Strike widens as rail clerks paralyze freight and transit
The BRAC strike expands to 43 rail lines worsened by early morning picketing that shut most freight and commuter service nationwide. Amtrak reports normal northeast service while major freight carriers like Burlington Northern and Union Pacific are hit. Chicago area lines also suffer major disruption.
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Washington
Brotherhood of Railway and Airline Clerks
BRAC
Warren Burger
Norfolk & Western Railway
Burger
Supreme Court
Mutual Aid
Norfolk & Western
Amtrak
National Rail
Boston
West Coast
Conrail
Dan Lang
The
Railroad Association
Burlington Northern
Union Pacific
Southern
Picket Lines Halt Most Area Trains In Illinois
Rail clerks strike blocks Amtrak and other trains across Carbondale and Centralia areas. Pickets close Amtrak depot windows while unions honor the action. Amtrak faces thousands of displaced passengers and daily losses as trains are idled. Affected lines include Chicago to New Orleans with about 75 Carbondale area Amtrak workers unions members.
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N&w
Jean Ness
Southern Illinoisan Railway
Carbondale
Amtrak
Norfolk and Western Railway
Burlington Northern Railroad
Centralia
Bob Casey
Chicago
Casey
Illinois
Brotherhood of Railway and Airline Clerks
BRAC
John Tutt
Carterville
Main Street
Tutt
New Orleans
St. Louis
Cairo
East St. Louis
August CPI Boots Upward on Housing and Medical Costs
The Labor Department reports August consumer prices rose 0.6 percent led by housing and medical care. Food costs were mixed with grocery prices flat and restaurants advancing, while eggs and fresh fruit jumped. Overall earnings power fell 0.6 percent as wages rose 0.2 percent and the CPI index stood at 197.8, signaling an 8 percent inflation pace versus 1977 projections.
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Washington
Labor Department
Carter
Weather outlook and water rate protest at Rend Lake
The National Weather Service forecasts partly cloudy weather with a Wednesday high in the low 80s and a 50s low. Thursday to Saturday stay mild with mid 50s to mid 70s and highs in the mid 70s to mid 80s. The Rend Lake Water Conservancy District protests rate increases by Southeastern Illinois Electric Cooperative but says water users will not face higher costs for now.
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National Weather Service
Servancy District
Southeastern Illinois Electric Cooperative
Thompson vetoes smoking ban and expands bingo tax cuts
Governor Thompson vetoes anti smoke legislation, signs an abortion alt bill, and approves bingo tax cuts. The package reshapes state policy as a grim page 2 tax bill moves through the Senate. Desegregation progress shows gains with remaining challenges. Frantarkenton proves toughness against the Bears on national TV.
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Thompson
Oks
San Diego air disaster kills 150 in two-plane collision
A Boeing 727 and a Cessna collided in clear San Diego skies after pilots saw each other. At least 150 died, including 135 aboard the Pacific Southwest Airlines jet and the Cessna occupants. 13 more died on the ground. Looting arrests and grim recovery followed as investigators pursued CAS collision avoidance system talks and tape analysis.
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San Diego
U.S
Pacific Southwest Airlines
North Park
Lindbergh Airport
Federal Aviation Administration
Bruce Chambers
Los Angeles
National Transportation Safety Board
Washington
John O’donnell
Air Line Pilots Association
FAA
Crash victim believed commercial planes safer
UCLA professor Alan Tetelman a top aviation investigator rode commercial planes because they are safer than private aircraft. He was en route to study a Navy crash when PSA flight collided with a lone Cessna, killing everyone aboard and at least ten on the ground. His colleague Anne Gardner noted he flew PSA about once a week and refused private flights due to safety concerns.
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Calif
Alan Tetelman
UCLA
of Aviation
Tetelman
Pacific Southwest Airlines
Gine Cessna
Anne Gardner
PSA
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Josie Garvin
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Home Economics
Butch Nevious
Rend Lake
Senate
Fran Tarkenton
Cago
Ann Landers
Dan Hall
ALPA
CAS
W. T. Bradbury
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