Phone strike settlement ends three week AT&T walkout
Washington AP unions representing 675000 AT&T workers voted to accept a tentative three year contract providing a 5.5 percent immediate raise for those with five years, 1.5 percent annual increases in 1984 and 1985, and inflation protection. Job security provisions and limits on health premium costs were achieved while local contracts in 34 areas await finalization. workers could return within 48 hours as local bargaining concludes.
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Washington
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
Glenn Watts
Communications Workers of America
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
The
Telecommunications International Union
IBEW
TIA
Watts
CWA
Charles Dynes
At&t
Bell System
Aquino Returns From Exile and Is Killed at Manila Airport
Philippines exile leader Benigno Aquino, a major challenger to President Marcos, was shot in the head and killed as he stepped from a plane returning from three years in the United States. The assassination sparked nationwide mourning and accusations against the government. The White House commented on Reagan’s planned November visit and urged swift justice. Thousands gathered outside the airport chanting "Ninoy."
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Manila
Philippines
Benigno Aquino
Ferdinand E. Marcos
United States
Aquino
Marcos
Salvador Gonzales
Quezon
Washington
State Department
Robert Williams
White House
Larry Speakes
Santa Barbara
Calif
Reagan
Ninoy
Sen
Widow of Aquino greeted by Filipino mourners in Boston
The widow Corazon Aquino welcomed Filipino exiles from Dallas, New Orleans and New York at a Boston suburb home as news spread of Benigno S. Aquino Jr.’s death. She expressed fatalism about the loss and recalled his decision to return to the Philippines to pressure Marcos.
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New York Times
Boston
Dallas
New Orleans
New York
Benigno S. Aquino Jr
Philippines
Corazon Aquino
Aquino
Wisconsin reporters raid state computer to test security
Wisconsin State Journal reporters tapped a Madison regional computing center to show ease of access to a system processing welfare, payroll, and tax data. Attorney General La Follette watched as they demonstrated a five minute intrusion, revealing unguarded access points while denying data alteration.
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Wis
Wisconsin
Wisconsin State Journal
Bronson C. la Follette
Ers
United States
Canada
IBM
William Shelton
Shelton
la Follette
Wilson Street
Paul A. Rix
Thomas W
Mubarak shifts stance Israel should pull out first from Lebanon
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak urged Israel to withdraw completely from Lebanon and said he expected Syria to pull its troops out afterward. He had previously favored simultaneous withdrawal. The change follows Egypt and Syria seeking repaired relations after the 1979 peace treaty. McFarlane cited redeployment as a prelude to full withdrawal, while Lebanon fears partition and dominance by Israel and Syria.
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Cairo
Egypt
Hosni Mubarak
Israel
Lebanon
Syria
Mubarak
U.S. Middle East
Robert McFarlane
McFarlane
The hardest part of dieting is watching friends eat
A concise reflection on dieting challenges noting that restraint often centers on social eating pressures from friends rather than personal food choices. It frames social dynamics as a primary hurdle in sustaining dietary plans.
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