Las Vegas Strike Shuts Most Big Casinos
Amid a labor walkout, five Howard Hughes properties closed and more resorts prepared to close. The strike targets food workers demanding a 1.55 per hour raise while musicians and stagehands join the action. Tourism, conventions and local revenues face uncertain impact as unions press demands and only nonstruck venues remain open.
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Howard Hughes
Las Vegas Hilton
Tropicana
Thunderbird
Sahara
Tony Orlando
Dawn
Riviera Hotel
Orlando
Don Payne
Las Vegas
Laramy Davis Jr
Ann‘Margret
Red Skelton
California
C.J
Caesars Palace
Dunes
Circus Circus
Flamingo Hilton
MGM Grand
Landar’x
Sands
Desert Inn
Castaways
Frontier
Silver Slipper
Uat
Stardust
Riviera
Hacienda
Fremont
Aladdin
Marine
Bicentennial hike ends in wedding in Japan
An American soldier who hiked nearly 2000 miles across Japan to promote the American Bicentennial wed a Japanese woman he met during the trek. Robert Constant of Rosendale New York married Narika Yoshikawa of Sapporo after a formal white silk kimono ceremony attended by about 50 guests.
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Japan
Robert &. Constant
Rosendale
N.Y
Narika Yoshikawa
Donald J. Austin
Lake Charles
Constant
Hokkaido
Kyushu
Nariko
Camp Zama
Tokyo
Bliss Yoshikawa
Campaign chief Callaway steps aside in ski resort probe
Anonymous January call disclosed by Callaway centers on the Crested Butte ski area near Aspen. Senate probe into Forest Service land use looms over Ford campaign, which says Callaway may return if exonerated. Spencer to replace him. Callaway to be paid and away from duties until April.
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Wilkins
FBI
Callaway
Senate
Floyd Haskell
Dcolo
Crested Butte
Aspen
Stuart Spencer
Los Angeles
Ronald Reagan
California
Peter Kaye
Ford
Jong Callaway
White Mouse
Ron Nelsen
Kaye
Nessen
Richard Cheney
Haskell
Tere
Arca
Buzz
Park
Agriculture Department
Department
Campbell
Pentagon
Brown’s Governorship Marks Modest Budget, Liberal Social Moves
California Governor Brown emphasizes rising state spending similar to Reagan era while signing liberalizing marijuana and sex laws and closing tax loopholes for big business. He opts for a tighter budget, pushes a mandatory firearms crime bill, and names a Mexican American welfare lawyer to head health services, yet retains core welfare reform. Brown rejects pomp, selling the limousine and refusing the mansion, arguing leaders should live modestly to reflect achievements. His detached, questioning approach sets him apart from most politicians.
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Ronald Reagan
Brown
Reagan
Power outage in Lakewood lasts one hour
A faulty transformer caused a power outage that darkened about a half-square mile area of Lakewood for an hour starting at 9:01 p.m. Sunday. The blackout affected homes between South Street and Del Amo Boulevard, and Adenmoor Avenue and Premiere Avenue, according to Southern California Edison Co.
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Lakewood
South Street
del Amo Boulevard
al Adenmoor Avenue
Premiere Avenue
Southern California Edison Co
Sadat critiques Soviet ties and shifts toward the United States
Sadat denounced Moscow as disingenuous and claimed Cairo has received only one shipload of arts in a year with spare parts unwanted. He said many Soviet supplied combat planes lack reconditioned engines and defended closer U.S. ties. He cited U.S. influence in Mideast peace and announced liberalization moves toward democracy after 40 years.
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Sadat
Moscow
Washington
United States
Israel
Soviet Union
Egypt
Daring jail raid frees 17 from Piedras Negras
The Dallas Times Herald reports a covert group may have planned the escape of 14 Americans and 3 Mexicans from Piedras Negras jail across the Rio Grande near Eagle Pass. Three armed hooded men overpowered guards at 3 a.m. Thursday, with some escapees crossing into Texas. Most were jailed on drug charges. all but one freed after checks.
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Fagle Pass
Tex
Eagle Pass
Mexico
Dallas Times Herald
Piedras Negras
Texas
Rio Grande
United States
Jeffrey Andrew Garafala
San Francisco
Times Herald
Akd
Roatte
Garafola
Nesonson
Liga 23 de Sepilentbre
Ban eyed on food-animal drugs that cause cancer
The FDA plans to ban nitrofurazone furazolidone ni hydrazone and duraltadone used in chickens fur animals to prevent disease citing cancer risks. GAO report notes a five year delay and cites available antibiotic alternatives. The move targets meat producing animals used lifelong, with officials stressing safer options.
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Washington
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
General Accounting Office
PDA
GAO
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Mgm Grand Hotel
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Forest Service
Earl L. Butz
Calorado
Rocky Mountains
Mt. Snodgrass
Puannsersy
Anwar Sadat
River
Ile
Fairfax
Paul Nesen
Minneapolis
Erin
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