Air Controllers Early Walkout Rumors Largely Unconfirmed
Early reports from major airports suggested only modest controller absences despite PATCO signaling a widespread walkout. Robert C. Stagill of PATCO cited initial indicators of a broad action, yet several centers reported normal conditions with notable sick calls in Islip and mixed participation at Oberlin.
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FAA Walkout Causes Limited Disruptions at Several Airports
FAA reported controller absences amid a national walkout with about 30 percent of Miami controllers out sick. Replacements were summoned as operations remained normal at O'Hare National Dulles National and Reagan National. Detroit and Cleveland saw mixed coverage while Tampa and Dallas Fort Worth reported full staffing.
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Ohio Mails Moving After Postal Workers Strike
Postal workers in Cleveland and Akron voted to return to work on Tuesday night. Toledo crews resumed after a federal court injunction. Cleveland mail held up since last Wednesday should reach distribution within days with top priority for first class and air mail.
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Postal chief seeks quick talks as mail strike eases
Postmaster General Winton Blount moves to open negotiations with all seven major postal unions after strikes ease and much of the backlog clears in Chicago Philadelphia and Detroit. A federal judge orders the Manhattan Bronx local to return to work by 5 p.m. EST or face fines while federal troops remain in NYC offices.
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Middletown Forecast Sees Cloudy With Rain And Cool
The postal wage bill crisis looms as talks continue. Senator Gale McGee warns Congress to negotiate a settlement before any pay raise is passed. The six state strike area grows amid demands for up to 40 percent boosts, while Congress caps at 11.1 percent.
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Nuclear blast postponed at Nevada Test Site
High winds halted the United States 500th announced nuclear blast at the Nevada Test Site. The Atomic Energy Commission said Project Handley is tentatively rescheduled for 7 am Thursday and a final decision will follow a weather briefing.
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NASA Cars Burst Into Flames Near Apollo 13 Countdown
Three NASA security cars ignited in a high oxygen area near the Saturn V during fueling for the Apollo 13 mission. Fire damaged the cars but did not halt the planned April 11 launch. astronauts Lovell Haise and Mattingly were set for another countdown practice.
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Prisoners Demanded for Attache Kidnapping in Dominican Republic
In Santo Domingo, left wing captors seize U. S. air attache Lt. Col. Donald J. Crowley and threaten to kill him unless 21 political prisoners are freed. The list tops with Maximiliano Gomez, pro Communist movement leader, as Balaguer weighs government response.
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Guard Plan To Enlist More Blacks A Failure
Washington AP report shows a National Guard effort to recruit Black personnel failing for over two years. Maj. Gen. Winston P. Wilson cites inability to explain the stagnation despite radio TV outreach and targeted programs. In 1969 Blacks numbered 5,487 of 478,860 Guard members.
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Israeli Jets Down 4 Egyptian MIGs Over Suez
Tel Aviv reports four Egyptian MIG21s shot down in aerial clashes over the Suez Canal area. Israeli pilots crossed the canal in the central and southern sectors at 9 40 a m attacking radar installations and artillery batteries.
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Gunships Stop Red Advance North of Long Cheng Laos
North Vietnamese troops attacked a Laotian government position five miles north of Long Cheng base with two battalions at about 4 a.m. They were beaten back with AC 47 gun ships. Lao casualties were light and Vietnamese losses unknown. Overnight another assault targeted two positions nearby. one post was captured but recaptured by government forces. The area lies along a six mile ridgeline north of Long Cheng, base of General Vang Pao’s Meo forces.
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Viet Rangers Kill 64 Reds In Firefights
In the Plain of Reeds near the Cambodia border, South Vietnamese rangers report 64 enemy dead in their second major clash in five days. Government spokesmen note light ranger casualties and capture of an anti aircraft machine gun and seven rifles.
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