Greyhound strikers approve pact ending seven week strike
Greyhound workers voted 74 percent in favor of a three year contract that includes wage cuts and a 4 percent employee pension contribution. Nationwide service to resume by Wednesday with about 2 000 daily schedules across 48 states. The agreement follows seven weeks of strike and violence.
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Phoenix
Iowa
Tom Halliburton
Amalgamated Transit Union
Des Moines
Rosenblum
Greyhound
Washington
ATA
Record cold grips Iowa as arctic blast lingers
A severe arctic air mass shatters cold records across Iowa with Atlantic at minus 33 and Cedar Rapids lows of minus 17 to minus 18. Forecasters warn of a lengthy winter and Christmas weekend snow likely, signaling continued bitter conditions statewide.
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Upper Midwest
Paul Waite
Cedar Rapids
Spencer
Algona
Iowa
Frigid air grips U.S. with record subzero cold
Subzero weather stretches from the Cascades to Cape Cod as Milwaukee to Fort Worth report ice and burst water mains. In Nebraska and Minnesota many roads become impassable while cars fail to start in 40 below conditions.
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Associated Press
America
Cascades
Cape Cod
Great Plains
Platte River
Nebraska
Fort Worth
Texas
Seattle
Buffalo
N.Y
Jerry Chapman
Chapman
Exxon
Williston
N.C
St. Cloud
Minn
National Weather Service
Harrison
Wis
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
Bill Harrison
Enid
Montana
Michigan
U.S
Chuckle about wrapping up a gift of gab
A light quip notes that many people who talk smoothly fail to end their conversations well. The joke hinges on the irony of a fluent speaker lacking a tidy closer.
Beirut bombing report faults senior U S officers
A House Armed Services panel found serious errors of judgment by top Marine commanders and faulted higher up in the chain of command for failing to protect troops after the Beirut truck bombing that killed 241 U S servicemen. The inquiry cited intelligence gaps and weaker security at the Marine HQ than at the embassy.
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Washington
House
U.S
Beirut
Armed Services
Subcommittee On Investigations
Lebanon
John Vessey
Military Joint Chiefs of Staff
Marine Headquarters
Reagan to Hold News Conference Tonight at 7
President Reagan will hold a news conference tonight at 7 CST, spokesman Larry Speakes said. The three major commercial networks will carry it live.
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Washington
Reagan
Larry Speakes
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Abby
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