Quebec Language Law Makes French Official Provincewide
Quebec legislature passed and Lt Gov signed The Charter of the French Language making French official in education business and government. Premier Levesque aims for a referendum on independence. law affects newcomers and English minority amid debate. Камille Laurin called for healing divisions as 54 to 32 vote approved the bill.
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Quebec
Canada
Hugues Lapointe
Parti Quebecois
Rene Levesque
Camille Laurin
North America
National Assembly
Laurin
Levesque
Assembly
Montreal
Liberal
Union Naionale
Coal Strike Gains Strength in Appalachian Mining Regions
Officials struggle to end a nine week wildcat strike that idled 34 000 miners in West Virginia and Kentucky as talks were set to resume with the Bituminous Coal Operators Association and United Mine Workers. Labor Secretary Ray Marshall met with UMW President Arnold Miller while West Virginia Governor Jay Rockefeller pressed for negotiated settlement amid healthcare benefit disputes and regional mine closures.
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Charleston
W.va
Appalachia
West Virginia
Kentucky
Washington, D.C
Ray Marshall
United Mine Workers
Arnold Miller
Department
Gav
Jay Rockefeller
Caafields
Rockefeller
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Virginia
International
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
BCOA
UMW
West Virginia Coal Association
UMW District 17
Weather summary for Virginia and North Carolina periods
Partly cloudy and warmer in Virginia with a chance of afternoon or evening showers Saturday and Sunday. Highs in the 60s to 70s, lows in the 60s. North Carolina mostly clear to partly cloudy through Sunday with scattered thundershowers in the southeast and mountain rain possible. Highs in the 70s or 80s, lows in the 60s.
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Virginia
North Carolina
Six Killed by Sniper in New Jersey Town
AP reports a sniper killed six people Friday then killed himself near a cornfield as authorities closed in. Police found three victims near the railroad tracks and three more in Mansfield Township after a ConRail crew sighting. The suspect died at Community Hospital. no motive released. Extensive search by state police, troopers, and bloodhounds followed. identities withheld.
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Hackettstown
Wate
New Jersey
Mansfield Township
ConRail
Morris County
Histadrut Leader Opposes Begin Policies in Israel
Yeruham Meshel of Histadrut warned in New York that Begin's economic program would burden low income families and alter Israeli society. He stressed the union will defend workers' rights and may confront the government if forced.
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New York
Israel
Histadrut
Menahem Begin
Yeruham Meshel
Begin
Meshel
SEC charges Beame misled public to sell New York bonds
The SEC accused Mayor Abraham Beame of deceiving the public to push a record 4 billion in short term city securities in 1974 and 1975, saying banks and institutions hid the true peril while investors bore the risk. Beame dismissed the report as biased and political.
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Washington
Securities and Exchange Commission
Abraham D. Beame
New York
SEC
Beanie
Beame
Commission
Herman Badillo
Dn.y
Bearne
Justice Department
Bella Abzug
Troublesome Voyager Boom Deployed But Not Locked In Place
Pasadena AP reports Voyager 2 photographs show the troublesome boom essentially deployed though not confirmed locked. Jet Propulsion Laboratory spokesman notes no Earth signal confirmed deployment and mission teams race to resolve the issue before Voyager 1 launch windows close.
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Pasadena
Calif
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Voyager
Earth
Frank Colella
Colalla
Colla
Jubiter
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Fla
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Charles “Chuckie” O'Brien
Broward Uning Council
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the Register Publishing Co., Inc
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