4th strike in 50 years picketers shut railroads nationwide
The 13,000 member AFL-CIO Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen began a nationwide strike at 6:01 a.m., closing rail service across the country. Pickets appeared at Rapid Transit Staten Island Grand Central New York and Penn Central Baltimore with other lines to follow. Labor Secretary Hodgson said mediation would continue but offered no new talks. The stoppage halts passenger service for about 300,000 commuters in major cities and disrupts freight, with no special handling for perishables or military cargo.
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Ets
Afl-Cio Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen
Staten Island
Grand Central Terminal
New York
Penn Central
Baltimore
C.J. Chamberlain
National Railway Labor Conference
James D. Hodgson
Hodgson
Local Firms Ready For Railroad Strike
Five signalmen pickets halted Penn Central operations in the city as wage talks with the AFL CIO Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen stalled. About 100 Penn Central workers were affected while local industry prepared, with Armco Steel Middletown Works stockpiling materials for at least 24 hours.
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N. Sutphin Street
Penn Central
Armco Steel Corp
Middletown Works
Task Force Plans Study of State's Mental Hospitals
The Citizens' Task Force on Mental Health and Retardation will study Ohio's mental institutions over the coming months starting with Lima State Hospital. A committee led by Lorain County Probate Judge Harold Ewing will evaluate Lima and report within 30 days. The group backs Gov Gilligan's tax plan with an $118 million boost for mental health and retardation in the next biennium, and aims to break the departmental merger of mental health and correction.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Lima State Hospital
Victor Victoroff
Kenneth Gaver
Lorain County
Harold Ewing
Lima State
Victoroff
John J. Gilligan
Lima State Study Group
Henry Hartman
Toledo
James Gibson
Dayton Area
Gaver
Ervin Questions Anticrime Bill as Unconstitutional
North Carolina Democrat and constitutional expert Ervin criticizes the Nixon proposed law for pretrial detention without bail up to 60 days for dangerous or organized federal crimes. He argues it is unconstitutional and ineffective, citing District of Columbia data and risks to innocent people.
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Justice Department
Ervin
Capitol Hill
Feaure
District of Columbia
Mitchell
Atlantic Ocean
Bureau of Standards
Man Killed After Chase On Turnpike
Ronald Wayne Goins aged 23 from Tayloro Mich. was killed after a 100 mile interstate chase from Ohio into Indiana when he ignored a halt order and bolted on a stolen car. Indiana trooper Thomas Stump shot Goins in the back as he fled near LaGrange, while passenger Robert E. Barber, an AWOL soldier from Ft. Bragg, was held in jail.
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Ohio Highway Patrol
Goins
Ohio Turnpike
Toledo
Turnpike
Indiana
LaGrange
Thomas Stump
Stump
Windstorm Rips Oxford Apartment Building. Middletown Safe
Thunderstorms hit southwestern Ohio causing heavy damage in Oxford with 25 000 to 50 000 dollars in damage to an unfinished apartment building and over 100 000 dollars total in the city from toppled trees and cars. No injuries reported. ACG&E said electricity was out on Locust Street from 9 15 to 11 p.m. Cars were damaged by fallen lines. two to three tornadoes were sighted but did not touch ground. Police reported traffic light outages and scattered debris in Middletown.
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Middletown
Ohio
Butler
Oxford
Shirley Palmer
Hamilton
P. W. Rictor
Molly Gill
Kent Shoemaker
Oxford Fire Department
Candlewood Terrace
Seae Ee
Locust Street
Cg&e
Brentwood Street
Central Avenue
Sutphin Street
Roosevelt Boulevard
Breiel Boulevard
Manchester Road
Breiel
Local Weather Update Brief
A mid 80s high today with a chance of showers or thundershowers in the afternoon. Tonight low in the mid 50s. Yesterday peaked at 82 with a morning low of 34.
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Oth
Philadelphia
South Station
Boston
Signalmen’s Union
Roundhouse
House Finance Committee
Ann Landers
Peter
The
North Carolina
Atty
John N. Mitchell
New Oxford
Locus Street
Locus
Chappars
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