Koch pushes for boycott while attending $7 movie
New York Mayor Edward Koch says he will not join a theater boycott while his own movie going continues after tickets rose to seven dollars. He urged supporters to write to City Hall and warned moguls they could be forced to knee if the effort grows. In Boston, Rep. Barney Frank says publicly revealing his homosexuality has not harmed his congressional career, calling this month one of his most successful.
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Edward I. Koch
Koch
Jack Nicholson
Meryl Streep
City Hall
Boston
Barney Frank
Massachusetts Democrat
Boston Globe
Frank
Congress bill to require replacement housing after urban renewal
A congressman pushes a bill mandating replacement of any federal low income housing demolished under urban renewal. He was re elected in 1986 with 89 percent and later said he would run again in 2014. The Country Music Association plans a televised 30th anniversary concert with Randy Travis Hank Williams Jr Roy Acuff Loretta Lynn The Judds Alabama and more.
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Nashville
Tenn
Randy Travis
Hank Williams Jr
Country Music Association
Roy Acuff
Charlie Daniels
Loretta Lynn
the Judds
Alabama
CBS
Britain Tops Birth Control Access in World Study
A private Population Crisis Committee report ranks Great Britain highest among developed nations for birth control access with a score of 29 of 30. Libya Laos and Kampuchea score zero among developing nations, while Taiwan leads with 92 of 100.
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University of Michigan
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United States
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Singapore
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Hong Kong
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France
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Australia
Canada
Japan
Spain
Poland
East Germany
Czechoslovakia
Yugoslavia
Soviet Union
Reagan Begins Vacation With Hearing Exam
President Reagan starts a week long California vacation with allergy and hearing checks before a private New Year’s desert estate gathering. He and Nancy flew to Los Angeles after Christmas in Washington as Marlin Fitzwater calls the trip a standard holiday working week and he plans to work on the State of the Union while resting.
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Nancy
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Marlin Fitzwater
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Colin Powell
Fitzwater
Senator Turned Fugitive Returns to United States
Former New Jersey state senator David Friedland, who faked his death and fled for two years, arrived in custody at Kennedy Airport. He faces federal charges tied to a 1980 kickback scheme and a 1985 $20 million billing indictment, after being traced from Kenya to the Maldive Islands.
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David Friedland
New York
Kennedy Airport
Indian Ocean
David Freidland
Kennedy International Aiport
United States
Friedland
Metropolitan Correctional Center
Arthur Borinsky
U.S
Borinsky
Bahamas
Teamsters Union
Kenya
Venice
Italy
Paris
Hong Kong
Singapore
Maldive Islands
Sri Lanka
Islands
Richard Harley
Prison Officials Were Wrong About Fromme Escape
Prison officials at Alderson admit they misjudged Lynette Fromme as unlikely to escape. Fromme slipped from a high security cell for about 40 hours before being captured two miles away. U S Marshals will interrogate her as authorities seek motive and escape details.
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Charleston
W.va
Lynette
Manson
Maureen Atwood
Alderson Federal Correctional Institution
U.S
Women’s Prison
Ron Burkhart
Ford
Burkhart
Charles Manson
San Quentin
Sharon Tate
Holmes
Rose Parade Faces Weather Threat and Bald Patches
Rose Parade officials worry a cold spell and severe storm could damage blooms for 11 floats including the Rose Queen. Rick Chapman of Festival Artists Inc warns of possible bald patches as growers fear supply issues for 260000 carnations 120000 roses and 4000 chrysanthemum bundles.
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Calif
Rick Chapman
Festival Artists Inc
Azusa
California
Chapman
Reebok International Tops List of Most Profitable Firms
Forbes ranking names Reebok International of Canton Massachusetts as the most profitable US company by return on equity among 880 firms. The three year average ROE exceeds 200 percent with a 52 percent ROE in the last year. No. 2 is CenTrust Savings Bank. Cameron Iron Works ranks lowest with 0.1 percent ROE over five years.
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United States
Reebok International
Forbes Magazine
Canton
Mass
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Reebok
Forbes
Cen- Trust Savings Bank
Cameron Iron Works
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