Travers Says Financial Pact Near to Save Rensselaer County Bus Service
F Warren Travers of CDTA says a financial formula between Rensselaer and Albany counties will keep United Traction Co routes running. Albany threatened to cut UTC lines by Sept 1 if terms fail. talks aim to share costs and ensure uninterrupted service.
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United Traction Co
Rensselaer County
Albany County
UTC
F. Warren Travers
Capital District Transportation Authority
John J
Clyne
CDTA
Albany- Nassau
Rensselaer
Albany
Travers
Rensselaar County
Our
Albany-Nassau Bus Co
Rensselaer- Albany County
Albany- Nassau Bus Co
Record
Coast-wide dock strike shuts ports and hits industry
The West Coast dock walkout paralyzes ports from Seattle to San Diego. C and H Sugar will shut Crockett refinery and lay off 1100 workers while Oregon forest jobs vanish and California welfare rolls may rise. The White House convenes a high level rail meeting as strikes threaten automotive and agricultural supply chains.
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San Francisco
West Coast
C&h Sugar Co
Crockett
Hawaii
Tom McCall
Oregon
Seattle
San Diego
Pacific Maritime Association
ILWU
Ronald Reagan
California
Reagan
Transportation
John Volpe
James Hodgson
Longshoremen and Pacific Maritime Association
McCall
Los Angeles
Long Beach
Oakland
PMA
Alaska
Honolulu
Wesley Hillendahl
Hawaii Emergency Resources Management Agency
Steel Firms Wind Down Operations
Pittsburgh AP report says major steel companies wind down plants as a possible steelworkers strike looms this weekend. Some firms plan to wait until the last minute, hoping for a contract settlement with the AFL-CIO United Steelworkers and nine other unions.
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Pittsburgh
Afl-Cio
United Steelworkers of America
Allegheny Ludlum Steel Plant Still Silent on Cooling Efforts
A spokesman for Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corp in Watervliet said late Thursday that nothing has changed and no steps have been taken to cool down the plant's furnaces as of Thursday night.
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Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corp
Watervliet
Steel industry talks near deadline threaten nationwide strike
Negotiations between top U.S. steel firms and the union run since July 7 in Washington D C. with a midnight Saturday deadline. If no settlement 350 000 workers could be called out. The last major industry strike was 1959 with 119 days off. U S Steel began stoking coke and planned to halt Gary Indiana furnaces tonight affecting 27 000 workers.
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Secretary of
James D.hodgson
George Shultz
Office of Budget and Management
Arnold R. Weber
Transportation
John A. Volpe
Paul McCracken
Council of Economic Advisers
George Lincoln
Office of Emergency Preparedness
W. J. Usery Jr
Labor
Charles Luna
Afl-Cio
United Transportation Union
Wired
Oakley M. Ray
American Feed Manufacturers Association
Nixon
Ford Motor Co
United States
Ford
William D. Innes
National Coal Association
Washington, D.C
U.S. Steel Corp
Gary
Ind
South Viet troops clash in Cambodia amid raids and gains
South Vietnamese forces clash twice with two Communist battalions east of the Mekong in Cambodia, killing 14 and finding 16 bodies. U S air raids continue on infiltration routes near the DMZ. In Laos, Royal Laotian forces capture Saravane with little resistance.
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Saigon
UPI
Mekong River
Cambodia
South Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
Laos
Saravane
Panhandle
Highway 1
Phnom Penh
J Soay Rieng
Kampong Trabek
U.S. 7Th Air Force
FBI Closes 100 Offices After Media Theft
The FBI shut down 100 of its 500 small resident offices amid security tightening after about 1,000 secret documents were stolen from the Media Pennsylvania office in March. The location and exact number of remaining offices are being reviewed with fluctuations expected.
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Washington
UPI
FBI
Media
J. Edgar Hoover
Citizens Committee
Philippine Sgt. Reyes Promoted After Repaying Bank Overpayment
ManilaAP Sgt Am brosio Reyes of the Philippine army was promoted for returning an overpayment totaling six thousand dollars to a bank where he had cashed checks.
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Manila
Ambrosio Reyes
Philippine Army
Falcon Lands On Moon In Apollo 15 Precursor Orbit
Apollo 15 astronauts Scott Irwin and Worden reached lunar orbit after a tense series of maneuvers. The Falcon module dropped to within 42 000 feet of towering peaks and a deep canyon ahead of the planned 6 15 p m landing, with Scott describing the view as spectacular.
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Space Center
Houston
Falcon
Apollo
David R. Scott
Scott
James B. Irwin
Irwin
Alfred M. Worden
Moon
Earth
Lunar
Tsiolkovky
10 Year Switch To Metric Measures Urged
Washington readers hear a proposal to shift the United States to the metric system within ten years. The plan envisions using meters for height and kilograms for weight, with liters replacing pints and fifths for liquor. The article frames the change as a national, gradual transition.
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Washington
Lew Alcindor
Algeria Breaks Ties With Jordan Amid Palestinian Support
Algiers reports the ruling council suspended all current relations with Jordan and vowed continued aid to Palestinian guerrillas under attack by King Hussein's army. The move comes as the United States Commerce Department releases a broad 188-page report urging a planned shift to the metric system within a decade, citing economic and international benefits and outlining education and industry challenges.
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Algiers
Algeria
Jordan
Hussein
Commerce Department
Congress
Colonie Man Dies in Route 155 Crash
Frederick G. Woolley 26 of Colonie died when his sports car skidded into the opposite lane on Route 155 near Route 5 and struck an oncoming car driven by Winifred Bell 66 of Altamont. Bell was hospitalized with rib fractures and head injuries in fair condition. Coroner Dietz Jr. ordered autopsy results pending.
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Colonie
Route 155
Route 5
Frederick G. Woolley
Kimberly St
M. B. McDade
Woolley
Winifred I. Bell
RD 2
Altamont
Albany Memorial Hospital
Albany County
Deforrest Dietz Jr
Bell
LaBelles Lose Bid On Review
The Court of Appeals denied an application to review the murder convictions of Edward F. LaBelle and Richard M. LaBelle. Both brothers, serving life terms, were convicted in 1964 for the rape slaying of 15 year old Rose Mary Sway in Cohoes.
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Court of Appeals
Edward F. LaBelle
Richard M. LaBelle
Troy Barthers
Appellate Division of
Supreme Court
Rose Mary Sway
Cohoes
Francis Bergan
Troy
Marvin Honig
Edward
Peter Fitzgerald
Glens Falls
Richard
Sing Sing
Ossining
Attica State
Rensselaer County
Clinton
Dannemora
Thomas J. O’brien Jr
U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
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Edward J. Quinn
William R. Jubic
Union
White House
Tampa Bay
Fla
MacDill Air Force Base
Tampa
Florida
Man
Svay Rieng
Apennine Mountains
Commerce
Maurice H. Stans
Redskins
U.S
Stans
LaBelles
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