Labor image improves as union support rises
AFL CIO leaders cite a strengthened image after a period of strains. A poll by the Roper Organization shows 33 percent favor unions versus 25 percent for companies when a strike is first heard, reflecting growing union backing amid national labor tensions.
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Bal Harbour
Fla
PLC
Aflcio
Lane Kirkland
Eastern Airlines
Roper Organization
Ape
Afl-Cio
Eer
Bolivia and Peru reject coca chewing moth aid
Bolivian and Peruvian officials reject US plans to release Malumbia moth larvae to kill coca in fields. They argue the worm harms other crops and prefer farmer shifts to coffee cacao and palm oil. The US Agriculture Department studies the program as President Bush requests 6.5 million dollars for it.
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Osvaldo Antezana
Bolivia
Interior Department
Segundino Montevilla
Confederation of Bolivian Peasants
Cartagena
Antezana
Alternative Development
Mauro Bertero
United States
Peru
LA Paz
U.S. Agriculture Department
Bova
Bush
Huallaga Valley
Government May Seek Recall Of GM Cars For Faulty Brakes
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration opens a formal safety defect probe into 175 000 Chevrolet Camaros and Pontiac Firebirds from 1982–86 and 273 000 Pontia Fieros 1984–86 over rear disc brakes that may fail as pads wear. 42 complaints, 14 crashes, five injuries. GM cites 129 accidents, 13 injuries, two deaths blamed on the brake issue.
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General Motors
Sisting
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Tom Pyden
Senate Panel Clears Clarence Thomas Nomination
The Senate Judiciary Committee approved Clarence Thomas 12 to 1 with Sen. Howard Metzenbaum voting no. The nomination moves to the full Senate where civil rights groups and NAACP stance differ. Thomas, a leading black figure in GOP administrations, would fill the DC Circuit vacancy once confirmed.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Clarence
Howard M. Metzenbaum
Ohio
Senate
National ‘Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Thomas
Reagan
George Bush
US Creut Court of Appeals
District Columbia
Bush
Metzenbaum
Cou
Robert Bork
U.S. ‘of Appeals
District of Columbia
Becauta
Thas
U.S. Supreme Court
Sculptor Seeks Capitol Dome Statue Over Icehouse Site
Richard Bergen of Salina designed the 20 foot Ad Astra statue depicting a Kansa man aiming skyward. Lawmakers nominated a different plan after debate on placing Ceres atop the Capitol dome. Bergen claims a year to complete and a $1500 prize plus full contract, but structural costs for dome mounting may reach $400,000 to 800,000.
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Topeka
Kan
Richard Bergen
Salina
Ceres
Capitol Dome
Kansas Arts Commission
Bergen
House Economic Development Committee
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