Bell System workers avert strike as contract reached
Washington AP report says Communications Workers of America and Southwestern Bell agreed on a tentative contract for 48,000 members just before a midnight strike deadline. Some 40,000 New York and New England workers walked out earlier, while others avoided walkouts. Talks with Bell Atlantic and Ameritech continued to bargain, with unions citing wage, benefits, and job retraining gaps.
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Washington
Communications Workers of America
Southwestern Bell Corp
Texas
Arkansas
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
New York
New England
mid-Atlantic
Midwest
Southwest
Bell Atlantic
Ameritech
Illinois
Michigan
Ohio
Fran Zucker
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Southwestern Bell
Nynex
Zucker
Baby Bell
Rozanne Weissman
Weissman
Pete Catucci
CWA
Catucci
Program to ease AIDS fear expands self donor blood up to year
Odessa pathologist Dr. Robert Bright describes a voluntary blood program at Women's and Children's Hospital allowing self donation and direct donor choices for elective surgeries. Donated blood can be frozen up to a year, reducing infection risk. expansion follows initial trials in 1982 and requests from nearby towns.
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Celina Vasquez
Odessa
Women’s and Children’s Hospital
Robert Bright
Bright
Kermit, Pecos
Fort Stockton
Thousands protest wall in Berlin as 25th anniversary nears
About 3,500 demonstrators marched through Berlin center to denounce the Berlin Wall while the U.S. ambassador to West Germany foresaw it becoming one of history's bad memories. Police detained three for firecrackers but no injuries occurred. A separate seven mile human chain attempt by a rights group failed for lack of turnout.
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Berlin
Berlin Wall
U.S
West Germany
Wall
Budgetax cuts hit old and young as Texas House trims
After four hours of talks the House Appropriations Committee shaved 220.3 million from the 1987 Texas budget, chopping 77 million from the Department of Human Services including 59 million in federal funds shifted to current use. The panel aims to reach further cuts to avoid new taxes, with education and health agencies targeted next.
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Bill Hobby
Lewis
House
Appropriations Committee
Executive Department
TEA
Lynn Moak
Moak
Department of Health
Mental Health and
Fort Worth
Houston
Elderly patients cited in nursing home policy critique
Quote attributes harsh policy to punishing the elderly. Oliviera remarks that proposals harm those aged residents rather than care. The remark frames policy debate around elder protection and care quality.
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Rene Oliviera
Brownsville
Mark Stiles
D-Beaumont
Oliviera
Oil revival splits executives over price rise claim
New Orleans AP report notes oil industry executive James Kilpatrick disputing T. Boone Pickens. Kilpatrick says Pickens misjudged the revival trigger, arguing oil prices need not surge before drilling activity rebounds.
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New Orleans
James Kilpatrick
T. Boone Pickens
Pickens
Mesa Petroleum
National Conference of State Legislatures
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