Strikers may face injunction over New Castle steel shipments
Corporate lawyers in New Castle consider seeking an injunction to end trucker picketing at National Steel and nearby mills as a strike by the Fraternal Association of Steel Haulers and Teamsters affects shipments. Police report a rock attack on a truck and ongoing escort of vehicles, with 30 to 100 picketers observed and three plants targeted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave Kassel
New Castle
Clyde Nicholson
National Steel
Cedar St
Corporation
Pittsburgh
Nicholson
Fraternal Association of Steel Haulers
FASH
Teamsters Steel
New Castle Steel Mills
Teamsters
Furnace Street
Dan Malley
Malley
Elliott Bros. Steel
Rockwell International
Spring Leaf Division
Trucking Company Fined For Overweight Load
State police stopped a truck driven by Donald L. McCreary of Enon Valley on Pa. 551 in Little Beaver Township. The Veon Transportation Co. of Darlington owns the truck carrying a bulldozer and it weighed 152,670 pounds, 79,390 pounds over the 73,280 pound limit. Fine and costs totaling 23,110 are due to District Justice Betty Lou Kradel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald L. McCreary
Enon Valley RD 1
Little Beaver Township
McCreary
Veon Transportation Co
Darlington
Courts Seek End To National Truck Strike By Haulers
Major steel firms filed in U S District Court in Pittsburgh claiming the Fraternal Association of Steel Haulers violated a 1971 injunction by striking, threatening irreparable losses. FBI and U S Attorney in Cleveland announced charges against four Ohio FASH members for vandalizing a truck in St Clairs Township.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
National Independent Steel Haulers
U.S. District Court
Pittsburgh
Fraternal
Association of Steel Haulers
FASH
Bill Hill
Cleveland
FBI
U.S. Attorney's
Ohio
St. Clairs Township
Gerald H. Rice
James B. Thillis
Richard C. Gamble
Salem
Larry Phillips
Hanoverton
Youngstown Cartage Co
U.S
Northern
James Williams
Indiana Toll Road
Pennsylvania
Indiana
New Stanton
Americans cut Yale spending amid inflation fears in 1979 season
Pittsburgh Mellon Bank economist Ted Gibson notes rising prices in housing food and fuel and fears of recession push Americans to lower Christmas spending in 1979. Bank says holiday sales crucial for inventories and economy with about 25 percent of annual sales in November and December and December volumes surging. Employment up over 4 percent from last year with general merchandise prices up about 4 percent versus 1977.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
UPI
Mellon Bank
Ted Gibson
Gibson
Jane's says US loses leadership in aircraft design to Soviets and Europe
Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1978 79 edition declares the United States has ceded leadership in design to the Soviet Union and Western Europe. It notes aging US fighters and bombers F-106A and B-52 while Europe, with Harrier and Concorde, gains momentum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
United States
U.S
Jane's
Carter
John W.R. Taylor
Fire kills woman and two children in mobile home near Apollo
In Armstrong County, J aime Lee Price 27 and her children Samanda 4 and Sierra 2 died of carbon monoxide poisoning when a fire destroyed their Edgewood Trailer Court mobile home. Father David Price 26 was not seriously hurt as investigators from Butler state police fire marshal examined the scene. Robert Spon a former Mercer County deputy sheriff has been indicted in Pittsburgh on assaulting 75 year old William L Harris who died hours after an arrest related to a dispute at Harris home. The charge cites violation of due process with potential life imprisonment if convicted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Apollo
UPT
Armstrong County
Robert Welch
J’aime Lee Price
Samanda
Sierra
David Price
Edgewood
Butler
Pittsburgh
UPI
Robert Spon
Mercer County
U.S
Griffin Bell
U.S. District Court
Spon
William L. Harris
Harris
Miners charged in Blairsville disturbance rioting case
In Blairsville Indiana County 22 more miners were charged Wednesday in connection with the October 18 disturbance at the North Cambria Fuel Co facility. Earlier six UMW members faced rioting and disorderly conduct charges and UMW District 2 President Val Scarton was charged with inciting violence. A hearing for the six miners was postponed to March 29. About 300 miners demonstrated during the labor dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana, Pa
UPI
North Cambria Fuel Co
Blairsville
Indiana
United Mine Workers
UMW District 2
Val Scarton
Robert Early
Obscene Madonna Stamp Sparks Refund Requests
Holiday 15 cent Christmas stamp featuring a nude free standing Madonna and Child draws criticism from residents. Postmaster Bob Winn reports three refunds after women deemed the sculpture obscene. The design by Andrea Della Robia prompted refunds despite policy, and Winn pledged to cover any losses if needed, urging buyers to inspect stamps before leaving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garden City
Kan
UPI
Bob Winn
Andrea Della Robia
National Art Gallery
Winn
Court says no limit on leaves for maternity cases
Commonwealth Court ruled that school districts cannot set minimum lengths on maternity leaves if no parallel limits exist for other leaves. Judge David W. Craig ordered West Middlesex Area School District to adopt a non discriminatory policy and pay back Vickie Peterson $4,292 for the affected semester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
UPI
Commonwealth Court
David W. Craig
Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission
West Middlesex Area
Mercer County
Craig
Vickie Peterson
Elderly Woman Nearly Impersonates Bank Robber Prank
In Rock Island Illinois an elderly lady went to a bank to deposit funds and unknowingly carried a note about a holdup on the back of her deposit slip. Police traced the incident to a prankster who wrote the note and the woman was unaware of it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island, Ill
UPI
Rock Island
Jim Goodmiller
Goodmiller
Explosion rocks AP Pakistan bureau in Lahore
The Associated Press of Pakistan in Lahore was hit by a blast that damaged the newsroom door and sent smoke through the building. An assistant photographer was overcome by smoke as witnesses reported a fire at the door before the explosion, apparently set off by a liquid chemical in a box.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lahore
Pakistan
API
Associated Press of Pakistan
Tax cuts, raises planned in Carbon County budget
Carbon County commissioners announce a $10 million fiscal 1979 budget with property taxes cut from 18 to 17 mills and substantial pay hikes for county workers. They credit sound financial management and say wage increases align with President Carter’s anti inflation guidelines and aim to support his inflation fight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Thorpe
UPI
Carbon County
Pennsylvania
Brady, Koch
Bud Angst
Charles Wildener
Washington
Carter
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Thomas Elliott
Cedar Street
Elliott
Francis Rogan
Bridgeville
North
Beaver Township
CLIF
Yale
Soviets
Jane’s
Europe
Soviet Union
AP Pakistan Bureau
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