Teachers balk at court order to hold class
Pittsburgh public schools cooled under a strike as Superintendent Jerry Olson announced indefinite class stoppage after teachers refused to return to work despite a contempt hearing. Olson said 62,000 students were kept home. he noted ongoing wage contract talks and sought immediate fines, while the court pondered sanctions against the Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers.
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UPI
Jerry C. Olson
Pittsburgh Public Schools
Olson
Allegheny County Common Pleas Court
Donald Siegler
Ziegler
Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers
Israel
PET
Louis Kushner
PFT
Lebanese Christian Forces Counterattack in Beirut Battle
In eastern Beirut Christian militiamen aided by armored cars launched a counteroffensive against Palestinian guerrillas at Tal Zaatar, as heavy mortar and machine gun fire raged around the refugee camp. Casualties mounted with police listing about 60 dead and 50 wounded, part of a conflict that has left tens of thousands killed or wounded since April.
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Lebanon
UPL
Christan
Tal Zaatar
Tal Azatar
Nine icy crashes hit city and county roads
Police reported at least nine traffic accidents caused by icy and snowy conditions from yesterday into this morning. Incidents included a Neshtonock Township crash where a car hit a state snowplow, injuries in Pulaski Township, and multiple city crashes on Mahoning and Highland avenues with drivers sliding, skidding, or overturning. No serious injuries were confirmed.
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Euclid Ave
Painter Hill
Maitland Lane
Neshtonock Township
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
William D. Dugan
Wilmington
Jameson Memorial Hospital
Pulaski Township
Robert F. Mitcheltree
Pulaski
Esther J. Mitcheltree
Roapers
Mitcheltree
Hebert L. Kaufman
RD 5
Betty J. Kilmock
Grove City
Charles E Briages, Bt
S. Scotland Lane
U. S
Mahoning Township
James A. Birtalan
Parkwood Court
Mahoning Avenue
Michael 4
Benegasi
Clayton St
Benegast
Daryll Crawford
Green St
Caral Jackson
Booker Drive
City delays switchover to curbside collection
Playor Francis J. Rogan announced plans to shift to curbside garbage pickup have been postponed for at least a month. The city will try backyard collections by zones for a month, then reassess. Crews are behind due to holidays, complicating Hon day implementation.
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Francis J. Rogan
Rogan
Honday
South Africa to quit Angola within 44 hours
Washington reports South Africa has told the Ford administration it will pull its 1,200 troops from Angola within 44 hours. The move could bolster the OAU’s pressure on Cuba and the Soviet Union to withdraw, as the U.S. narrows its own role to a possible legitimate government operation run by the CIA.
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UPI
South Africa
Ford Administration
Angola
Organization For African Unity
Cuba
Soviet Union
OAU
Ethiopia
Africa
Ford
White Hose
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CIA
Pentagon
Zaire
Defense
Willam Clements
Department of de
Elvis Birthday Pilgrimage Draws Fans Outside Graceland Gates
Elvis Presley turns 41 as fans gather outside Graceland in Memphis for the annual birthday pilgrimage. Tina Marsh of Mississippi started the event, while Presley remains in Los Angeles and is not expected at home.
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Memphis
Tenn
Elvis Presley
Elvis
Los Angeles
Graceland Mansion
Tina Marsh
Southaven
South Memphis
Oil price regulations aim to cut fuel costs
Washington officials say new energy policy regulations will push a short term gasoline and home heating oil price drop. Under the act, average oil price may be allowed at seven dollars sixty six per barrel, about fourteen dollars below current levels, with a projected one to one and a half cent gasoline decrease. February reviews will shape gradual price adjustments as costs rise.
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Washington
UPI
Federal Energy Administration
Aft
Tribal raid in Tanzania leaves twenty one dead
Substantial violence hits Tanzania's Nyaturu and Barbaig communities as a tribal raid in Kihonda village 300 miles west of Dar es Salaam leaves 21 Nyaturu victims. The Barbaig, long accused of attacks, are linked to ongoing regional tensions and settlement efforts. In Northern Ireland, Britain deploys elite troops to bolster a battalion amid ongoing sectarian clashes along the border with Ireland.
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Tanzania
UPI
Kihonda
Llogida
Tar Es Salaam
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Britain
Specialir
Ono Regina
Ireland
Beith
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