Rail Strike Negotiated Amid Looming Deadline
UPI reports union leaders of about 70,000 railroad shopcraft workers informally agreed to extend negotiations beyond the 6 a.m. strike deadline without a walkout if management keeps bargaining in good faith. The outline suggests efforts to avert a strike while talks proceed.
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Washington
UPI
W.J. Usery
James Yost
Aflcio Railroad
Yost
Usery
Congress
Lserry Sau Lie Uot Hau
Federal
National Mediation Board
Debate On Tax Looms Stirs Capitol Split Over Spending Ceiling
Washington Republicans push to vote on Ford's $395 billion spending ceiling as House debates a broad tax revision bill. Democrats split with 58 joining 139 Republicans in favoring the move, raising odds of a veto and possible post Christmas session. The package preserves current tax cuts through 1976, tightens tax shelters, and expands credits for child care and the elderly.
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Washington
UPI
House
Ford
Congress
House Rules Committee
Senate
Valley Bank's Growth Fueled by Tourism Ties and Local Leadership
Valley Bank began as Bank of Las Vegas with Walter Cosgriff backing. Charles Canfield led operations, Nate Mack chaired the board, and E Parry Thomas guided expansion. The bank funded major resorts, opened 18 branches, and merged Reno and Las Vegas banks in 1969 to form Valley Bank. Thomas credited staff dedication and tourism-driven capital for swift growth and community involvement.
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Salt Lake City
Walter Cosgriff
Inter-Mountain Area
Valley Bank
Bank of Las Vegas
Maryland Parkway
East Charleston Boulevard
Cosgriff
Charles R. Canfield
Nate Mack
E. Parry Thomas
Las Vegas
S. Fourth St
Sahara
The
Sands
Desert Inn
Dunes
Tropicana
the Stardust
Frontier
Reno
Thomas, Mack and Sullivan
Thomas
Jerome Mack
Herb Stout
Robert Sullivan
Nevada
Ken
Sheriff Everett Stewart Cleared in Sex Charge Case
In Tishomingo Oklahoma a district court jury acquitted Johnston County Sheriff Everett T Stewart of using his office to solicit sexual favors in a verdict that ends an ouster bid. He was found innocent on two charges.
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Tishomingo, Okla
UPI
Johnston County
Everet T. Stewart
Stewart
Dixie Colbert
Everett
Linda K. Hill
Hill
Coal County
Thea Bonner
Bryan County
Elmo Mason
Gunmen hijack Groningen to Amsterdam train threaten bus to airport
Gunmen holding 36 passengers on a Groningen to Amsterdam train issued a 10 am deadline demanding a bus to Schiphol airport. A prior escape left 17 free, with seven gunmen still aboard the first coach as officials confirmed hostage conditions and ongoing negotiations.
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Beilen
Netherlands
UPI
Justice Ministry
Toos Faber
S. Mallory
Amsterdam
Schiphol
Miss Faber
Groningen
Muss Faber
Willem van Leeuwen
Love Feast reunion between Hoover and King amid feud
Senate hearing revealed J Edgar Hoover and Martin Luther King Jr held a love feast amid Hoover warnings about King's associates. Cartha D DeLoach described the meeting while Ramsey Clark and Nicholas Katzenbach testified about FBI surveillance and tactics against King lasting years.
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Washington
UPI
J. Edgar Hoover
Martin Luther King Jr
FBI
King
Congress
Cartha D. Deloach
Hoover
Senate Intelligence Committee
Williamers
Nicholas Katzenbach
Ramsey Clark
Katzenbach
Oover
New Car Sales Boom Surges as Imports Retreat in 1975
UPI reports November U.S built car sales rose 35 percent from a year earlier while imports share fell to 12.1 percent, the smallest since 1971. Detroit firms sold 654,979 cars, with American Motors up 70 percent GM up 35 percent Ford up 3 percent and Chrysler nearly 29 percent. Tokyo’s Toyota rose 27 percent and Datsun 19.5 percent, while Volkswagen dropped 42 percent. Ward's expects year end sales to be supported by a 12 percent rise in 1976 first quarter production, potentially easing 68,000 layoffs.
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Detroit
UPI
U.S
Detroit Auto Companies
Ward
The
Industry Journal
Toyota
Datsun
Volkswagen
Honda
Fiat
Volvo
Bomb Blasts Hit Miami Federal Buildings
Four small crude bombs exploded at Miami federal sites including the FBI offices on Biscayne Boulevard and three other targets. No injuries were reported. Explosives were found unexploded at two post offices and a state employment office. A pipe bomb atop a coin newsstand outside the FBI shattered a window but no agents were harmed.
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Miami
UPI
FBI
Biscayne Boulevard
West Flagler St
3Rd Ave
8Th St
Péth Ave
Social Securty
36Th St
14Th Ave
Diast
Woo
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Kev
Ralph Abernathy
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Committee
Robert F. Kennedy
Memphis
American Motors
General Motors
Chrysler
Christiane
Cheaeey
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Chastedy
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