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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1996
Page
6
French lawmakers rejected the so called McTax a large sales tax hike aimed at fast food chains including McDonald’s. The plan would have raised about 200 million dollars to help curb the deficit and support struggling bistros.
President Boris Yeltsin named Ivan Rybkin, a former Duma speaker, to replace Alexander Lebed as secretary of the Russian National Security Council and personal envoy to Chechnya. The move signals a calm shift in style and policy, with Rybkin seen as a centrist lacking military security experience.
With two days left, General Motors and the Canadian Auto Workers push for a deal to end an 18 day strike that idled over 33,000 workers in Canada and the U.S. Negotiators vow around the clock talks to reach a noon Monday deadline and possibly a Wednesday ratification. The dispute center is GM outsourcing parts work to independent suppliers as union leaders press for better pay and weekend shift terms as talks include the potential sale of Windsor and Oshawa plants.
In Banja Luka the Bosnian Serb parliament opened amid tension as Serbs proclaimed a Serb state while Muslims protested and Muslim deputies walked out. Bosnian Serbs acknowledge joint institutions but insist sovereignty is limited by the peace accord.
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