Strike Dwindles As Postal Walkout Gains Some Ground
The back-to-work push grows as Chicago and Detroit postal workers return to work at many branches. Picket lines fade in Chicago and Detroit while New York sees troops sorting mail as the walkout is treated as a national emergency. National Guard units mobilize at armories.
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Associated Press
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Detroit
New York
Nixon
National Association of Letter Carriers
Robert Purdue
Min City
Military Ocean Terminal
Brooklyn
National Guard
Armories
Pentagon
New York Army and
Air National Guard
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
New York City
Winton M. Blount
AIR Force
Toledo Joins Growing Postal Strike In Ohio
Toledo joins the Ohio postal strike as about 50 mail clerks picket the Toledo post office while Cleveland area mail remains paralyzed. In Cleveland Local 72 and Akron area workers vote to stay out. Lorain and Mentor back to work, Elyria delaying action, and Verbal fire from Local 1 leaders citing Nixon troop action.
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Toledo
Ohio
Cleveland
United Federation of Postal Clerks
Washington
Riers
Lorain
Mentor
Elyria
National Association of Special Delivery Messengers
Robert Butler
Nixon
Butler
Reds Down Copter J Yanks Die in Laos
A U S Marine helicopter was shot down by ground fire in the Laotian Panhandle last Saturday killing all four aboard. U S spokesmen did not discuss the mission. A Skyraider was shot down nearby as air operations focus on North Vietnamese troops and Ho Chi Minh Trail supplies.
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Lower Panhandle
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U.S
Ho Chi Minh Trail
South Vietnam
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Upper Panhandle
Marijuana test sought on My Lai deaths inquiry
U S Senators pressed for testimony from former soldier Charles West about marijuana use and alleged toxic psychosis in the My Lai action. Sen Thomas J Dodds Conn also summoned Dr Joel Kaplan to discuss drug abuse by U S troops in Vietnam as part of hearings on the massacre and wartime behavior.
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Washington
My Lai
U.S
Thomas J. Dodds
Creditors Know bout Mail Strike Pay What You Can
AP report lists how the postal strike affects payments and renewals. Utilities, credit cards, insurance, licenses, magazines, colleges and pensions describe leniency and timing considerations. Some firms suspend late charges and policy lapses, while renewals and deliveries adapt to strike disruptions.
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Chase Manhattan Bank
Unicard
Interbank
Master Charge
Callup Of Troops In Strike Not A First
Nixon uses troops in strike bound New York post offices marking the first time military men performed federal employee duties. History shows presidents ordered troops for loading ships operating trains, unloading shipments, and managing strikes since Lincoln.
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New York
Nixon
Abraham Lincoln
Philadelphia and Reading
Woodrow Wilson
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Philadelphia
Air Attache Kidnapped in Santo Domingo for Prisoner Exchange
U S Air Force Lt Col Donald J Crowley, the air attache at the U S Embassy in Santo Domingo, was seized by four to five gunmen at 7 40 am on a polo field near the Embajador Hotel. Informants say the abductors planned to trade him for about twenty political prisoners including Maximiliano Gomez, a Dominican Communist linked detainee.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
U.S
Donald J. Crowley
el Embajador
Crowley
Polo Field
Air Force
Maximiliano Gomez
Dominican Popular Movement
Gomez
Radar aiding smog research may detect low altitude inversions
German born scientist Dr Juergen H Richter says a new US Navy radar system, built in San Diego, can detect insects and monitor the troposphere constantly. It promises vital data on smog forming inversion layers for research and control efforts.
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San Diego
Calif
Naval Electronics Laboratory Center
Juergen H. Richter
Munich
U.S
Tropos
Richter
Middletown Weather Outlook Drops Cold Evening Temperatures
The Middletown area sees variable clouds and a cool night with lows in the low to mid 30s. The forecast calls for cloudy skies and a warmer day with a chance of rain on Wednesday, highs in the upper 40s to lower 50s. Yesterday reached 50 degrees, with a morning low of 33 and only .1 inch of snow today.
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Middletown
Shultz warns delay could trigger nationwide rail strike
Labor Secretary George P. Shultz told the House Commerce Committee that further delays in settling the 15 month rail contract could spark a wildcat shutdown. He urged Congress to act now as four shopcraft unions and leadership negotiations contend with a binding settlement offer. The moratorium on a strike runs until April 11 amid ongoing national rail dispute.
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George P. Shultz
Shultz
House Commerce Committee
William W. Winpisinger
Congress
Nixon
Sheet Metal Workers Union
Ute
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