Strikes Halt School Openings Across Multiple States
More than 700000 children were kept from class as teachers in at least 10 states walked out over contracts. Chicago and Philadelphia districts faced closures while New York City delayed progress in negotiations and Boston prepared for a September 22 strike, all amid disputes on pay hours class size and fringe benefits.
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James M. Donna
Associated Press
Pennsylvania
New York State
New York
Fire Destroys One Story House West of Winchester
A fire heavily damaged a single story frame house on old Route 50 west of Winchester in Frederick County. A pet dog died, another was taken to the Winchester Animal Hospital. Round Hill and a Winchester tanker responded at 10 45 am. Ada Arnold, the resident, was at work. Firemen said four children were feared inside but were found at school. Kitchen started the blaze. Cause under investigation by Deputy Sheriff P Fahnestock.
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Pennsylvania
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Winchester
Frederick County
Winchester Animal Hospital
Round Hill Fire Department
P. Fahnestock
Culpeper
Culpeper County Sheriff's Deputies
Arlington County
Jennings Tuart Webb
Amissville
Robert E. Peters
Peters
Webb
Martinsville
Martinsville Reservoir
Here
Henry County
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Petina Carter
Richmond
Corrections Department
Pocahontas Correctional Field Unit
Interstate 64
Kelly Spencer
Howard L. Smith
Henrico County
Pocahontas
Royal Richardson
Goochland County
Fairfax, Va
Fairfax County
Gasoline price rise looming if controls end
Virginia officials report that price controls on domestic oil may expire soon, with James Heizer predicting gasoline could reach about 75 cents per gallon within 10 to 12 months. Congress delays decontrol to push veto override while retailers urged to press for action.
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Richmond
James Heizer
Virginia Gasoline Retailers Association
Heizer
Ford
Congress
Weather outlook for Northern Valley and Virginia
The northern valley expects fair conditions tonight and Friday with near 60 and higher temperatures in the 80s in Virginia. An extended forecast calls for a chance of showers Saturday into Sunday, followed by cooler, fair conditions through Monday with highs in the upper 70s to low 80s and lows in the upper 50s to low 60s.
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Virginia
Butz says grain sales to USSR not cause of price rise
Agriculture Secretary Earl L. Butz testifies before the Senate Agricultural Committee that recent food price increases are coincidental to grain sales to the Soviet Union. He notes a likely 1.5 percent price rise later this year and an 8 to 9 percent rise for 1975, with potential 2.5 percent rise next year per Fed Chief Burns.
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Washington
Earl L. Butz
Soviet Union
Senate Agricultural Committee
Butz
U.S.S.R
Buzz
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Russia
U.S
Arthur F. Burns
Federal Reserve Board
Ford Tests Political Waters on West Coast
President Ford travels the West Coast for two days of official and political appearances. He plans five speeches in Seattle Portland and Sacramento during a trip aimed at testing the fields of potential 1976 rivals. The Republican National Committee funds the journey and two fundraising luncheons are priced at 25 and 500 dollars per plate.
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Ford
West Coast
Henry M. Jackson
Ronald Reaga
California
Seattle
Wash
Portland
Ore
Sacramento
Calif
Edmund G. Brown
Republican National Committee
White House
Nixon to surrender papers on Chile policy and domestic spying
White House counsel Philip Buchen said former president Richard Nixon will turn over documents to the Senate intelligence committee in response to subpoenas. The papers cover Nixon administration policy toward Chile and plans for domestic intelligence gathering.
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Washington
Richard M. Nixon
Senate Intelligence Committee
U.S
Chile
White House
Philip Buden
Buchen
Nixon
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