[News Script: Nationwide railroad strike] Page: 3 of 6
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WARAILHOADS...2 2 2 2 2
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ANDREWSt LIVE
Picket lines are being dis-banded at this hour..as
locals get the word..that they are to return to thejob to await a settlement.
Take SIL film.......(film time
WARD V/o
Across Texas..railyards were as idle as those in
Dallas.Ft.Worth.....and there didn't seem to be jany
major tie-ups due to the walkout.Tommy Taggart of
the Ft.Worth local..said his men would return as soon
as Dennis gave them the word..
.The Rail Clerks
Union was the only one striking<three other Unions
honored their picket lines.No local issues wereinvolved..in the walkout.
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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [News Script: Nationwide railroad strike], script, December 10, 1970, 10:00 p.m.; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1264392/m1/3/?rotate=180: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.