Weekend work settlements return strikers to jobs
Unionized labor actions across the United States end after Labor Day weekend. Northern California AC Transit drivers ratify a new contract, general motor plant workers restart after a nine week strike, and A O Smith and Western Electric locals move toward returning to work as the nationwide stoppage subsides.
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United Press International
West Coast
California
AC Transit
San Francisco Bay Area
United Auto Workers
General Motors
St. Louis
Allied Industries
A. O. Smith Corp
Milwaukee
Wis
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Western Electric
Bell Telephone System
Illinois
Aurora
Cicero
Columbus
Ohio
Funeral set for Kirk in New Zealand
Wellington plans a state funeral for Prime Minister Norman Kirk after his death from a heart attack. Acting Prime Minister Hugh Watt and Martyn Finlay are considered as successors, with Watt to lead until a caucus elects a new leader. Kirk will lie in state three days before the funeral in Wellington and burial in Waimate. Prince Charles to attend representing Britain. Pacific leaders will also attend.
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Wellington
New Zealand
UPI
Norman Kirk
Labor Party
Hugh Watt
Martyn Finlay
Watt
Kirk
Finlay
Labor
Waimate
Prince Charles
Britain
Pacific
Australia
Fiji
Cook Islands
Paper favors Cuba policy shift readied for Kissinger
A group of Foreign Service officers is preparing a working paper urging a policy change toward Cuba for Secretary of State Kissinger. Pat Holt, former Senate Foreign Relations staffer, toured Cuba and concluded isolation efforts failed, signaling possible reconciliation ahead of a Western Hemisphere ministers conference in March 1975.
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Washington
UPI
Henry A. Kissinger
U.S
Cuba
Havana
Pat M. Holt
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Fidel Castro
Holt
Foreign Service
Kissinger
Now
Balloon study to track air pollution from 70 foot craft
Four scientists and a photographer will ride Project da Vinci a 70 foot polyethylene balloon over New Mexico and Texas from Las Cruces to Lubbock October 13 to study lower atmosphere. The mission, backed by AEC, Army Atmospheric Sciences Lab and National Geographic, carries 28 instruments for 19 experiments to measure temperature humidity pressure ozone and sulfur dioxide. pilot James Craig copilot Vera Simons lead crew Rudolf Englemann and Otis Imboden aim to prove manned balloons offer best data on air movement and weather forecasting.
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Washington
UPI
Project da Vinci
New Mexico
Texas
Atomic Energy Commission
Army
Atmospheric Sciences Laboratory
National Geographic Society
Las Cruces
N.M
Carlsbad
Clovis
Lubbock
Tex
James Craig
Navy
China Lake
Calif
Vera Simons
Rudolf J. Englemann
AEC
Otis Imboden
National Geographic
Englemann
daVinci
Mayor convenes Newark meeting to calm Puerto Rican tensions
Newark Mayor Kenneth A. Gibson met with Puerto Rican leaders after a Sunday riot in which 500 to 1,000 people clashed with police, 12 injured and two shot. Police cars burned, a girl was trampled, eight arrests were made. Gibson urged calm, led a procession to City Hall, and the mob dispersed after a rainstorm.
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Newark
N.J
UPI
Kenneth A. Gibson
City Hall
Gibson
Nationwide storm packs the east with heavy rain
Clouds and thundershowers sweep the eastern half of the nation as a cold front spans from the north Atlantic to the southern Plains. Rain in the central Rockies brings flash floods in Tonkawa Oklahoma while over an inch drenches Macomb Mississippi and Newark New Jersey within six hours. Early temps vary from 91 in Needles California to 32 in Dickinson North Carolina.
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United Press International
East Central Plains
Ohio Valley
Atlantic
Gulf Coast
North Atlantic States
Plains
Central Rockies
Tonkawa
Okla
Oklahoma
Macomb
Miss
Newark
N.J
Clinton
Pacific Coast
Needles
Calif
Dickinson
N.C
From 180 to Miss Virginia hopeful Dowdy sheds weight
Stephanie Dowdy, an 18 year old from Dominion University and Miss Virginia, recounts losing 60 pounds over two years to pursue the Miss America crown. She dieted by cutting bread and pills, choosing vegetables and fruit, and even skipped pizza until her victory celebration.
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Atlantic City
UPI
Stephanie Dowdy
Dominion University
Miss Virginia
Miss Dowdy
Girl bitten by poisonous snake at Six Flags park
In Allenton Missouri a 15 year old St Louis girl Debby Binder was bitten on the ankle by a copperhead near a pizza parlor in the Old Chicago section of Six Flags over Mid America. Park officials said rain diluted snake repellent the day of the Aug 28 incident and a crystal type repellent was adopted afterward. The girl was treated at the park and later released in good condition from Barnes Hospital.
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Allenton
UPI
St. Louis
Mid- America
Debby Binder
Barnes Hospital
Chicago
Six Flags
SR71 breaks transatlantic speed record at Farnborough
The SR71 Blackbird flew 3 490 miles from New York to Farnborough in about one hour and 60 minutes, surpassing the previous record by nearly three hours. Majors Sullivan and Widdiefield piloted the two man craft as Ford congratulated them by telephone. The record case was to be certified by the Federation Aeronautique Internationale. A helicopter crash during the show killed Stewart Craig and injured pilot Kurt Cannon.
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Farnborough
Air Force
Beale Air Force Base
California
Federation Aeronatique Internationale
Stewart Craig
Guildford
Conn
Air Show
Kurt Cannon
Seymour, Conn
Cambridge Military Hospital
Aldershot
False killer whale beaching near Monterey ends in death
A 1500 pound, 13 foot false killer whale grounded on a Monterey beach and died after possibly aging. Scientists say the species roams offshore in pods, making this grounding rare in California. Coast Guard hauled the whale off the sand with a rope attached to its tail.
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Monterey
Calif
UPI
Victor Morejohn
Moss Landing Marine Lab
California
Coast Guard
Hurricane Carmen Aims For Yucatan Peninsula
UPI reports Hurricane Carmen extreme intensity with 175 mph gusts moving toward the Yucatan near Belize. Forecasters compare it to 1961 Hattie and warn of potential inland impact with Belize under alert and evacuations underway.
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Miami
UPI
Carmen
Yucatan Peninsula
Belize
British Honduras
Belize City
Gil Clark
National Hurricane Center
Hattie
Clark
London
Gulf of Campeche
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England
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Mont
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