Continental strike grounds flights across United States
About 1,700 Continental flight attendants walked out nationwide at 3:01 a.m. EST after failed talks with the Union of Flight Attendants. Los Angeles and Denver reported picket lines as the carrier, with 9,000 employees serving 40 cities in the US, Mexico and Canada, said operations could drop to 35 percent without cooperation from other unions.
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Los Angeles
Continental Airlines
Continental
Bruce Plowman
United States
Mexico
Canada
Los Angeles International
Stapleton International Airport
Denver
Banks raise prime rate to 19 percent after Fed move
Major banks lifted the prime lending rate by half a point to 19 percent one day after the Federal Reserve increased the discount rate from 12 to 13 percent. Citibank led the move, reaching the highest level since April as the rate nears the 20 percent record. In Warsaw, Polish leaders traveled to Moscow for a Warsaw Pact summit amid concerns over a Polish crisis. The Kremlin meeting follows a Polish official's note that Poland may seek bloc aid if anti-socialist forces gain ground. Weather outlook shows partly cloudy with highs in the upper 50s and lows in the 30s.
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NEW York
Federal Reserve
Citibank
Warsaw
Poland
Moscow
Kremlin
PAP
Communist Party
Stanislaw Kania
El Salvador system blames right wing for nun killings
The El Salvador ruling junta accuses right wing terrorists of killing four Americans, three nuns and one lay missionary, and burying them in a shared dirt grave after shooting them in the back of the head. The bodies were later exhumed with U.S. Ambassador White and reporters observing. The victims include Sister Dorothy Kazel, Ita Ford, Maura Clarke, and Jean Donovan.
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San Salvador
el Salvador
Oscar Romero
Dorothy Kazel
Cleveland
Ursuline Order
Ita Ford
Maura Clarke
Maryknoll
New York City
Jean Donovan
U.S
Robert White
Determined Missionary Daughters Slain in El Salvador
The Donovan family says Jean Donovan, 27, was determined to finish her three year assignment in El Salvador despite rising violence. Her body was found near San tiago Nonualco after she disappeared on a trip to the airport. Also slain were nuns Ita Ford and Laura Clark, and Dorothea Kazel, all noted for aid to refugees and nutrition work. Local church leaders vow reassessment of the mission amid calls for safety.
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Managua
Nicaragua
San Salvador
Miss Donovan
Sister Karel
Karel
la Libertad
Here
Sarasota
Fla
Associated Press
el Salvador
Raymond Donovan
Jean Donovan
Cleveland
Santiago Nonualco
Ita Ford
Laura Clark
New York City
Dorothea Kazel
Donovan
Anthony M. Pilla
Alfred Winter
Winter
Airman Allen Towns Dies in Netherlands Motorcycle Crash
Airman 1st Class Allen Eugene Towns, 20, of Garden City, killed Thursday near Veghel, Netherlands. A U S Air Force member stationed at Amsterdam, he was a certified scuba diver and skydiver featured in a Telegram story. Survived by parents, a brother Randall, a sister Ginger Lynn, and paternal grandparents Harry and Mrs. Towns. Phillips-White Funeral Home handling arrangements.
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Rt. 2
Veghel
Netherlands
Garden City
Towns
U. S. Air Force
Amsterdam
Garden City High School
Bible Christian Church
Randall
Ginger Lynn
Harry Towns
Imperial Rt. Phillips-White Funeral Home
26 Die As Fire Rips Through Stouffer's Inn Conference
Electrical blaze at Stouffer's Inn in White Plains killed 26 executives from Arrow Electronics Nestle and other firms and injured 40 plus. Fire melted walls no sprinklers in area, victims identified by fingerprints and dental records, hotel on Platinum Mile near mid Manhattan.
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Stouffer’s Inn
Franz Eichenauzer
General Foods
Purchase
Robert Makowski
Arrow Electronics Inc
Nestle Company Inc
Westchester County Medical Examiner's
California
Canada
United States
Mgm Grand Hotel
Las Vegas
Nev
Makowski
Carl Vergari
Westchester County
Mgm Grand
Arrow
Nestle
General Foods Corp
International Business Machines Corp
Pepsico Inc
Mid- Manhattan
Arrow Electronics
Greenwich
House razed on North Side as owner inside during wrecking
CHICAGO AP A wrecking crew rammed the front of a 12 story wooden house while John Burns 44 remained inside seeking a copy of a stay order. Burns had failed to vacate despite multiple court orders and the stay was vacated. Police investigated with no charges filed. Burns had been unable to pay taxes since 1977 and the house was ordered razed by December 19.
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Chicago
John Burns
Burns
David Clay
Clay
John McCaffrey
McCaffrey
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Tamara Eitzen
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Estee Lauder
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