Word: firemen
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...fire alarm called in when the smell of smoke was detected in the Memorial Hall basement at 5:15 p.m. yesterday led firemen to discover no fire--only smoke...
...Firemen saw smoke coming out of the air conditioning ducts, but they found no fire. The deputy fire chief considered the situation safe and withdrew his trucks and men from the building...
...Remedies. In the recent spate of teacher walkouts across the country, injunctions have had little effect. Earlier this month, police and firemen on strike in Youngstown, Ohio, ignored an injunction to go back to work. In order to get around the legal ban against public-employee strikes, the unions have labeled their walkouts "mass resignations" and "professional study days." The courts have issued injunctions anyway, but the unions block the injunctions with appeals and indifference. They are rarely punished, the reason being that as part of the eventual settlement the unions obtain a promise that the government will help bury...
...EDUCATION). Most labor-law scholars agree that there are only two ways to remedy the situation. Either strikes by public employees must be allowed, or tough penalties must be imposed and enforced against unions that call public-sector strikes. The choice could be made differently for essential personnel (police, firemen) and nonessential personnel (clerks, maintenance men). But it must be made, since the whetted appetite of public employees for greater benefits means that strikes will come with greater frequency...
There were about 28 firemen on the scene, and a ladder truck and engine car were called from the Taylor Square fire house. The rest of the equipment came from the main fire station next to Memorial Hall...