AT&T EDT news conference hints at local pact wrap up
News conference on Thursday was uncertain. IBEW and other unions aim to settle local contracts within 48 hours of the national deal. IBEW reports about half its local contracts resolved and some 20 000 Western Electric workers back on the job. CWA and Bell lines complicate immediate full return. The three year pact includes raises and job protections. The strike affects directory assistance and repairs, while Cook County seeks refunds and California debates rate refunds.
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International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Telecommunications International Union
IBEW
Tom Hickman
Western Electric
Martin Hughes
CWA
Cleveland
Bell System
Illinois
Cook County
Richard Daley
State Commerce Commission
Illinois Bell
Panel reviews top management staffing at Department of Human Services
A private panel including Ken Power Sharon Ward and David Kauf will assess the department’s top management staffing salaries structure and budget. They will compare with other agencies and seek staffing changes to cut costs. Findings are due to Reagan by Sept 20. The department has cut an average of $15 million annually over four years and reduced filled positions by 703 since 1979 through freezes and district consolidations.
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Deere and Co
Ken Power
Northwestern Bell Telephone Co
Sharon Ward
Younkers Department Stores
David Kauf
BLC Co
Bankers Life
Reagen
Department of Human Services
Heat waves, Barry threat loom as storms threaten Florida coast
Tropical Storm Barry moving westward off Florida's Atlantic coast could bring rain to the Southeast as Kennedy Space Center prepares the shuttle Challenger for possible wind and water impact. NASA warns rolling back depends on Barry stalling, with emergency measures set as officials monitor the path and timing.
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Jim Ball
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Weather Outlook: Heat Wave Continues Across Southeast
Extended forecast shows little rain from Saturday to Monday with highs in the 90s and lows mid 60s to mid 70s. Record highs were set in Georgia Tennessee Alabama Mississippi and Florida amid storms and tropical system Barry influencing Florida.
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Maine
Colorado
Arizona
New Mexico
Texas
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Mid- Mississippi Valley
South Carolina
Desert
Washington
New England
Opinion links prime farmland to race track regulation
Assistant Attorney General Gary L. Hayward advises the Racing Commission to consult the Iowa Department of Soil Conservation to see if its survey on prime farmland can aid race track site regulation. Rep. William Harbor asks about prime farmland and stock sales rules. the opinion stresses disclosure of 10 percent stock contracts to prevent license misuse by straw owners and uphold license integrity.
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Department of Soil Conservation
Gary L. Hayward
Iowa Department of Soil Conservation
William Harbor
R-Henderson
Racing Commission
Council Bluffs Men Seek Funds for Vietnam Memorial
Rich ard Knoble of Grenville M. Dodge VFW Post 737 says two Council Bluffs men Verlon King and Ross Grego organize a Vietnam Memorial fund without formal VFW endorsement. City Council allowed placement of the memorial in Bayliss Park, with the post offering support only if all veterans are honored. Grego, father of Marine Phillip Grego killed in 1966, led the fundraising push with King.
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Richard Knoble
Grenville M. Dodge
Council Bluffs
VFW
Verlon King
Post
Ross Grego
Bayliss Park
Knoble
King
Grego
Phillip Grego
Vietnam
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