Teachers Strikes Swell Causing Delayed School Openings
United Press International reports widespread teacher strikes and preopening action across major cities including Philadelphia New York Detroit Pittsburgh Hackford and Saginaw plus suburbs. In Philadelphia 285000 public school students face possible delays as 1000 of 14000 teachers report to work while others picket. New York eyes a near inevitable Monday strike as talks continue. Schools in Saginaw and nearby Pennsylvania counties shut as 1000 teachers strike. Delayed openings loom nationwide amid pay and fringe benefit demands and contract disputes.
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New York City
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Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia Federation of Teachers
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Virginia Crime Commission Plans Prison Study Visits
The Virginia Crime Commission will visit major penal institutions this fall in an in depth study of the corrections system. Sen Stanley C. Walker said the 172 year old Richmond state penitentiary will be toured along with the Southampton Correctional Farm Beaumont School for Boys and state farms at Goochland and Powhatan. The visits will run from mid September to October 11 ahead of a mid October seminar in Richmond featuring General Assembly members law enforcement officers judges commonwealth's attorneys and citizen groups.
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Minor Richmond Earthquake Felt Across City and Counties
An earthquake tremor near Richmond measured about 3.5 on the Richter scale caused faint shaking reported by downtown workers and residents in Henrico Chesterfield Goochland and nearby counties. Geophysicist Dr. Gilbert Bollinger of Virginia Tech linked the quake to the James River Fault, noting Virginia sits in a minor seismic zone with one or two tremors yearly.
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Virginia
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World Reacts With Shock To Olympians Deaths
Reactions span leaders and publics as eleven Israeli athletes are killed at Munich. Nixon and McMahon condemn the attack and offer protection. Marcos and Trudeau call for outrage. Syria blames West Germany. Cairo radio taunts rescue efforts. Soviet Tass notes deploring the tragedy.
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Pierre Elliot Trudeau
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Baghdad
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Black September Movement
Voice of Palestine Radio
Miners' Attorney Fees Capped Under SSA Rule
Washington observers report the Social Security Administration set a 25 percent cap on attorneys fees for coal miners and survivors seeking black lung benefits. Attorneys must file in writing the fee amount and services to SSA, which will approve. Direct SSA payment to lawyers is limited to the lesser of 25 percent of benefits, SSA defined reasonable amount, or agreed fee. Applies to claims opened or pending after August 31.
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Teamsters Cross Lines In Salinas Lettuce Stoppage
Striking lettuce workers watched as rival Teamster truck drivers crossed picket lines to move celery at Inter Harvest Inc. No violence occurred as workers walked off fields during peak harvest. Inter Harvest president Harold Bradshaw warned the strike could cause substantial monetary losses while negotiations with the United Farm Workers union continued without rapid progress.
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Inter Harvest Inc
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Inter Harvest
California
Arizona
Stamp theft at British Museum nets fine for curator
James Mackay, 36, longtime assistant keeper of the British Museum philatelic division, was fined 2500 for stealing five sets of printers proofs of stamps from a museum exhibition. Prosecutors say he tried to trade the stamps to complete his Winston Churchill collection.
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UPI
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British Museum
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Winston Churchill
Back To Jail For Convict Who Left Job
Jor O'Dell a convicted murderer and escapee returned to the Virginia penitentiary after agreeing to go back at a minister's urging. He says unsafe conditions in the prison work release program, including frequent injuries and a lost sense of touch, drove him to quit. He spoke with a newsman before returning and later surrendered to WRK release chief J.D. Cox.
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Pietatra
Wallace Expected To Head Governors Conference
Governor George C. Wallace of Alabama was expected to be named chairman of the Southern Governors Conference as leaders sought harmony across party lines. The group planned a mild resolution opposing forced school busing while halting their three day meeting with votes and remarks honoring Wallace, who was paralyzed by gunfire years earlier.
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Tennessee
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