AT&T and union reach tentative three year contract
A tentative three year labor deal between AT&T and the Communications Workers of America ends the nation’s largest strike since 1983. It provides an immediate 2 percent wage increase for 155,000 AT&T employees and a path toward lifetime job security, with final terms to be settled by Saturday on six division pacts and ratified by members before July 28.
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Washington
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
At&t
Ton
Communications Workers of America
Companny
Morton Bahr
Heart Is Found For Baby Nicky in Loma Linda
A donor heart has been located for a three year old Texas boy at Loma Linda University Medical Center. Baby Nicky, diagnosed with cardiomyopathy, will undergo heart transplant surgery. He came from a San Antonio hospital and is one of two children waiting for new hearts since last Friday.
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Loma Linda
Calif
Texas
Loma Linda University Medical Center
Nicky
Anita Rockwell
San Antonio
Weather outlook with humidity drop and showers likely
The forecast says humidity should drop as a 20 percent chance of afternoon showers passes. Skies clear tonight with a low in the low 60s. Tomorrow appears sunny with a high near 90. Details on Page 4A.
Local obituaries list deaths of eight residents
Death notices honor Gerald G. Knight Aaron H. Duncan Frederick Wilson Mandy F. Jay T Carpenter Lillian Beck Annie B. Washington Walter Davis and Clinton Brannon from Aiken Clearwater North Augusta Augusta and Coachton Their obituaries appear with details on Page 7A and identify the seven or more towns connected to the deceased.
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Gerald G. Knight
Aiken
Aaron H. Duncan
Clearwater
Frederick Wilson
North Augusta
Mandy F. Jay
T. Carpenter
Lillian Beck
Coachton
Annie B. Washington
Walter Davis
Augusta
Clinton Brannon
Reagan reshapes Supreme Court with conservative picks
President Reagan announced Chief Justice Warren Burger will retire this July and nominated William Rehnquist to be chief justice. If confirmed, Antonin Scalia would fill the vacancy on the appellate court, with Thurmond predicting swift Senate action and praising the nominees.
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Washington
Reaan
Supreme Court
Reagan
Warren E. Burger
William H. Rehnquist
Rehnquist
Senate
Federal Appeals Court
Antonin Scalia
Scalia
Sen
Strom Thurmond
R-S.c
Senate Judiciary Committee
Thurmond
High Court
Warren Burger
William Rehnquist
Burger
GNP rises 2.9 percent in first quarter new revision
The Commerce Department reports a 2.9 percent annual GNP gain for January through March, down from earlier estimates and below the Reagan forecast of 4 percent for 1986. Inflation rose 2.4 percent, marking the slowest price increase in almost 14 years, amid weak consumer demand and oil sector slumps.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Ment
America
Labor Department
Review finds SRP Safety Analysis Reviews pending final DOE approval
GAO report released by Sen. John Glenn shows safety analysis reviews for SRP facilities including the Rocky Flats plutonium facility, SRP fuel fabrication and SRP reprocessing have not yet received DOE approval. Reprocessing review is expected in October, with reactors’ SARs already approved. Other facilities reviewed include Los Alamos, Mound, Hanford, and Y-12.
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U.S. Department of Energy
Savannah River
U.S. General Accounting Office
GAO
John Glenn
D-Ohio
Department of My
Rocky Flats
Colo
Srp
Sap
Gaver
du Pont
DOE
Los Alamos National Laboratory
New Mexico
Mound Laboratory
Miamisburg
Ohio
Hanford
Wash
Tennessee
Parents named real heroes by children survey
Milwaukee AP report on a Farley UW Madison survey finds children view parents as true heroes. Among boys and girls from grades 2 to 6, fathers and mothers top their lists, with mothers often outranking public figures and teachers. College students also rate parents highly, ahead of MLK Jesus Christ and Eleanor Roosevelt.
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Milwaukee
Center Stage
Frank Farley
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Superman
Abraham Lincoln
Cyndi Lauper
Dad
Martin Luther King
Jesus Christ
Eleanor Roost
Joan of Arc
King
Jesus
Mom
Mother Teresa
Goldacirine
Seve
Nhe
Madison
Farley
Hulk Hogan
Supergirl
Cyndia
Madonna
Gran
Rea
Lee Iacocca
Eleanor Roosevelt
Christie Brinkley
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Ington
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US Commerce Dept
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Susan B. Anthony
Golda Meir
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