U S sues GM for recall of 1 1 million X body cars
The Department of Justice seeks 4 million in penalties and a recall of 1.1 million 1980 X cars including Chevrolet Citation Pontiac Phoenix Buick Skylark and Oldsmobile Omega over a braking defect. The suit alleges GM concealed tests and misled the NHTSA about premature rear wheel lock risking accidents.
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Los Angeles Times Service
Washington
Department of Justice
General Motors Corp
U.S. District Court
J. Paul McGrath
Department of Transportation
Detroit
William Weber Jr
Weber
McGrath
General Motors
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Office of Defects Investigation
NHTSA
Pan Am rehiring hero who foiled hijackings in Miami flight
Pan Am will rehire Spicer Lung after he and his son subdued a Cuban hijacker on a Miami to Houston flight. Lung, 45, was laid off two weeks earlier after 19 years with Pan Am. Ayala, 29, faces attempted air piracy charges.
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Pan Am
Miami
Spicer Lung
Spicer Lung Jr
Pan American World Airways
Cuba
Lung
Mike Clark
Alfredo Ayala
Greens deputy hurls blood at US general in Bundestag protest
West Germany radical Greens deputy Frank Schwalba-Hoth seized a bottle of his own blood and hurled it at Lt. Gen. Paul S. Williams during a reception for American officers at the Hesse state parliament in Wiesbaden. Williams commands the US Army's 5th Corps. A fellow officer punched the deputy, and aides quicklyoverpowered him as he collapsed.
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West Germany
Greens
U.S
Frank Schwalba- Hoth
Paul S. Williams
Hesse
Weisbaden
Williams
Schwalba- Hoth
Soviet create political commissars in Interior Ministry
Moscow reports the Politburo ordered a new corps of political commissars for the Interior Ministry to tighten police discipline. Gen. Vitaly Fedorchuk, the new interior minister, is expected to use KGB veterans as political organs within the ministry.
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Interior Ministry
Communist Party
Vitaly Fedorchuk
Fedorchuk
KGB
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The Gazette Address and Subscription Rates Notice
The Gazette established 1883 by The Gazette Company publishes daily and Sunday editions at 500 Third Avenue SE Cedar Rapids Iowa 52406. Subscription rates: carrier 1.95 weekly. mail morning and Sunday seven issues 9.20 for four weeks 95.00 for 52 weeks. USPS 095680.
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U.S
Associated Press
Rhode Island Victims Fund Nearing Collapse
The Rhode Island crime victims compensation fund, funded by fees on criminals and interest, has paid out 1.098 million dollars in the last year, more than double its income, prompting concern about its solvency. The fund offers up to 25 thousand dollars for medical bills wages and pain and suffering.
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Providence
R.I
Rhode Island
Quintuplets born to 21 year old in Indianapolis
Premature quintuplets born Wednesday to Suzanne Gaither in Indianapolis may stay hospitalized up to a month as one infant uses a respirator. The mother, hospitalized 80 days and having gained 70 pounds, is expected to be released in five to seven days. The three girls and two boys, born six weeks early at just after 7 am, are generally doing well.
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Indianapolis
Suzanne Gaither
James Lemons
University Hospital
Consultant Testified On Craft Demotion Probes
Kansas City AP reports consultant Steve Meacham acknowledged using the term broads for anchorwomen and criticized news anchors’ pay while guiding viewer surveys. He said he urged subjects to target the anchors because they earned about $100 000.
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Kansas City, Mo
Christine Craft
Steve Meacham
Craft
U.S. District Court
Boston store owner fined for sexual discrimination
The Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination fined Fred Harney more than 18000 for forcing female workers to wear short skirts and lifting them to prod with his crutch. The ruling states the dress requirements existed solely to display bodies for sexual titillation.
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Boston
Margot P. Kosberg
Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination
Fred Harney
Kosberg
Shultz urged to consider Castro's offer
A bipartisan House and Senate delegation urged Secretary of State George Shultz to pursue Fidel Castro's conciliatory remarks on Central America. They said the administration should follow up the overture, noting Castro's willingness to back regional accords and withdraw foreign advisers.
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George Shultz
Fidel Castro
Central America
House
Senate
Shultz
State Department
Reagan
Castro
Howard Baker
R-Tenn
Baker
U.S
Reagan apologizes to women's group over tour snafu
Reagan spent ten minutes apologizing to the National Federation of Business and Professional Women delegates for the White House tour mix up that kept 1,200 conventioneers away. A later quip about men in skin suits drew criticism from Polly Madenwald, president of the federation, who called his remark patronizing and insensitive.
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Ronald Reagan
White House
Polly Madenwald
National Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs
Reagan
Mrs. Madenwald
Come
Beatrice Kyle
Buckingshire
England
Federation
Executive Mansion
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