Florida hotel strike greets vacationers in chilly Miami Beach
Thousands of guests cope with a seven-hotel walkout by Local 355 workers on Miami Beach as cool weather chills the scene. Guests report mixed service levels while unions and hotel owners clash over contract terms and tipping rules.
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Riverdale
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Deauville
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Captain Blames Gyro For Oil Tanker Wreck
In Manhattan federal court Captain George Papadopoulos testified that the oil tanker Argo Merchant ran aground off Nantucket due to a malfunctioning gyro and manual steering. The vessel spilled about 7.5 million gallons, creating a 100 by 30 mile slick.
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Nantucket Island
George Papadopoulos
Manhattan
Douglas Jacobsen
Continental Insurance Co
Puerto la Cruz
Venezuela
Nantucket
North Atlantic
Carter and advisers map economic plan amid talk of tax cuts
President-elect Carter on St Simons Island said a week end decision on a broad economic program is likely with a tax cut and jobs program. He expects a mix to be set this week though total stimulus may wait until after year end. He met with advisers Blumenthal Schultze Lance Kirbo and discussed Brezhnev talks and Soviet arms.
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Musgrove Plantation
South Georgia
Michael Blumenthal
the Treasury
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Council of Economic Advisers
Atlanta
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Office of Management and Budget
Charles Kirbo
Leonid Brezhnev
Christmas Rescue of Mikey Seibert Shocks Meyersdale
Paul Hostetler a Meyersdale foundry machinist saved three year old Michael Seibert from Tub Mill Run near the Casselman River after the boy fell through the ice. He performed artificial respiration until the child revived and was later discharged home on Christmas Eve.
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Michael Seibert
West Salisbury
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Michael
Waters
Tub Mill Run
Mikey
Charles Seibert
Meyersdale
Casselman River
Melanie
Knecht and Sons
Leroy Bittner
Sanner Bros. Coal Co
Bittner
Sugar Shock
Keystone Street
Foundry
Charles Richard Seibert
Melodie
Mike
Paul
Meyersdale Community Hospital
Casselman
County Home Workers Reject County Contract Offer
AFSCME workers at Somerset County Home for the Aged in Berlin rejected the county's latest contract offer. With a Dec 31 deadline looming, the home began relocating about 50 residents to Laurel Highlands Motor Lodge and two area hospitals as a precaution against a potential strike. The union represents 78 of 122 staff at the facility.
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American Federation of State, County and Municipal
Afscme
Somerset County
Berlin
Laurel Highlands Motor Lodge
Donegal
Somerset
Meyersdale
Vernon Spangler
Spangler
Barbara Widner
James Myers
Food stamp waste and overpayments hit millions in six months
The Agriculture Department said about 745 000 ineligible people collected 109.3 million dollars in benefits and nearly 1.8 million recipients were overpaid by 105.4 million dollars, totaling almost 215 million dollars in the first half of the year.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department’s Food and Nutrition Service
Manson Follower To Be Tried Again
Weather and regional news brief highlights Somerset County readers as cold air grips the Laurel Mountain area with flurries Tuesday and Tuesday night. The forecast calls for snow likely on Tuesday with a 70 percent chance, followed by a bitterly cold Wednesday.
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Manson
Somerset Countians
Laurel Mountain
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