NOW Is 20 Celebrate 2800 At NOW Anniversary Gala
A Hollywood crowd of 2800 feminists marked NOWs 20th anniversary with Eleanor Smeal vowing to keep feminism alive. Betty Friedan received a wild ovation and Betty Ford affirmed feminism. The event aimed to raise at least 500000 for future NOW crusades as stars performed and supported ERA passage.
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Los Angeles
National Organization For Women
Hollywood
Eleanor Smeal
Betty Friedan
Betty Ford
Helen Reddy
Alan Alda
Ford
Reagan
State employees outraged by 3 percent raise delay
Spartanburg AP report says Budget and Control Board recommends delaying a 3 percent cost of living raise for 1987-88 to January 1988. Larry Ellis of the South Carolina State Employees Association calls the move demoralizing and says merit raises have gone unfunded for years.
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Spartanburg
State Budget and Control Board
Larry G. Ellis
South Carolina State Employees Association
Ellis
General Assembly
U.S. Department of Commerce
South Carolina
Hawaii Volcano Keeps Emergency Workers Alert
The Kilauea eruption forces ongoing firefighting as lava flows threaten homes in Kalapana. Officials say stopping the lava is futile while a river of molten rock advances toward the ocean and fuels brush fires.
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Hawaii
Kalapana
Kilauea
Niagara Falls
Aquino Accepts Two More Resignations
President Aquino accepted two more Cabinet resignations in Manila and will name replacements Wednesday. Speculation centered on Labor Minister Augusto Sanchez and Local Governments Minister Aquilino Pimentel, both PDP Laban members.
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Manila
Philippines
Corazon Aquino
Teodoro Benigno
Augusto Sanchez
Aquilino Pimentel
Ernesto Maceda
Rogaciano Mercado
Pimentel
Jaime Ferrer
Pdp-Laban Party
Mrs. Aquino
Benigno
Ferrer
Aquino
Rolando Olalia
Justice
Neptali Gonzales
Romeo Zulueta
Olalia
Defense
Juan Ponce Enrile
Labor Movement
Enrile
Mercado
Maceda
Ferdinand E. Marcos
Rafael Ileto
AIDS in Children Shows Brain Calcifications and Damage
Chicago AP reports a study of 42 children with AIDS finds brain calcifications around the basal ganglia linked to the virus. Dr. George Lantos notes many patients died since 1983 while cerebral atrophy and developmental delays also appear, contrasting with adult cases.
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Chicago
George Lantos
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
New York
Lantos
Radiological Society of North America
Santos
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