France Strikes Narrowly Hit Economy Yet Markets Rally
Paris and other cities saw a 24 hour general strike halting transport and many stores. Police reported teargas but no injuries, as 8 to 10 million participated to protest wage curbs amid inflation. The strike precedes elections with unions calling it economic while officials call it political. Mondale urges energy conservation without sacrificing art programs.
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France
Pracce
General Confederation of Labor
FCC Explains Rules Service To Clarify Broadcast Standards
FCC announces a new service in Washington to explain radio and television rules to the public. Ten people involved in preparing movies and programs will use the service amid concerns over errors in CB ratios appearing in entertainment and other media.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission
East Germans Seek U S Settlement on Family Reunification
Washington says East Germany proposed a package of steps to ease relations focusing on humanitarian issues. Key items include family reunification, consular locations, and settling claims against East Berlin. Meetings will explore these proposals ahead of a Belgrade 35 nation conference on Helsinki human rights.
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Carter
Belgrade
Soviet Union
United States
State Department
Begin Told To Slow His Pace In Israeli bid for prime minister
Tel Aviv AP reports doctor orders Menahem Begin to slow down after hospitalization for illness. Begin, 73, was in Schiley hospital's cardiac section, returning home after days of rest. Likud seeks coalition with DMC and other parties as negotiations continue to form a majority in the Knesset, with cabinet portfolios and borders a key dispute.
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Israel
Menahem Begin
Likud Bloc
Shlomo Laniado
Begin
Schiley Hospital
Likud
Ezer Weieman
Simcha Enrich
Democratic Movement For Change
DMC
Jordan River
West Bank
Jordan
Likuddiss
National Religious
Shlamzion
Ariel Sharon
Califano says hospitals waste billions each year
AP report on HEW Secretary Califano testifying before a Senate subcommittee defending a proposed hospital cost control bill. He says nine percent caps would curtail waste while critics label it a meat axe. Kennedy presses hospital group on savings. Georgetown official warns of program cuts.
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HEW
Joseph A. Califano Jr
Senate Health Subcommittee
Georgetown University Hospital
Senate
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Michael Dukakis
Massachusetts
Carter
Leo Gehrig
American Hospital
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Kennedy
Gehrig
Charles M. O'Brien
Weather Outlook for Virginia and North Carolina
Regions of Virginia expect showers through Wednesday night with partial clearing Thursday. Southeast Virginia may keep some showers. North Carolina sees scattered thunderstorms on the south coast and outer banks through Wednesday with rain and showers continuing. Overnight temperatures generally in the 60s with highs in the 70s to 80s and variable cloudiness on Thursday.
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North Carolina
Court halts Danville bus subsidy over six vote rule
Judge Moon ruled the Danville council violated city and state codes by approving a series of subsidies totaling 176000 with only five to four votes and failed to observe a required six vote majority for high value appropriations. The ruling bars continued subsidy and notes contract implications with DT&P and UMTA funding conditions.
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Dt&p
Urban Mass Transit Authority
UMTA
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Town of
Shelton
Virginia Supreme Court
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