Oil workers union reaches two year Gulf contract accord
The Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union and Gulf Oil Corp tie 60,000 members to a two year deal raising wages by 26.8 percent with staged increases and a $0.75 start plus 4 and 8 percent escalators. A wage reopener is possible if inflation exceeds five percent. The agreement, announced after a Port Arthur walkout, covers Gulf refineries from California to Ohio and includes enhanced health and pension contributions. Exxon has only one plant under similar coverage.
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Denver
Oil Workers Union
Gulf Oil Corp
A. F. Grospiron
Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union
Port Arthur
Tex
Gulf
Grospiron
California
Ohio
Texaco
Mobil
Shell
Atlantic-Richfield
Phillips
Continental
Several Standards
Exxon
Ford Eyes Spendable Cash Plan to Send Tax Rebates
President Ford weighs a one time tax cut about 10 percent for 1974 and a plan to mail government rebate checks to millions of taxpayers to spur consumption. The proposal includes a nine month spread for rebates and possible offsetting oil levies to fund the program amid a looming recession.
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Washington
Ford
U.S
White House
Congress
U.S. Treasury
Treasury
House
Carl Albert
George McGovern
McGovern
Winchester Star staff wins five VPA awards in 1974
Winchester Evening Star reporters Jessica Sullivan Gene Rhodes Lulu Williams Fran Coombs and staff earn five Virginia Press Association prizes for non metropolitan daily newspapers. Sullivan wins first in Women News and second in Special Columns Rhodes takes second in Picture Story Williams third in Spot News and Coombs third in Special Columns. A note about spring arriving and local notices also appear with a January 15 Treasure Box entry.
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Winchester Evening Star
Virginia Press Association
Jessica Sullivan
Star
Lulu Williams
Fran Coombs
Chinatown
Winchester first zoning workshop proceeds without controversy
The Winchester Planning Commission moved through the initial eight zoning districts of the proposed city zoning ordinance with no controversy. A second session is set for January 16, focusing on maps and upcoming explosive issues scheduled for January 23.
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Winchester Planning Commission
Reed T. Nester
Special Unemployment Assistance opens for certain workers
Virginia Employment Commission offices in Winchester and Front Royal will start accepting special unemployment claims Monday under a new federal program. About 923 people in the Winchester area were on unemployment benefits last week, with many holiday workers back on the job. Lord Fairfax Planning District locals will learn allotments for public employment as of today, with funds totaling tens of thousands of dollars distributed among Frederick, Winchester, Warren, Clarke, Shenandoah, and Page counties under the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
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Virginia Employment Commission
Winchester
Front Royal
Richmond
Lord Fairfax
Planning District
Tom Christoffel
Lord Fairfax Planning Commission
Christoffel
Northern Valley Manpower Council
Frederick County
Warren County
Clarke County
Shenandoah County
Page County
Bomb Said Cause of TWA Crash
The National Transportation Safety Board concluded a high order explosive detonated in the air cargo hold of a TWA jet that crashed off Greece on Sept 8 1974 en route from Tel Aviv to New York via Athens and Rome. Seventeen Americans died.
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Washington
Trans World Airlines
Greece
National Transportation Safety Board
TWA
Safety Board
United States
Pacific Airlines
Continental Airlines
Missouri
National Airlines
Gulf of Mexico
Tel Aviv
Israel
New York
Athens
Rome
Ionian Sea
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Maurice Lake
Rt. 522
Winchester Spring
Nester
Commission
Glass
Nigher
Susan Burke
Area News
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