GM Chief to unveil specifics on job cuts and plant closures
In Detroit General Motors Chairman Robert Stempel is expected to reiterate a plan identifying 74 000 layoffs and 21 plant closures by 1995 with details on last year’s 3 billion dollar losses and possibly a list of affected facilities. In Honolulu a Taiwanese fishing vessel with over 50 suspected illegal Chinese aliens was intercepted offshore the second such seizure in five days.
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Detroit
General Motors Corp
Robert Stempel
Stempel
Honolulu
China
Immigration, Customs and Coast Guard
South China Sea
John Radcliffe
U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Delta rocket launches 12th Navstar satellite from Cape Canaveral
The unmanned Delta rocket lifted off at 5:29 p.m. from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station carrying the $65 million Navstar satellite, resuming the military navigation network after a half-year pause. The satellite intended for a 12,500 mile high orbit, delayed last August due to flawed positioning systems in other Navstars.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
Black civic groups urged to expand focus beyond rights
A Detroit News and Ganett News Service poll of 1,211 black adults finds many want black organizations to address crime unemployment and education rather than only civil rights. The survey notes about 20 million black adults are 18 or older in the United States.
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Detroit
Detroit News
Gannett News Service
Mideast peace talks reconvene under Bush watch
Israeli and Arab negotiators resume negotiations in Washington as Syria Lebanon Jordan and Palestinian groups send delegations. Ely Rubinstein downplays border violence while hoping for progress. Shiite guerrillas withdraw fighters. about 800 remain near the border as Baker may take a more active role if proposals advance.
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Washington
Mideast
Bush
Israel
Syria
Lebanon
Jordan
Ely Akim Rubinstein
Bush Administration
Israeli
James Baker
GAO Finds Migrant Farm Workers Face Health Risks
The GAO reports migrant and seasonal farm workers lack minimum wages and basic protections. Workers are exposed to pesticides and may toil without drinking water, toilets, or hand washing facilities, risking dehydration and illness. Rep. Roybal calls conditions unconscionable.
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Washington
General Accounting Office
Edward R. Roybal
D-Calif
House Select Committee On Aging
GAO
Roybal
Arm
Congress
Environmental Protection Agency
Irish millionaire Ben Dunne arrested on cocaine charges
Dublin magnate Ben Dunne, 42, was arrested at the Hyatt Regency near Disney World after threatening to jump from a 17th floor railing. Police found 32.5 grams of cocaine in his bag and another amount on him. he was treated for an overdose and released on a $25,000 bond.
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Orlando
Fla
Ireland
Ben Dunne
Dunne
Dublin
Orange County
Irish Republican Army
Hyatt Regency Hotel
Disney World
Solomons
Florida
Study finds Idaho nuclear facility workers overexposed to radiation
GAO analyzed 115 episodic releases and annual doses at Idaho National Engineering Laboratory. Two episodic releases could exceed public standards then in effect. 240 workers had annual doses above current limits, with six events since 1949 causing 25 workers to exceed standards. Three workers died in a 1961 reactor vessel explosion amid cleanup.
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Washington
General Accounting Office
GAO
Energy Department
Idaho National Engineering Laboratory
Congress
Senate
John Glenn
Ohio
Water Sprinklers Target Homeless On Skid Row say ACLU
The ACLU will investigate merchants who use water sprinklers to drive homeless people away from Skid Row in Los Angeles. Spokeswoman Linda Burstyn likens the tactic to civil rights era water tactics while a store owner praises sprinklers as an effective method. Homeless residents report sprinklers soak blankets and belongings without warning.
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Los Angeles
The
American Civil Liberties Union
ACLU
Linda Burstyn
Jack Simone
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