated Press survey shows higher March grocery bills across eight of thirteen cities, with overall basket costs up 2.8 percent while decreases averaged 3.2 percent. Eggs fell in ten markets but rose in three, and Dallas showed the only city with an overall month gain for the start of April.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Miami
Dallas
Ports Shut Down as Teamsters Strike Widens
Roadside pickets block Sea-Land and Matson terminals in Long Beach and Compton as Teamsters Local 692 oppose expired contracts. Machinists and sheriff's deputies arrest several pickets. Talks collapse with demands for higher wages, expanded benefits, and living-cost adjustments. Public impact appears limited initially but risks mounting delays and shortages if the strike persists.
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Gene Shepherd
Teamsters
California
Dole Pineapple Co
Matson
Terminal Island
Los Angeles
National Teamsters
Frank Fitzsimmons
Doug Allan
Bob Jones
Kern Valley
Boyd
Securities worth 2 million lost in mail shipment
Pacific Clearing House in Los Angeles sent a pouch with about 2 million dollars in negotiable securities to National Clearing Corp. in New York via Express Mail. The pouch disappeared en route and may have been stolen, prompting postal inspectors to open an investigation in Southern California.
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Los Angeles
Hector Godinez
Southern California
U.S. Postal Service
Rapid
Pacific Clearing House
National Clearing Corp
Ford woos voters in Wisconsin
Washington AP reports President Ford tours Wisconsin to defend his economic, foreign, and military policies as he pursues urban, ethnic, and farm support ahead of next Tuesday’s presidential primary. He aims to beat Ronald Reagan but offers no margin due to Wisconsin rules allowing cross over voting.
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Teamsters
Ar. Almeida
International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen’s Union Local 13
Washington
Ford
Wisconsin
Ronald Reagan
Milwaukee
West Bend
Fond du Lac
Green Bay
Reagan
North Carolina
California
George Wallace
Alabama
U.S. protests harassment of envoys in Moscow
The United States sent a formal note to the Soviet Foreign Ministry protesting ongoing harassment of American diplomats in Moscow. Incidents include bomb scares at the U.S. consulate in Leningrad and at the U.S. Embassy, with evacuations but no explosives found. The note signals a stepped-up response amid rising Cold War tensions and linked to Jewish emigre protests in New York.
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Soviet Foreign Ministry
U.S
Leningrad
New York
Riverdale
Bronx
New York City
U.N
Aeroflot
Fifth Ave
Soviet Fox bat spy planes allegedly over Western Europe
British papers alleged Soviet MiG 25 Foxbat reconnaissance flights from a base near Dresden reached Western Europe at speeds and altitudes beyond NATO interceptors. RAF denied the claims, noting no intrusions into British airspace. The reports cited sightings over West Germany, Denmark, and Norway, with claims of 90 000 feet cruising. A separate Merced item reports a natural gas leak rerouting Highway 99 through downtown for several hours.
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Dehnan
Daily Mirror
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