United strike drags as pilots vow to hold out long
United Airlines and its 5,000 striking pilots prepared for a prolonged walkout after talks broke off. Spokesmen said morale was high and negotiations halted with no new sessions scheduled, while other carriers benefited from holiday demand and hoped to pick up United customers.
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United Airlines
Dale Richter
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Air Line Pilots Association
Eileen Golab
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Air Cal
Bill Hastings
ALPA
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Memorial monument honors Mount Carmel veterans
Workers in Mount Carmel set a four ton black marble memorial listing local World War I II Korean Vietnam veterans at the Wabash County courthouse site. The monument, dedicated today, cost 24000 dollars entirely from donations.
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Mount Carmel
Wabash County
Amsted seeks to block Texas takeover by Hurwitz group
Amsted Industries filed a Delaware federal lawsuit accusing Charles E. Hurwitz and five affiliated firms of deceiving shareholders with false SEC disclosures as part of an unlawful bid to gain control of the Chicago based manufacturer.
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Texas
Chicago
U.S. District Court
Delaware
Amsted Industries Inc
Charles E. Hurwitz
Securities and Exchange Commission
Milwaukee
Lake Michigan
William W. West
Illinois
Winthrop Harbor
Thomas Perlewitz
Windowwasher rescued after 51st floor fall in Chicago
Police say Roman Pawilik, 31, slipped from scaffolding outside the First National Bank building’s 51st floor. Firefighters and police lowered a rope to him but he couldn’t pull himself up. A window was removed from the building and Pawilik was pulled to safety.
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First National Bank
Roman Pawilik
Jim Greenwald
Pawlik
Greenwald
Illinois Education Spending Falls in Ranked Per Pupil Spend
Illinois has slipped from eighth to 19th in per pupil spending from 1972-73 to 1982-83, about 11 percent below the national average as heavy industry decline prolongs recession impacts. Officials cite $3,100 per pupil in 1982-83 and discuss tax and reform moves amid pending school funding debates.
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Illinois
Chicago Tribune
State Senate
Philip Rock
D-Oak Park
Ross Hodel
Thompson
Hodel
Illinois General Assembly
Rock
Illinois Senate
Senate
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