Nationwide Greyhound strike shuts down buses coast to coast
Greyhound workers strike after contract extension expires at 2 p.m. EST cutting service to about 190,000 daily passengers. Charter coaches run with union permission while Amtrak and Trailways honor Greyhound tickets as talks stall and picket lines form at terminals nationwide.
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Ginny Pitt
Associated Press
Greyhound
Amalgamated Transit Union
Guy
Boston
Amtrak
Continental Trailways
Trailways
Phoenix
Ariz
William Brummil
Mississippi River
KC Terminal Closed Until Strike Ends
KC Greyhound Terminal is closed for the Greyhound strike affecting about 100 communities across Missouri, Kansas, and parts of Nebraska. Nearby routes will originate from Continental Trailways Terminal. baggage service remains available 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Amtrak ticket interline is limited to the National Limited with Greyhound paying price differences.
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Continental Trailways
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Amtrak
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New York
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Indianapolis
Canadian Budget Cuts Income Taxes While Increasing Excise Rates
OTTAWA AP Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau's Liberal budget lowers personal income taxes but raises taxes on alcohol tobacco and large cars. Corporate taxes rise and construction material taxes fall. Bicycle taxes are cut and a tax break for resource exploration is offered. Oil and natural gas firms can no longer deduct provincial royalty payments from federal taxes.
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Ottawa
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Liberal
Candy Bars Upset Trial Over Ralls Co. Pipeline
Tulsa AP report says a six week trial over a 750000 suit ended in a mistrial after jurors received two 50 cent candy bars. Judge Armstrong ruled the act legal grounds for mistrial though he doubted juror influence. Bowline Construction led by Ray Bowline argued leaks in a 40 mile Missouri water line near Hannibal and named multiple defendants. The case, one of Tulsa County's longest, began Oct 7 with 50 witnesses planned and 200 exhibits. The judge will keep jurisdiction and move toward a non jury retrial.
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Tulsa
Okla
Ray Bowline
Oklahoma
Armstrong
Bowline
Ralls County
Hannibal
Aetna Casualty and Surety Co
Mobile Construction Co
Grove
Utility Supply Co
Cement Asbestos Products Co
Woodward
Continental Industries
Saxbe Splits With Kelley Over Tricks Tactics
Washington AP report outlines Attorney General Saxbe's opposition to FBI proposed emergency countermeasures and his call for congressional oversight. He criticized past counterintelligence as improper, while FBI Director Kelley defended the program. The department also names targeted groups and notes possible rights violations under review.
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Washington
William B. Saxbe
FBI
Saxbe
Clarence M. Kelley
Congress
House Senate
Kelley
Justice Department
J. Edgar Hoover
Communist Party U.S.A
Socialist Workers Party
New Left
Henry E. Petersen
Department
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Congress On Racial Equality
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Black Panthers
Weathermen
Students For A Democratic Society
Hoover
Jackson couple name their nine pound two ounce daughter
Mr. and Mrs. Ted McFarlane of Jackson Ohio welcomed a daughter weighing nine pounds two ounces named Bronwyn. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. L E Clark of Mexico.
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Bronwyn MacFarlane
Ted McFarlane
Jackson
Ohio
L.E. Clark
Mexico
Travel Companion A Wanted Criminal, Fugitives Tale
Editor Sandy Fawkes details a dangerous liaison with Paul John Knowles in Atlanta and Florida. She recounts his charm masking a parole violations, a stolen car, and an attempted rape, all while he was wanted for questioning in multiple killings. Police later identified him from a photo.
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London Daily Express
United States
Paul John Knowles
Atlanta
Florida
Atlanta Constitution
the Constitution Atlanta
Miami
America
Darrel Golden
Georgia
Jacksonville
West Palm Beach
U.S
Hunt Is On For Men Held By Knowles
Florida state trooper Charles E. Campbell and Delaware businessman James E. Meyer are believed abducted by parolee Paul John Knowles. Law enforcement and volunteers search rural areas near Macon, while Knowles, indicted for Milledgeville slayings, sits in Bibb County jail as investigators connect last weekend’s actions. Officials in Alton box plant report shutdown and 400 layoffs.
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Macon
Here
Florida
Paul John Knowles
Bibb County
Georgia Bureau of Investigation
Stockbridge
Atlanta
Knowles
Milledgeville
Orlando
Fla
Lakeland
Lanier County
R. W. Brantley
McDonald Pierce
Charles E. Campbell
Wilmington
Del
James E. Meyer
Egypt Receives Mirage Fighters From France
France has started delivering Mirage fighter bombers to Egypt, signaling a shift away from Soviet arms as Cairo seeks Western weapons with Arab funding. Saudi Arabia is financing the purchase, and Egypt plans a total of 36 planes with French pilots already flying three. U.S. intelligence notes ongoing Soviet arms shipments to Syria, despite Egypt's arm sourcing pivot.
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Washington
France
Egypt
Pentagon
Syria
Latakia
Soviet Union
Anwar Sadat
Russia
U.S
Leonid Brezhnev
Cairo
Israel
Libya
Saudi Arabia
Illinois Escapees Caught In Pike Co.
Two Fulton County Illinois jail escapees were captured in Bowling Green Missouri after a tavern disturbance inquiry. Robert DeFord 19 of Canton Illinois and Dorrance Smyser 26 of Liverpool Illinois escaped Lewiston Illinois earlier by feigning illness and overpowering a radio operator. DeFord faced car theft charges Smyser was charged with passing bad checks.
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Bowling Green
Fulton County
Illinois
Robert DeFord
Dorance Smyser
Lewiston
Ill
DeFord
Canton
Smyser
Liverpool
Two More Inflation Years, Banker Tells Green Club
Donald Lasater, chairman of Mercantile Bank in St. Louis, told the A P Green Refractories Co. Management Club that controlling inflation to four to five percent may take two years or longer. He warned of further budget cuts and heavier burdens, noted a projected $10 billion drop in 1975 corporate profits, and cited inventory profits masking rising costs. He discussed Mercantile Center plans, anticipated a fall 1975 opening, and urged Missouri to bolster out-state industry. New members and guests were announced at the meeting in St. Louis.
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Mercantile Bank
St. Louis
A.P. Green Refractories Co
Lasater
Missouri
Federal Advisory Council
Federal Reserve Board
Congress
U.S
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Mercantile Center
Arkansas
Mississippi
Harry M. Stover
Frank Boka
Woodbridge
N.J
John Elder
Bertha Singleton
Curt Wiggins
James White
Chicago
Mike Stevens
Norm Florence
George Barbeau
al Einboden
Toronto
Nat
Norm Strange
Philadelphia
Joe Frank
Massillon
Tax Changes Next Year Mills Says and Oil Tax Plan
Rep. Wilbur D. Mills warns Congress will not pass major tax revisions this year as the Ways and Means Committee resumes work on a slimmed down bill. Proposals include ending the oil depletion allowance, a windfall profits tax, higher standard deductions, and targeted cuts for average taxpayers while preserving some investment credits and foreign income changes.
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Washington
Congress
Wilbur D. Mills
House
Ways and Means Committee
Mills
Congressional
Senate
U.S
Senate panel edges toward Rockefeller VP confirmation
Eight of nine Senate Rules Committee members intend to recommend Nelson Rockefeller's confirmation as vice president after hearings. The panel plans an executive session Wednesday to discuss the recommendation, with a vote by week’s end. Only Sen. James B. Allen remains undecided, citing philosophy over Rockefeller’s ethics.
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Senate Rules Committee
Senate
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Howard W. Cannon
D-Nev
House Judiciary Committee
Senate Committee
James B. Allen
D-Ala
Allen
Rockefeller
Cannon
Robert C. Byrd
D-W.va
Mike Mansfield
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