Northwest pilots strike halts most operations nationwide
About 1,500 Northwest Airline pilots began a strike at 12:01 a.m. grounding limited service between Minneapolis-St Paul and Chicago. No new talks were scheduled as union demands and long list of issues stalled negotiations. Five Japan bound flights were grounded affecting 1,800 passengers. Northwest refused to return to talks until the strike ended.
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Roy Erickson
Gene Kragness
ALPA
Soviets Free Korean Crewmen After Pardon
The pilot Kim Chang-kyu and navigator Lee Eun-shik pleaded guilty to violating Soviet airspace but were pardoned by the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet and released. Tass said humanist reasons and remorse guided the decision as they prepared to fly home, likely to Copenhagen.
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Tass
Supreme Soviet
Kim Chang-kyu
Lee Eun-shik
Investigation continues into Willow Island cooling tower collapse
Investigators probe twisted steel and concrete at the Pleasants Power Station site in Willow Island WV seeking causes of the heavy scaffolding failure that killed 51 workers. Richard Bowser, 28, to be buried in Parkersburg as others mourn. OSHA officials warn the probe may take two to five weeks.
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Richard Bowser
Ohio River
Parkersburg
Lee Steele
Pleasants
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Eula Bingham
Labor
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Cidents
Research Cottrell Inc
Bound Brook
N.J
Monongahela Power Co
Bass Whiting
Dennis Carlton-Jones
Research Cottrell
Shell
Pennsylvania Power and Light Co
Berwick
Jay Rockefeller
Rockefeller
St. Marys
Belmont
Willow Island volunteers dig graves after deadly power plant collapse
In Willow Island West Virginia 13 year old Brian Malone helped dig graves for nine of the 51 men killed when a cooling tower scaffold collapsed at Monongahela Power Pleasants Power Station Neither neighbors nor the Schultz community hesitated to lend a hand as volunteers toiled at Willow Island Baptist Church cemetery with families watching and praising the outpouring of aid
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Brian Malone
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Steele Brothers
Willow Island
W. Va
W.va
Monongahela Power Co
Pleasants
Parkersburg
Richard Bowser
James
Buddy” Marrell
Willow Island Baptist Church
Morrell
Inflation raises Social Security and federal aid benefits
The Social Security Administration announced a 6.5 percent benefits increase effective late June or early July due to inflation. Retirees ages 65 plus workers will see the max rise from 459.80 to 489.70 and the min from 114.30 to 121.80. Aged couple benefits increase from 407 to 433 monthly, while Supplemental Security Income payments rise to 189.40 for individuals and 284.10 for couples.
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Social Security Administration
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