Northwest ALPA talks may end pilot strike at Northwest
Northwest Airlines officials studied a comprehensive proposal after five hours of talks with ALPA representatives and FMCS director W J Usery as mediation efforts sought to avert a strike by about 1500 pilots. The discussion followed a flight delay caused by stormy weather affecting air operations.
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Minn
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Aire Line Pilots Association
ALPA
Gene Kregness
Northwest
W.J. Usery
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Hoffa Threats Tied to Provenzano in Kidnap Probe
AP Labor Writer Robert A. Dobkin reports a dissident Teamsters figure says Jimmy Hoffa disclosed Tony Provenzano threatened to kill Hoffa or kidnap his grandchildren if he pressed to regain the union presidency. FBI interviews and New Jersey ties weave into the probe into Hoffa’s 1975 disappearance.
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Detroit
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New Jersey
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Florida
Trary
Daniel Sullivan
Teamster
New York City
U.S
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Sullivan
Tony Pro
Federal
Philadelphia
Tony Jack
Giacalone
Record corn harvests bring along warnings
Boone Iowa AP reports Eastern Corn Belt may harvest record corn yet drought in Iowa South Dakota and Minnesota will not be offset Walter Goeppinger president of the Iowa Corn Growers Association and chairman of the national group says the injury is greater than the gain and that eastern areas are not large enough to cover losses Iowa expected to fall about 6 percent while Illinois Indiana Michigan and Ohio show strong crops Nebraskas crop viewed as fairly good Drought losses to Iowa could reach 650 million bushels or about 1.8 billion dollars but overall U.S. supply should meet demand with a small surplus unless conditions worsen The piece also notes Iowa will be below average yields but better than last year and mentions New England taverns near meeting houses as historical context.
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Iowa
Mississippi River
National Corn Growers Association
South Dakota
Minnesota
Walter Goeppinger
Iowa Corn Growers Association
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Ohio
Goeppinger
Nebraska
Robert Lounsberry
Elton John seeks charity fans' mail for UCLA event
Los Angeles AP Elton John, famed rock star, waded into a pile of about 30 000 fan postcards offering $25 for tickets to a charity show at the Troubadour. He will perform Aug 25 26 and 27 to raise 150 000 for Jules Stein Eye Clinic at UCLA. First show priced at 250 per seat.
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Los Angeles
Elton John
California
John
Troubadour
Jules Stein
Ucla
America
Stein
Money problem may close zoo in Waco Texas
A funding crisis threatens the Central Texas Zoo in Waco. The 23 year old facility needs money to repair cages, kitchen and clinic. If the city council does not enlarge the zoo budget share, USDA could shut it down. Current funding includes 39,000 from city and about 60,000 in private contributions.
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Waco, Tex
Central Texas
Waco
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Central Texas Zoological Society
David Raboy
Raboy
Abilene
Jurors struggle with deadlock in Gurney influence case
In Tampa, jurors in the Edward J. Gurney influence peddling trial report an apparently impossible task reaching unanimous verdicts on all charges. After 47 hours over eight days, Judge Krentzman ordered the panel to resume deliberations, sealing the verdicts and prompting crestfallen reactions.
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Tampa
Fla
Edward J. Gurney
U.S. District Court
Ben Krentzman
Krentzman
Army stores nerve gas for riots at Pine Bluff arsenal
Army confirms BZ nerve agent stored at Pine Bluff Arkansas for potential civilian riot control. Spokesman notes it is a nonlethal drug affecting the central nervous system up to 96 hours, usable only with presidential approval and in specific situations. The facility also holds other agents and chemical weapons, with disclosure tied to Ford proclamation.
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James Gerstenzang
Associated Press
Washington
Army
Pine Bluff Ark
Pine Bluff
Ford
United States
Secretary of Defense
OC extension courses set for Pecos and basin towns
Odessa College expands extension courses to Pecos Kermit Monahans Andrews and McCamey this fall with a planning session August 12 at 7 p.m. in Pecos high school library and student registration August 19 at 7 p.m. in the library. Dr Miles Eckert OC dean of student development oversees the program. About 300 persons enrolled last year across the five cities.
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Odessa
Odessa College
Permian Basin
Pecos
C.W. Wright
Miles Eckert
Kermit
Monahans
Andrews
McCamey
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