Theater walkout turns ugly at Cincinnati Palace Theater
Union leaders clash with Palace Theater president David Harriman as picketing over nonunion staff escalates. Harriman accuses unions of threats and harassment while hotel and restaurant workers deny involvement. Offers of a secret ballot to decide union affiliation are proposed with limited response.
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Singing bus driver fired over change rule
Benford Stellmacher, a Hartford CT Transit bus driver famed for birthday parties and mass transit songs, was fired Oct 19 for making change with passengers, violating company rules. He seeks reinstatement via union and Gov. Grasso after Rep. Sarasin offered a campaign bus job.
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Prince Michael of Kent Marries Catholic Bride in Secret Blessing
Prince Michael of Kent and his Roman Catholic bride Marie Christine von Reibnitz received a church blessing from Archbishop Donald Coggan four months after their Vienna civil ceremony. The service, attended only by immediate family, followed the Vatican’s ban on a Catholic church wedding. Queen Elizabeth II did not attend.
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Pope visits ailing cardinals in Vatican trip
Pope John Paul II left the Vatican to see Cardinal John Wright, 69, recently operated for cataracts and wheelchair bound due to circulatory issues, along with venerable Italian cardinals Alberto di Jorio, 94, and Alfredo Ottaviani, 88. The visit lasted about 20 minutes and Wright’s future reappointment remains undecided.
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Alfredo Ottaviani
Elizabeth Taylor Hospitalized After Laryngitis Attack
Actress and campaigner Elizabeth Taylor is again hospitalized in Richmond with a severe laryngitis that worsened a prior throat injury from a chicken bone incident at a southwest Virginia rally. Wife of Senatorial candidate John Warner, she earlier lacerated her esophagus on October 12 and spent days at Richmond Memorial Hospital under Dr. Owen Gwathmey. She is expected to stay at least 72 hours for rest and treatment.
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Gas explosion kills two women near Okmulgee
A ruptured Phillips Petroleum pipeline leaked gas that gathered in a low area and exploded as a pickup passed, killing Florence Morse 63 and her daughter Jean Ann Morse 31. The blast wrecked their truck and an unoccupied mobile home, charred trees and grass, and damaged two other homes. Several farm animals died. cause of rupture undetermined. The victims were from rural Okmulgee.
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Sakharov backs peace prize for Begin and Sadat
Nobel laureate Andrei Sakharov says he is glad Israel PM Menachem Begin and Egypt’s Anwar Sadat won the 1978 Nobel Peace Prize for bold steps toward peace. A dissident Nobel laureate echoed the praise, stressing the significance of their agreement, while Tass criticized the selection calling Begin a terrorist and Sadat a man who worships Hitler.
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Anwar Sadat
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Italian hospitals strike cripples 350000 workers
ROME AP reports a crippling strike in Italy s 1300 public hospitals leaves 350,000 workers off the job demanding about 50 more monthly dollars. Emergency services are limited and some patients protest by discarding bedsheets and trash from windows. Premier Andreotti rejects the demand citing austerity guidelines and vows possible general raise from July 1. Observers foresee tension in Parliament within the four party coalition.
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Award to doctor canceled over birth controversy
CHICAGO AP A fertility research group canceled plans to honor Dr. Patrick Steptoe the British test tube baby doctor citing concerns about how the baby was conceived The Barren Foundation said the award and Nov 15 dinner were canceled because Steptoe has not detailed his procedure in a scientific journal Dr Robert Edwards criticized the move calling it foolish while foundation officials noted Steptoe plans future publication and that British practice may rely on more than a single case
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Robert Edwards
England
Jay Gold
University of Illinois Medical School
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Ohio Lottery ends MCA contracts in push to clean up operations
Acting Ohio Lottery Director Richard L. Krabach says surrendering most contracting power to the state's purchasing office will reduce corruption. The commission withdrew a second instant game bid with MCA Games Inc. and faced investigations by the attorney general, highway patrol, and county prosecutor. A related lawsuit from Scientific Games Inc. alleges MCA paid kickbacks to officials. Krabach says the move aims to remove politics from bidding and restore public trust as he notes his role replacing the resigned director.
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A Woman Faces Death With Dignity at Home in Pawtucket
Diane Thomas, a 26 year old cancer patient, chose to die at home in Pawtucket Rhode Island. Her mother Jeannette described her courage and humor during a month filled with visits prayer and love. Diane refused painkillers in her last 24 hours and managed to smile as she died on September 13.
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