Strike cripples U S rail system as talks stall
Nationwide rail walkout by AFL-CIO Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen halts passenger and freight services from New York to Chicago. President Nixon asks Congress to extend current contracts to July 1 while Hodgson pursues a voluntary settlement.
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James D. Hodgson
Hodgson
Ronald L. Ziegler
Ziegler
Gerald R. Ford
Federal Railroad Administration
Chicago
America
New York
Long Island Rail Road
National Railway Labor Conference
Amtrak service halted in Carbondale by nationwide signalmen strike
In Carbondale the Illinois Central division and terminal were shut at 6 a.m. as the nationwide signalmen's union began a strike. About 25 passengers waited for the 6 a.m. northbound to Chicago and several trains remained stalled or rerouted. Freight service halted and IC workers largely non union. July schedules show Amtrak operates the city to city services under government control.
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Illinois Central
Chicago
Gulf Transport
J. H. Johnson
Signalmen’s Union
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H. D. Granberry
Illinois
Central Division
Granberry
Vernon Paul
New Orleans
Chicago Postmaster Orders Embargo on Certain Mail
Chicago postmaster Henry W. McGee announced an embargo on second, third and fourth class mail from the Chicago area to 30 states due to a rail strike. First class mail air mail and parcel post are not affected, while non embargo states are served by truck.
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New York
Post Office
Walkout spoils S.C. ceremonies
An expected ceremony for Chicago's new double decker commuter cars was held despite a nationwide signalmen strike that crippled rail service. Most of about 150000 area riders shifted to autos, car pools, or buses as officials expanded bus routes and parking options to handle the surge.
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Chicago South Shore
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Illinois Central
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Hyde Park
Soviet U S discuss mutual force reductions in Europe
Soviet Foreign Minister Anrei A Gromyko and U S Ambassador Jacob D Beam met about thirty minutes at the Soviet Foreign Ministry to discuss a possible mutual reduction of forces in Europe. Brezhnev urged talks while Rogers called the plan vague and urged assurances for a successful negotiation.
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U. S
Jacob D. Beam
Europe
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Communist Party
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Gromyko
Foreign Ministry
Brezhnev
Tbilisi
Soviet
Georgia
NATO
William P. Rogers
Washington
New York Braces As Rail Strike Paralyzes Commutes
The area hardest hit by today's nationwide railroad strike appears to be New York with thousands relying on trains to reach work. Automobile makers cut back operations due to the freight standstill while 79,000 New Jersey residents switch to other transport as bus lines boom and highways fill with carpool traffic.
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Erie Lackawanna
Jersey Central
National Transportation Week Opens Amid Railroad Strike
National Transportation Week began as Transportation Secretary John A. Volpe attended a New York ceremony. A nationwide railroad strike started at 6 01 a m after picketing signalmen halted service, aligning with observance activities May 16 22.
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Transportation
John A. Volpe
America
Federal action aims to curb summer power shortages
The Office of Emergency Preparedness announced a voluntary national program to conserve electric power to avert summer shortages. OEP director George A. Lincoln led efforts with a presidential fuel and energy board, stressing potential outages due to limited generating capacity and transmission bottlenecks from the Midwest to the Atlantic seaboard. Virginia Knauer will head public guidance with EPA and NBS to promote energy saving standards and citizen action.
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Office of Emergency Preparedness
White House
OEP
George A. Lincoln
Federal Power Commission
Lincoln
Midwest
Atlantic Seaboard
Virginia Knauer
Environmental Protection Agency
National Bureau of Standards
Postal rate hearings begin over constitutionality objections
The Postal Rate Commission opened hearings on the U S Postal Service 1.45 billion dollar annual postage hike. Examiner Seymour J Wenner described the session as a trial by document with no verbal exchanges between USPS spokesmen and public groups. William R Connole for the Association of Public Utility Mailers called it a procedural due process violation.
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U. S. Postal Service
Seymour J. Wenner
William R. Connole
Association of Public Utility Mailers
Lava Flows From Mount Etna Threatens Two Sicilian Villages
A molten lava flow from Mt. Etna threatens the Sicilian villages of Sant Alfio and Fornazzo as it advances, scorching farmhouses and forcing residents to fear possible destruction. The lava's path could shift between the two communities at any moment.
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Sicily
Mt. Etna
Sant’Alfio
Fornazzo
Weather outlook and temperatures for upcoming days
Partly cloudy tonight and warmer with a low of 62 to 67. Tuesday partly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s.
Supreme Court backs leafletting rights in business dispute
The Supreme Court, 8 to 1, upheld the right to distribute leaflets criticizing a Chicago real estate broker involved in blockbusting. Chief Justice Burger framed pamphleteering as First Amendment speech, reversing a Cook County injunction amid broader cases on draft evasion and grand jury immunity.
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Supreme Court
Warren E. Burger
Chicago
Jerome M. Keefe
Austin
Westchester
Keefe
Organization For A Better Austin
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Cook County
State Appeals Court
Burger
New York Divinity
Court rejects Hoffa plea for rehearing in long appeal
The Supreme Court denied James R. Hoffa an additional hearing on his 1964 jury tampering conviction. The 5-1 decision included Chief Justice Burger and Justices Harlan Brennan Black and Blackmun. Douglas dissented. Three justices did not explain their stance. Hoffa sought review over alleged electronic eavesdropping involving co defendant Ewing King. Hoffa began serving in 1967 in Lewisburg and later received a five year mail fraud sentence.
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Supreme Court
Teamsters Union
James R. Hoffa
Warren E. Burger
John M. Harlan
William J. Brennan Jr
Hugo L. Black
Harry A. Blackmun
William C. Douglas
Potter Stewart
Byron R. White
Thurgood Marshall
Ewing King
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