Sewage workers strike tightens NYC operation flow
Two thousand sewage treatment workers walked off the job closing 11 of 13 facilities and reducing output as 1.4 billion gallons daily faced disruption. Bridges were opened or closed earlier as unions used new tactics in a citywide strike affecting sanitation, parks, and traffic.
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Jerome Kretchmer
Staten Island
Brooklyn
EPA
New York City
Pelham Bay
East Bronx
Department of Sanitation
John V. Lindsay
Parks Department
Lindsay
National Guard
Harlem
Manhattan
Bronx
Midtown
Lower Manhattan
Albany
State Senate
District Council 37
American Federation of State County and Municipal Employes
Teamsters Local
Sole survivor says airliner hit fighter during crash
The radar intercept officer from Salem Oregon 1st Lt Christopher Schiess survived a collision that killed 50 people between a Marine F4 Phantom and Hughes Air West DC9. The DC9 with 44 passengers and five crew plunged from 12000 feet into a gorge near Duarte California.
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Los Angeles
Christopher Schiess
Salem
Ore
Schiess
Air West
Hoover: 37 taps okayed in FBI surveillance
FBI director J Edgar Hoover told a House subcommittee that 37 wiretaps and hidden microphones were in use in national security cases as of March 1 with 33 taps and 4 mikes in the security field and 14 taps and 2 mikes in organized crime, all court approved where noted. He said no court approval was recorded for most security devices. Hoover also noted 41 maximum court-approved surveillance in 1976 and questioned a State Department visa for Bernadette Devlin.
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Lyle Denniston
Washington Star
Federal Bureau of Investigation
John N. Mitchell
J. Edgar Hoover
Congress
House Appropriations
Hoover
FBI
Mitchell
Justice Department
John J. Rooney
Dn.y. Hoover
State Department
United States
Bernadette Devlin
Northern Ireland
Night Thunderstorms Bring Cooler Lows in the 60s
Tonight forecasters expect scattered thunder storms and a cooldown with overnight lows in the mid 60s. Wednesday will be partly cloudy with a risk of storms and highs around the 80s, per the weather map on page 14 inside.
Deposit policy sparks protest in Carbondale
Northeast Carbondale residents protested Central Illinois Public Service Co policy requiring deposits equal to two monthly bills for poor credit risks. The Legal Assistance Foundation seeks an ICC ruling on deposits and service shutoffs. Welfare Rights Organization arranged meetings as about 80 residents attended.
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Carol Alexander
Southern
Township Relief Office
Carbondale
Northeast
Minnie Hall
WRO
W. J. Neuman
CIPS
Neuman
Bill Bowlby
Illinois
Bowlby
Herrin
Murphysboro
Marion
Cobden Board Allocates 30,000 for Rt 51 Connector
The Cobden Village Board Monday night authorized use of up to 30,000 in motor fuel funds to support a Route 51 connector project. The action directs funding allocation for the roadway link and outlines the board’s intent to move forward with the improvement.
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Cobden
Jtax
New
Rt. 51
Clements Street
East Village
Union County Highway Department
G. Wallace Rich
Fire Department
Darrell Ross
Ricky Sherwood
Kenneth Morrison
Moreno elected president of Illinois AIP chapter
GERPDC chief Franklyn Moreno, 33, of Carbondale, was chosen to lead the Illinois Chapter, American Institute of Planners, with a June 17 installation in Springfield. Moreno, a Chicago native, holds degrees from Southern Illinois University and studied at UI Chicago Circle.
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Franklyn Moreno
Greater Egypt
Three Soldiers Charged With Grenade Attacks at Camp Humphreys
Three U S soldiers Spec 4 Michael G Greenwood Spec 4 Allen Green and Pfc Michael Gipson were charged with attempted murder and with housebreaking and larceny in connection with the theft of 50 fragmentation grenades at Camp Humphreys south of Seoul. Green and Gipson also face concealed weapon charges. A probe by U S military police South Korean army investigators and Korean police is ongoing as Col John C McWhorter Jr decides if the case goes to trial. Sixteen grenades remain missing after the May 22 23 blasts that followed racial tensions and a bar fight involving black and white soldiers.
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Seoul
Camp Humphrey
U.S. 8Th Army
Army
Michael G. Greenwood
Long Branch
N.J
Allen Green
Gadsden
S.C
Pfc
Michael Gipson
de Funiak Springs
Green
Gipson
John C. McWhorter Jr
23Rd General Support Group
U.S
Death row inmate Edgar Smith freed on bail in New Jersey
Federal judge John J. Gibbon ordered Edgar H. Smith Jr. released within 24 hours on $5,000 bail after 14 years on New Jersey Death Row for the 1957 slaying of 15 year old Victoria Zielinski of Mahwah. Trial anew likely, but key witnesses and evidence may be gone.
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Edgar H. Smith Jr
New Jersey
U.S
Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office
Smith
Senate debates Laos role as secrecy fuels row
In a closed session the Senate weighed U S support in Laos amid reports the aid exceeds 200 million dollars annually. Sen Symington pressed for a 200 million ceiling while calling mercenaries legal concerns. Fulbright warned funds may violate law as a three hour session stretched beyond plan.
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Washington
Senate
U.S
Laos
Stuart Symington
Symington
D-Mo
State Department
United States
Charles Bray
Sen
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Cambodia
Illinois law professor blasts no fault auto insurance system
University of Illinois law professor Jeffrey O Connell criticized the auto insurance framework at the Motor Vehicle Administrators convention. He argued premiums are too high and victims face delays, with many unpaid or underpaid, and urged a system where payments come automatically from victims own insurer unless self injury is intentional.
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University of Illinois Law
Jeffrey O’connell
O’connell
Lockheed Wins Revised C5 Contract Move
The Defense day announces a revised C5 contract where Lockheed Aircraft Corp. takes a $200 million loss and the Air Force assumes more direct control of the project. Concurrently the Air Force pays Lockheed $61.1 million to continue C5 production. Pentagon spokesman Jerry W. Friedheim says the move is not tied to any loan guarantee proposals.
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Washington
Defense Day
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Air Force
Lockheed
Pentagon
Jerry W. Friedheim
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Death Row
Newark, N.J
U.S. Laos
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