Farmer fires on UFW workers in Hidalgo melon fields
A Texas farmer opened fire with a shotgun after accusing about 50 United Farm Workers of entering his melon fields to scare off nonunion pickers. No further details available on injuries or arrests.
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Ufw
Hidalgo
Tex
UPI
United Farm
C.L. Miller Jr
Justice of the Peace
Matias Marin
Hidalgo County
Elias Juarez
Miller
Juarez
Reynosa- Hidalgo International Bridge
Texas
Mexico
Antonio Orendain
San Juan
el Texana Ranch
Orendain
Rio Grande City
Rio Grande Valley
Mary
State workers get 8.5 percent pay rise and 5 percent bonus
The Senate Finance Committee approved an average 8.5 percent salary increase for state employees, plus a 5 percent bonus for low earners, paid in two installments in December and June 1976. Judges receive a 12 percent cost of living raise, and director salaries were not cut. The action increases state payroll beyond $200 million and moves toward budget finalization.
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Sacramento
UPI
Senate Finance Committee
David Roberts
Los Angeles
Gov. Brown
Brown
Senate
Senate Assembly
Assembly
Ways and Means Committee
Canyon wall rose too fast in fatal plane crash
Clarence Borah recounts how the canyon in the San Bernardino Mountains rose during a weekend plane crash that killed four Kaiser Steel Co. workers from Eagle Mountain en route to an amateur bowling tournament in Stockton. Borah hiked 10 hours to summon help as a 35 man team recovered the bodies.
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BIG Bear
Clarence Borah
Ning
San Bernardino Mountains
Borah
Kaiser Steel Co
Eagle Mountain
Stockton
Sky trolleys: a pneumatic tube inspired transit idea
A writer proposes overhead sky trolleys using helium balloons to support cables and vehicles that move along tubes by air pressure. The plan would allow rapid repositioning by towable balloons and re-anchoring to adapt to traffic shifts. The concept borrows from pneumatic tubes used in a Shippenville department store.
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Shippenville
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LeRoy
LeRoy Louchart
Fair Oaks
California
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Chicago, Illinois
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Long Beach
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Pennsylvania
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