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Wednesday December 13, 1978
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This Day In 1970's History: Wednesday December 13, 1978
  • Key contract talks begin tomorrow between the 300,000-member Teamsters union and 1,700 trucking companies. At stake in the long negotiations for a three-year contract is whether the Carter administration's effort to hold wage increases to 7 percent or less a year will be successful. Experts believe a settlement close to the guideline is a reasonable possibility. [New York Times]
  • In line with wage guidelines, the Chicago City Council agreed to roll back a proposed 60 percent raise for themselves after vigorous public protest and criticism from officials in the Carter administration. The aldermen will get a 20.2 percent raise, from $17,500 to $21,040, starting in April, and 7 percent raises in each of the next three years. [New York Times]
  • Cleveland's fiscal status was increasingly uncertain. The City Council ended a long meeting with Mayor Dennis Kucinich with balloting showing him far short of the votes needed to win approval of his broad financial plan to save the city from default. [New York Times]
  • The murder of at least one cultist at the Guyanese jungle commune of Jonestown was confirmed in testimony by an internationally known pathologist. He told a Guyanese coroner's jury that a 28-year-old California nurse found fatally shot in the Rev. Jim Jones's house "was murdered." [New York Times]
  • Surprise raids on newsrooms or other sites by police officers in search of data intended for publication would be barred by a request made to Congress by the administration. Under the proposal, the federal, state and local authorities would be required to use a subpoena rather than a search warrant when seeking such evidence relating to a crime. The protection would not apply to criminal suspects. [New York Times]
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