Chicago Teachers Strike Halts First Day At 600 Schools
The Associated Press reports Chicago teachers began picketing at 600 public schools forcing cancellation of the first day of classes for about 630,000 students after a 21,439 to 2,537 strike vote. Negotiations planned as disputes center on salaries class size and unfilled teaching positions amid budget cuts. The piece notes concurrent strikes and talks in New York San Francisco Berkeley Boston and Los Angeles with varying offers and threatened walkouts.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Joseph P. Vt Hannon
New York City
Board of Education
United Federation of Teachers
Robert Alioto
Berkeley
Julie Kennedy
Berkeley Teachers Association
Los Angeles
Berkeley Teachers Begin Picket Lines After Strike Vote
Berkeley teachers vote 707 to 123 to form picket lines as second public employer strike in under 10 days disrupts schools. Firefighters previously walked off Aug 26 seeking higher wages. city pledges to keep 23 schools open with non striking staff. State mediator William Hehir says negotiations with Fire Fighters Local 1227 remain stalemated.
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Berkeley
Calif
University Town
Julie Kennedy
The
Berkeley Teachers Association
Kennedy
William Hehir
China Oil Boom Could Reshape World Trade
AP analysis by John Cunniff notes mainland China’s oil surge poised to alter global trade within a decade. U.S. firms eye tech and machinery sales as China expands crude output beyond 300 million tons by 1980 and exports grow, potentially shifting power balances in Asia and the Pacific.
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John Cunniff
New York
China
United States
China Authority
Harned
People’s Republic
House
U.S
Richard M. Nixon
People's Republic
Asia
Pacific
Hose
Hoose
Los Angeles
Une Triall
J Vie
Ty Tyre
Mideast
Japan
Indonesia
Soviet Union
Saudi Arabia
Iran
Hege Weunists
Chitess
Centralia N and W crossing gets signals upgrades
The Public Service Commission ordered Norfolk and Western to install gates warning lights and bells at Jefferson Street crossing in Centralia. Barr Street crossing will remain open to avoid hindering emergency vehicle movement. Project costs 44826 funded by the railroad and the Grade Crossing Fund up to 90 percent. Four freight trains daily plus locals and track switches use the intersection.
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Centralia
Public Service Commission
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Jefferson Street
Barr Street
Boone County
William Ringer
PSC
Ilinois-Central- Gulf
Ringer
Federal Highway Commission
Trailways to offer half fare on bus trips for unemployed
Washington AP. Trailways proposes 50 percent bus fare discounts for jobless riders if the Interstate Commerce Commission approves. Half-price tickets would run from next Monday to November 21, with eligibility limited to unemployment benefit recipients and 12 noon start daily. The plan includes job banks at terminals and follows high praise from President Ford. The ICC offered no immediate comment.
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Washington
Continental Trailways
Fred Currey
Trailways Board
Interstate Commerce Commission
Currey
Scientists denounce astrology as unfounded belief
A group of 186 prominent scientists led by Nobel Prize winners says astrology offers no scientific basis and urges media to drop daily horoscopes. Bart Bok notes newspapers' widespread astrology harms rational judgment while astrologer R Donald Papon defends ongoing public interest and courses in astrology.
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New York
Highteer
Humanists
Bart J. Bok
American Astronomical Society
University of Arizona
Bok
Donald Papon
Papon
Academy of Mystic Arts
The
New School
New School For Social Research
Missouri Soybeans Reach 38 Percent Good
Rain aided crops in Missouri while cotton suffered from excess moisture and boll weevil damage. The Missouri Crop and Livestock Reporting Service shows corn improving to poor to fair, with 82 percent dented, and soybeans 87 percent podded. Overall pasture conditions run 4 percent poor, 34 percent fair, 11 percent good, 1 percent excellent.
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Columbia
Missouri
Missouri Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
US Vacating Thai Air Base
The U S Air Force will leave Nakhon Phanom Air Base in Thailand, once directing bombing raids over Vietnam. A 15 percent force reduction is planned over the next two months with total withdrawal by March 20. Fewer than 16 000 U S servicemen will remain in Thailand with about 200 aircraft after the pullout.
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Bangkok
Thailand
U.S
Nakhon Phanom
South Vietnam
Mekong River
Laos
North Vietnam
Ulapao
Lehr Tax Record Suit Is Dismissed
Kansas City AP A suit to stop turning over tax preparation records of State Auditor George Lehr and his firm to the IRS was dismissed in Jackson County Circuit Court. The action filed by Lehr and LKM Enterprises was dropped at the request of the state auditor’s attorney after a temporary restraining order had blocked disclosure. Lehr had voluntarily submitted the records and said he sought the IRS probe himself, unaware the suit would be filed.
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Kansas City
George Lehr
Internal Revenue Service
Lehr
LKM Enterprises
Jackson County
James J. McManus Jr
IRS
Rock Music Melee at State Fairgrounds Ends in Injuries
In Syracuse the Great American Music Fair ended after clashes between state police and gate crashers. About 20 troopers and 10 youths were hurt. 94 were arrested for disorderly conduct as 2,000 fans faced tear gas, rocks, and batons during a daylong concert featuring the Beach Boys and others.
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Syracuse
N.Y
State Fairgrounds
John Scher
Beach Boys
Doobie Brothers
America
Jefferson Starship
New Riders of the Purple Sage
Stanky Brown Group
Juvenile Center On Tv 12 Thursday
A program by the 12th judicial circuit juvenile department airs at 6 pm Thursday on Channel 12 See-Tv featuring a tour video of the new juvenile detention center at Audrain County jail with volunteers Bob Blake and Elaine Cornett Judge George P. Adams Cathie Van Matre chief deputy and Rodney Nebel. An interactive Q&A session follows.
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Juvenile Department of the
12Th Judicial Circuit
Channel 12
See-Tv
Audrain County
Bob Blake
Ralph
Elaine) Cornett
George P. Adams
Cathie van Matre
Rodney T. Nebel
FBI Concealed Oswald Contacts Highlighted By Warren Report
Washington AP report notes if a further FBI contact with Lee Harvey Oswald is true the Warren Commission would have likely intensified its critique of the bureau over Kennedy s death. It details an Oswald visit to the Dallas FBI office weeks before the assassination and a destroyed note threatening an agent.
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Washington
FBI
Lee Harvey Oswald
Warren Commission
Bureau
John F. Kennedy
Commission
Oswald
Secret Service
Clarence Kelley
Dallas
Kennedy
Kelley
David W. Belin
Warren
Soviet Union
Marina
James P. Hosty Jr
Hosty
WCTU President Calls Liquor Beverages a National Problem
Glorieta New Mexico AP WCTU president urges restraining liquor to stabilize economy and homes. She cites a Treasury Dept report showing Americans consumed over five billion gallons of alcoholic beverages in 1974 and notes rising unemployment welfare and inflation. About 800 delegates expected at the 101st national convention opening Thursday through Monday.
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Glorieta
N.M
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Herman Stanley
Evanston, II
WCTU
Treasury Department
Stanley
F C McPheeters Retires From A P Green Refractories
F C McPheeters retires after 30 years at A P Green Refractories Co. He joined in 1945 as dryer operator in insulating fire brick, later moving through humidity drying and stiff mud departments, and since 1957 served as kiln fireman. He is a former Concord Presbyterian elder, living with his wife on Route 2 Auxvasse. they have a daughter, Mrs Richard Vonholt of Casper Wyoming.
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Forrest C. McPheeters
A. P. Green Refractories Co
Auxvasse
Richard Vonholt
Casper
Wyo
11th VA Death Added To List At Ann Arbor
ANN ARBOR, Mich. AP Despite the 11th death in a respiratory failure series the Veterans Administration Hospital plans to resume normal admissions. Robert L. Antil, 41, died Monday after three respiratory arrests, the last on Aug. 6. FBI probes the prior deaths and adds Antil to the list for investigation. Hospital chief Dr. S Martin Lindenauer called the case with grave suspicions.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
Veteran's Administration Hospital
Robert L. Antil
Antil
FBI
S. Martin Lindenauer
Hospital
MHS Class Officers Filing Closed and Elections Set
Filing for sophomore secretary was extended to 3 15 p m. Primary ballots will feature top two candidates for each post with final elections Monday. List of filings includes seniors juniors sophomores and freshmen with officers named for each group. Pep Squad picnic is scheduled for tomorrow at 3 30 p m at Lawrence Shelter. Dues payment details and a birth announcement for Teresa Jean Ward are also noted.
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MHS
Martin Admire
Robbie McDonald
Marty Hunt
Mary Ann Stahl
Wayne Terpstra
Louesa Runge
Ellen Erdel
Mary Lawrence
Bev Pettebaum
Karla Arnold
DeeDee Duckworth
Tom Spurrier
Carol Kallenbach
Stacey Webber
Mary Jo Fitzpatrick
Judy Schroeder
Barb Farris
Jamie Nielsen
Belinda Boren
Kathy Jackson
Betsy Reddick
Marc Allen
Kevin Fuller
Scott Irvin
Pat Farnen
Mindy Marshall
Harry Williams
Julie Smart
Liz Hill
Penny Umstattd
Linda Allen
Cindy Strait
Lawrence Shelter
Sarah Spalding
JoAnn Thomas
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Rock Music
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William E. Ward
Mokane
Callaway County Hospital
Wilfred Ward
Mexico
Walter Miller
Floyd Mealy
Dorothy Miller
Clyde Wilson
Ward
State Hospital No. 1
Fulton
Little Dixie Drive-In
UMUC
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