Labor Day gas prices rise but fuel is accessible nationwide
Gasoline costs are about 30 cents higher than a year ago across the United States. Northern California faces a potential disruption as 1,200 California Service Station Association members threaten a shutdown to protest profits. Amtrak moves to cut six trains and rework routes by Oct. 1 pending Congress approval. Navy leaders push to curb racism and expand remedial training for disadvantaged recruits starting Oct. 1 to qualify for advanced schools.
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Service Station Association
Dan Lundberg
Lundberg
Washington
Navy
Adm
Thomas Hayward
Naval Operations
Unprecedented change needed for world women say UN report
The 1979 UN survey on women states equality with men requires political social and cultural change on a scale unprecedented in human history. More than two billion women have never had the chance to seek better conditions and reforms must come through broad societal shifts led by Helvi Sipila.
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United Nations
U.N. Center For Social Development and Humanitarian Affairs
Helvi Sipila
U.N. Secretariat
Kurdish spokesman denies agreement to enter Mahabad
A Kurdish spokesman denies reports that Ayatollah Khomeini’s forces will enter Mahabad. He says no one in Mahabad or the goodwill delegation agrees to an army entry and accuses Tehran Radio of distorting negotiations. The official refused to be identified.
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Iran
Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini
Mahabad
Kurdish Democratic Party
Carter Promises Energy Help At Georgia Tech
President Carter visited the Georgia Institute of Technology for an energy symposium. He heard experts discuss building efficiency, coal to synthetic fuels, and a push to expand coal use, and urged action by Energy Secretary Charles Duncan. He then planned to attend Emory University ground breaking ceremonies before heading to Tampa for more energy discussions.
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Carter
United States
Georgia Institute of Technology
America
Charlie Duncan
Charles Duncan
Emory University
Mid
Washington
White House
Tampa
Fla
Samuel Newhouse dies at 84 former communications magnate
Newhouse, builder of a vast media empire with 31 newspapers 7 magazines 6 TV stations 5 radio outlets and 20 cable systems, died Wednesday at age 84. He spent over 500 million dollars to expand his publishing and broadcasting holdings and was known for reviving financially troubled newspapers.
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NEW York
Samuel Newhouse
U of IA Professor Wins $31,000 Muscular Dystrophy Grant
Iowa City report says Dr. Victor V. Ion Asescu, professor of pediatrics at the University of Iowa College of Medicine, received a $31,000 grant from the Muscular Dystrophy Association of America. The research group will test how various drugs affect protein synthesis and creatine kinase in muscle cell cultures from muscular dystrophy patients.
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Victor V. Ionasescu
University of Iowa College of Medicine
Muscular Dystrophy Association of America
Hurricane David Devastates Dominica Kills at Least Four
Hurricane David swept Dominica causing ruin in Roseau with 60 000 homeless in makeshift shelters. Prime Minister Oliver Seraphin warned the death toll would rise as aid mobilizes across the island.
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Barbados
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Roseau
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Oliver Seraphin
Caribbean
David
U.S. Virgin Islands
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Antilles
Martinique
Guadeloupe
Two ARP Members Charged in Mountbatten Killing
In Ireland two Provisional IRA members Francis McGirl and Thomas McMahon were charged with Earl Mountbatten's murder. Police cited nitroglycerin traces and time-bomb expertise while a broader investigation included several detainees in Donegal. Prime Minister Thatcher invited Irish Premier Lynch to London for talks. Lynch plans Mountbatten's funeral at Westminster Abbey.
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Ireland
Irish Republican Army
Earl Mountbatten
Donegal
Irish Republic
Northern Ireland
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McGirl
John Joe McGirl
Provisionals’ Council
Mountbatten
Jack Lynch
Margaret Thatcher
London
Lynch
Westminster Abbey
Thatcher
Soviets Likely To Accept SALT II Reservations
Senator Biden reports a three hour meeting with Soviet Premier Kosygin in which he explained Senate reservations on the SALT II pact. Biden says Kosygin gave silent but confident reaction and that the Soviet Union is expected to accept changes without abrogating the treaty.
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U.S
Senate
Kremlin
Joseph Biden
Alexei Kosygin
Biden
Delaware
Kosygin
NATO
Soviet Union
Study suggests tax on jobless benefits
Congressional auditors propose taxing unemployment compensation for all recipients to boost work incentives. The GAO interviewed 3,000 jobless people and found about a quarter received benefits exceeding 75 percent of prior net income. Last year 8 million people collected 9.7 billion dollars in benefits.
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Congressional
General Accounting Office
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