Word: shea
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Gerry M. Shea, staff director of Local 880 of the Massachusetts Hospital Workers Union, which represents the plan's 220 employees, said yesterday the union believes it could have held out for a better contract, but did not want to have to strike the facilities...
Cambridge landlords and large property owners have made donations to several anti-rent control incumbents. Property owner David Lichter donated $100 to City Councilor Leonard J. Russell's campaign and Harry Katis, a trustee for Potomac Realty Trust, gave the campaign $150. Henry Shea, who said Wednesday he owns property in Cambridge but refused to say what kind, contributed $100 to Sullivan's campaign...
Whether properly alarmed, lured by reward money ($31,000 and climbing) or pursuing twisted ends of their own, New Yorkers overwhelmed special police telephone lines. The main task-force center near Shea Stadium sometimes logged more than 100 calls an hour; the telephone company counted some 1,000 other hourly callers who found the lines busy. Fanned by frenzied tabloid coverage in Rupert Murdoch's New York Post, including a cliched open letter to Son of Sam and a sensational-and false-report that the Mafia had joined the hunt because the killings were hurting mob-controlled dating bars...
...recording. About a quarter of the 2,000 people who were watching the stage show Salute to New York City stayed on at Radio City Music Hall after the lights went out, snacking on pretzels and Italian ices bought from street vendors who crowded into the foyer. At Shea Stadium, play stopped in the sixth inning, with the Chicago Cubs leading the New York Mets 2 to 1. For about 45 minutes, the 22,000 fans sang along with Organist Jane Jarvis; to take their minds off the heat, she played White Christmas...
...apartment building one block from Gracie Mansion, the mayor's residence, two boys with flashlights offered to escort people up the stairs at $1 each. Some cabbies cruised with their off-duty lights on, trying to negotiate high-priced deals, charging as much as $50 for the trip from Shea Stadium to Manhattan, which normally costs about $10. Cold cans of beer and soda went for $3 in Forest Hills, Queens. An ice-cream vendor in Greenwich Village did a brisk business. As the temperature in his refrigerated case dropped, so did his prices?until he finally gave away free...