Rail strike settlement spurs revival of freight and auto runs
Rail officials moved quickly to restore service after a 10 railroad walkout ended. Perishables were prioritized with refrigerator cars staged nationwide. Ford and GM plants planned reopen as supply lines resume while Amtrak and commuter services begin to recover.
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Southern Pacific
San Francisco
Ford Motor Co
Ford
Kansas City
St. Louis
Chicago
Amtrak
Steel price hikes may lift costs for consumer goods nationwide
U S Steel led price increases averaging 80 percent prompting rivals Bethlehem Republic Armco and Youngstown Sheet to follow. The moves aim to offset a costly new AFL CIO contract while layoffs grow across major mills, with auto makers silent on impact.
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Secretary of Labor
J. D. Hodgson
Pittsburgh
U. S. Steel
White House
U.S. Steel
Afl-Cio
United Steelworkers of America
Bethlehem Steel
Republic
Armco
Youngstown Sheet & Tube
Inland Steel of
Chicago
Indiana Harbor
Armen Steel
Middletown
Ohio
Apollo 15 crew in good shape after late sleep in lunar orbit
Apollo 15 astronauts David Scott James Irwin and Alfred Worden, refreshed after a nine hour sleep, operate a 17 million dollar array of instruments mapping about 20 percent of the moon. They faced a near scare during Falcon jettison but no leak was found.
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Falcon
U. S
Space Agency
Joe Allen
Moon
Pacific Ocean
Allen
Golden Bugle
Irwin
Manned Spacecraft Center
Cape Kennedy
Worden
Mission Control
Endeavour
Scott
Lunar Highlands
Fra Mauro
Kent State picks Olds as president amid force vow
Dr. Glenn A. Olds was named Kent State University president, saying he would use force on campus if needed to quell disturbances. He called the May 4 shooting deaths an accident and not typical of universities and suggested no need for a further National Guard investigation.
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Kent, Ohio
Glenn A. Olds
Kent State University
Olds
Kent State
Robert I. White
U. S
United Nations
Kent
Postal pay rules altered
The United States Postal Service ends automatic in-grade pay raises for executives and managers and ties raises to merit with annual reviews. Three-year remedial actions may include training transfers or separation. PES scales run from $14,285 to $60,009, applying to top headquarters officials and regional managers.
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United States Postal Service
Ingrade
Federal Service
Civil Service Commission
Postal Corporation
Robert Hampton
Postal Service
Showers Tonight and Wednesday Forecasted
Variable cloudiness with showers and thunderstorms likely tonight and Wednesday. Lows near 65 to 70 tonight, highs around 78 to 86 on Wednesday. Weather details on map page 14.
Levin Dies of Apparent Heart Attack at 62
Philip J. Levin, president and chief operating officer of Madison Square Garden Corp., died Tuesday of an apparent heart attack at his New York apartment. The Warren New Jersey and New York City resident chaired a real estate portfolio and joined the New Jersey Bar. Garden controls the Knicks, Rangers, and Arlington and Washington Park race tracks in Chicago. Levin faced a $100,000 political contribution allegation involving Illinois Racing Commission rulings.
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Philip J. Levin
Madison Square Garden Corp
Levin
Warren
N. J
New York City
New York
New Jersey Bar Association
the Garden Corp
New York Knicks
National Basketball Association
New York Rangers
National Hockey League
Arlington
Washington Park
Chicago
Republican Party
Illinois
Illinois Racing Commission
Scenic rivers bill faces mining opposition in Illinois debate
Sponsor Rep. J Theodore Meyer says landowners are being organized by mining interests to oppose the scenic rivers measure as first hearings in Serena draw critiques. Sen. John L Knuppel argues the bill creates non existent public rights while Meyer asserts navigability of 10 rivers. Further hearings are slated in Rock Falls Havana Marion ahead of the October session.
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Serena
J. Theodore Meyer
Chicago
John L. Knuppel
D-Petersburg
Knuppel
Associated Press
Rock Falls
Havana
Marion
Springfield
Meyer
Environmental Commission
Youngster beats million-dollar computer in chess contest
Kurt Schultz a seventh grader from Rand Junior High Arlington Heights defeated a $2.5 million Northwestern computer after 41 moves in a three hour match. David Levy praised the boy saying he had more men and better position. Schultz aims to be a chess master and reads about 80 books. The report notes the computer won last year’s inaugural event.
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Kurt Schultz
Northwestern University
Kurt
Rand Junior
Arlington Heights
David Levy
Levy
Dudley Schultz
Pollution blamed for Rend Lake tributary fish kill
The Rend Lake area suffered an estimated 6 000 fish kill in Casey Fork Creek about July 6. Officials say no pollution reached Rend Lake and blame an industrial source likely creosote from an abandoned railroad tie plant amid highway work south of Mt. Vernon. EPA eyes possible action in weeks while authorities keep details limited.
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Ashland
Houston
Tex
Bethlehem Steel
Burns Harbor
Ind
Johnstown
Bethlehem
Lackawanna
N. Y
Lake Michigan
South Edge
Youngstown Sheet & Tube
Inland, Bethlehem
National
Midwest
Bud Farrar
Rend Lake
Casey Fork Creek
Mt. Vernon
State Department of Conservation
U. S. Rt. 460
State Environmental Protection Agency
Herrin
Harvey Brown
Fisher
William Mestel
Howard Williams
Jefferson County
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