Ford Delivers Second Contract Offer Amid Auto Strike Deadline
Ford Motor Co offers a modified three year contract to the United Auto Workers amid a four day strike deadline. The package boosts wages 43 to 82 cents hourly, improves unemployment benefits up to 95 percent of take home pay, expands life and disability insurance and health care. UAW bargaining teams planned to meet with reporters as talks continued.
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Edward S. Lechtzin
Detroit
Ford Motor Co
United Auto Workers
Ford
UAW
Two Planes Collide In Yugoslavia 171 Die
A British Airways jet and a Yugoslav DC-9 of Inex-Adria collided at 30 000 feet above Vrbavec Croatia killing 171. The crash near Zagreb left no survivors. The incident marks the worst air collision in history surpassing the 162 dead in Japan in 1971.
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Yugoslavia
Nesho Djuric
Belgrade, Yugoslavia
UPI
British Airways
Vrbavec
Zagreb
Yugoslav Republic of Croatia
All- Nippon Airways
Monoka
Japan
Senate Approves $5.4 Billion Foreign Aid Bill
The Senate approved a $5.4 billion foreign aid package, largely for the Middle East, while cutting Mozambique security aid and trimming Zambia and Zaire requests from $30 million to $20 million each. The vote was 52 to 25 amid fears of a filibuster before adjournment.
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John F. Barton
Washington
UPI
Senate
Middle East
Mozambique
Ford
Zambia
Zaire
James B Allen
D-Ala
Rhodesia
Botswana
Israel
Egypt
Syria
Jordan
Greece
Turkey
Appropriations Committee
U S
United States
African Leaders Welcome And Encourage Mediation
UPI reports Presidents Kenneth Kaunda of Zambia and Julius Nyerere of Tanzania welcomed American mediation to avert racial war in southern Africa. William Schaufele said Kissinger may visit Africa next week after talks in Lusaka and Dar es Salaam. He noted U.S. aims to spur peaceful majority rule in southern Africa while avoiding outside interference.
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Raymond Wilkinson
Nairobi
Kenya
UPI
Kenneth Kaunda
Zambia
Julius Nyerere
Tanzania
Africa
U.S
William Schaufele
Schaufele
Henry A. Kissinger
Rhodesia
Southwest Africa
Namibia
South Africa
Kaunda
Nyerere
Kissinger
Washington
Black Africa
Lusaka
Dar Es Salaam
Committee Approves Public Jobs Bill For One-Year Extension
A House Senate conference panel approved extending 260 000 federally financed public service jobs in state and local governments for another year. The measure lacks a funding figure, awaiting final House Senate action and potential later appropriations. The plan faces Ford administration scrutiny over unemployment provisions and city rehiring rules.
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Washington
UPI
House
Senate
Congress
Ford
Hijack of Indian Airlines Jet Lands in Lahore
Three men hijack an Indian Airlines Boeing 737 carrying 84 aboard en route from New Delhi to Bombay. The plane lands in Lahore where a German couple and child are released. Passengers include a mix of foreigners. officials confirm all are safe.
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Lahore
Pakistan
UPI
Middle East
Indian Airlines
New Delhi
Bombay
India
Jagat Mehta
Saimabhad
Jaipur
Rajasthan
Tahore
T He
Lidya
Libya
Richardson Says Carter Promises Too Much
MACON Ga Secretary of Commerce Elliot L Richardson criticizes Jimmy Carter for inconsistent campaign claims. He cites July 28 promise of full employment versus Sept 3 focus on balanced budget inflation control. Richardson spoke at a news conference then joined Gov George Busbee for a Georgia Chamber of Commerce dinner.
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Macon
LPD
Elliot L Richardson
Jimmy Carter
Richardson
Avlanta
George Busbee
Georgia Chamber of Commerce
Busbee
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