New York Teachers Strike Shuts Down City Schools
The nation’s largest school system began a citywide walkout by 65 000 teachers disrupting classes for about 1 100 000 students as 150 of 950 schools closed. Union President Albert Shanker urged negotiations while the board prepared a court action to ban the strike amid a fiscal crisis.
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Chicago
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House of Delegates
Pennsylvania
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Teachers Board of Education
Peter Fort
Hearings on Maryland transportation plans set for Sept 18
Frederick residents may speak on the Draft Maryland Preliminary Transportation Plan the Draft State Rail Plan and the Draft Maryland Aviation Plan at a public hearing by the Maryland Department of Transportation in Courtroom No 1 Washington County Circuit Court Hagerstown at 7 30 p m The hearing targets citizens of Allegany Garrett Washington and Frederick counties and outlines plans for the next 20 years with focus on rail lines and federal funding under the 1973 Regional Rail Reorganization Act.
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Maryland
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Washington County
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Allegany
Garrett
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DOT
Frederick County
U.S. Railway Association
Sagner deny plant closing in Frederick County
The company president denies plans to move Sagner's clothing factory to Puerto Rico and lay off 400 Frederick County workers by November. J Alfred Cutsail claimed the move at an economic summit, but Arnold Sagner and executives say the report is false and that Puerto Rico plant had closed over two years ago.
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Frederick County
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Catsail
Hagerstown
Sagner
Hagerstown Junior College
Winchester Hall
Cutsail
Arnold Sagner
Sanger’s Inc
COG votes to back rent controls after NAACP briefing
Frederick County Council of Government members endorsed state rent control legislation following a NAACP briefing by Lord Nickens and Leaven Gordon. They cited cases of housing hardship, including a woman on $90 monthly social security facing $85 rent, urging emergency funds and landlord relief while seeking state action due to lack of local charter government.
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National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Frederick County Council of Government
COG
Lord Nickens
Leaven Gordon
Nickens
Great Frederick Fair Opens Weeks Early Ticket Rush
Fair tickets sell briskly as the 113th Great Frederick Fair approaches the East Patrick Street grounds. A Board of Managers spokesman cites strong sales with local companies purchasing tickets for employee access. The secretary's building operates 11 am to 5 pm for exhibitors to collect catalogs and buy reserved seats for evening shows featuring Tammy.
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Great Frederick
East Patrick Street
Board of Managers
Tammy
Alderman Burket clarifies stand on Key hotel sale
Alderman C Elizabeth Burket said she does not deeply resent the Francis Scott Key Hotel sale to Homewood Retirement Centers. She pledged cooperation with the purchasers to work out a compatible solution benefiting all, after claiming prior misrepresentation by the media. The statement emphasizes her desire to serve Frederick citizens and notes she questioned hotel versus elderly housing compatibility only on social-room noise concerns.
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C. Elizabeth Burket
Francis Scott Key
Homewood Retirement Centers
Homewood
Frederick
Democrats see Ford winning oil battle
The article outlines a Senate and House battle over Ford's bid to veto oil price controls. Key Democrats expect a veto override to fail, risking higher gasoline prices and altered Middle East reliance while critics warn of inflation and unemployment. Support hinges on undecided Republicans and a 67-vote threshold for override.
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Washington
Ford
White House
Senate
Henry M Jackson
D-Wash
Alan Cranston
Dcalif
Cranston
Russell B. Long
J Bennett Johnston
Louisiana
Gale McGee
Wyoming
Mike Gravel
Alaska
House
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Congress
Muskie
Mayor and health official clash over housing agency plan
Deputy State Health Officer Dr. Charles G. Spicknall urged creation of a separate city county agency with adequate staff to address substandard housing. Mayor Ronald N. Young rejected the idea, preferring cooperation with existing agencies and opposing new regulatory bodies. Spicknall cited Hygiene of Housing Guidelines from 1969 70. Young replied he is sick of bureaucracy and skeptical of proposed solutions.
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Charles G. Spicknall
Ronald N. Young
Spicknall
Young
Hygiene of Housing Committee
Health Department
Grand Jury Deliberations To End Today In Frederick
The Frederick County Grand Jury is expected to complete its deliberations and render its report to the Circuit Court today. State's Attorney Robert Rothenhoefer presented a small batch of criminal presentments Monday. Jurors will tour the Frederick County Jail and the Montevue Home today.
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Frederick County
Grand Jury
Robert 8. Rothenhoefer
Montevue
State saves New York city from financial disaster
A compact report notes the state intervened to prevent a looming fiscal collapse in New York City. Details focus on measures that stabilized budgets and preserved city services amid mounting debt and revenue shortfalls.
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New York City
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