Tentative Love Canal settlement eyed by Occidental and residents
In Los Angeles AP reports a multimillion dollar tentative pact aims to settle most Love Canal claims against Occidental Petroleum and related parties. About 1,345 neighborhood residents would be affected as lawsuits seek damages for health and property losses from the toxic site. Negotiations continue over allocation, release wording, and mechanics before NY Supreme Court approval.
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Civil rights enforcement eroded by funding cuts say panel
The U S Commission on Civil Rights reports two years of austerity and staff cuts have weakened federal civil rights enforcement across six agencies including Justice Education Labor HHS and HUD and the EEOC. It cites declines in housing reviews and back pay recoveries while White House aides dispute the findings.
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Davis recovery called miracle after mastectomy and stroke
Beverly Hills veteran actress Bette Davis, 75, is recuperating from June mastectomy and a subsequent stroke. Aaron Spelling says doctors see her recovery as a miracle. Davis stars in a co production of Hotel while Spelling releases details to set the record straight.
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Governor Brown Wins Light Race Against UK Team
In Lexington, governor John Brown, 49, after heart surgery, walked 5 miles in 46 minutes 23 seconds while Jim Master, a UK guard, ran 6.2 miles in 37:40. Brown joked about the odds, joined by walkers including his 83-year-old father and Parks Commissioner Lou Karibo. Master waited at the finish line.
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Coroner reveals new facts in Natalie Wood death case
Former Los Angeles coroner Thomas Noguchi claims Natalie Wood struggled in cold Pacific waters after falling from a yacht near Catalina Island on November 29 1981. He says she likely fell while retieing the dinghy and suggests her red down jacket weighing 30 to 40 pounds hindered her, contradicting earlier statements about the death being tied to an argument between Robert Wagner and Christopher Walken.
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Shamir vows to follow Begin path in government
Yitzhak Shamir was sworn in as Israel's seventh prime minister and pledged to pursue Menachem Begin's policies in Lebanon and the occupied West Bank. He won a 60-53 confidence vote amid a five-party coalition, with economic strains prompting early calls for financial measures. He will keep Begin's 19-member cabinet and remains foreign minister.
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Women Joining Work Force Up 173 Percent In 33 Years
Washington AP Census Bureau reports show women in the labor force increasing from 16.7 million in 1947 to 45.6 million in 1980, a 173 percent rise while men rose 43 percent. About half of adult women worked outside the home in 1980.
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Midwest seeks milder emissions plan and research funding
Governors approve a plan to freeze emissions at 1980 levels until a national program begins and to fund $100 million yearly in acid rain research. Separately, a Jackson for Jackson fundraising drive targets $20 bills, and politics mix with Glenn denying Reaganomics links amid election discourse.
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Thousands mourn Burma bombing victims in Seoul rally
In Seoul thousands protested the Burma bombing that killed 16 members of a South Korean presidential delegation. President Chun Doo-hwan called the blast an attack on him and blamed North Korea, declaring a nationwide mourning period.
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Genscher Gromyko to hold Vienna talks on arms accord
West Germany Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher will meet Soviet counterpart Andrei Gromyko in Vienna for two days of urgent talks to promote a Geneva arms accord. A Foreign Ministry spokesman said the aim is a fruitful East West relationship and to curb mudslinging. In Mexico City a rebel spokesman said a top leftist leader in El Salvador was among four kidnapped, tortured, and killed by a rightist death squad. Victor Manuel Quintanilla was identified as a leftist organizer, marking a high profile FDR figure.
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