AT&T unions reach three year contract boosting wages and benefits
AT&T and two unions finalize a three year deal covering 160000 workers. Wages and pension payments rise and six months family leave plus a $5 million child care fund are included. Union leaders call it a breakthrough in work family balance as talks extend past the deadline and ratification by members is required.
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Washington
At&t
Harold Burlingame
Morton Bahr
Communications Workers of America
Bahr
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Opponents claim Khomeini suffered heart attack after surgery
The Mujahedeen Khalq says Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini had a heart attack four days after intestinal bleeding surgery in Tehran. Tehran TV reported discomfort but claimed he remained in satisfactory condition and with family. The claim could not be independently verified.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Today
Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini
Tehran
Mujahedeen Khalq
People’s Holy Warriors
Associated Press
Khomeini
Iran
Bush Faces Mixed Reviews Over Early Presidency
An ABC News and Washington Post survey shows 59 percent see a slow start for George Bush. While 47 percent say he has clear goals, 43 percent disagree and 10 percent are unsure. Despite concerns about direction, about two in three approve of his job performance.
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Washington
George Bush
ABC News
Washington Post
Bush
Two Die As Freight Train Rams Parked Cars
In Amarillo Texas a slow freight carrying California fruit to Chicago rammed 30 parked cars killing two brake men and injuring two other workers. One car struck a coal train in the opposite direction and no one on that eastbound train was hurt. Santa Fe Railway operated both trains. engines belonged to Burlington Northern.
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Amarillo
Texas
California
Chicago
Condor
Wayne Beighle
State Department of Public Safety
Beighle
Santa Fe Railway
Burlington Northern
Four Teens Die After Boat Collision at Indian Rocks Beach
Four teenagers aboard a 14 foot boat were killed when a 38 foot racing boat rammed them on the Intracoastal Waterway near Indian Rocks Beach Florida. Witnesses said the faster boat accelerated and struck the smaller craft then passed over it. Two victims were identified as Jeffrey Nash and Jan Christman from Clearwater with others initially missing and later recovered.
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Indian Rocks Beach
Fla
A.J. Couturier
Jeffrey Nash
Jan Christman
Clearwater
Indian Rocks
J.T. Gannon
Rick Weeks
Todd Kuhn
Florida Marine Patrol
FMP
Dan Sievers
Aiken Standard Office Details Include Hours and Address
The Aiken Standard lists its offices at 124 Rutland Drive with business hours 8 30 a m to 5 30 p m Monday through Friday. Mailing address provided as P O Box 456 Aiken South Carolina 29802.
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Aiken Standard
Rutland Drive
Aiken Standard, P.O
Aiken, S.C
Aiken Standard Subscription Rates and Address Details
USPS monthly home delivery costs 5.40 for three months 16.20 six months 32.40 twelve months 64.80. All advance payments go to Aiken Standard BM Subscription. The Aiken Standard was founded in 1867 and is published by Aiken Communications Inc. P.O. Box 456 124 Rutland Drive Aiken S C 29802. Postmaster address changes to the same box.
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Aiken Standard
Aiken
Aiken Communications Inc
P.O
Rutland Drive
S.C
Gorbachev Faces Dissatisfaction as Congress Refuses Quick VP Confirm
In Moscow 70,000 protesters rallied as Mikhail Gorbachev pressed for rapid confirmation of his vice presidential pick. Deputies showed discontent with conservative dominance as a test vote backed rewriting election rules, while Lukyanov urged new laws to reform the Soviet Union and end rubber-stamp governance.
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Moscow
Mikhail S. Gorbachev
Congress
Supreme Soviet
Congress of People’s Deputies
Gorbachev
Anatoly I. Lukyanov
Kremlin
Lukyanov
Soviet Union
Eo Union
B Reactor Could Be National Historic Site
Richland Washington. The B Reactor the world s first full sized nuclear reactor is eligible for national historic site status. Debate centers on memorializing a device that produced plutonium for Nagasaki and Hiroshima. DOE drafts an environmental impact statement on eight retired reactors with public hearings planned in Portland Richland Spokane and Seattle.
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Richland
Wash
Bill Heine
Hanford
Westinghouse Hanford Co
Nagasaki
Hiroshima
Oak Ridge
Tenn
Lindy Cater
Hanford Education Action League
Citizens
Columbia River
Department of Energy
Portland
Ore
Spokane
Seattle
Dave Hansen
Washington Department of Community Development
Coelho urges Bush to end partisan petty politics
Democratic Whip Tony Coelho says President Bush should denounce Republicans by firing those unwilling to cooperate. He plans to resign June 15 amid ethics questions over a $100,000 junk bond deal in 1986 and criticized Republican aims to use him to attack his party.
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Washington — House
Tony Coelho
Congress
Bush
Coelho
CBS Television
California
California Democrat
Rep
Tom Foley
Jim Wright
Texas
Democrats face leadership churn after Wright exit
Washington reports a looming leadership reshuffle as House Speaker Jim Wright plans to resign, Tony Coelho also resigns as majority whip, and Rep. Tom Foley steps in as the likely new leader. The turmoil follows a weak legislative year with ethics concerns and ongoing budget and policy battles.
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Washington
Jim Wright
Tony Coelho
D-Calif
Texas
Wright
Congress
Tom Foley
D-Wash
Democratic Party
Foley
Steny Hoyer
D-Md
Coelho
Hijacker eludes X ray on Los Angeles to Miami flight
Police probe how Comas Banos slipped past security on Flight 1098 from Los Angeles to Dallas then Miami. He demanded Havana and claimed a bomb though no device was found. The 727 with 157 aboard returned to Miami after fuel concerns.
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Los Angeles
Ed Martelle
American Airlines
Dallas
Miami
Havana
FBI
William Gavin
Cuba
Comas-Banos
Miami International Airport
Comas- Banos
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