Federal mediator reports no dockworkers strike talks scheduled
Wayne L Horvitz says he spoke with both sides in a four day strike by 50000 dockworkers but has not set formal talks. Port operations halted in 30 Atlantic and Gulf ports while New Orleans workers weigh compliance with the national strike over layoffs and pay.
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Early fall chill grips eastern states
A cool air mass lowers temperatures across the eastern two thirds of the nation with readings in the 30s in Georgia mountains and expected 40s in central Alabama before sunrise. The National Weather Service cites a large high pressure system spanning from the Great Plains to the Gulf Coast and to New England and the Southeast as the cause with another surge of very cool air moving across the Northern Rockies and Northern Plains.
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Carter's amnesty program for Vietnam veterans ends tonight
President Carter's six month amnesty for Vietnam era veterans with undesirable discharges closes at 8 p.m. EDT. About 16,000 were eligible and 25,009 applied. 13,046 upgraded to honorable. Pentagon calls the program a success with 80 percent of upgrades from undesirable ranks.
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Minister slated for arraignment in kidnapping case
Louis Adolfo Barbosa 30 a Hayward minister charged with kidnapping two girls from a Fresno shopping center is set for arraignment in Superior Court on Oct 24 He waived a municipal court preliminary hearing and may waive a jury trial Barbosa faces federal kidnapping charges with trial set for Jan 9 He remains free on bond and was arrested in July at his home for the June 28 abduction of Norma Milligan 15 and Christina Alcorn 7
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California and Oregon Weather and Legal Clash Headlines
Californias extended forecast calls for fair skies with coastal fog at night and morning in the north with winds and possible rain anticipated in the north Saturday. Central and Southern regions stay generally warm with above normal highs inland and near normal near the coast. In Oregon a HUD eviction clash with Colegio Cesar Chavez looms as classes start amid talks of a peaceful turnover, while Miles Lesher sues author Laura Hayden Geiser and Hawthorn Books for a million dollars over a energy book.
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