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...some orders for grain-Canada's most important export-to the U.S. and elsewhere. The national postal system was weakened so badly by periodic rotating work stoppages last year that some mail sent in November is only now being delivered. Sorters in Montreal post offices continue to stage wildcat strikes in hopes of winning a gargantuan 71% pay increase and halting automation...
...Cliffe stickwomen seemed to turn their first-half magic into a second-half disappearing act as the 3-3 score early in the half quickly faded into a Wildcat rout...
...Oklahoma wildcat oil prospector, Gardner learned early to separate wild claims from bedrock actualities. At the University of Chicago, he was known as a demon chess player who quit the game for a greater love: philosophy. "But somewhere, no matter how serious I was," he recalls, "there was always a little boy kicking around inside. Then I sold my first story to Esquire. It wrapped a plot around some shaggy dog stories. Red Skelton mentioned the piece on the air, and the boy and philosopher were off and running...
...Peterborough 2 T-bars 500 59 Tenney Mountain Plymouth 2 chairs, Ponylift 1,500 60 Tyrol Jackson Chair, Pomalift, T-bar 1,000 61 Waterville Valley Waterville Valley 5 chairs, J-bar, 3 T-bars, Ponylift 2,020 62 Whittier West Ossipee Gondola, 3 T-bars 1,200 63 Wildcat Mountain Pinkham Notch Gondola, 2 chairs, 2 T-bars 2,050 64 Widerness Dixville Notch Chair, 2 T-bars 1,000 MAINE 65 Big A York chair, T-bar 500 66 Big Rock Mars Hill 2 T-bars 900 67 Eaton Mountain Skowhegan Chair 520 68 Enchanted Mountain Jackman Chair...
Worst of all, Miller yielded the ultimate weapon miners have used since his election to fight for tolerable conditions--the wildcat strike. By signing yesterday a contract that does not give miners the right to strike over grievances, Miller has forfeited much of the UMW's bargaining power...