Justices outlaw limits on pregnancy benefits
The Supreme Court in a 7 to 2 decision holds that male workers receive illegal discrimination when family medical plans offer less pregnancy related coverage to wives than to female employees. The ruling may force some employers to equalize benefits while allowing overall value limits to stay.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co
John McNulty
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Jewelry Raid in London Seizes Up to 5 Million in Gems
Four to five masked men armed with handguns raided a West End jewelry store Monday, holding staff at gunpoint and severing phone lines before fleeing on foot with jewelry and uncut diamonds. Scotland Yard said the heist involved between four and five robbers and targeted precious stones worth four to five million dollars.
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London
West End
Scotland Yard
Acting union head jailed in Chile copper strike
In Santiago, Chile, a judge jailed Hugo Estivales, acting president of the Copper Workers Federation, as authorities proceed with charges against 11 directors who led a walkout involving Chile's key copper export sector. Estivales had led the union after president Rodolfo Seguel's arrest.
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Chile
Efren Araya
Copper Workers Federation
Hugo Estivales
Estivales
Copper Workers Confederation
Rodolfo Seguel
Israel Ministers Reach Wage Offer to End Doctors Strike
Israel health and finance ministers approved a new wage offer on Monday for striking doctors in Tel Aviv and urged an end to the hunger strike and a return to negotiations. Dr. Ami Amit said organizers would call for an immediate end if the proposal is concrete.
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Israel
Ami Amit
Gazette Wi
Lebanese study blames Israelis for massacre
Lebanon's military prosecutor absolved the Phalange Party leadership of responsibility for the September refugee camp massacre and said the Israeli army bore full legal responsibility for surrounding Sabra and Chatilla during the killings. No prosecutions were planned for now.
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Gazette Wire Services
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Lebanon
Christian Phalange Party
Assad Germanos
Amin Gemayel
Phalange Party
Germanos
Sabra
Chatilla
Israeli Judicial Commission
Ariel Sharon
Phalange
Shuttle astronauts launch array of SPAS experiments
At Cape Canaveral the Challenger crew began 21 experiments aimed at medicine and metals research. Flight Director John Cox praised the crew for flawless performance, while Ride and Fabian faced data glitches later corrected by Mission Control. SPAS projects include metals, crystals, contaminants, and sun-ray measurements.
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Fla
John Cox
Sally Ride
John Fabian
Mission Control
Earth
Norman Thagard
Fabian
Ms. Ride
SPAS
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Judge refuses stay on draft registration ruling
U.S. District Judge Donald Alsop in Minnesota refused to lift an injunction blocking enforcement of a law that would force male college students to declare draft registration on federal financial aid forms. The ruling shielded states from enforcing the self incrimination based requirement pending appeal to the Supreme Court.
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ST. Paul, Minn
U.S
Donald Alsop
U.S. Supreme Court
Justice Department
Neil Koslowe
Supreme Court
U.S. Solicitor General's Office
Alsop
Indictment Targets Wake County Lt Governor in Bribe Scheme
Lt. Gov. Jimmy Green and Howard Watts of Clarkton were indicted by a Wake County grand jury on conspiring to receive up to 10 000 a month in bribes from an undercover FBI agent to influence state agencies. The charges cover bribes to perform or refrain from acts and to affect permits and licenses under tax laws.
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Raleigh
N.C
Jimmy Green
Wake County
FBI
Green
Howard Watts
Clarkton
Robert Drdak
State Alcohol Beverage Control Commission
ABC
State Department of Revenue
Dioxin Found Highest Level On Missouri Road
The EPA announced dioxin levels on a St James road reach 1800 parts per billion the highest in Missouri. Health officials advised three nearby families to relocate as cleanup proceeds including comparison to Times Beach levels and earlier February tests.
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Environmental Protection Agency
Missouri
Times Beach
EPA
Gazette Wire Services
Reagan says he will veto budget busting spending bills
President Reagan claimed credit for economic recovery and said he will veto any budget busting spending bills or tax increases. He warned Congress against budget authorizations and warned that raising taxes would threaten the recovery while outlining plans for a possible 1984 race. He spoke at a Jackson fundraiser amid Central America policy critique.
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Reagan
Congress
Washington
Jackson
Larry Speakes
Speakes
Mississippi
Central America
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