Bargaining to avert air strike nears endgame
Washington talks between air traffic controllers and the government move toward serious bargaining as a 6 am CDT strike deadline looms. Union president Robert E. Poli rejects extensions while Transportation Secretary Drew Lewis demands a high offer and cites a wide gap in proposals.
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Washington
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
B.J. Yount
Marcia Feldman
Transportation
Drew Lewis
Lewis
Kenneth Moffett
Union
Robert E. Poli
Moffett
Reagan
Justice Department
Poli
Tax battle over Reagan oil tax breaks looms in Senate
Senate votes on the final Reagan tax bill as Kennedy fights to strip oil industry breaks. Kennedy accuses the measure of unfair aid to oil, while supporters push the historic cut amid partisan tensions and a volatile prevote lobbying scene.
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Washington
Senate
House-Senate
Kennedy
Rudy Boschwitz
R-Minn
Massachusetts Democrat
New Bedford
Mass
House
Car Affordability Pressures Highlight Tough Times
The note underscores the hardship faced by individuals unable to purchase a small car or afford operating a larger vehicle during difficult economic conditions. It points to financial strain and mobility challenges for ordinary households.
Poland Solidarity agrees to meeting on food crisis protests
Warsaw officials announce a coordinated campaign to address a spiraling food shortage as Solidarity reverses a postponement and agrees to meet Monday with Deputy Premier Rakowski. Demonstrations across cities will continue with street protests using taxis buses and garbage trucks to pressure for food supply improvements.
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Warsaw
Poland
Solidarity
Mieczyslaw Rakowski
Wojciech Jaruzelski
PAP
Communist Party Politburo
Jaruzelski
Politburo
Warsaw Solidarity
Iowa Air Traffic Controllers Readying Nationwide Strike
About 100 Iowa controllers plan to join a nationwide work stoppage at 6 30 am if FAA PATCO negotiations fail. Local president Larry Case says Des Moines Cedar Rapids Waterloo and Sioux City airports will abstain from duty unless a settlement is reached.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Federal Aviation Administration
Larry Case
Cose
Cedar Rapids
Waterloo
Sioux City
FAA
PATCO
Hunger striker Kieran Doherty dies sparks Belfast riots
IRA hunger striker Kieran Doherty dies after 73 days without food, triggering street rioting in Belfast that injures three serious. Earlier, IRA militants detonated a mine killing two soldiers. Doherty had been elected to the Irish parliament from Maze prison.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
UPI
Kieran Doherty
Doherty
Britain
Maze
NIO
Provisional
Irish Republican Army
Kevin Lynch
Lynch
H-Block
Liam McCloskey
McCloskey
Irish National Liberation Army
IRA
Patrick Agnew
Lower Falls Road
Ireland
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