Union presses talks as Lakewood city workers begin strike
Lakewood city employees halted work and lined pickets at the water department offices on Arbor Road and the maintenance yard on Nizon Street in the city’s first strike in two years. Service Employees Local 665 seeks a flat wage increase, while City Administrator Chambers denies an executive session and cautions legal action. Union leaders say talks would resume if officials return to the bargaining table soon.
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Lakewood City
John Adams
Anion Re
Parks and Recreation
Adams
Hahn urges pressure on RTD board to end bus strike
Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley and county Supervisor James Hayes are urged to pressure three Southern California Rapid Transit District directors to accept a compromise. Hahn says political arm twisting could win board approval for a 21 percent wage and benefits package despite opposition from two appointees. Bradley opposes pressure while Takei and Richter may vote with the majority.
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Los Angeles
Tom Bradley
James Hayes
Southern California Rapid Transit District Board of Directors
Kenneth Hahn
Hayes
Hahn
RTD
Bradley
RID
Brailley
Ruth Richter
George Takei
Donald Gibbs
Long Beach
Weather Tonight and Wednesday LD
Weather forecast shows a fair overall night with a low around 65 degrees. Mountains expect thundershowers and wind with a high near 73 degrees tomorrow. Deserts face thundershowers and strong winds with a high near 98 degrees.
Lost Boy Body Found in Inglewood Sewer
A decomposed body of an unidentifed small boy was found Monday in a travel bag inside a storm drain in Inglewood near 9 N Avacia St. Police speculated it could be one of two missing local boys, with autopsy planned.
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Inglewood
Jensen
Craw
Mica Wendell Bennett
Eucalyptus Ave
Sue
Bennett
Kevin Duane Portis
E. Stepney Place
Tanzanian president urges Kissinger shuttle for Africa peace
The Press-Telegram notes the Tanzanian president calls on Secretary of State Kissinger to start a diplomatic peace shuttle in Africa. Also reported: five heat exhaustion deaths among desert travelers, a lone Vietnamese refugee resisting English and work training, a mother’s dire claim about a dog bite, and a university study on women facing jokes despite feminism.
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Kissinger
Africa
Moss Says Ford Aid Not Tightened in Arab Boycott Fight
Rep. Moss told a House subcommittee that the Ford administration allows U S firms to aid economic pressure by Arab nations and urges stronger Export Administration Act provisions. He said U S principles of free trade and anti discrimination are not for sale despite Arab boycott pressures. The report cites that U S firms complied with at least 1 percent of boycott requests in the last two years.
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Washington
House
Israel
Ford Administration
John E. Moss
D-Calif
Commerce Department
U.S
Moss
United States
House Commerce Subcommittee
Quake rattles Friuli again after spring disaster
In Udine and nearby towns the Friuli region shook Monday night with a series of tremors four months after a deadly May quake. Two more shocks raised the four month total to 185, sending 60,000 residents already in tents fleeing as rocks blocked roads near Gemona and other towns.
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Udine
Italy
Friuli
Tocay
Cisie
Alps
Adriatic
Tolmezzo
Gemona
Osoppo
Ford signs new and better day care bill in veto compromise
President Ford signed a revised day care bill boosting federal outlays by 240 million for 15 months ending Sept 30 1977 and delaying federal staffing standards until Oct 1 1977. The measure includes federal aid to Teton Dam disaster victims and lets states use part of the fund to hire welfare recipients in centers.
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Washington
Ford
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Teton Dam
Idaho
Congress
Senate
House
Kramy Carter
Korea agreement separates guards at Panmunjom DMZ
The United Nations Command and North Korea begin implementing a disengagement plan at Panmunjom to separate guards. South of the line remain U N Command and South Korea, while North Korea stays to the north. Four North Korean guard posts are to be removed and the Bridge of No Return to be closed.
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Seoul
United Nations Command
North Korea
Panmunjom ‘Trace
Panmunjom
U.N. Command
Korean ‘Military Armistice Commission
U.N
North
South Korea
P Tt
Eal Joslin
Anmunjom
Tor
Bridge of No Return
Experts study MIG 25 defector plane in Japan
Soviet MIG 25 flown to Hakodate by a defecting pilot is examined by experts who refuse to confirm US access. US officials say asylum decisions rest with Japan, while Kissinger hints at possible asylum and the plane’s fate remains undecided as talks continue.
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Tokyo
Japan
Washington
Pentagon
United States
Hakodate
Ers
Nessen
Henry A. Kissinger
Paris
Kissinger
Africa
U.S
Misawa
Honshu
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Union
Lakewood
Howard Chambers
Chambers
Lakewood City Hall
Hal Lowe
Dave Jensen
Public Works
Avacia St
Robert Craw
Coroner's Office
Press-Telegram
Vietnam
Baby
Jack Snow
Action Line Ad. Classi
Air Shipping Cit
Korea
Panmiunjom
Dmz
White House
Ron Nessen
National Security Council
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