Memphis Firemen Strike Ends as Guards Run Stations
About 400 National Guardsmen and Fire Department supervisors staffed Memphis firehouses after a midnight strike by members of IAFF Local 1784. Mayor Wyeth Chandler warned of accountability if lives are lost. Union official Sam Posey said emergency units would respond, but no life-saving equipment would be used to fight fires unless hired staff participate.
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Memphis, Tenn
National Guardsmen
Tennessee
Wyeth Chandler
International Association of Fire Fighters
Sam Posey
Posey
Van faces 3 murder charges in trio slaying
West Farmington man, 27, turned himself in to Warren authorities and is expected to face three counts of aggravated murder. Victims are Richard Brainard, 48. his wife Janice, 45. and granddaughter Dawn Ware, 5. Bodies found in a Bristol Township field. motive linked to a domestic quarrel.
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Bristol, Township
Ohio
Trumbull
West Farmington
Warren
Richard Jakmus
Trumbull County
Richard Brainard
North Bloomfield
Janice
Dawn Renee Ware
Bristol
Educators gather in Dallas for NEA convention issues
About 9,000 teachers from across the United States attend the 116th NEA convention in Dallas as competency testing Bakke decision and school funding debates shape the agenda. Florida releases a statewide minimum competency study while lawmakers watch a potential federal tax credit for private schooling.
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Dallas
National Education Association
United States
Florida State Department of Education
Florida
NCR Sells Appleton Papers Division to British Group
NCR Corp completes sale of its Appleton Papers Division to B A T Industries Ltd for 280 million. The deal generates a non recurring net gain of about 3.75 dollars per NCR share for 1978 and shifts NCR toward expanding its computer and data processing product lines.
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Dayton, Ohio
NCR Corp
Appleton Papers
B.A.T Industries Ltd
NCR
Papers
Appleton
Wis
Combined Locks
Roaring Springs
Harrisburg
William S. Anderson
Congress Warned on Pension Plans Facing Collapse
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp warned Congress that 160 of about 2,000 multiemployer plans, with $8.3 billion in guaranteed benefits, may falter within a decade. If they fail, insured plans would bear the load, forcing higher premiums for participants and an overhaul of private pension regulation.
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Washington
Congress
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp
Pension Corporation
Federal Corporation
Teamsters
United Mine Workers
Thunderstorms strike western and southern Ohio with tornado warning
Heavy storms with high winds rippled across western and southern Ohio Saturday night causing downed trees and power outages. Funnel cloud reports near Sidney were unconfirmed while a tornado warning covered Shelby, Miami and Champaign counties. Sailboat capsized on Eastwood Lake with three rescued. earlier a drowning is suspected.
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Associated Press
Ohio
Dayton
Eastwood Lake
Christiansburg
Champaign County
Cincinnati
No leads in death of Crane
Scottsdale police have few concrete leads in the beating death of actor Bob Crane 49. Fingerprints were found inside and outside his apartment but their owners were not identified. Crane starred in Hogan's Heroes and was living in the Windmill Dinner Theater apartment while appearing in Beginner's Luck. Medical examiner Dr Heinz Karnitschnig says Crane died from two blows to the head, occurring as he slept and unaware of the attack.
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Scottsdale
Ariz AP
Bob Crane
John Pratt
Crane
Windmill Dinner Theater
Pratt
Heinz Karnitschnig
Maricopa County
Karnitschnig
Lightning Hits CG&E Transformer, East City Powers Down
A Cincinnati Gas & Electric transformer on Central Avenue near Fulton Lane was struck by lightning causing a partial blackout in the east end for about an hour around 7:30 p.m. Police and fire services reported spotty outages on Breiel and Roosevelt boulevards. power and radio communications were restored by 9 p.m. No other storm damage reported.
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Cincinnati Gas & Electric
Central Avenue
Fulton Lane
Middletown
Breiel
Roosevelt
Deaths and funerals for multiple local residents
Obituaries report funeral plans for Estill C. Bell 65, visitation details, and incorrect prior listing. Anna Woods 92 found dead, World War II service, survivors, private services. Steven Hartman 17 to be buried Somerville Cemetery after noon service. Mary Oswald Langer 83 at Quaker Heights, services Monday at Oswald Funeral Home with burial in Miami Cemetery. Corwin funeral home visitation times listed.
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Estill C. Bell
Roosevelt Blvd
Grand Avenue
Church of God Visitation
Joseph R. Baker
Anna Woods
Manchester Ave
Woods
Elkhart
Ind
Middletown
Allied Tent Company
Germantown
Thomas J
John R. Burton
Indianapolis
Herbert W. Burton
Dayton
William T. Burton
Columbus
Thomas J. Woods
Violet C Landes
Somerville
Steven Hartman
Church St
Somerville Pentecostal Church
Riley Parker
Somerville Cemetery
Falmouth
George Hartman
Waynesville
Mary Oswald Langer
Quaker Heights
Rosemary Bohl
Urbana
John M Oswald
Lebanon
Robert Franken
Miami
Fla
Richard M Franken
Texas
Grace Frost
Wilmington
Oswald
J. T. McHendry
Miami Cemetery
Corwin Friends
Fire sends multiple people to hospital in separate incidents
A series of injuries and medical emergencies reported yesterday include Bill Johnson with a 38 arm wound taken to hospital after a fire at 312 Garfield St. Wilma Griffith 41 fainted and was treated at 1300 First Ave. Betty Sams 45 chest pains admitted to ICU at 1624 Lamberton St. J W Pratt fainted and admitted to ICU at 1305 Highland St. Mildred McCutchen 76 difficulty breathing admitted in fair condition at 1403 Yankee Rd. William Broadus 86 ill sent to hospital in serious condition at 1403 Yankee Rd. Josie Ro Ross 72 and Sadie Ross 0 injured in a two-vehicle crash at Lafayette Ave and Pearl St and 2002 Pearl St respectively. both treated and released.
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Garfield St
Bill Johnson
First Ave
Wilma Griffith
Lamberton St
Betty Sams
Central Ave
J. W. Pratt
Highland St
Mildred McCutchen
Fair Conditon
Yankee Road
William Broadus
Lafayette Avenue
Pearl Street
Josie Ro Ross
Pearl St
Sadie Ross
Smith Ave
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Ann Dillon
Sunset Pool
Van
Supreme Court
NEA
Phil King
University of California
California
Oswalt
Southwest Ohio Camp Meeting
THE
Church OF God
Emmons Rd
Oregonia
Samuel G. Hines
Washington, D.C
Stephen Foyts
Yankee RD
First Church OF God
Sidney
Shelby County
National Weather Service
Shelby
Champaign
Cg&e
China
Tokyo
Hsinhua
Peking
Estill Bell
Mary Langer
Eagles
Mary Miller
Union Sanitary Sweepstakes
Gordon D. Ashley
McLean Franklin
Union Sanitary Middletown
Launderers
Park St
Ind Ave
Grand Ave
Trenton
Carlisle S
Moemars
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