MTA seeks binding anti strike pact for Baltimore subway
Baltimore's Mass Transit Administration plans to ratify a labor stabilization agreement with construction unions to bar strikes and require binding arbitration on subway project disputes. The pact, patterned after BART, covers all contractors and aims to keep the 1982 completion target on track.
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Mass Transit Administration
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Metropolitan Building and Construction Trades Council
Afl-Cio
MTA
Walter J. Addison
Mass Transit
San Francisco
BART
State Labor Commission
Army scientists discover additive for safer fuel
Army researchers in Aberdeen Maryland have created a chemical additive from balans hydrocarbons that prevents diesel fuel from exploding when combat vehicles are struck. Further testing continues at Fort Belvoir Virginia to reduce corrosive properties and expand civilian safety use.
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Aberdeen
Army
Ballistic Research Laboratories
Mobility Equipment Research and Development Center
Fort Belvoir
James T. Dehn
Dehn
Vietnam
Volunteers avoid flu shots in Maryland test
In Annapolis and Frederick only 10 children volunteered for early trials of the new A-Swine flu vaccine, far below the expected hundreds. Dr Myron Levine noted public apathy. nationwide testing is slow with 135 inoculations so far. Rachel Levine became Maryland’s first child vaccinated, in isolation 24 hours with no complications.
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Frederick
Ford
Myron M. Levine
University Hospital
Levine
Rachel
Maryland
Almapons
Los Angeles
Denver
Boston
Nashville
Omaha
National Institutes of Health
Washington
Officials tour possible floating prison ship in Virginia visit
Gov. Marvin Mandel and state prison officials plan to inspect the 600 foot USNS General William QO. Darby in Newport News Virginia as a potential floating prison. They seek cost estimates to outfit the mothballed Navy troop carrier for 300 to 600 inmates and await Navy response.
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Marvin Mandel
Newport News
Frank DeFilippo
Mandel
Mark A Levine
Levine
William Lamb Jr
State Community Corrections Task Force
Navy
William QO. Darby
Baltimore
Louisiana
Presbyterians elect first black woman moderator
Thelma Davidson Adair was elected moderator of the United Presbyterian Church in the US A. the first Black woman to hold the post. She defeated Rev. John Galbreath on the fourth ballot as 683 of 2.7 million members voted in Baltimore during the 188th General Assembly opening Tuesday, with Adair leading each ballot.
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Thelma Davidson Adair
Harlem
United Presbyterian Church
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Adair
John Galbreath
Pittsburgh
Virginia Davidson
Rochester
P.E. Ma- Mac Allister
Indianapolis
Martha Martin
Cincinnati
Columbia Teachers College
New York
Eugene Adair
Mount Morris Presbyterian Church
William P. Thompson
Pennsylvania bars Pepsi Light pending law repeal
Harrisburg officials say Pepsi Light cannot be sold in the state due to a conflicting law banning drinks with both synthetic sweeteners and sugar. The agriculture department advised Pepsi and urged quick legislative repeal while allowing continued sales.
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Pepsi Light
Pennsylvania
Tom Miller
Pepsi
State Agriculture Department
Invalid ballots loom over Washington DC Democratic primary
DC Board of Elections weighs adding 8292 undervote ballots cast May 4 to delegate totals. Carter Udall Fauntroy and uncommitted slates would shift, with estimates alternately showing Carter losing two or staying level. Proponents urge counting by voter intent amid ballot design concerns.
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Board of Elections and Ethics
Jimmy Carter
Morris Udall
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Udall
Fauntroy
Open Party
Walter E. Washington
Unity 76
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Albert Gollin
Unity
Robert Washington
Instruc
Robert Smith
Smith
Fred Palmer
Hardy Tirana
Martha Mitchell
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