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TELEPHONE STRIKE
CK: SF: PHONE WARD: LIVE 1.1. Telephone workers in the Killeen area went out on strike this morning..and pickets were set up in Killen..Temple.. Lomita and Caeras Cove.Negotiations between the Coumunicatio: Workers of America and the Mid-Texas Communications Company which operates the Killeen phone system..have been deadlocked over key issues of wages..fringe benefits and Disability insurance.The Union says it's workers will stay out for as long as it takes to get a compromise agreement.The Company has been using non-union help.randeupervisory Personnell are manning switchboards.