Commuter service halted as picketing expands in Martinsburg
Pickets at Chessie System yards in Martinsburg West Virginia force cancellation of all Martinsburg Washington commuter trains. About 1900 riders lose rail service as Amtrak and Chessie trains are canceled or diverted. No violence reported.
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Norfolk & Western Railway
Chessie System
Martinsburg
W. Va
Washington
John Griffin
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Martinsburg-Brunswick- Washington
Griffin
Amtrak
Brunswick, Md
Brunswick
Hagerstown
Cumberland
Chessie
Attempt to Halt 43 Railroads
The railway clerks union began picketing to halt operations on 43 railroads linked to the strikebound Norfolk and Western. Amtrak warned most service would stop with only select Northeast corridors exempt. passengers already on trains could finish trips. Fred J. Kroll said the move aims to pressure N W to negotiate seriously.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. District Court
Joseph Young
Baltimore
Brotherhood of Railway and Airline Clerks
Chessie
H. Russell Smouse
Brunswick
Washington
Railway Clerks Union
Norfolk & Western Railway
Amtrak
National Rail
Fred J. Kroll
The
Clerks Union
N&w
Accident Investigator Among Crash Victims
UCLA professor and noted aviation crash investigator Alan Tetelman was among those killed when a Pacific Southwest Airlines jet collided with a Cessna, killing all aboard and at least 10 on the ground. Other victims included government officials and PSA staff, with Mervyn Dymally and Don French among those who altered travel plans.
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Sacramento
Calif
Alan Tetelman
UCLA
of Aviation
Tetelman
Pacific Southwest Airlines
Anne Gardner
PSA
Paris
Richard Horne
Los Angeles County
Metropolitan Opera
Marilyn Horne
Valerie Kantor
Beverly Hills
Edmund Brown Jr
Mickey Kantor
Brown
Los Angeles
San Diego
Kantor
Division of Safety of
Highway Department
Department of Housing and Community Development
Mervyn Dymally
Don French
Don Simonian
Overhaul of Saratoga Fault Line in Virginia Senate Fight
Newport News and Philadelphia yards clash as Navy SLEP plan for USS Saratoga becomes flashpoint in Virginia Senate race. Warner links Mondale to transfer. Miller pushes GAO findings urging reevaluation and Philadelphia contract.
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Newport News
Navy
Philadelphia Naval Yard
Virginia
U.S. Senate
John Warner
Walter Mondale
Philadelphia
Andrew Miller
Peninsula Shipbuilders Association
Miller
Washington
Graham ‘Claytor
General Accounting Office
SLEP
Warner
Virginia Democratic Campaign Committee
Richmond
Senate
Mondale
Saratoga
Andy Miller
Paul Trible
Harry Byrd
Claytor
Comptroller General
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Felton Street
North Park
System
Baltimore- Washington
Brian Duff
Northeast Corridor
Maryland
Duff
New York City
Boston
Harrisburg
New Haven
Warner-Miller
Miller & Anderson, Inc
E. Boscawen St
Winchester
Chester, Vo
Bob Madigan
Loudoun & Piccadilly
Berryville Ave
Berryville
Amherst
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