Injunction Halts Wildcat Rail Strike in Midwest and South
A wildcat strike by shopcraft workers disrupts railroads in the Midwest and South targeting Burlington Northern Chesapeake and Ohio and Louisville and Nashville. A federal judge issued a temporary injunction requiring four craft unions to end the strike and operations began returning to normal.
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Midwest
Burlington Northern
Chesapeake & Ohio
Louisville & Nashville
St. Paul
Burlington
Brotherhood of Railway Carmen
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Chessie
Oo & Ohio
Baltimore
West Virginia
Ohio
Michigan
Atlanta
Mobile
Ala
Nashville
Washington
OPEC Seeks Unity After Deliberate Talks In Algiers
In Algiers the 13 nation OPEC group agreed to meet customers and plan a four to six week summit to form a unified position. They welcomed dialogue with industrialized and developing nations and endorsed France’s proposed conference on raw materials and development.
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Algiers
Oil, Finance and Foreign
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
OPEC
France
Star Leadership Nominees Scrutinized by Sargent Panel
Virginia Bean Sargent will head a four member committee from Winchester Frederick Clarke and Warren Counties to pick the Star Leadership Award winners from four high schools for the 22nd year. The award honors leadership character and citizenship with emphasis on academic record and positive school contributions.
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Virginia Bean Sargent
Oil Prices Cause Big US Trade Deficit in 1974
Commerce data show December deficit of 606 million and full year 3.065 billion in the red, the second largest on record. Higher imported oil bills pushed total import value to 24.6 billion, while exports rose modestly. Imports of iron and steel, coal and wheat declined exports, while petroleum and related fuels surged.
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Washington
Commerce Department
United States
U.S
Handley Cases Set for Hearing Today
Three Handley High School students involved in a Friday incident with shotguns face school hearings today while suspended. A report to City Commonwealth's Attorney Dabney W. Watts is also due, with potential appeals to the superintendent and then the School Board if decisions are challenged.
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Handley High School
City Commonwealth
Dabney W. Watts
Jacob L. Johnson
Johnson
Handley
Winchester
Rockefeller Sees CIA Violations in United States
Vice President Nelson Rockefeller says his eight member commission will likely find CIA violations of statutory authority by spying on Americans. He stresses a full inquiry to identify where and how extensive abuses were and who ordered them as Colby resumes questions and Ober is to testify.
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Washington
Nelson A. Rockefeller
CIA
Rockefeller
United States
CBS
Senate
FBI
U.S
William E. Colby
Colby
Richard Ober
Byrd Proposes Reconfirming Federal Judges Every Eight Years
Senator Harry F. Byrd Jr. introduces a constitutional amendment to end lifetime tenure for federal judges and require Senate reconfirmation at eight year intervals. He stresses accountability while preserving judicial independence and cites support from Virginia, Michigan, Alabama legislatures and Indiana Chief Justice Atterburn.
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Washington
Harry F. Byrd Jr
I-Va
Byrd
U.S
Senate
Epi Island
Albertis S. Harrison Jr
Virginia Senate
Virginia
Harrison
General Assembly
Virginia General Assembly
Michigan
Alabama
Norman F. Atterburn
Indiana
Trus Joist Plant Kernstown to Close Amid Economic Turmoil
The Kernstown plant of Trus Joist Corp will close immediately affecting 22 workers with three or four to relocate to other facilities. The closure targets year 1975 downsizing due to weak east coast demand in multi family and commercial construction. Other plants in McKinney Texas Santa Rosa California and Phoenix Arizona also slated for closure.
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Kernstown
Trus Joist Corp
Ben Bopp
Bopp
Joist
Peter T. Johnson
McKinney
Tex
Santa Rosa
Calif
Phoenix
Lottery Hearing Set as Virginia weighs state game
Richmond officials announce a public hearing Tuesday on a proposed Virginia state lottery to ease the budget pinch. The subcommittee estimates revenue at 12 to 32 million dollars with a 50 50 split between the general fund and localities, and argues crime would not rise due to lottery gambling.
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Richmond
Virginia
House
General Laws Committee
State Highway Department
General Laws
Norfolk
General Assembly
Highway Department
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Wildcat
Virginia B. Sargent
Star
John Kerr Elementary
Sargent
Otis (Snag) Sargent
J. Herbert Bean
Madison College
John Kerr School
Lola V. Moore
Mrs. Sargent
Miss Moore
John Kerr
Ray Chapman
Abby
Trus
Mary Anderson
National Gambling Commission
Arlington
House Labor and Commerce Committee
Gaene James M. Thomson
Alexana
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