Bell System and Union Reach 3-Year Wage Accord
The Bell System and Communications Workers tentatively settled a three year contract valued at about 3.3 billion dollars averting a nationwide strike. The deal boosts wages and benefits about 31 percent over three years, with operators averaging 257 dollars weekly by 1980. The agreement awaits nationwide ratification and includes job security, pensions, extra days off, and health plan improvements.
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Washington
UPI
Bell System
Communications
Glenn Watts
Watts
Illinois Bell Telephone Co
Chicago
Rex Reed
Carter Waiting On Lance Probe
President Carter said he will wait and see how the federal probe into Bert Lance unfolds and expressed full confidence in the inquiry. He avoided questions about whether the Lance loan affair affects his view of Lance as a White House adviser and said he had little detail on the loans.
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Lance
Carter
Georgia
Carters
New York
Chicago
National Bank of Georgia
Comptroller
Lincoln County Fire Spreading Threatens Area
Fire continues to spread in Lincoln County with southwest winds forecast later. No injuries reported. A 10 man crew had to retreat as gusts drove flames. BLM helicopter to drop 100 gallon water buckets. Weeks earlier a 1000 acre Mormon Mesa fire flowed across the area.
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BLM
Mormon Messa
Las Vegas crew members freed after Colombia detention
Bolling Parada and two Las Vegas colleagues were released from Santa Marta prison after eight weeks. They traveled to Colombia to evacuate a burn patient misidentified as Jerry Lee Wilson, who died later. The group faced custody delays while immigration approval is sought for their return.
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Canada
Bolling
Parada
Santa Marta
Miguel
Jet Avia
Tony Gekakis
Jeffrey Ellis
Colombia
Tim
Mercy
Las Vegas
James Chagra
el Paso
Tex Jet Avia
Chris Karamanos
Chagra
Jerry Lee Wilson
Jet Air
Avia
Atlanta
Georgia
Arrval
Wilson
Las Vegans
Las
Mercy Ambulance
Karamanos weighs exit from Jet Avia after Colombia detentions
Jet Avia official Chris Karamanos said he is considering exiting the jet charter business after the release of four Las Vegans detained in Colombia. He cited legal fees exceeding 250000 and an additional 50000 paid to save two remaining prisoners, and planned to retrieve a Lear jet at value over 1 million.
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Colombia
South America
Avia
Las
Arkansas
Jet Associates, Inc
Karamanos
Las Vegas
Chagra
Mount Usu Erupts in Hokkaido Evacuations Ordered
A dormant Mt. Usu eruption sent a six mile high plume of smoke and ash over Hokkaido forcing 20 000 tourists and 800 nearby families to evacuate. Baseball sized rocks rained down as seismologists from Hokkaido University rushed to monitor the twin volcanoes near Lake Toya.
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Tokyo
UPI
Japan
Hokkaido
Mt. Usu
Date
Japan Broadcasting Corporation
Hokkaido University
Sapporo
Showa Shinzan
Lake Toya
Pacific Coast
Muroran
Date City
Japanese Government Meteorological Agency
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Labor
Ray Marshall
Wayne Horvitz
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Lincoln County
Pilot Bolling
Stephen Bolling
Ordes
Simmons— Sealy
King Roil
Maryland Parkway
Broadway
SUN
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