Teamsters authorize strike as talks resume today
Negotiations restart after weekend vote shows overwhelming strike authorization by Teamsters Locals nationwide. Contract ends Wednesday midnight. industry offers rejected. Fed cooling period possible under Taft Hartley Act to avert a walkout. Major issues include a cost of living raise with no ceiling and wage demands near 40 percent over three years versus a 20 percent industry package.
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Arlington Heights
Teamsters Union
Teamster Offis
Teamsters
Teamster
W.J. Usery Jr
Chicago
Boston
Frank Fitzsimmons
William G. McIntyre
Trucking Employers Inc
Fitzsimmons
Pentagon Spent 1.24 Million on Generals Homes
The armed forces used 1.24 million dollars in fiscal 1975 to maintain 151 houses for generals and admirals assigned to the Pentagon. The average maintenance cost exceeded 6200 dollars per home. One residence received a 4300 dollar patio as Rep. Les Aspin calls for ending privilege.
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Washington
Pentagon
Les Aspin
Dwis
Competition Favored Mail Monopoly Debate Grows
Washington AP reports debate over ending the Postal Service monopoly on first class mail. Legislators Buckley Archer push repeal to boost competition and economy. White House backs expert symposium as Rate Commission weighs jurisdiction and service cuts threaten monopoly status.
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Washington
James L. Buckley
Con-R-N.y
Buckley
House
Bill Archer
Nex
Ford Administration
White House
Independent Postal Rate Commission
James M. Hanley
D-N.y
House Postal Service Subcommittee
Postal Service
GAZE QOPULLAND FIRE HITS FOUNDRY NEAR BOLIVAR
A blaze at the Allegheny Foundry near Bolivar Saturday evening caused an estimated two hundred thousand dollars in damage. The story and photo appear on page one, section two. NCAA clash tonight Michigan faces Indiana in title game after trouble this year. Details on page 19. Unfair contracts bills aim to protect consumers in contracts for dance lessons and body building courses. Sea story on page 26.
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Allegheny
Bolivar
Michigan
Indiana
Tras
House
Sea Story
Beaths Obituaries on Page 29
Obituary page lists several deaths with ages and towns including Helen Gallo 66 of Lucernemines Hazel Kelly 74 of Blairsville Roy Mul 66 of Kittanning Eugene Reel 68 of Marntell Dynasta Seger 1 of Brentwood Ruth Wilson ee ty Heches Let Rate Sutton A 93 of Homer City
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Gallo
Mrs
Helen
Lucernemines
Mul
Roy A
Kittanning
Reel Eugene
Marntell Seger
Dynasta
Brentwood
Wilson
Ruth
Sutton
Reng A
Homer City
Keys Provide Easy Money For Burglar
State police from the Indiana Station were summoned to investigate another burglary of coin operated laundry machines in the Indiana area. The latest break in occurred Saturday at Brady's Laundromat on Warren Road near Indiana where keys were used to open the machine and steal coins. Owner Robert Brady reports about $200 in quarters missing. Indiana Borough Police had investigated a similar theft about a week earlier in the borough with a large quantity of coins taken.
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Indiana
Brady
Warren Road
Robert Brady
Mainner
U S Military Strength Debate Rages In Election Year
Washington AP reports intense debate over U S military strength amid Cuban and Soviet involvement in Africa. Defense officials warn of budget cuts and eroding power, while leaders clash on detente and Cuba policy, with figures including Rumsfeld Kissinger Schlesinger O Neill Zumwalt Proxmire voicing concerns.
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Washington
Africa
U.S
America
Angola
Pentagon
Henry E. Kissinger
Donald Rumsfeld
Ford
Congress
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Kissinger
United States
South Africa
Defense
James R. Schlesinger
House
Thomas P. O'Neill
Cuba
Adm
Elmo K, Zumwalt Jr
Russia
William Proxmire
Rumsfeld
Soviet Union
ABC
Earthquake Shakes Coast of South and Central America
An earthquake measured at 6.5 on the Richter scale struck the South and Central American coastline near the Panama Costa Rica border at 12 39 p m EST. The UC Seismographic Station and the National Earthquake Information Service in Golden Colorado reported the quake centered on the Cocos Ridge about 300 miles south of Panama with potential for widespread damage in populated areas.
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Berkeley
Calif
University of California Seismographic Station
Pacific Ocean
Panama-Costa Rica
National Earthquake Information Service
Golden
Colo
Reagan seeks network air time amid campaign bid
Reagan blasts ABC CBS and NBC for denying him presidential air time to address fairness. Ford and Carter campaign as Wallace signals possible retirement after contests in Wisconsin Florida and North Carolina. Reagan plans a half hour national TV speech costing up to 100000 after canceling other appearances.
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Associated Press
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
ABC
CBS
NBC
Ford
Wisconsin
New York
Alabama
George Wallace
Wallace
George McGovern
Jimmy Carter
Florida
Illinois
North Carolina
Virginia
Indiana
Careless smoker blamed for $3 million Lancaster fire
State Police Fire Marshall said a cigarette tossed into a laundry cart sparked a Sunday morning blaze at the Holiday Inn East on the Route 30 bypass in Lancaster. The fire damaged the gift shop, restaurant, bar, and kitchen. 69 guests were evacuated with no injuries reported.
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Lancaster
Robert Haycock
Holiday Inn East
Moslem Forces Advance as Lebanon Civil War Intensifies
In Beirut and surrounding towns Moslem forces breached Christian defenses amid renewed fighting in Lebanon's 11 month conflict. Kamal Junblatt's leftist faction would not join a truce until Moslem control over the port area and the removal of Christian militiamen from a western harbor salient. Details describe hotel district seizures, encirclement of banking centers, and house to house battles across Mt. Lebanon as Islamic and Christian factions clash with artillery and rockets. A Lebanese Arab Army unit shelled Franjieh's hometown Zgharta for the third day.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Syria
Kamal Junblatt
Hilton
Phalange Party
Martyrs’ Square
Mt. Lebanon
Lebanese Arab Army
Zagharta
Suleiman
Unemployment okays pensions for retirees drawing benefits
US figures show 187 million paid to about 161000 pensioners in 1974 through public unemployment funds while many also received Social Security. The report notes federal, state, and local pensioners totaling 90,000 and private pensioners 71,000. Debate centers on allowing retirees with guaranteed income to collect jobless pay.
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API
Associated Press
Census Bureau
Tweneth Century Fund
New York City
Dewey Bartlett
R-Okla
Bartlett
Senate
Jin Hacking
American Association of Retired People
Chuck Merin
National Association of Retired Federal Employes
Lawrence Weatherford
U.S. Labor Department
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