Mediators Step Into Mail Talks Over 500000 Postal Jobs
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service enters stalled negotiations between the Postal Service and unions representing more than 554000 employees with 10 days left in talks. Wayne L. Horvitz leads mediation as unions demand wage gains and expanded cost of living protections.
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Washington
Postal Service
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
White House
Wayne L. Horvitz
Horvitz
James LaPenta
Laborers International Union
Friendly Town fosters youth exchanges across Ohio towns
In Amherst, the Eugene Jajack family hosts youths from inner city Cleveland as part of Friendly Town, a decade old ministry of love linking over 500 Ohio families with children aged 6 to 12. The program, rooted in intercity outreach, matches hosts with visiting kids, funds activities, and spans rural and urban communities through churches and volunteer groups.
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Amherst
Ohio
Eugene Jajack
Jajacks
Cleveland
Carol Jajack
Tiffin
Monroe County
West Virginia
Ohio plans new death penalty law modeled after Georgia statute
Ohio Attorney General William J. Brown will urge the General Assembly to adopt a capital punishment measure patterned on Georgia’s statute after the U S Supreme Court voided parts of Ohio’s law for inadequate defendant specific factors. A substitute would rely on jury guided severity and aim to deter murder with clearer mitigation rules.
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Columbus
Ohio
William J. Brown
The
General Assembly
Georgia
U.S. Supreme Court
Florida
Texas
Brown
Vernal G. Riffe Jr
New
Boston
Police fear to walk Cleveland housing beats
About 24 of 50 Cleveland police assigned to public housing beats refused to work, saying the daytime patrols are too dangerous. Police union president McNea accused Mayor Kucinich of trying to damage the department’s image ahead of a recall election.
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Cleveland
Military coup in Mauritania ousts leader in Nouakchott
Paris AP reports Mauritania’s military seized power during the night and arrested Moktar Ould Daddah. The Military Committee of National Redress announced it suspended the constitution and dissolved the government and parliament, taking all powers until democratic institutions return. The coup was largely bloodless with no shootings heard. Daddah, 53, was arrested on the eve of a Sudan summit.
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Mauritania
Duri
Moktar Ould Daddah
Agence Today
AFP
Nouakchott
Military Committee of National Redress
Liament
People’s Arty of
Tly
Ould Daddah
Organization African Unity
Khartou
Sudan
Weather Outlook Sees Cooler Tonight Then Warm Midweek
Clear skies and cooler temperatures forecast for tonight with a mid 50s low. Tuesday will be sunny with a high in the upper 70s and a morning low of 73 after yesterday’s 88. Wednesday should stay fair, mild, with warmer air and a chance of scattered thundershowers returning Thursday and Friday. Highs range from 80 on Wednesday to near 90 on Thursday and Friday, with lows in the upper 60s.
Convict's dying wish fulfilled at home in New York
Michael Covello died at home on East 83rd Street five days after Governor Carey granted a 48 hour furlough. Convicted of manslaughter in 1976 for stomping an all drug dealer to death, he had been undergoing cancer treatment at Bellevue Hospital and weighed 78 pounds at one point. A second furlough was granted by Corrections Commissioner Ward, with Covello seeking to die among family rather than under guard.
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New York
Michael Covello
Hugh L. Carey
Covello
Ruby Ryles
Carey
East 83Rd Street
Bellevue Hospital
Benjamin Ward
Former Iraq premier slain in London hotel ambush
In London a gunman shot and killed Abdul Razzak al Naif, former Iraq prime minister and exile, outside the InterContinental in Mayfair. The assailant, about 25 with a Middle Eastern appearance, fled a 200 yard chase before being captured after the hotel doorman pursued him.
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London
Abdul Razzak al-Naif
Iraq
Swank
Mayfair
Ronald
Crime Alert 425 7700
Public notice urges calling 425 7700 to report crime or suspicious activity. Emphasizes use of the police number for rapid response and community safety.
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Thomas Martin
Ohio Law Theme Court
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