Analysts See Wholesale Inflation Near Seven Percent
Analysts forecast the 1981 annual wholesale inflation around 7 percent, the best since 1977, as November's 0.5 percent rise in the Producer Price Index kept the year on a path to sub 8 percent and far below 1980. Experts cite a good harvest and lower food prices, with car prices and energy costs driving the gain.
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Washington
Labor Department
Allen Sinai
Donald Ratajczak
Georgia State University
Sinai
Data Resources Inc
Lexington
Mass
Michael K. Evans
Evans Economics
NASA Dynamics Explorer Captures Northern Lights Photo
A photo from NASA's Dynamics Explorer spacecraft on September 15 shows Northern Lights, taken while the craft orbited about 14,000 miles above the North Pole.
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NASA
Dynamics Explorer
North Pole
Reagan Clears Path For Air Controllers
President Reagan opened the door for 11 500 fired air traffic controllers to seek federal jobs again, though not in flight towers. He waived the three year ban and said those who struck illegally should not be foreclosed from other federal employment.
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Washington
Reagan
Transportation
Drew Lewis
Federal Aviation Administration
FAA
Donald Devine
Office of Personnel Management
Defense Department
Postal Service
John Scholzen
Lewis
Japan
Polish union leader meets primate amid calls to ease tensions
Solidarity chief Lech Walesa and six top union figures met with Roman Catholic primate Jozef Glemp as both sides seek to avert a wider clash with Poland’s Communist rulers. Glemp warned Parliament against granting extraordinary government powers and urged talks to resume.
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Warsaw
Poland
Solidarity
Lech Walesa
Jozef Glemp
Independent Union
Walesa
Glemp
Communist Party
Wojciech Jaruzelski
Wroclaw
Zolierz Wolnosci
Labor Reform Movement
Jaruzelski
Sejm
Krupinski
Zycie Warszawy
Oil boycott of Libya labelled meaningless by experts
Washington reports Reagan weighs sanctions after Khadafy assassination claims. Industry sources say a Libyan oil cut would have little lasting effect and U S and European unity on any move is doubtful. Analysts warn Europe likely would not join.
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Washington
Reagan
Libya
Khadafy
U.S
Col
Muammar Khadafy
United States
Senate
Howard Baker Jr
John Lichtblau
Petroleum Industry Research Foundation
Italy
Germany
Methane Blamed in Tennessee Mine Explosion Tragedy
In Whitwell Tennessee 13 miners died, with officials citing methane gas as the probable cause after a blast at Adkins Coal Co No 18 near Topmost Kentucky. Union leader Sam Church criticized explosives handling in Kentucky as eight miners were killed in a separate Topmost blast a day earlier.
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Church
Whitwell
Tennessee
Harry Joe Hooper
Appalachia
Coal Creek
Tenn
Topmost
Bergeo
W.va
Redstone
Colo
Tennessee Consolidated Coal Co
Grundy Mining Co
Whitwell Mountain
Parish
Woody Duncan
State Division of Mines
Tennessee Consolidated
William B. Allison
Kentucky
Hijackers Surrender In Lebanon After 7500 Mile Ordeal
Libyan Arab Airlines Boeing 727, held by five Shiite militants, freed 35 hostages in Beirut after a five hour standoff marked by gunfire. Negotiations led to surrender to Syria peacekeeping troops at 12:30 a.m. with some passengers choosing to remain in Beirut. The hijackers had demanded an investigation into Imam Moussa Sadr’s disappearance and had halted the plane at multiple stops across four countries before settlement.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Larnaca
Cyprus
Syria
Libya
Hamza
Venezuela
Cuba
Interior Ministry
Tehran
Imam Moussa Sadr
Obituaries list for five residents from Luray to Elkton
Isaac Randolph Dovel 74 of Luray Mary Anora Knott 78 of Mount Solon Joseph William Miller 77 of Harrisonburg Teddy Vann 79 of Edinburg Cecil Owen Wyant 53 of Elkton Details on Page 20
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Isaac Randolph Dovel
Luray
Mary Anora Knott
Rt. 2
Mount Solon
Joseph William Miller
Harrisonburg
Teddy Vann
Rt. 1
Edinburg
Cecil Owen Wyant
Elkton
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