Agriculture Dept to probe meatpacking price manipulation
The Agriculture Department plans to investigate charges that meatpacking executives manipulated wholesale beef prices this month, potentially causing sharp hamburger price increases. Rep. Rosenthal called for the inquiry amid claims of fixed price sales and futures market activity linked to cattle prices and consumer impact.
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Agriculture Department
Washington
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Benjamin S. Rosenthal
D-N.y
Charles
Jennings
Rosenthal
Chicago Exchange
Teachers still off the job in seven states
Thousands of striking teachers remained away from classrooms across seven states as Monday marked the start of classes. In Oklahoma City the district refused to bargain, citing illegality, while large walkouts occurred in Louisiana, Michigan, Ohio, Illinois, Pennsylvania and Indiana.
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Oklahoma City
New Orleans
Michigan
Ohio
Illinois
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Thomas Payzant
American Federation of Teachers
Payzant
AFT
Mike Barlow
Louisiana
Jefferson Federation of Teachers
Michigan Education Association
Detroit
Ohio Valley
Frontier
Park Ridge
Ill
DeSoto
Crown Point Teachers Association
Wyoming prosecutor faces suit over lie detector rape tests
Sweetwater County Attorney Jere Ryckman may confront a lawsuit from the ACLU over requiring polygraph tests in some rape prosecutions. The contention is that the policy is sexist and discriminatory, with critics noting declines in rape reports in other areas using similar methods. Ryckman defends the practice as an investigative tool, while the ACLU urges reevaluation and cautions about unreliability and gender bias.
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Rock Springs
Wyo
Wyoming
American Civil Liberties Union
Sweetwater County
Jere Ryckman
ACLU
Stephen Pevar
Denver
John Troughton
National
Women’s Rights Project
Ryckman
Pevar
Washington
Reagan aide resigns amid dissent on 1980 campaign
An aide of Ronald Reagan for 13 years, Lyn Nofziger, has resigned amid reports of disagreement with campaign manager John Sears and PR adviser Michael Deaver. The Washington Post quoted Reagan spokesman Jim Lake saying the resignation was accepted and that Nofziger would remain a supporter and confidant.
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Washington
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
Washington Post
Lyn Nofziger
Jim Lake
Lake
Nofziger
California
The
Post
John P. Sears
Michael J. Deaver
Sears-Deaver
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