Fare Wars Expand as Carriers Unveil MaxSaver Fares
Continental and Eastern launch MaxSaver discounted fares up to 40 percent from super saver rates to lure passengers. United and American respond by matching cuts on overlapping routes. Florida Express matches on 18 routes. Analysts warn small carriers may be squeezed while stocks slide on fears of a renewed price war.
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NEW York
Continental
Eastern
United Airlines
American Airlines
Florida Express Airlines
Florida
Mid- Atlantic States
Midwest
Wall Street
Texas Air
American
United
Delta
William Brunet
Advest Inc
Hartford
Conn
Texas Air Corp
Continental United States
Nursing Shortage Hits U S Hospitals Across the Nation
Officials say a national nursing shortage is worsening patient care. Vacant hospital nurse positions rose from 6.3 percent to 13.6 percent by December 1, 1985. Experts cite declining enrollments, media image, and women’s career options as causes, urging more funding and recognition for nurses.
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Chicago
American Hospital Association
Connie Curran
Association
Curran
Mary E. Foley
San Francisco
St. Francis Hospital
American Nurses’ Association
Peggy McFadden
Park Ridge
American Association of Nurse Anesthetists
Rare Disorder Unites Families Against Histiocytosis X
Woodbury New Jersey report on four year old Bethany Toughill recovering from histiocytosis X a rare disease. Parents Jeff and Sally Toughill started the Histiocytosis X Association of America to aid victims and families through newsletters a telephone network and support across nations.
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Woodbury
N.J
Bethany Toughill
Bethany
Jeff Toughill
Michael E. Osband
Boston University School of Medicine
Boston City Hospital
Toughill
Sally
Toughills
Glassboro
South Africa
Glassboro Day Care Center
Rockets Returned Quickly After Scrap Lumber Mixup
At Fort Bliss Texas U S Army officials say Mexican authorities will quickly return 23 armed rockets found in crates bought as scrap lumber by a Mexican businessman The rockets are in the Mexican army awaiting diplomatic release to be returned to the United States The incident began when crates bought at Fort Bliss were taken to Ciudad Juarez and rockets discovered among them
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Fort Bliss, Texas
U.S
James Lawson
Fort Bliss
Lawson
el Paso
Ciudad Juarez
Mexico
Rio Grande
26Th Infantry Battalion
Extra Campaign Funds Give Huge Nest Eggs
Dozens of House members who won re election in November have substantial leftovers in campaign treasuries. Top fund raiser David Dreier nears 1 million dollars and Senate leader Bob Dole holds about 2.2 million. Some winners may convert funds to personal use or keep them as a safety net against primary challenges.
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Washington
House
David Dreier
California
Senate
Bob Dole
Kansas
Congress
Dole
Federal Election Commission
Steve Bartlett
Texas
Kremlin to Review Up to Ten Thousand Denied Emigration Requests
Soviet official Samuel Zivs announced on the Donahue show that Moscow will reconsider as many as 10 000 previously denied emigration applications by Soviet Jews. He said 500 were allowed to leave this month and that up to 10 000 more may be eligible for reconsideration. The program was boycotted by refuseniks unhappy with limited participant access. Andrei Livshits spoke cautiously when informed of the announcement.
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Moscow
Phil Donahue
Kremlin
Samuel Zivs
Zivs
Donahue
Andrei Livshits
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