Predicted Ford GM Talks Shape Auto Union Strikes
Detroit analysts expect a quick Ford settlement but warn of a possible month long walkout at GM. UAW aims to settle with Ford before the contract deadline and model a GM deal on Ford to balance job security and bargaining leverage.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Co
General Motors Corp
Ford
Chris Cedergren
J.D. Power & Associates
Westlake Village
Calif
United Auto Workers
UAW
Labor Day 1987: unemployment at 6 percent and rising wages
Washington reports more Americans at work on Labor Day 1987 with unemployment near a decade low while wage gains outpace inflation. AFL CIO president Lane Kirkland cites labor movement renewal amid recent victories, though analyst Richard Belous cautions against a looming union revival.
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Washington
Aflcio
Lane Kirkland
Richard Belous
The
Conference Board
East German Leader Honecker Visits Bonn Meeting Kohl
East German Premier Erich Honecker arrived in Bonn on a five day trip to meet Chancellor Helmut Kohl. He was greeted at Bonn-Cologne airport and escorted to a reception before talks on border guard killings and freer travel between East and West Germany.
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Bonn
West Germany
Erich Honecker
Adolf Hitler
Third Reich
Honecker
Bonn-Cologne
Wolfgang Schaeuble
Kohl
Helmut Kohl
Peronists Win Key Races in Argentina Elections
In Buenos Aires the Peronists challenged President Alfonsin's party winning governorships and apparent control of Congress. About 5,000 supporters gathered at Government House celebrating the Labor party’s return and chanting against Alfonsin in the wake of 1983 and 1985 defeats.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Peronists
Raul Alfonsin
Congress
Alfonsin
Radical Civic Union
Government House
Juan Peron
Sisters Rescued After Plane Crash Kills Father and Husband
In West Virginia two sisters, Gloria Hammerstein and Rebecca Taylor, were rescued after surviving a crash that killed their father and Hammerstein's husband. Gloria built a shelter from plane parts and treated Rebecca's broken leg while awaiting aid after the Cessna 172 stalled in fog during a flight from York, Pennsylvania to Elkins.
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Charleston
W.va
Rugged Woods
Gloria Hammerstein
Rebecca Lynn Taylor
York
Elkins
North Fork Mountains
Monongahela National Forest
Quinn Martin dies at 65 producer of Untouchables
Quinn Martin, longtime TV producer of The Untouchables The FBI The Fugitive and creator of QM Productions has died at his Rancho Santa Fe home at age 65. He built 16 one hour series and 20 TV movies of the week before selling QM in 1979.
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Rancho Santa FE
Calif
Quinn Martin
Hollywood
FBI
Martin
QM Productions
San Francisco
Michael Douglas
Karl Malden
Cannon
William Conrad
Barnaby Jones
Buddy Ebsen
Jane Wyman
Desilu Productions
Preschool Education May Get More Money
Education Secretary William Bennett voiced consideration of boosting preschool funding after a report by business leaders found reform has not helped the nearly one third of U.S. pupils who are educationally disadvantaged. The group calls for targeted spending with accountability.
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New York
William Bennett
U.S
Bennett
IRS Urges Early Focus on 1986 Tax Overhaul
The IRS urged taxpayers to study two free publications detailing major changes from the 1986 tax law. Spokesman Wilson Fadely said people should not wait until April to learn the new rules. Call 800-424-3676 or mail to Forms Distribution Center, P.O. Box 25866, Richmond VA 23260 to obtain copies.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Wilson Fadely
Forms Distribution Center
P.D
Richmond
Twins Sleep In Separate Cribs After 22-Hour Surgery
Seven month old twins joined at the head underwent a 22 hour operation at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Surgeons used suspended animation to separate shared brain drainage and reconstruct the circulation. Doctors declined to predict survival but noted the rare procedure offers a chance at a normal life.
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Baltimore
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Patrick
Benjamin Binder
Ulm
West Germany
Children’s Center
Binder
Mark Rogers
Ben Carson
Carson
Gulf Nations Press UN to Halt Attacks on Kuwait
Five Persian Gulf countries urged the United Nations to prevent strikes on Kuwait after a Chinese-made Iranian missile hit near Al Ahmadi. Kuwait asked the UN to stop Iran's aggression. Iran denied firing missiles. U.N. chief Perez de Cuellar planned talks with Iran and Iraq on a cease fire.
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Manama
Bahrain
Persian Gulf
United Nations
Kuwait
Gulf
Iran
Iraq
Saudi Arabia
Qatar
United Arab Emirates
Rashed Abdel-Aziz al-Rashed
U.N
Javier Perez de Cuellar
Security Council
Al-Ahmadi
Faw Peninsula
Falaika
Prison Population Hits New Record in First Half 1987
U S officials report prison populations reaching over 570000 nationwide in six months to June 30 up 4.7 percent from December. California added 5253 inmates to 65747, while the federal system rose 7.3 percent to 47653 as states report stricter sentencing and tougher crime perceptions.
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Washington
Bureau of Justice Statistics
South
Midwest
Northeast
California
Kidnappers botched tape ransom in Small case
The family of kidnapped man Stephen B. Small would have paid a $1 million ransom but could not decipher a garbled tape from his captors. Police say the criminals botched the plan by repeatedly failing on the telephone link and tape clarity. Small, 40, was a self employed renovator and great grandson of a former Illinois governor.
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Kankakee
Ill
Timothy O. Nugent
Stephen B. Small
Small
Nancy
Robert Pepin
Pepin
Illinois
Aiken Standard Contact and Office Hours
The notice lists subscription and advertising contacts for the Aiken Standard. It provides phone numbers for subscriptions, classifieds, news ideas, and display ads along with office hours and the mailing address at 124 Rutland Drive.
Emergency numbers list from The Aiken Standard
An emergency numbers sheet lists phone lines 649-2511 642-0800 648-6983 648-6811 652-2222 652-7770. The Aiken Standard, established 1867, is published by Aiken Communications Inc with mailing address PO Box 456 124 Rutland Drive Aiken SC 29802.
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Aiken Standard
Rutland Drive
P.O
Aiken
S.C
Aiken Communications Inc
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