Ford act averts rail strike under emergency board
President Ford invoked the Railway Labor Act to forestall a nationwide stoppage by the Brotherhood of Railway and Airline Clerks. He named Alexander Porter to head a 3 member arbitration panel with 30 days to report findings, delaying any strike 60 days while talks resume. Union leader C L Dennis insisted on a 41 percent wage rise and protections against layoffs as other unions accepted a three year deal.
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Cease fire in Lebanon street battles amid heavy casualties
In Beirut the cease fire halted four days of clashes between Lebanese rightists and Palestinian guerrillas with an unofficial death toll over 125. Despite the pause, shooting and bazooka explosions continued into the night as the conflict cited Israeli reprisals fueling tensions.
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Rashid Solh
Lebanon
House approves $7.8 billion aid to education bill
The House passed a $7.8 billion appropriation for education aid by voice vote, exceeding President Ford's request by over $1.3 billion and sending the measure to the Senate. An added $487 million boost from the Appropriations Committee funds poverty-area schools vocational training handicapped programs and desegregation efforts.
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Housing starts ease drop in March signals possible stabilization
The Commerce Department reports March housing starts at 980000 annual rate, down 6000 from February, a much slower decline than the prior 35 percent gap versus last year. In Raleigh, North Carolina House votes 62 to 57 to kill the Equal Rights Amendment for 1975, with a three vote margin denying reconsideration. ERA ratifications stand at 3 of 38 needed. The measure remains alive in Florida, Missouri and Illinois, while Texas weighs rescission of its 1972 ratification.
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Princess Botum Bopha works as checkout girl in Melbourne
Princess Botum Bopha daughter of exiled Citabedien Prince Noro dom Sihanouk and her family live in suburban Melbourne Australia where she works at a large supermarket. She fled Cambodia in 1970 after a coup and now holds resident status while she hopes to someday return home.
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Frank Douglas
Cambodia
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Sihanouk
Peking
Brezhnev Ousts Shelepin From Politburo Shaping Detente
Soviet leaders removed former KGB chief Alexander Shelepin from the Politburo after a Central Committee plenum backed Brezhnev. The shakeup signals support for Brezhnev's leadership and a move toward improved East West relations with the United States.
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