Trenton Faces Water Crisis After Pump Breaks
Trenton New Jersey declares state of emergency as a broken pump at a Delaware River filtration plant cuts city water. About 250000 people in Trenton and surrounding townships lose supply. 8 million gallons daily pumped from nearby towns cannot meet 35 million gallon demand. Tank trucks deployed. government offices closed or reduced. schools delayed.
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Trenton
N.J
New Jersey
Arthur Holland
Ewing
Hamilton
Lawrence
Holland
Civil Defense
Pennsylvania
State House
Brendan T. Byrne
Delaware River
Gunman frees hostages after dawn surrender in Tahoe
James Locklear 24 released two of seven hostages at Belmont Arms Apartments in South Lake Tahoe after authorities agreed to wait until dawn for him to write. One hostage, George Staedler 21 of Hayward, was killed attempting escape. Four others escaped unharmed. two released hostages, Craig Smith 20 and Albert Lauro Jr. 34, were treated for facial cuts. Police said Locklear may have been influenced by his girlfriend’s death and appeared high on drugs. The incident began with a pistol draw during a high stakes poker dispute between the Locklear brothers.
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South Lake Tahof
Calif
James Locklear
Wayne
Belmont Arms Apartments
Sierra Nevada
George Staedler
Hayward
Wayne Locklear
Smith
Lauro
James
el Dorado County
Finney
Locklear
Los Angeles
Locklear Brothers
Fanne Foxe says Mills pregnancy abort in autobiography
New York AP reports Fanne Foxe also known as Annabel Battistella claims in Newsweek that she became pregnant by Rep. Wilbur Mills in late 1973 and had an abortion. She describes a private wedding ceremony and notes Mills faced possible expulsion from the Masons for misconduct. Mills declined comment.
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New York
Fanne Foxe
Washington
Wilbur Mills
Mills
Newsweek Magazine
Tidal Basin
Fanne
Miss Foxe
Annabel Battistella
Washington Tidal
Millis
House
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
Congress debates federal pay raise after recess
Congress returns from a month long recess to decide on federal pay raises costing taxpayers between 2 and 3.5 billion. President Ford urged a 5 percent increase, while advisers favored 8.66 percent to align with private industry. If Congress rejects the lower figure, white collar workers and military personnel would receive 8.66 percent next month, under the Pay Comparability Act of 1969.
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Washington
Congress
Ford
Senate
House
Federal pay raise taps top officials for first time
National scene notes that top government salaries, including Congress members, Cabinet officers, federal judges, and armed services, will rise for the first time since 1969 along with 3.4 million lower-ranking federal workers. Ford urged restraint citing national economic wellbeing.
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Armed Services
Chicago Teachers Strike Shuts 600 Schools
The first major strike of the new school year began in Chicago with teachers manning picket lines at 600 public schools, cancelling the first day of classes for about 530,000 students. A 21,439 to 2,537 vote approved the strike, with negotiations set for today, as key issues include salaries and class sizes.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Supr
Joseph P. Hannon
New York City
Board of Education
United Federation of Teachers
Albert Shanker
San Francisco
Robert Alioto
Bay
Berkeley
Ford orders rail cooling period to avert shutdown
President Ford declared a 60 day cooling off period in a contract dispute that threatened a railroad shutdown. He also named a three member emergency board to investigate. Unions involved include the Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Brotherhood of Railway Carmen, Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and the Brotherhood of Firemen and Oilers. The agreements expired December 31 and talks have continued since.
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Washington
Ford
Brotherhood of Boilermakers
Brotherhood of Railway Carmen
Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Brotherhood of Firemen and Oilers
Afl-Cio Railway
Prices rise for butter eggs and sugar in AP survey
An Associated Press market basket check across 13 cities on March 1 1973 and monthly thereafter shows higher prices for butter eggs and sugar with beef easing mainly for hamburger. Across 10 of 13 cities August totals rose about 3 percent while seven cities saw declines in chopped chuck and overall year start totals varied. USDA notes higher farm prices for wheat milk hogs corn and eggs in June July with beef prices down.
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Associated Press
Crop Reporting Board
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Soviet Union
U.S
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Woolworth
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London
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