Teachers press on with Philadelphia strike talks
Negotiations in Philadelphia stall as the two week old strike continues. District negotiator Jack Soloff warned that forcing 24 hour talks won t help and cited time as the critical factor while union leaders indicated openness to extended sessions after a long bargaining session Friday.
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Philadelphia
Jack Soloff
Soloff
Edward A. Feehan
John Ryan
Upper Merion
Montgomery County
Pennsbury
Bucks County
Western Pennsylvania
Body found in Buckeye Coal Nemacolin shaft
Greene County coroner identified 63 year old Richard K. Randolph of Nemacolin as the body recovered from 340 feet underground in the Buckeye Coal Nemacolin shaft. He and coworker Charles Gibson were believed to have been in the area when a 1971 fire trapped them. Searches continue for the second miner.
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Carmichaels
Buckeye Coal Co
Greene County
Richard K. Randolph
Randolph
Charles Gibson
Smith
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co
Pay Board studies legislators pay hike amid hours puzzle
Harrisburg UpI reports the Pay Board will assess if a proposed $15,600 salary plus $2,500 expenses counts as salary or if $8,400 unaccountable expenses should be classified as pay. The hours worked by legislators vary widely, complicating the calculation of cents per man hour.
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Harrisburg
UPI
Federal Pay Board
al Mayhew
Mayhew
Office of Administration
Bureau of Personnel
Internal Revenue Service
Inmate Rivalry Sparks Mass Fight at Green Haven
At Green Haven State Prison in Stormville New York a clash between two black inmate groups drew about 150 fighters using broom handles benches and weight equipment. Seven injured including Joseph Hayden 30 NYC who has four year weapons sentence.
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Stormville
N.Y
UPI
Green Haven State Prison
Correction
Esman
Attica State Prison
Joseph Hayden
New York City
Grand jury to study narcotics traffic in Pittsburgh
A special federal grand jury investigating narcotics and dangerous drugs in the Greater Pittsburgh area will convene Monday, announced U.S. Attorney Richard L. Thornburg. The inquiry began after a grand jury was empanelled this summer under the Organized Crime Control Act of 1970.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
U.S
Richard L. Thornburg
Forty indicted in Chicago vote fraud probe
UPI reports U.S. Attorney James R. Thompson announced 40 people were named in the first federal grand jury indictments over vote fraud in Chicago during the March 24 Illinois primary. The 12 sealed indictments allege forged ballot applications, fictitious votes, and voters casting ballots more than once.
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Chicago
UPI
U.S
James R. Thompson
Illinois
U.S. District Court
Edwin A. Robson
Thompson
FBI
Richard J. Daley
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