Copper strike widens as 10,000 miners walk out in Arizona
About 10,000 Arizona copper workers struck or began walkouts in the Tucson area and at Magma San Manuel, Kennecott Hayden, Phelps Dodge Ajo, and Inspiration Globe Miami operations. New contract demands center on 94 cents per hour wage increases and cost of living pay. Kennecott added a job evaluation study and modest health and pension gains, while ASARCO Mission offered 15 cents and faced benefit cuts.
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Arizona
Magma Copper Co
San Manuel
Tucson
Asarco Inc
Mission
Silver Bell
Kennecott Copper Corp
Hayden
Phelps Dodge Corp
Ajo
Inspiration Consolidated Copper Co
Cities Service Co
Globe-Miami
Magma
Kennecott
Mission Mine
Ken Jericho
Social Security checks rise for Southern Arizonans
A 5.9 percent increase boosts monthly benefits this month, with more than 106000 Southern Arizonans and Supplemental Security Income recipients receiving larger checks as the cost of living climbs. The article notes broader political and economic context including defense funding, a cereal lawsuit, and energy policy.
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Tucson
Thomas L. Lee
Monsoon season looms as Tucson sees muggy heat
Humid air from the Gulf blankets Tucson with haze and a chance of storms. Officials expect highs in the upper 90s, with a low around 81 today, as monsoon season nears its July start and dew points track above 55 degrees.
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Tucson
Gulf of California
National Weather Service
Diesel engine promises fuel savings and pollution fight
The diesel engine, long a staple of American tracking, is praised as a potential savior for the auto industry in Page IC. Gardening columnist Steve Fazio urges readers to channel summer rain into irrigation ditches to feed plants, not overflow drains, on Page 128.
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America
Steve Fazio
Girl Scout Abduction Suspect Captured in Sarasota
Charlotte Grosse, 15, escaped unharmed from a Siesta Key home after being held since Wednesday. Sheriff deputies arrested 33 year old Wilfred Arthur Bannister on kidnapping and involuntary sexual battery charges following her escape.
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Sarasota
Fla
Arthur Bannister
Charlotte Grosse
Sarasota, Fla
UPI
Siesta Key
Sheriff's Deputies
Wilfred Arthur Bannister
Charlotte
Bannister
Winding Way
Ray Pilon
Nokomis-Venice Methodist Church
Sarasota Memorial Hospital
FBI
Pilon
Sheriff's Department
Intracoastal Waterway
Gulf of Mexico
FasTran to End Bus Service Amid Budget Cuts
City officials propose eliminating FasTran rush hour service and reducing off peak runs to meet a 1977-78 budget cut. If approved at the study session, FasTran would be cancelled August 28 and Route 3 would absorb extra service.
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Carter
City Transportation
Joel D. Valdez
Transportation Department
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Frank Salas
Salas
Robert Alkire
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Steelworkers International
Phoenix
Steel
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Inspiration
Valley National Bank
Joe Charmesky
Congress
House
Senate
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Los Angeles
Morris K. Udall
D-Ariz
HA Editorial
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Cressword
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Sixth Street
University of Arizona
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Pas
New York
Sharon
Brooklyn
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Flushing Park
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