Memphis Firefighters Join Police In Strike
In Memphis a wildcat strike saw 1,400 firefighters join police officers as National Guardsmen used jeeps and armored carriers to round up picketing officers amid dusk to dawn curfew. About 50 strikers were arrested for curfew violations while 1,100 officers patrolled. unions vote on wage offers as tensions rise.
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Memphis
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Kuhron Huddleston
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International Firefighters Association
Wyeth Chandler
Tennessee
International Association of Firefighters
Chandler
Central Police
Union Avenue
E.W. Chapman
John Molnar
Pro-Syrian Group Blamed for Beirut Bombing Fallout
Abul Abass of the pro-Iraqi Palestine Liberation Front accuses the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine General Command of bombing his Beirut headquarters killing 161 or more and leaving many missing. Observers debate motives linking Yasser Arafat and intra resistance rifts amid ongoing reconciliation efforts.
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Gebril
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al Fatah
London
Paris
Pakistan
Arafat
Palestine Liberation Organization
Israel delays West Bank settlements decision until Camp David
Israeli Cabinet shelved plans to build five new Jewish settlements in the West Bank until after the Camp David summit. Cabinet Secretary Arieh Naor said the matter would be discussed post summit as Prime Minister Begin and President Sadat prepare for mediation by President Carter.
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Jordan River
Camp David
Arieh Naor
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Menachem Begin
Anwar Sadat
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Sadat
Begin
Ariel Sharon
Naor
Yigael Yadin
Yadin
Jordan Valley
Democratic Movement For Change
Abernathy Testifies King Had Possible Warning Before Death
Rev. Ralph David Abernathy told the House assassinations committee that King may have received advance word of his 1968 Memphis assassination though he had no knowledge of a warning to King. He described King’s distrust of police and federal agencies and recalled the Memphis march and the hopeful speech the night before the murder.
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Martin Luther King Jr
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Ralph David Abernathy
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Memphis
Tenn
Promised Land
Atlanta
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Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Carter Addresses Missouri Farmers Convention in Columbia
President Carter flies to Missouri to address the Midcontinent Farmers Association convention at the University of Missouri field house. Officials note farm income up 25 percent and rising prices for cattle hog dairy soybeans and corn with cotton lagging.
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Carter
Missouri
White House
Stuart Eizenstat
Columbia
Midcontinent Farmers Association
Rex Granum
Association
Jack Hackerhorn
University of Missouri Field House
Hackethorn
MFA
Mark Abels
Sen
Thomas Eagleton
Dmo
Mine Roof Collapse Kills One Far West Virginia Coal Miner
At Consolidation Coal Arkwright No. 1 mine in Osage near Morgantown a rock fall trapped a five man haulage crew. Robert M. Phillips 20 of Rivesville was recovered dead and another miner is presumed dead. Three others escaped with minor injuries. Pre shift inspectors reported a large rock on the tracks and the crew was sent to inspect it.
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Haze Cochran
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Arkwright
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Morgantown
Len Gross
Consol
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Rivesville
David J. Morgan
Gross
Monongalia General Hospital
Front Royal Woman’s Illness Inspires Song Publication
The Wire from Warren highlights a Front Royal woman whose illness motivated her to write a song that was published and recorded. The piece details her journey, the impact of her health battles, and the song’s reception.
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