Pilot union executives vote to strike Continental
Continental pilots and flight attendants authorize a Saturday strike amid bankruptcy turmoil. ALPA and 46 other airlines consider a nationwide walkout to press for back to work terms and potential minimum fare action. Local Cedar Rapids travel planners report cautious bookings and reliance on alternatives.
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Houston
Continental Airlines Pilots Union
Continental
Continental Pilot Union
Gary Thomas
Marilyn Wade
Los Angeles
The
Air Line Pilots Association
Cedar Rapids
Chicago
St. Louis
Universal Travel
Pat Fitzpatrick
Universal
Eastern
Fitzpatrick
Landslide in Gorham Maine Swallows House and Vehicles
A Gorham Maine landslide Wednesday swallowed a new house and three vehicles while eight people including two children were in or near the home. A state geologist suggested a nearby well drilling operation may have triggered the slide. no injuries were reported.
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Gorham
Maine
House backs compromise on Radio Marti to Reagan
The House approved a compromise to authorize government broadcasting to Cuba under Voice of America. The plan keeps the Cuba service on 1180 AM from Saddie Bunch Key Florida while avoiding a separate Radio Marti station. The measure, supported by some Iowa Republicans and opposed by Iowa Democrats, now goes to the president for signature.
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Gazette News
Washington
House
Cuba
Reagan
Radio Marti
Jose Marti
U.S
United
Des Moines
WHO
Iowa
Edward Zorinsky
D-Neb
Charles Grassley
National Association of Broadcasters
Senate
Radio Mart
Voice of America
Saddie Bunch Key
Fla
Tom Tauke
R-Dubuque
Tauke
Cooper Evans
Jim Leach
Tom Harkin
Neal Smith
Berkley Bedell
Congress
Mondale Wins NEA Backing in Major Endorsement
The National Education Association political arm voted overwhelmingly to support Walter Mondale. NEA officials say the 65 member PAC recommended the endorsement, pending approval by the full 124 member board this morning with a 58 percent threshold.
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Washington
National Education Association
Walter Mondale
NEA
AFL Cio General Board
Hollywood
Fla
Maine
Political Action Committee Council
Teachers’ Union
Philippine Times raided over alleged sedition plotting
Philippine troops seized the offices of the weekly Philippine Times accusing it of inciting sedition after it reported that top Marcos aides plotted Aquino’s assassination. Guards closed the editorial and printing areas and removed equipment as a guerrilla group fled. Relatives of Rev. James Carney seek updates on his status while US Embassy and Honduran authorities prepare talks.
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Manila
Philippines
Ferdinand Marcos
Benigno Aquino
Marcos
Philippine Times
James Francis Carney
Jim
Honduras
Joseph Connolly
Five Die In Fiery Quebec Highway Pileup
A foggy chain reaction crash on the Trans-Canada Highway near Ste. Madeleine Quebec killed at least five people and injured three others. Dozens of trucks and cars were involved as smoke and flames forced hours of closures and heavy traffic in both directions east of Montreal.
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Ste. Madeleine
Quebec
Montreal
Court rejects appeal in Tenn. girl chemotherapy case
Tennessee Supreme Court refused to hear a preacher father's argument that his family's religious objections to medicine outweigh chemotherapy for Pamela Hamilton a 12 year old cancer patient. Pamela began seven days of rest and evaluation in Knoxville hospital as an eight day treatment cycle was scheduled to start October 6 at East Tennessee Children's Hospital. The girl's father a Church of God preacher from LaFollette Tenn may pursue appeal to the US Supreme Court.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee Supreme Court
Pamela Hamilton
Knoxville
East Tennessee Children’s Hospital
James A. Bell
US Supreme Court
Church of God of the Union Assembly
LaFollette
Teachers See Computers Boost Learning in National Poll
NEA official Sharon P. Robinson told a House subcommittee that 95.8 percent of teachers surveyed say computers help educate students. The majority want to write programs for class use, but costs may limit access to poorer districts.
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Washington
National Education Association
Sharon P. Robinson
House Science and Technology
Family Begins Search for Missing Priest in Honduras
In Tegucigalpa, Honduras, the family of an American priest started a search for clues about his fate after the Honduran army said it would not confirm reports that he had died.
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Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Thatcher calls Soviet arms demand ridiculous amid talks
British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher at the White House dismissed Moscow’s demand to include Britain and France in current nuclear talks as ridiculous and sidetracking. She warned reductions could follow only if the Soviet Union accepts radical cuts, while praising U S strategy on Pershing 2 and cruise missiles if deadlines fail. She also criticized Soviet actions over the South Korean airliner incident and pressed US budget concerns impacting Europe.
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Washington
Margaret Thatcher
Soviet Union
Britain
France
Moscow
Thatcher
Reagan
White House
Winston Churchill
U.S
Europe
U.S. States
Peacemaker Slain in Zulu Feud Ambush
Neil Alcock a 64 year old agriculturist and longtime peacemaker among Zulus was ambushed and killed with five tribal elders near Weenen in Natal province while attempting to mediate feuding clans. Police expect Zulu involvement with no arrests yet. More than 1,000 Zulus have died in five years of fighting linked to apartheid policies.
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Weenen
South Africa
Neil Alcock
Creina
Mshinga
Natal
Alcock
W.P.J. van Wyk
Alan Paton
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