Second Postal Union Rejects Contract and Strike Looms
Washington AP Union officials report the American Postal Workers Union voted 94 000 to 78 000 against a three year contract with 175 000 of 280 000 members voting. If no deal emerges a nationwide mail strike could follow as leaders press to reopen talks or set deadlines next week.
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Washington
UPI
American Postal Workers Union
APWU
National Association of Letter Carriers
Wampler to meet unions over N W strike in Blacksburg
Rep. William C. Wampler of Virginia planned talks with union representatives including the International Brotherhood of Railway and Airline Clerks in Blacksburg at the municipal building. The meeting follows N W’s July strike action and a federal suit filed in Roanoke to stop interference with operations.
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Roanoke
UPI
William C. Wampler
Rva
International Brotherhood of Railway
Norfolk and Western and Railway
Wampler
N&w
Blacksburg
U.S. District Court
Kubiak backs four DC states or five Texas divisions
Texas state Rep Dan Kubiak urged that if Washington DC gains congressional representation, Congress should consider creating four new states there. He also said he would revive his old proposal to partition Texas into five states, a plan Texas used when joining the Union in 1836. He argued DC residents are mostly government employees from other states.
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Austin
Texas
UPI
District of Columbia
Dan Kubiak
Kubiak
U.S
Bernstein Turns 60 With Three Friends In Beethoven Triple Concerto
Leonard Bernstein marks his 60th birthday by conducting the National Symphony in Beethoven's Triple Concerto. Accompanied by friends Andre Previn Yehudi Menuhin and Mstislav Rostropovich the performance celebrates his 35 years of conducting.
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Washington
UPI
Leonard Bernstein
Andre Previn
Yehudi Menuhin
National Symphony
Mstislav Rostropovich
Bernstein
Ohio man wins 75000 in Ohio Lottery returns for more
William Kinninger of Sidney, a 56 year old Wright Patterson Air Force Base clerk, won 75000 in two weeks and aims for more. Other winners include Walter Oliver with 7600 and E Jinx St John 7200. Extra Cash number 852557 plus Gold 0 White 66 Blue 928.
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Cleveland
UPI
William Kinninger
Sidney
Kinnger
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Walter M. Oliver
Youngstown
E. Jinx St. John
West Lafayette
Ralph D. Taylor
Dayton
Frances P. Flood
Elyria
Ohio
Weather outlook and deaths in Norwalk and Willard
Considerable cloudiness cooler and less humid today through tonight with highs near 80 and a low near 60. Partly cloudy and mild Saturday with highs 75 to 80 and a 10 percent precipitation chance. Winds NE 5 to 10 mph tonight. Peers Thursday 88-65. zero total precipitation. Death notices: Mrs. Elizabeth Arnold 80 Norwalk and Billy Ronald Hamons 42 Willard.
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Elizabeth Arnold
Norwalk
Billy
Ronald) Hamons
Willard
Heaviest man ever verified weighed 1069 pounds at death
Robert Earl Hughes reached 1069 pounds before his death in 1958. He was buried in a coffin as large as a piano crate, reflecting his extraordinary weight.
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Robert Earl Hughes
One Dead Titan II Silo Fuel Leak Shuts Town in Kansas
An underground Titan II missile silo leak released caustic fuel fumes near Rock Kansas forcing evacuations of hundreds. Sgt Robert J. Thomas 29 of Philadelphia died from fumes. two airmen seriously injured. Officials said warhead was disconnected and no nuclear danger.
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Rock
Kan
UPI
Air Force
Kansas Air Force
McConnell Base
Wichita
Jim Hodgson
McConnell
al Defend
Robert J. Thomas
Philadelphia
Thomas
Defend
U.S
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Strategic Air Command
Kansas
Hodgson
Woner
Verne Woner
Body Seen At Willard Reservoir Sparks Dive Search
Divers hunted the Willard Reservoir after Edsel Gullett and Marvin Lewis reported a possible body found weeks earlier. Gullett described a leather fragment and a heavy object with a headlike silhouette. no missing person was reported. The probe continued as authorities coordinated with Seneca County.
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Willard
Willard Reservoir
Huron County Sheriff's Department
Seneca County
Edsel Gullett
Marvin Lewis
Gullett
Robert Sutherland
Marvin
Leon Lewis
Judge orders explanation of funding delay in county case
Probate judge Heydinger has ordered Huron County Commissioners and Auditor Reed to court on Sept. 29 to explain why a requested $9,000 supplemental appropriation for foster care was not approved and why the 1978 budget request was shared. The dispute centers on funding for child welfare, the county welfare director's handling of a receiving home, and Heydinger’s overall 1979 budget request for probate and juvenile courts up 16 percent from the previous year.
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Thomas Heydinger
Huron County
Heydinger
Kenneth Reed
Reed
Grant Walls
Welfare Department
Roy Palm
Maurice Smith
Thomas Carabin
Edward Still
County Administration
Milan Avenue
Walls
Benedict Ave
Pat Komosinski
County General Fund
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Carter
William Bolger
Bolger
Chicago
Akron, Ohio
B.F. Goodrich Co
P.C. Ross
B.F. Goodrich
Trans World Airlines
7Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Frank J. McGarr
Bernstein Marks
E.B. Hepstall
C.D. Malinger
McConnell Hospital
UPI Telephoto
Willard Police
Norwalk High School
Edison High School
Whitney Field
Carabin
Smith
Mary Jane Ewell
Geneva
Robert Hamilton
New York
United Revolutionary Soldiers
Trans World Airways
Shannon
Ireland
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