Vance pushes Moscow on codes in Geneva talks
Secretary of State Cyrus Vance offers the Soviet Union a compromise on secret missile codes to ease a major impasse in Geneva. Andrei Gromyko resists during the first four hours of talks, with both sides planning to continue sessions. US officials say some progress occurred but the code issue remains unresolved.
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Switzerland
UPS
Cyrus Vance
Soviet Union
Andrei Gromyko
Vance
Gromyko
Hodding Carter III
U.S
United States
CIA
Stansfield Turner
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Carter Administration
Carter
Moscow
DiGennaro to retire after 33 years guiding Local 964
Carl DiGennaro, long time business manager of Construction and General Laborers Union Local 964, plans to retire on January 1 after 33 years guiding grievances and contracts. The union grew to over 1,100 members including county and city workers and public employees in Lawrence, Mercer, and Crawford counties. DiGennaro recalls one major walkout in 1976, after which an agreement was reached, and notes his tenure has avoided most strikes.
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Carl DiGennaro
Construction and General Laborers Union
Local 964
DiGennaro
Lawrence
Mercer
Crawford Counties
Crawford County
San Antonio, Texas
UPI
Robert Farias
el Comanche
Riojas
Estella
Rufina Vasquez
Labor union leader DiGennaro retires after decades of service
DiGennaro, a former construction worker turned business manager, led Local 964 through postwar organizing and growth. He helped fund college dreams for many students, aided families in crisis, and served on multiple union boards before taking early retirement with wife Alma to travel as the union continues operations he helped establish.
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DiGennaro
Carl DiGennaro
Laborers District Council of Western Pennsylvania
Laborers Welfare and Pension Fund
Laborers District Council Benefit and Trust Fund
DiGennaros
Alma
Construction and General Laborers Union Local 964
Cleveland Showdown Threatens City Bankruptcy Deal
Cleveland faces a looming clash as Mayor Dennis Kucinich and a hostile City Council argue over a February referendum on selling the Municipal Light Plant to CEI and approving a 0.5 percent city income tax. With 15.5 million in defaulted notes, council demands dropping the antitrust suit against CEI, while Kucinich resists.
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Cleveland
UPI
Dennis Kucinich
Kucinich
George Forbes
Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co
CEI
John Carduff
First Boston Corp
Pennsylvania Ordered to Pay for Medically Necessary Abortions
U S District Judge Louis C Bechtle ruled Pennsylvania must cover abortions for welfare recipients when medically necessary. He found state limits on Medicaid abortions discriminate and violate Title XIX, directing state officials to cease denying coverage. The decision cited moral objections by legislators and urged appeals by the Pennsylvania Pro Life Federation.
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Philadelphia
API
Pennsylvania
U.S
Louis C. Bechtle
Bechtle
Robert E. Casey
Aldo Colautti
Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation
Milton J. Shapp
Arbitration panel grants $5.4 million PSA pay rise
Harrisburg UPI reports a binding arbitration panel awarded the Pennsylvania State Police a 6 percent salary and benefits increase effective July 1. The troopers union sought $12.2 million, the Commonwealth offered $3.2 million, and the starting trooper salary remains $13,452 with the raise extending to lieutenant colonel.
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Harrisburg
UPI
Pennsylvania
Planel
Commonwealth
Program director suspended in Philadelphia over grant misuse
Aubrey Myers, head of Philadelphia Urban Homestead Program since 1973, was suspended without pay amid an investigation into $250,000 in William Penn Foundation grants given in 1974 and 1975 to create a revolving loan fund for low-interest home improvements. City records were impounded and funds cut off as the UPI report notes. The U.S. Attorney's Office is examining potential personal gain.
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Philadelphia
UPI
Aubrey Myers
Sheldon Albert
Finance Department
Myers
U.S. Attorney's Office
Thram
William Penn Foundation
Winter Solstice Marks Start of 89 Day Lengthenings
New York reports the winter solstice marking the official start of a 89 day period with longer nights and shorter days. The sun is exactly over the Tropic of Capricorn and will move northward, returning to the Tropic of Cancer by the June 21 summer solstice at 7:56 p.m. EDT.
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New York
UPI
Duck to get artificial flipper in Raleigh
A veterinarian plans to fit a crippled mallard with an artificial flipper to prevent circling while swimming. Dr Ivey Smith suggests leather or wood, kept in captivity for now. The wild duck was found at Steve Johnson family apartments after suspected trap injury.
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Raleigh, N.C
UPI
Ivey Smith
Smith
Steve Johnson
Five bodies found in Chicago suburb home
Decomposed bodies of at least five people, possibly children, were found by Cook County deputies in the crawl space of a brick ranch house in a Chicago area suburb. The owner, with a sex crime record, was being questioned and could help locate more bodies. A note tied a 15-year-old Des Plaines boy, Robert Priest, who vanished ten days earlier, to the home. Police planned to dismantle the house Tuesday.
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Chicago
UPI
Cook County
Robert Priest
Des Plaines
Daily numbers game proposed by Western Off-Track Betting
Fred Herman, president of the Western Regional Off-Track Betting Corp, urged lawmakers to authorize a legal daily numbers game to replace the 5 percent surcharge on winning OTB wagers. He cited other states with legal games and estimated potential bets of 17 million yearly.
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Batavia
N.Y
UPI
Fred Herman
WROTB
Maryland
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Rhode Island
Pennsylvania
Herman
Erie area searched for plane missing en route to Columbus
The Civil Air Patrol scoured the Erie region for a single engine Cessna 182 reported missing while en route from Jamestown New York to Columbus Ohio. One person was aboard and authorities released few details.
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Erie, Pa
UPI
Civil Air Patrol
Erie
Jamestown
N.Y
Columbus
Ohio
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