Agreement Averts Mid Atlantic Phone Strike
Negotiators for Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co and the Communications Workers of America reach a late Saturday agreement to avert a planned strike by about 30,000 workers in Washington, Maryland, West Virginia, and Virginia. Operators and repairmen faced potential midnight walkout. management may cover some duties if needed.
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Vance says Rhodesia plan for 1978 majority rule ready
Secretary of State Cyrus Vance announced the Anglo American plan for Rhodesia’s majority rule by 1978 is complete and will be made public after presentation to black and white African leaders. The document includes a constitution and annexes and was finalized with David Owen and Andrew Young after talks with James Callaghan.
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R.F. Botha
California Faces Wide Spread Fires From Lightning Strikes
Amid a blaze surge, Marble Cone in Los Padres NF grows to 13 days and 18 000 more acres as 5 500 firefighters struggle. Thirty new fires flare in California Oregon and Washington with dozens of hundreds of acres burned and flood risks looming.
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Miller urges return as WV miners faced seven week strike
UMW president Arnold Miller urged about 60 000 West Virginia miners to return to work amid a seven week strike over health fund reallocations. He warned outsiders were pushing stay out and said the industry has ample coal. Miller spoke on live TV as pickets planned to shut mines in several states.
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Pennsylvania House inches toward budget vote amid wage tax debate
House Democrats seek 102 votes to pass a $5.1 billion budget plan as six holdouts from Delaware and Montgomery counties back a wage tax freeze for nonresidents working in Philadelphia. Leaders stay at Harrisburg through weekend session, rejecting stopgap funding and hoping to secure full approval.
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West Berliners wallpaper Berlin Wall to mark 16th anniversary
About 20 West Berliners pasted flowered wallpaper on the Berlin Wall before dawn, police reporting the act as a symbolic gesture against the wall. East Germany hailed the anniversary as a socialist victory while a West Berlin politician cited insecurity of German communists.
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Father of Son of Sam killer offers sympathy to victims families
Nathan Berkowitz, adoptive father of David Berkowitz, tearfully expressed grief and asked for understanding for all families affected as his son faces murder charges. He recalled his own loss and described his life turning “around” since the arrest in New York.
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