Four day week lingers as UAW's top aim at 1979 meet
The Los Angeles convention unfolds with UAW delegates pressing for a 32 hour work week at 40 hours pay backed by a strong strike fund. They seek pension increases, guaranteed wages for pregnancy, a stock option plan, and company paid auto insurance. President Carter's arrival stirs debate over tax and rebates as workers eye broader gains.
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Los Angeles
United Auto Workers Union
UAW
Leonard Woodcock
Congress
Helicopter disaster on Pan Am Building roof kills five
A New York helicopter safety disaster leaves five dead and eight injured when a New York Airways rotor crash injures bystanders on the Pan Am Building roof. Victims include Enrico Ganaga, Michael Findlay, Anne Barnecott, and David Toomey. investigators review FAA and NTSB actions while Mayor Beame orders permit revocation. Witnesses describe blades slicing crowds and severed body parts as emergency crews remove victims.
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Pan Am Building
Enrico Ganaga
Milan
Italy
Michael Findlay
Anne Barnecott
New York
New York Airways
David Toomey
Edward Koch
D-N.y
Abraham D. Beame
Federal
Aviaton Administration
National Transportation Safety
LaGuardia
Kennedy
Newark
Kennedy Airport
Elyria Prayer Day expands as churches unite for guidance
Elyria organizer Beckett notes growing turnout for Pray for Elyria Day with many churches joining. The list includes First Congregational, First United Methodist, St. Andrews Episcopal, Grace Lutheran and more with six additional congregations later joining the movement. Beckett’s local profile spans health levy advocacy and public stances on abortion and anti-discrimination legislation in Congress.
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Beckett
First Congregational Church
First United Methodist Church
St. Andrews Episcopal Church
Grace Lutheran Church
Emmanuel Lutheran Church
St. Jude’s Church
St. Mary’s Church
St. John Lutheran
Washington Avenue Christian Church
St. Paul
Second Baptist Church
First Assembly of God
College Heights
Elyria
Lorain County
How TV is changing us from page two analysis
In a discussion on Marshall McLuhan's ideas the article cites Paul Ehlen and Klein noting TV as environment and message, the global village, selective viewing, and the notion that viewers seek programs that justify time spent, with two way TV and children's channels anticipated next.
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McLuhan
Paul Eleln
Klein
ABC engineers and technicians strike across ABC outlets
About 1,300 members of the National Association of Broadcast Engineers and Technicians walked out at 1201 a.m. in a contract dispute over jurisdiction. Management filled in as engineering and news gathering operations continued. the strike affects ABC’s national radio and TV, plus owned stations in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Detroit, and Chicago. The dispute centers on whether the union can cover minicams and film machines.
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New York
UPI
American Broadcasting Co
ABC
National Association of Broadcast Employes and Technicians
Natonal
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Detroit
Chicago
Gene Wood
NABET
Wood
Flesh colored hosiery shocks shoppers in 1920s trends
In Winston-Salem, fashion buyers returning from Paris introduced flesh colored silk stockings. The startling trend matched hosiery to skin tone and carried prices from 56 to 500 dollars, as Leggs Products notes. Pantyhose today sell for about 1.23 dollars.
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Winston-Salem, N.C
Leggs
3¢ postage hike push begins soon
Washington AP reports the Postal Service will likely start work within 60 days to raise first class rates by up to three cents while cutting deliveries to five days a week. Bailor says a letter could rise to 15 or 16 cents with six day service, with similar raises for other mail classes. Changes could come in 1978 after Board action and Postal Rate Commission review. Bailor suggested changes may proceed without full Congress approval.
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Washington
Benjamin F. Bailor
Bailor
Senate
Postal Service Board of Governors
Postal Rate Commission
Postal Service
John H. Glenn
D-Obie
Congress
Medina
Wall Street nudges higher in early trading
Opening in New York the Dow Jones industrials gain a fraction as gains outpace losses for NYSE listed issues in a modest advance continuing the gradual advance of the past two sessions.
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New York
New New York
Cleveland banks hike prime rate and strike ends
In Cleveland five largest banks raised the prime lending rate to 6.42 percent, with Central National, Society National, National City, Union Commerce, and Cleveland Trust at 6.42. City Bank of New York started the move Friday. Workers at Cleveland Steel Products in Wellington returned after Allied Industrial Workers Local 218 ratified a three year contract, ending a 10 day strike. details await release.
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American Standard
Aveo Eth
BA Mat
CPC International, Inc
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Dart Ind
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Kewanee Industries
Gas Path
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Ohro
Exhson Cortis Writhn
Richmond
Searle
Conh Dow
Bias Saucker Y
Sybron
DuPont Lt
Tappan Easikkd
Toledo Edison
Union Pacific Corp
Victor
Woolworth
Ford M Bath
Mutuals
Dreyfus
Fidelity Trend
Keystone
Putnam
Gulf of Tepe
Cleveland Steel
Soy
Maratha
Brat & Mead Cap
Mobil
Ncrop Bath
Nort Wa
Ohio
Owen
Pencey
PepsiCo
Phill
Allied Industrial Workers Local 218
Cleveland Steel Products
Wellington
Cleveland
UPI
Cleveland Trust Co
Central National Bank
Society National Bank
National City Bank
Union Commerce Bank
City Bank of New York
How tax cut bill will affect you
The UPI table shows examples of individual tax cuts and increases under the bill as approved. It assumes standard deduction use and notes many higher earners who itemize may receive no new benefit. Figures in parentheses indicate a tax increase.
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Washington
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