Reagan aide testifies economy remains very weak
Martin Feldstein, newly confirmed chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, told the Senate committee that the economy is very weak but a recovery is expected soon. He warned the jobless rate may take five to six years to drop below 7 percent, while unemployment claims fell to 598000 for the week ending Nov. 27.
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Reagan
Senate
Martin Feldstein
Council of Economic Advisers
Feldstein
White House
Labor Department
Feinstein vetoes city health bill for live-in partners
In San Francisco Mayor Dianne Feinstein vetoed an ordinance granting health benefits to city employees live-in lovers citing ambiguity and vagueness. The Board of Supervisors passed the measure 8-3 and can override within 30 days.
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San Francisco
Dianne Feinstein
Board of Supervisors
Gay man wins permanent custody in first known adoption by a homosexual
In Riverside California a gay man gained permanent custody Thursday of his 17 year old foster son. The county agreed to the adoption minutes before a court hearing on a suit by David Frater 29. Previously the county denied consent without explanation. In Montgomery Alabama Circuit Judge Wilson Hayes was suspended without pay for suggesting sterilization to a black parent in a divorce case. The suspension lasts through his term ending January 17.
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Calif
David Frater
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Court of the Judiciary
Wilson Hayes
Ray Minette
Hayes
Freddie Lee Scott
Scott
Kidnapping of Financier Hyman Belzberg in Calgary
Multimillionaire financier Hyman Belzberg was abducted in Calgary by at least two masked men who forced him into a van. The Belzberg family controls First City Financial Corp Ltd and First City Trust Corp with assets in Canada and the U.S. Police reported no ransom demand at the time.
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Alberta
UPI
Hyman Belzberg
Belzberg
Samuel
William
First City Financial Corp
First City Trust Corp
Canada
United States
Priest priest confession leads to murder charge in South Dakota
In a Lincoln AP report,, a prison chaplain’s disclosure of a private confession connects Jon Esslinger to the Aug 8 double slayings in Dixon South Dakota. Esslinger, 19, is extradited to stand trial for murder with the chaplain possibly called as a witness.
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Lincoln, Neb
Jon E. Esslinger
Kearney
South Dakota
Joel Lundak
Gary Davis
Lundak
Nebraska Diagnostic and Evaluation Center
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