Crawford to stand trial in Moscow
Moscow reports Francis J. Crawford a 38 year old Moscow representative for International Harvester will face trial next Tuesday on alleged currency law violations. He was arrested on a Moscow street in June and held two weeks in Lefortovo Prison before conditional release and repeated interrogations. He tells reporters he is innocent and has broken no law in the Soviet Union.
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Moscow
Francis J. Crawford
Crawford
International Harvester Co
Chicago
Lefortovo
International Harvester
Soviet Union
Youngman to headline fair and tractor pulls
The fair opens with Youngman headlining and Assemblyman Lloyd Riford Jr. of Auburn on the Cattle Exhibit. Early attractions include tractor pull championships at the Grandstand with a $35,000 purse. Indian Day features Onondaga School Band. Blood Brother ceremony canceled.
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Semblyman Lloyd
Riford Jr
Auburn
East
Midwest
the Osmonds
Frank Sinatra
Hall of Health
Civil Service Employees Association
Love Canal clash as cleanup plan faces criticism in Niagara Falls
Niagara Falls residents confronted state Love Canal task force chair William Hennessy after the group announced an October 10 cleanup start. The heated 22 hour session focused on evacuation, testing, and extending relocation beyond the inner ring, with residents demanding oversight before work proceeds and Lois Gibbs pressing Gov. Carey to prove hazard limits.
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Niagara Falls
Love Canal
William C. Hennessy
Hennessy
Hooker Chemicals & Plastics Corp
Hugh L. Carey
State Health Department
Robert Huffaker
Jobless rate dips as manufacturing declines and layoffs hit
The Labor Department reports the jobless rate at 5.9 percent while manufacturing loses 50,000 jobs. Food processing, paper products, and rubber plastics sectors see job cuts. Industrial employment relies on different statistics than the overall economy survey. The workforce totals 100.5 million in August, flat from prior months but up 2.7 million since August 1977. Other data show weakening economy with a 0.7 percent drop in leading indicators, July factory orders down 3.8 percent, and a July trade deficit near $3 billion. About 200 American Airlines baggage handlers walked out at Los Angeles International Airport protesting duties.
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Upper Empire Court
State Department of Parks and Recreation
Schenectady
Hamilton Hill
Phyllis Donkowski
Empire Court
Lillian Dunn
Cortland
Keane Village
Labor Department
Los Angeles
American Airlines
Los Angeles International Airport
Two Workers Die In Hamburg Sewer Manhole
In Buffalo, two CMH Co. Inc. workers Edward Harman of East Amherst and Charles Heist of Alden were found dead in three feet of water at the bottom of a 20-foot manhole on a sewer project in suburban Hamburg. Autopsy says asphyxia caused death. foul play unlikely.
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Buffalo (Ap
Edward Harman
East Amherst
CMH Co. Inc
Charles Heist
Alden
Hamburg
Justin Ulu
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Syracuse Herald-Journal
Youngman
Michael Pillsbury
Senate Budget Committee
Japan
U.S
Mike Mansfield
Pillsbury
Mansfield
United States
T.V
Howard Johnson
Northern Lights
Syracuse
BankAmericaid
Esro T.V. Corp
Lekea
I Houk
Spindie
Solvay
Milton Avenue
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