Pact to Raise Steel Prices and Secure Jobs for 340000 Workers
A three year contract covering 340000 steelworkers Advances wages by 80 cents per hour in three steps plus 10 to 15 percent overall raise and adds incentive pay pensions and enhanced unemployment benefits The deal starts August 1 and includes early retirement at 65 with 20 years service Local union factions supported the pact after initial opposition amid a bitter leadership race
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Abel
Lloyd McBride
Ed Sadlowski
McBride
Lawrence set to seat new commissioners and elect mayor
Lawrence City Commission plans to swear in Ed Carter Barkley Clark and Jack Rose for four and two year terms. Vice Mayor prospects include Marnie Argersinger as mayor and Don Binns as vice mayor. Incoming leaders will receive the mayoral gavel and city keys.
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Lawrence
Ed Carter
Barkley Clark
Jack Rose
Marnie Argersinger
Don Binns
Fred Pence
Carl Mibeck
Conspiracy in King death alleged by Sprague
Former House assassinations counsel Richard A. Sprague quoted James Earl Ray saying others were involved in a conspiracy to kill Martin Luther King. Ray claims a fictitious ''Raoul'' enlisted him in a gun running operation in Memphis. Sprague also questioned CIA contacts linked to Kennedy's murder and urged a neutral, independent investigation.
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Richard A. Sprague
James Earl Ray
Martin Luther King
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Ray
Raoul
Memphis
King
CIA
Mexico City
John F. Kennedy
Lee Harvey Oswald
House Assassinations Committee
House Committee
Hearing on elderly programs by Jayhawk Area Agency on Aging
A public hearing is set for Tuesday at 9 a.m. in the Community Building at 11th and Vermont. The Jayhawk Area Agency on Aging, serving Douglas, Shawnee and Jefferson counties, conducts the session to gather comments on past present and future senior citizen programs.
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11Th
Vermont
Jayhawk Area
Schneider Blasts Kansas Legislature Over Leadership
Kansas Attorney General Curt Schneider criticizes the 1977 legislature for caution and lack of change under Gov. Bennett. He sees missed opportunities and cites delaying land use assessment reform as a major error.
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Topeka
Kan
Curt Schneider
Kansas
Robert F. Bennett
Schneider
Bennett
Carter reform bill puts GOP in a bind over registration
President Carter seeks same day registration at polls with ID or voter vouch. The plan risks boosting Democratic turnout and drawing GOP criticism for potential fraud, as Senate and House leaders debate amendments while Attorney General Bell cites minority access benefits.
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Walter R. Mears
Washington
Carter
GOP
Bill Brock
House
Griffin Bell
John Rhodes
Arizona
Baker
Rhodes
Up With People cast to perform in Lawrence campus event
About 50 members of the Up With People cast arrive tonight in Lawrence for a two day stay. A public performance is set for 8 p.m. Tuesday in Hoch Auditorium with tickets available at the door or from the Lawrence High School office Haskell Indian Junior College and KU Student Union Activities. The group is an independent nonprofit educational organization featuring around 460 youths ages 17 to 23 touring the United States. The Buffalo note appears in the article as a factoid: the American buffalo is a bison.
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Lawrence
Hoch Auditorium
Lawrence High School
Haskell Indian Junior College
Warnke urges SALT pact to avoid massive defense costs
U S chief SALT negotiator Paul Warnke warned that failure to reach an arms agreement with the Soviet Union would force the United States to spend billions more on defense. He expressed guarded optimism for a deal, even if it requires a Carter Brezhnev summit, and said the United States is prepared to negotiate at any necessary level.
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Charles Mathias
Maryland
New York
Paul Warnke
United States
Soviet Union
Warnke
CBS
Carter
Leonid Brezhnev
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