Welfare protest at New Castle board meeting ends in hostage scene
In New Castle on Monday welfare recipients seized a conference room at the Pennsylvania Legal Series offices to protest the firing of Gerald Kauffman. The confrontation included a Mexican standoff and a standoff with police as hostages escaped and board members debated reinstatement.
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New Castle
Harrisbuag
UPI
Board of Directors of
Pennsylvania Legal Series
Gerald Kaut
The
Legal Services Organization
Kaufman
Kaulman
Jean Styman
State Welfare Rights Organization
Kauffman
Ms. Hyman
James McCreight
Community Legal Services
Department of Health Education and Welfare
HEW
McCreight
Hyman
Legal Services
Lak
Jean Hyman
Pennsylvania Legal Services
Honisburg
Hoard
Pesisin
Gerald Houtman
South Africa grapples with renewed deadly riots in townships
In Johannesburg and across South Africa, rioting and looting resumed after a weekend lull. Police report 139 deaths in five days, majority black, with 50 shot by police. Injuries exceed 1,100. damage estimated at 345 million dollars. Rioters targeted schools, government buildings, and white-owned property amid apartheid tensions.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
UPI
Dohannesburg
Pretoria
Justice
Jimmy Kruger
South Afica
Sharpeville
Nathan Liebermahn
East Rand
Nigel
John Vorster
Vorster
West Germany
Henry Kissinger
Soweto
Coalition plans shaky as Communists lose in election
Italian vote shows Christian Democrats gaining 14972 standing and leading the Communists by about four points as they draw support from center and center-right allies. The pro American party won 38.8 percent in the Chamber, while the Communist share lagged. In the Senate the Christian Democrats led 389 to 338. Party secretary Zacragnini vowed to keep Communists out of the cabinet, while Communists urged continued influence and a realist path to governance.
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Christian Democrats
Chamber of Deputies
Senate
Christian Democratic Party
Benigius Zacragnini
Tetthy
Francesco de Martino
Fashions of 1976 See History in American Style
The article surveys American fashion for fall 1976, highlighting origins in history and U.S. industry strength with 181,200 workers in New York and 6,000 apparel establishments. It notes a wide range of looks from tailored suits to luxurious textures, layering, and practical outerwear, with emphasis on body conscious drape, bias cuts, mixed textures, and a color palette inspired by American landscapes. Designers stress versatile outfits for day and night and a move away from do your own thing toward solution oriented wardrobes.
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New York City
Manhattan
Fifth Avenur
Terrace
Plaza Hotel
57Th St
Pittsburgh
Seraton
the of Commerce
U.S
New York State
New York Ag
State Department of Labor
New York
Europe
USA
Hallie Carnegie Amt Ben Zuckertian
Ellis Island
Donegal
Vermont
Grand Canyon
Rockies
Dems grapple with platform while Carter leads polls
United Press report says Democrats split over platform terms with a minority report seeking a KO representation of delegates. Carter leads Reagan and Ford in a Gallup poll, with Carter beating Ford 39 to 29 and Reagan 35 to 8. Carter hosts fundraisers in Plains and plans stops in New York and D C as Ford campaigns from the White House and Reagan gains delegates amid West Virginia support for Ford.
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United Press Ysterastiogal
GOP
Washington
Ronald Reagan
Fond
Jimmy Carter
Carter
Ford
Reagan
Plains
New York City
Washington, D.C
Federal Election Commission
Indiana
Chamber of Commerce
White House
Minnesota
Ron Nelsen
Nelsen
Arch Moore
West Virginia
Mississippi
Pittsburgh firm signs Romania mill contract worth over 3 million
Wean United of Pittsburgh signed a contract with Materom of Bucharest for a major portion of a plate mill for Galati Steel Plant Romania. The $3 million deal covers U S manufactured mechanical equipment and Romanian plant assembly, with significant components produced in the United States.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
El Segundo Blue Among First Federally Protected Butterflies
A butterfly found only at Los Angeles International Airport shares federal protection status with five other California species. The El Segundo Blue is said to inhabit the western end of LAX, per Paul Oppler of the Fish and Wildlife Service. California notes include several extinct species.
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Los Angeles
API
Los Angeles International Airport
California
Paul Oppler
Fish and Wildlife Service of the Interior Department
Tokyo arrest ties ANA executives to Lockheed case
Three All Nippon Airways leaders Yuji Sawa Hisayori Aoki and Tadao Seki were arrested in Tokyo on suspicion of taking about 1166 666 illegally and for violating foreign exchange and foreign trade laws in the Lockheed matter marking first warrants in the case. Hospitals must have Blue Cross agreements to assign benefits, Delaware County judge rules in suit by area hospitals.
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Tokyo
All Nippon Airways
Lockheed Aircraft Corporation
ANA
Yuji Sawa
Hisayori Aoki
Tadao Seki
Japan
Lockheed
Media
UPI
Blue Cross
Delaware County
Philadelphia
Howard F. Reed Jr
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Uniontown Education Association
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Centre Township
Fred Bass
Harold Hazrett
Beaver Falls
Bass
Mike Pluto
Monana
Atiquipua
Albany
Louis Lefkowitz
Penn Central Railroad
Lefkowits
U.S. District Court
ConRail
UPL
Corning Glass Works
Corning
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Atlanta
UPS
National Center For Disease Control
David Sencer
Sencer
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