Local Firms Stock Up as Teamsters Strike Paralyzes Trucks
The national Teamsters strike enters its second day with quiet picketing across La Crosse eight local firms struck. Milwaukee firms mostly continued work under local agreements, while local businessmen anticipate longer disruption. Retail and auto businesses report stockpiles and possible shortages if the strike extends.
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Teamsters
Elmer Seebold
Teamster Local 199
la Crosse
Seebold
Milwaukee
Gateway Transportation Co
Driver Strike Deepens as GMC Lays Off 5600 Workers
General Motors GMC Truck and Coach Division in Pontiac cut 5600 final assembly jobs with 20000 employees on site remaining. Ford warned it could shutter the Atlanta area plant employing 2500 if parts shortages persist as talks continue. The White House prepared Taft-Hartley Act reports and possible court action to halt the nationwide truckers strike, with negotiations ongoing in Arlington Heights and White House involvement handling a potential injunction.
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General Motors Corp
GMC
Pontiac
Teamsters
Washington
Ford Administration
Administration
L. William Seidman
White House
Ford
W. J. Usery Jr
Arlington Heights
Ill
Ford Campaign Swing Through Wisconsin Guides Ballots
President Ford arrives in Milwaukee starting a two day swing to defend his policies as he campaigns in Wisconsin’s primary. He faces Republican challenger Ronald Reagan while Democratic rivals Carter Udall Jackson and Wallace also vie in New York and Wisconsin. Ford emphasizes detente and military strength amid cross over voting rules in the state primary.
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Washington
Ford
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Ronald Reagan
West Bend
Fond du Lac
Green Bay
Reagan
North Carolina
California
George Wallace
Alabama
Detente
U.S
la Crosse
United States
Betty Ford
Madison
Mitchell Field
War
Ren P. Knowles
Campbellsport
Georgia
Jimmy Carter
Henry M. Jackson
Arizona
Morris K. Udall
New York City
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Humphrey
Europe
New York
Carter
Jackson
Buffalo
Udall
George C. Wallace
National Conference of Democratic Mayors
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Unemployment rate falls to 7.5 percent in March
The U S unemployment rate eased to 7.5 percent in March, the fifth consecutive monthly decline and the longest stretch of gains in 14 years. Total employment rose to 86.7 million while blacks and women saw the largest drop in joblessness, with rates still above prewar norms.
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Washington
Labor Department
New Lisbon Man Loses 3500 In La Crosse Con Game
Erling Dahl, 48, reported a $3,500 loss Thursday in La Crosse in a con game. A Puerto Rican or Jamaican-looking man with a Spanish name proposed a $12,000 windfall and invited Dahl to a gambling scheme. The scam escalated to a card game for $5,000, then the men fled with Dahl’s check cashed by a local broker.
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Lisbon
la Crosse
Dahl
Kmart
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Ralph's Standard Service
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Schneider Schneider
Ford Motor Co
Atlanta-area
Teamsters Local NO
Jim Miller
R. 1
Stoddard
John C. Johnson
Genoa
Tribune
Howard Benedict
Greg Skemp
Ym-Ywca
Bradfield
Bob Huff
Greg
Peter Skemp
S. 19Th St
Falcon
Falcon Candy Company
Yarcon
Ron
Parca
Julius Shiskin
Commissioner of
Labor Statistics
Shiskin
Sidney L. Jones
Treasury
Erling Dahl
Fidel Castro
Momentarous
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GAO
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Ken Ellis
Houston
Lynn Dickey
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