Word: unites
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...issues can be adamant about abortion - at least for themselves and their families. "Abortion is murder to me," says Mary Ann Murphy, 54, of Alexandria, Va. "But I cannot jam my religious beliefs down someone else's throat." Jan Slevin, a nurse, refused to work in the obstetrics unit of Washington General Hospital because of the many abortions performed there. "In a case of incest, rape or some psychological trauma," she concedes, "I can see a morning-after pill or a shot to prevent pregnancy. But I think abortion is morally evil. It is a taking of life...
...noon, the air show will begin, courtesy of the U.S. Army 10th Special Forces Unit stationed at Fort Devens. The show features high altitude parachuting (to continue throughout the afternoon), helicopters and a "smoke jump" trick in which participants free fall through smoke rings before parachuting to the ground...
...Daily News won its medal for a 15-part expose of the rise to wealth and power of Alaska Teamsters Union Local 959. In 18 years, the paper discovered, the local grew from an undistinguished 1,500-member unit to an aggressive organization some 23,000 strong, with tentacles reaching into every aspect of Alaska's economy. Rewarded for their solidarity with high wages and a blizzard of benefits, Local 959's members include workers on the Alaska pipeline, policemen, hospital employees, bakers, stevedores, lab technicians and clerical workers-or one out of every ten working Alaskans...
...unionizing battle, which centers around the "appropriateness" of the Medical area as a unit for employee collective bargaining, seemed won by Harvard following a February ruling against District 65 in the regional NLRB. Regional director Robert Fuchs, who on at least two occassions had tried ship the "unprecedented" matter down to Washington, finally succumbed to pressure the Washington board, and decided the case himself...
...students also charge that Schlaudroff was made student supervisor of one unit illegally even before he was made roving supervisor, because they charge that vacancy was never publicized...