Lorain workers poised for possible Monday walkout after fire settle
After a grueling two week Lorain fire settlement, city leaders face a looming strike by about 250 service workers Monday. Firemen and city council ratified two year deals with wage increases, a 40 hour week, and non retaliation promises. Non uniformed workers, United Steelworkers Local 6621, vote Sunday at AmVets Hall on a four percent raise this year and two percent next year, with a 1201 am Monday strike notice if rejected.
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Lorain
AmVets Hall
Broadway
City union talks hinge on department reorganization plan
Skimin announced a reorganization of departments with updated job descriptions and a hired consulting firm to complete ratings for grades 14 through 40. Negotiations, led by Pavlich, Saltzbaugh, and Zapolsky, ran 90 minutes Friday night with retroactive raises to January 1 and adjusted cost-of-living clauses.
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Skimin
Council
Joseph J Pavlich
District 28
Sidney M. Saltzbaugh
Ken Zapolsky
Postage rates rise May 29 across all classes
Washington reports major across the board postal rate increases set for May 29 raising first class letters to 15 cents for the first ounce and 13 cents for additional ounces. Parcel post and second class rates also climb, boosting postal revenues by about 1.9 billion dollars amid a legal challenge from the Greeting Card Publishers.
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Washington
UPI
Carter
Board of Governors
U.S. Postal Service
Postal Rate Commission
NAGCP
Jackie Roddy
Weather outlook shows showers and warm weekend highs
Rain or thunderstorms develop this afternoon with highs near 80. Tonight showers with lows 45 to 50. Sunday turns partly cloudy and cooler with highs in the upper 60s to low 70s. Further details on Page 6.
Africa wars erupt as Kolwezi recaptured and Red Cross workers slain
French and Belgian paratroops retook Kolwezi in Zaire rescuing nearly 3,000 expatriates from marauding rebels who killed 71 whites during a nine day siege. An American survivor described hiding in his home as executions occurred while Red Cross workers were ambushed and killed near the Mozambique border in Rhodesia. Rebels faced heavy fighting around Asmara as Ethiopia advances in the Danakil belt, with civilian villages bombed and many casualties reported.
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Kinshasa
Zaire
UPI
Kolwez
Kolwezi
Harold Amstutz
Portsmouth
Nairobi
Kenya
Asmara
Ethiopia
Eritrean Liberation Front
Khartoum
Beirut
Danakil
Red Sea
Eritrea
Ethopia
Nyamaropa
Rhodesia
Red Cross
Mozambique
Four gunmen attack Orly airport in Paris shootout
Four gunmen opened fire with submachine guns on passengers at El Al departure lounge in Orly airport. Three gunmen and one policeman were killed, another gunman fled and hid in a lavatory. Two police officers and several civilians wounded. flights were halted then to resume.
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Paris
UPI
el al Airlines
Orly International
Paul Roux
Roux
el al
Oberlin College focus and rising women in sports feature
Assistant Metro Editor Mikie Sherman previews Oberlin College current standing and reforms. CT reporter Debbie Demmon Berger outlines how women's high school sports are advancing, observes Title IX impacts, and notes remaining changes. Dr. JR Dickason shares Lake Erie ship hobby in Vermilion with scale-model photos by Gene Krebs.
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Oberlin College
Metro
Mikie Sherman
Debbie Demmon-Berger
Lake Erie
Dr. Jr, Dickason
Vermilion
Pat Dreger
Gene Krebs
Pilot's Farewell Flight: 17 000 Feet Party Over New York
Capt. Henry Stuart near mandatory retirement at 60 held a self funded farewell flight aboard a Boeing 707 from Kennedy. He chartered the plane for 5000 dollars and invited 125 guests including flight attendants and his family for a half hour ground delay then a scenic round trip to Burlington VI and back.
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New York
Henry Stuart
American Airlines
Kennedy International Airport
Stuart
Seattle
Greenwich
Burlington
Carol Whitmer
Harry
Bucky
Kathryn
Sarah
Ruth
Eric Peterson
Olive Kamnitzer
Joan Ingersol
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George Verban
United Steelworkers Local 6621
Union
Edmond Skimin
D-2
U.S. 31
Edgewood
Indianapolis
Tina
Virginia
Bob Pauley
National Association of Greeting Card Publishers
Francois Perez
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