Verizon strike spreads as talks push unions into wireless
Thousands of Verizon workers picketed across the East as 86,000 employees strike over outsourcing and union rights in the wireless unit. Verizon deployed 30,000 managers to cover essential tasks, delaying some repairs and operator assisted services while talks in Washington made progress.
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Verizon
Maine
Virginia
Communications Workers of America
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Washington
Bell Atlantic
GTE
Wireless
Britain pledges stricter laws on child molestation
Britain said it would press for tougher laws to protect children from sexual abuse while resisting calls to publish released molesters names. Home Office Minister Paul Boateng said decisions on naming offenders are police and probation matters, not newspapers, even as vigilante attacks and incidents of lynch mob violence emerged in 11 communities across England and Scotland following the campaign.
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Britain
Home Office
Paul Boateng
Probation Service
Sunday News of the World
England
Scotland
Inside British Actor Dies Sir Alec Guinness Career Span
Actor Sir Alec Guinness dies at age near None. obituary appears with long list of local pallbearer names and ages including Narval Noah Barb 56, Patricia Ann Burke 53, Lewis W. Fadely 58, Nellie Hammer 87, Frances L. Hartman 84, Crissie A. Loucks 69, Howard B. Beanie Michael 78, Mabel G. Mowry 83, Earl K. Rosti 78, Norman Sam E. Ryman 83, Ira M. Short 91, Perry L. Sites 91. Details show page references Narval Noah Barb page 21 and Perry L. Sites page 16.
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Narval
Noah Barb
Patricia Ann Burke
Elkton
Lewis W. Fadely
Mount Jackson
Nellie, Hammer
Franklin
W.va
Frances L. Hartman
Harrisonburg
Crissie A. Loucks
Grottoes
Howard B
Beanie” Michael
New Marne
Mabel G. Mowry
Richmond
Earl K. Rosti
Norman
Sam” E. Ryman
Woodstock
Ira M. Short
Stanley Perry L. Sites
Hinton
D Day Vet Back in Spotlight at Guard Open House
Norman Taylor, a D Day veteran from Harrisonburg now 81, attended a National Guard Armory open house to recall his role as platoon sergeant with the 29th Infantry Division. He was among 13 of 116 from his Camp Kilmer, New Jersey, batch still living, recalling prior losses and shared bonds from the Normandy invasion.
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National Guard
Harrisonburg
Taylor
The
Guard
29Th Infantry Division
Omaha Beach
Normandy
Camp Kilmer
N.J
Europe
Scotland
Allen Litten
Mark Tinsley
Company C
Bush on Side of Farmers and Workers in Illinois Rally
Texas Governor George W. Bush concluded a Midwest whistle stop tour in Joliet with a crowd focused on farmers and union workers. He pledged an administration that would support American agriculture and acknowledge workers, praising a union member in attendance while stressing continuity in values amid a changing economy.
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Joliet
Ill
Texas
George W. Bush
Midwest
Illinois
Bush
Laura
Amsterdam conference ends with call to faith and unity
The largest evangelical world gathering concludes in Amsterdam with a Sunday Communion service and songs from a multiracial youth choir. Rev. Billy Graham, prerecorded from Rochester due to surgery recovery, urges renewed commitment to Gospel proclamation and biblical authority. Participants from 209 nations attend a $40 million event, while the Amsterdam Declaration asserts conservative doctrine that Jesus is the only savior and salvation comes through faith in his death, rejecting pluralist views.
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Amsterdam
Netherlands
Billy Graham
Graham
Rochester
Minn
Gore mum on running mate as four Dem senators eyed
In Nashville Gore avoided naming a choice but said he would decide soon while meeting Warren Christopher who arrived to discuss the vice presidential search. Christopher told reporters they were nearing the end of the road as attention centered on four Democratic senators.
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Tenn
al Gore
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