Westinghouse strike ends delay with three year pact
Pittsburgh area plants began reopening after a new three year pact brought some workers back for the overnight shift. The nationwide strike by three unions idled 84 of Westinghouse 165 plants, with 22,500 IUE and about 15,000 IBEW members affected. Settlement announced near 6 p.m. Tuesday.
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Internatonal Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
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Evacuation of Tal Zaatar Hit by Heavy Shelling
Heavy shelling delayed the evacuation of wounded from the Tal Zaatar refugee camp and halted the plan for a buffer zone manned by Arab League peace troops. A 15 truck Red Cross convoy was sent toward the besieged camp as a temporary cease-fire began, but shells rained down on the convoy route. Swiss Red Cross official Jegan Hoefliger said renewed attempts would be made if the truce fails, with about 1,000 wounded inside Tal Zaatar awaiting extraction and gravely ill prioritized for release.
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Associated Press
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Hafez Assad
Damascus
Assad
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Lady Bird Johnson Plants Tree in Defenders Forest
Lady Bird Johnson and daughter Lucy Baines Nugent joined Israeli guides to plant a tree in Defenders Forest near Jerusalem during a six day Israel visit. She planned meetings with Prime Minister Rabin and a Masada visit, as fighting and truces shaped regional talks amid Lebanon and Beirut turmoil.
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Masada
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Rock quarry key in Chowchilla school kidnapping case
Authorities focus on the rock quarry where 26 children and their bus driver were buried for 18 hours after the Chowchilla incident. Officials say progress is made but no imminent arrests. A Fresno Bee report links a van buyer to the quarry. up to eight people may be involved.
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Livermore
Calif
Alameda County
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Volpe
Madera
Chowchilla
Fred Nilsen
Madera Unified School District
Almaeda County
Palo Alto Transfer and Storage Co
Fresno Bee
Santa Cruz
Ammonia truck crash witness details deadly Houston spill
Houston police testified a ammonia tanker driver tried to avoid a crash when his tractor trailer left a freeway ramp, plunging 15 feet to the road below and killing six including the driver. Skid marks, high curb scuffs, and fast speed were cited. the driver had worked for Tran Transport Co of Texas since December 1975.
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F.W. Stewart
Stewart
National Transportation Safety Board
Francis H. McAdams
Schmidt
Doris T. Harrison
Hoyt C. Gabbard
Corpus Christi
Tran Transport Co
Texas
Vanda Schmidt
Greg
Wild Mustang Adoption Seen As Unstable Solution
In Grand Junction Colorado the federal government promotes an Adopt a Horse program to curb mustang overpopulation under the 1971 Wild Horse and Burro Act. Officials note 80 to 90 percent of horses are extremely wild and can be dangerous, making adoption risky for both animals and owners. The absence of natural predators, aside from occasional mountain lion attacks, contributes to population growth. Some conservationists argue for natural population control rather than continued expansion.
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Colo
Department of the Interior
Milton Frei
Federal Bureau of Land Management
Denver
Frei
Levi Sues Farah Over Tab Label Infringement Case
Levi Strauss & Co sues Farah Manufacturing, alleging unlawful use of the pocket tab label on garments. Farah, based in El Paso, started and stopped pocket tabs in multiple years, with Levi seeking an injunction and unspecified damages. Attorney John Sutton filed the action.
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Levi Strauss & Co
Farah Manufacturing Co
el Paso
U.S
Farah
Tex
Levi Strauss
Strauss
John Sutton
Harvesttime strike shuts 76 canning plants in California
A harvesttime strike by canning workers halts operations at 76 plants handling 95 percent of California’s canning output. Up to 70,000 workers are affected as processors push for a Taft Hartley cooling-off period and mediation directs talks in Washington to avert crop losses. California produces all United States canned apricots, cling peaches and fruit, and about 85 percent of tomatoes.
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Palo Alto
Calif
California
Ford
Ross Wurm
California Processors, Inc
Energy costs push consumer prices higher in June
Energy products led a 0.5 percent rise in consumer prices in June while food costs leveled. Energy prices climbed 1.9 percent, offsetting slower grocery gains. The year over year CPI stood at 5.9 percent, with earnings slipping as weekly hours declined. John Kendrick of the Commerce Department warned no near-term inflation acceleration is seen.
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Washington
Labor Department
John Kendrick
Commerce Department
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