Brief Eastern Airline Attendants Strike Ends In Miami
Eastern Airlines attendants returned to work after a brief walkout that shut down the carrier for hours. A tentative agreement ended the strike at 1 a.m. with talks ongoing on details. Union reps said negotiations have dragged since last May and flight disruptions affected most of the 94.
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Miami
Eastern Airlines
Gill Pernroth
Eastern
Pennroth
Airlines
National Mediation Board
Washington
Airlines Stewards and Stewardesses Association
Bob Reese
Two Gunmen Surrender After Harlem Bank Siege
Two gunmen surrendered to WCBS newsman Chris Bergen after a three hour standoff at the Chase Manhattan Bank on 135th Street and Fifth Avenue. A bystander was wounded in crossfire, and one robber was killed outside the bank during the exchange with police. The hostages, about 20 initially, were released without injuries. one woman was treated after falling ill.
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Chase Manhattan Bank
Harlem
New York
Nework
135Th Street
Fifth Avenue
Chris Bergen
Wcbs. TV
Nixon removes oil import limits in broad energy plan
President Nixon announced a wide energy package to end fuel shortages, proposing to remove oil import limits and deregulate new natural gas prices while protecting consumers on existing gas supplies. He warned of a possible energy crisis if trends continue.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
U.S
Federal Power Commission of the Interior
Natu
Supreme Court upholds state oil spill liability law
The Supreme Court unanimously rules federal law does not bar Florida strict liability for oil spill damages by shippers and facilities in territorial waters. The decision limits federal admiralty power over pollution, aligning with state efforts.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Wiltom
Florida
Douglas
District Court
Oklahoma to forfeit eight wins over transcript irregularities
University of Oklahoma will forfeit eight games and its Sugar Bowl win over Penn State due to recruiting irregularities involving freshman Kerry Jackson and another player. Nine games counted, including a loss to Colorado, with both Jackson and Mike Phillips ruled ineligible for this year. Coach Barry Switzer defended staff innocence while conference probes continue.
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Walker
Colorado
Jackson
Bill Michael
Mike Phillips
Houston
Michael
Barry Switzer
Paul Sharp
Phillips
Oklahoma
University of Oklahoma
Switzer
Oklahoma Senate kills airstrip upgrade then funds airplane
Oklahoma City AP reports Gov. David Hall’s $91.7 upgrade for an eastern Oklahoma lodge airstrip was blocked by a Senate committee but the panel raised the cap to spend $267,300 on a new airplane.
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Oklahoma City
David Hall
Oklahoma Lodge
Senate
Senate Appropriations Committee
Oklahoma
House
Ways and Means Committee
Curtis Resigns Public TV Post
Thomas B. Curtis resigns as board chairman of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting amid a dispute with public television stations. The Missouri former Republican congressman, 61, who advised Nixon, says his mediation efforts were undercut by White House aides. Curtis is also EB head of Encyclopaedia Britannica, Chicago. Administration-backed board members seek to control interconnection and have cut federal funding for next season.
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Washington
White House
Thomas B. Curtis
Corporation For Public Broadcasting
Curtis
Nixon
Missouri
Chicago
US Bureau Weather Pact hinges on private firm ban
Oklahoma faces a five year one million dollar federal weather research program contingent on banning private weather contractors. Sen. Herschal Crow says the Bureau of Reclamation demanded private regulation and no private weather operations during the grant period. The plan covers a 150 mile square in Western Oklahoma with cloud seeding research and control zones.
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Klahoma City
U. S. Bureau of Reclamation
Oklahoma
Herschal Crow
D-Altus
Bureau
Henry Bellmon
Crow
Bellmon
Weather Modification Inc
Irving Krick
Lawton
Bureau of Reclamation
Fed
Reclamation
Rain Likely Over Southwest Oklahoma Tonight and Thursday
Mass Gulf air moves into Oklahoma bringing a 40 percent chance of thunderstorms or showers in Southwest Oklahoma tonight, rising to 80 percent Thursday as a west low pressure develops. Partly cloudy this afternoon with highs in the mid to upper 70s and tonight’s low around mid 50s. Thursday highs near 70 with Tuesday’s high 68 and low 51.
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Gulf
Oklahoma
Lawton
Federal Reinforcements Encircle Wounded Knee
Federal reinforcements ring Wounded Knee after a heavy gunfight that wounded multiple militants. About 25 border patrol officers join 300 marshals and FBI agents around the village on Pine Ridge Reservation as sporadic shooting continues following a 90 minute exchange and a cease-fire breach.
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Wounded Knee
Montana
U.S
FBI
Pine Ridge
12 More Head Of Cattle Missing
Sheriff deputies investigate theft or disappearance of 12 cattle from Faxon area ranches this week. Loses include a 350 pound calf from Harvey Byrd and 11 branded heifers from Oran Carson. Rise in rustling and illegal butchering reported in Comanche County with three cattle butcherings since March 2.
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Heriff
Faxon
Harvey Byrd
Oran Carson
Byrd
Carson
Comanche County
Sheriff's Department
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