Rail Talks Break Down Prompting Nationwide Rail Strike
The signalmen's union called a nationwide rail strike for 6 01 am Monday after Labor Department talks failed. Labor Secretary Hodgson announced the decision citing no progress on pay while nonwage issues showed minor movement. If in effect, the strike could halt service for 300 000 urban commuters and 55 000 Amtrak riders.
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Washington
Signalmen's Union
Labor Department
Hodgson
Signalmen
C. J. Chamberlain
Asst. Secre
Chamberlain
Congress
Amtrak Corporation
America
House
Senate
Sadat appeals police unity after coup attempt in Egypt
President Anwar Sadat urged security police to help build a new state where citizens feel free and secure. He said police can safeguard national unity and keep order at home so front-line soldiers are not left insecure. A young police officer warned him of a coup plot involving six ousted cabinet members. Demonstrations of support for Sadat continued.
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Cairo
Anwar Sadat
Kabbeh Republic Palace
Sadat
Cairo Radio
Arab Socialist Union
Israel Considers Egypt Shakeup and Sisco Visit Impact
In Jerusalem the cabinet reviewed Egypt's political turmoil and Moshe Dayan and Lt. Gen. Haron Yariy reported on the Sisco Cairo visit about the Suez Canal. Observers see Sadat's purge as internal friction. a shift in policy toward Cairo remains uncertain.
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Jerusalem
Egypt
U.S
Joseph Sisco
Cairo
Suez Canal
Defense
Moshe Dayan
Army
Haron Yariy
Israel
Ward
Anwar Sadat
Sadat
Washington
Golda Meir
Scandinavia
Abba Eban
Africa
Villagers Pray as Mt Etna Lava Advances Toward Homes
In Sicily near Sant Alfio and Fornazzo lava from Mount Etna creeps 900 feet wide and 12 feet high, burning trees and destroying farmhouses. Townsfolk hold Mass and carry relics while hoping lava veers between the towns as tourists watch and traffic snarls form.
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Catania
Sicily
Mt. Etna
Sant’ Alfio
Fornazzo
St. Alfio
Cirino
Filadelfio
Mt. Elna
Mascali
Sant’ Elia
Truman backs Nixon on Europe troop cut clash
Former President Truman backs President Nixon in opposing a plan to cut U S troop levels in Europe from 300 000 to 150 000 The White House cited support from Truman and other ex officials while Mansfield backed by Senate leaders presses for the cut and a midweek vote is anticipated
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Washington
William Rogers
U.S
Europe
Soviet Union
United States
Rogers
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Key Biscayne, Fla
Nixon
Harry S Truman
White House
Lyndon B. Johnson
Truman
Eisenhower
Kennedy
Johnson
Dean Acheson
Neal Ball
Acheson
Washington White House
Florida
Harry S. Truman
Missiles miss U.S. gunships over Laos
North Vietnamese missiles fired at a U S Air Force C130 over Laos passed by without exploding according to the U S Command It marked the first report of missiles aimed at American warplanes over Laos The attack occurred near the Ban Karai Pass as U S forces raid the Ho Chi Minh trail using C130 gunships and B52 bombers on ongoing operations through the Laotian sector of the trail.
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Saigon
Laos
U.S
North Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh
Ban Karai Pass
Charles Johnson
Ho Chi Minh Trail
America
Forest Fire Widespread Across 15000 Acres in Minnesota
The 15000 acre blaze in Superior National Forest, near Big Lake in northeastern Minnesota, drew 625 firefighters from five states plus air support. Damages rose to 844000 dollars with 625000 timber loss as crews struggle to contain the fire by Tuesday. Local campers were advised to evacuate and no campfires or internal combustion engine use were allowed.
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Ely
Mian
Minnesota
U.S. Forest Service
Forest Service
Theest
Big Lake
Whitney Lever
Superior National Forest
Canadian
Lever
Wisconsin
Michigan
Montana
Illinois
Missouri
Cold Spring
Neighborhood Gun Battle Ends With Suspect in Custody
A Sunday dispute in a Memphis neighborhood erupted into a gun battle as Patrolman James Crossno was critically wounded and another officer wounded by tear gas inhalation. Sam D. Farmer, 57, barricaded in his home on Kimball Road and was captured after police used tear gas and entered the house. Dozens of officers responded amid heavy traffic and witnesses reported heavy gunfire lasting about 20 minutes.
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Memphis, Tenn
Joe Gagliano
James C. Crossno
Gagliano
Sam D. Farmer
Farmer
Crossno
Michael L. Davidson
Kimball Road
Kimball
C. H. Rochester
Rochester
U.S
Harris urges 50 percent NATO troop cut and European security talks
Sen. Fred Harris after a Russia and Eastern Europe trip backs halving U S troop contributions to NATO followed by a European security conference. He contrasts with Sen. Muskie over timetables and urges talks addressing Soviet and Warsaw Pact reductions.
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Washington
UPI
Fred Harris
D-Okla
Russia
Europe
U.S
NATO
Harris
Democratic National Committee
Edmund
Muskie
D-Maine
Germany
Sen. Muskie
Soviet Union
County Begins Pay Reductions
Roughly 125 hourly workers in the Rensselaer County Highway Department start a 10 percent pay cut and a 40 hour four day week Monday through Thursday. The move aims to save about 52 000 annually and offset state aid losses while preserving road work.
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Highway Dept
Rensselaer County
Wisconsin Democrats urge unity amid multi candidate rally
In Milwaukee four likely presidential contenders spoke at a $100-a-plate fund-raiser urging unity to avoid splitting the party before Wisconsin's April 4 primary. Gov. Lucey maintained neutrality, saying many names may appear on the ballot and no clear winner emerged from the event.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Wisconsin
White House
Patrick J. Lucey
Lucey
Lyndon B. Johnson
Harold E. Hughes
Iowa
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Birch Bayh
Indiana
George McGovern
South Dakota
Bayh
McGovern
Muskie
Henry M. Jackson
Washington
Sen
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Columbus
Ohio
Wisconsin Democrats
U.S
South Vietnam
Russian-Born Prelate Cardinal Agagianian Dies
Cardinal Gregory Peter Agagianian, Russian-born Armenian prelate once a papal candidate in 1958, dies at 75 in Rome after months of illness. He led the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples since 1958, resigned a year earlier, and had been a key Vatican expert on the Soviet Union. His death reduces cardinals to 123 and stirs talk of a fourth consistory. Born September 15, 1895, in Soviet Georgia, he served in Tiflis, Rome, and Beirut before becoming a cardinal.
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Gregory Peter Cardinal Agagianian
Pius XII
Cardinal Agagianian
Vatican
Soviet Union
Russia
Joseph Stalin
Rome
Paul VI
Congregation For the Evangelization of Peoples
Agagianian
Pope Paul
Angelo Cardinal Rossi
Brazil
Soviet
Georgia
Caucasus
Tiflis
Stalin
Pontifical Armenian College
Avedis Peter XIV Arpiarian
Cilicia
Beirut
College of Cardinals
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Ttary
W. J. Usery Jr
John P. Hiltz
George Ives
National Mediation Board
Charles J. Chamberlain
Afl-Cio Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen
NBC
Meet the Press
Clark MacGregor
North Viet
Sen. Harris
Bob Brier
New Hampshire
California
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