Female brakeman fails to win SP job
Gaylene Snow, 37, trained as Southern Pacific brakeman but the railway rejected her candidacy after she fell from a moving boxcar during training. SP said she could not pass the program requirements.
14 Jul 1971
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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1971
Page
1
Gaylene Snow, 37, trained as Southern Pacific brakeman but the railway rejected her candidacy after she fell from a moving boxcar during training. SP said she could not pass the program requirements.
George Harrison will travel from the West Coast and Ringo Starr from Spain to rehearse and perform at Madison Square Garden for a United Nations victims fund in the Pakistan civil war relief effort. This marks their first joint appearance since 1966.
Mostly sunny and cooler today with highs in the upper 70s and clear tonight. Thursday stays sunny with minimal temperature change, near 80, and near zero precipitation. Also includes local births, marriage license applications, and the death of Mrs. Florence O. Miller in Milan.
Governor John J. Gilligan pitched poorly in a 13-12 defeat to the Ohio Department of Urban Affairs in an inter-office softball game. He wore a Spiro T. Agnew T shirt and teared up at an umpire's call during the telephoto image.
The Norwalk Board of Education approved a mediation backed salary schedule with raises from about four to 16 percent and added paid medical insurance for full time teachers. The plan costs an extra 160000 dollars next year, and totals roughly 13000 more than the board’s across the board proposal.
Fred Stewart reports James Hintz and wife Joanne acquire the Greenwich Enterprise Review. Hintz, a printer with ad sales and photography experience, plans to focus on people stories while Joanne handles decorations and society editing. They anticipate six months of setup and daily work initially.
Washington upi half million telephone workers walked off nationwide yet service stayed largely normal as automated systems and supervisors handled calls. Pickets formed coast to coast at 6 am edt while unions warned the strike could last two weeks amid pay equity disputes.
Willard H. Rice, 30, of Vermilion, crashed through a Citizens National Bank window on East Main Street Tuesday afternoon in an effort to stop his child from entering. He sustained cuts to his elbow wrist and thumb as he slipped and fell while trying to intercept his son.
Norwalk's Charter Commission will decide July 29 on the form of government to propose. Nine of ten commissioners supported a schedule for a July 29 vote after three discussion meetings, with Chairman Stephen Mullenix distributing the plan by registered mail.
A lone attacker at a Bear River campsite near Grass Valley killed two, wounded three, and terrorized 17 campers. He assaulted Kenneth Garbe and his wife and overpowered John Simmons before escaping into the Sierra foothills. a search was halted as officials investigated the brutal assault and killings.
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