Explosion at Service Station Kills Chief and Firemen
Two explosions at a Gadsden Alabama service station and nearby trail killed Chief James R. Spears and fire medics Mike Thornton and Mike Patrick, injuring 28 others as underground tanks oil fires sent flames high. The first blast sparked during unloading of gasoline from a tanker truck and a second blast followed about 30 minutes later.
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Parks Bill Proposes Half Percent Rise to Fund Parks
President Ford sent a 1.5 billion program to Congress on Tuesday meant to double the size of the national parks wildfire refuges and recreation areas. The plan would raise only a half percent funding while detailing how the expansion would occur.
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Ford and UAW hold talks on three year contract terms
Ford Motor Co and the United Auto Workers proposed a three year contract with pay increases of 48 to 77 cents per hour and selective raises for skilled trades, while two top union officers called the terms regressive and warned of a possible strike in two weeks. The plan also includes a general living protection and land purchases in Alaska. Radio City Music Hall musicians accept pay cut to keep venue open for another year, ratifying a $37.50 weekly reduction from $380 with no further job cuts.
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Ireland launches sweeping IRA crackdown in Parliament
In Dublin the government unveiled emergency measures to curb IRA activity, increasing detention periods, extending penalties for membership, and authorizing arrests of suspected terrorists. Prime Minister Liam Cosgrave denounced the IRA as an armed hate group and cited killings of a British ambassador and a civil servant as key triggers. The Fianna Fáil opposition opposed some proposals, expecting enactment by mid September amidst a broader regional security context.
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Cheesy win and big prizes in Pillsbury Bake-Off
A Torrance woman won 5000 dollars Tuesday in the Pillsbury Bake-Off contest in Boston for Cheesy Biscuit Skillet Dinner. Lenora Smith of Harahan Louisiana took 25000 with Whole Wheat Raisin Bread, while Lois Ann Groves of Tucson Arizona earned 25000 in refrigerated foods for Caramel Swirl Ring.
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Hayes to resign from Congress amid sex scandal probe
Rep Wayne Hayes will resign effective Sept 3, ending his role as focus of Ethics Committee inquiries into the payroll sex accusation involving Elizabeth Ray. Justice Department grand jury probes remain. committee plans hearings Sept 16 despite aides saying he is depressed. Betty Ford to open the Fifth Lithuanian Folk Dance Festival in Chicago Sunday with 12,000 expected attendees and performers from multiple countries.
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Measured Park Avenue parking row ends in court
In Winter Park Florida Mari Lynn Bennett defends a ticket for occupying more than one space. She measured 18 spots finding none between 20 and 25 feet, noting longer spaces on the north end for the wealthy. The case was dismissed. Meanwhile Nebraska's First Lady Pat Exon laments dry worm supply for fishing, claiming her private worm garden under the governor's mansion yields bait. She hunts at night after rain, saying time is hard to shop for bait.
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