Supreme Court to hear pregnant benefits case
The court will decide whether employers must provide special fringe benefits and guaranteed rehiring for pregnant workers under a California law. The case pits business groups and the Reagan administration against the measure, claimed as sex discrimination, while the court also weighs a separate death penalty jury exclusion issue and an antitrust challenge to a meat packing merger involving Cargill, Excel, Land O Lakes, and Monfort.
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Land O’lakes Inc
Land O'Lakes
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Minn
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Oakland
Schuyler, Neb
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Colorado Inc
Greeley
Colo
Grand Island
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Monfort
Israel Agrees to Binding Arbitration on Sinai Border
Israel yields to Egypt demand for binding arbitration over the Taba 250 acre resort and 14 border points left after 1982 Sinai withdrawal. Prime Minister Peres informs President Mubarak after a lengthy cabinet session addressing right wing opposition.
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Churches Form Anti Apartheid Crusade Centered On Sanctions
Leaders of 24 major churches and 12 interchurch agencies announce the Churches Emergency Committee on South Africa to pursue government sanctions divestment and boycotts. The group spans liberal to conservative denominations but excludes some fundamentalist churches. In other news a South African court upholds Winnie Mandela travel ban and a U S diplomat delivers a letter on regional developments to President Botha as the United States flags its policy of constructive engagement.
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Chester Crocker
African Affairs
Pieter Botha
Reagan
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Lange gives birth to second daughter in Santa Fe
Jessica Lange and Sam Shepard welcomed a 7 pound 4 ounce girl at St. Vincent Hospital in Santa Fe New Mexico. The couple, who live near Santa Fe, also have a 4 year old daughter Alexandra with dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov.
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Soviet defector charged in Santa Monica lover's death
Vladimar Ratchikhine, 44, is accused of murdering Ludmilla Kondratieva, 38, whose body was found in a car overturned in the Santa Monica surf. He was rearrested after coroner findings and held without bail. In separate federal note, unemployment benefits coverage declined in 1985 with 5.6 million jobless on average lacking benefits and 340,000 losing the extra federal aid last year.
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Center On Budget and Policy Priorities
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Bonner bypass byps six arteries in complex heart surgery
Yelena Bonner remained in satisfactory condition after major heart surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital. Surgeons bypassed six arteries and the operation went well with her in intensive care. An unidentified hospital spokesman noted uncertainty about her alertness to call her exiled husband in the Soviet Union. At Houston Space Center, Columbia astronauts failed to secure Halley’s Comet close ups due to a light intensifier problem. The seven crew members also faced malfunctions with a camera, a medical device and other experiments.
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Martin Bander
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U S Probes Iran Stop and Search of American Ship
The United States says Iran may have acted under naval warfare rules by stopping the President Taylor near the Persian Gulf to check for contraband bound for Iraq. Ambassador to UAE interviewed the captain as two US ships patrolled the area amid tension. No injuries reported.
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Britons Rescued After Antarctic Pole Trek Ends
American air crews rescued 24 expedition members after their support ship Southern Quest sank on ice. Three Britons walked 883 miles to the South Pole in two months before rescue. they were joined by 21 others aboard ice floes. Sir Peter Scott praised the feat as a display of daring spirit.
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Roger Mear
Gareth Wood
Viet Nam Pledges Probe Of 95 US Sighting Reports
Pentagon official Richard L. Armitage said Vietnam will review 95 live sighting reports of missing Americans in Indochina. Hundreds of prior sightings were dismissed as fabrications or already accounted for. Vietnam will also enable joint teams to excavate crash sites.
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Indochina
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Richard L. Armitage
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