134 Day Strike Ends as West Coast Dockers Ratify Pact
West Coast longshoremen return to work after ratifying an 18 month contract with the Pacific Maritime Association. About 57 crews will operate San Francisco Bay ports amid restart of loading on 218 ships idle from Canada to Mexico. The 71 percent approval ends a 134 day strike, the longest in mainland U.S. shipping history.
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Mexico
Pacific Maritime Association
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Seattle
PMA
ILWU
Sam Kagel
Hughes' Privacy Respected in Nicaragua Inquiry
In Managua AP reports mystery billionaire Howard Hughes arrives amid a 21-gun salute for a visit tied to possible airplane sales and a proposed Lanka Airline and Air West merger. President Anastasio Somoza says Hughes seeks privacy, staying at the Intercontinental Hotel, with talks limited to aircraft sales and airline mergers.
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Panama
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Lanka
Air West
Hotel Intercontinental
Howard R. Hughes
Western Airlines
Shortage of Physicians at Cherry Hospital Eastern NC
Community mental health directors across Eastern North Carolina report 11 physicians' positions unfilled at Cherry Hospital and cite isolation as a deterrent. They suggest part time community work and university affiliations to attract doctors while affirming most staff perform well amid acknowledged deficiencies.
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Snowbound Skiers Stranded At North Carolina Resorts
About 400 skiers spent Saturday night at Beech Mountain and Sugar Mountain near Banner Elk as a foot of snow and 65 mph winds closed roads. Four wheel drive and chain vehicles resumed travel by 1 am, all cars by 10 am Sunday. Some skiers sheltered with residents. university students from Georgia were among those stranded.
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N.C
North Carolina Mountains
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Sugar Mountai
Highway Patrol
Sugar Mountain
Double the Risk From Smoking Says Heart Association
The man who smokes a pack or more daily has twice the heart attack risk of a nonsmoker. If he smokes over a pack daily, his risk increases further, according to the American Heart Association.
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