Congress Considers Broad Health Insurance Overhaul
Washington eyes mid June start on a national health program with options ranging from government run funded by taxes to private plans backed by incentives. Projections put cost between 12 and 30 billion with employer and employee shares, tax credits and HMOs shaping a universal system.
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Quick Action Needed Big Cats Head For Extinction
AP reports a dramatic decline in big cats across the world. Asiatic lions count about 150 in an Indian preserve as scavengers threaten their food. Tiger numbers dropped from 40 000 to about 2 500 after bans on hunting and trade. Jaguars in the Amazon are so scarce that zoos require long travel to locate one.
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Europe
Asia
India
George Schaller
New York Zoological Society
Rockefeller University
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Kansas City minority job record labeled deplorable by EEOC official
Gwendolyn Wells of the EEOC says minority employment in the Kansas City area is failing to improve. She cites white collar and managerial gaps, with blacks underrepresented across crafts and service roles, and notes the need for stronger enforcement beyond law alone.
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Gwendolyn Wells
Washington Area
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Wells
Newark Reopens After 11 Week Teachers Strike
Newark ends its lengthy strike as 80,000 students and 4,200 teachers return to class. A three member arbitration panel, reinstatement of 347 suspended teachers, and agreed nonprofessional duties resolve bargaining disputes amid prior racial tensions. Salaries were settled with a $500 annual raise in the second year of a two year contract.
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N.J
Kenneth Gibson
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