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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1986
Page
3
Unions representing more than 15,000 city workers walk out in Philadelphia as talks grind on with District Councils 33 and 47. Officials warn of major trash disruption while tentative deals end some hospital walkouts. AFSCME leaders vow a tougher fight than 1978.
The Commerce Department reports the Index of Leading Indicators up 0.2 percent in May, below April's 1.3 percent surge. Analysts expect stronger growth in the second half of 1986, despite May unemployment at 7.3 percent and ongoing weakness in manufacturing and oil and gas drilling.
Houston reports that the management of the space station will move from Johnson Space Center to NASA headquarters in Washington. James Fletcher called it the first step in realigning the management structure and noted about 100 engineers will relocate. Johnson Space Center director Jesse Moore said the move signals a new management approach to strengthen the program.
United Airlines will cease forcing flight engineers to retire at 60 and pay 11 million dollars to 111 retired employees to settle an EEOC age discrimination suit filed in 1979. The airline contends it did not violate the Age Discrimination Act in 1978 and the case followed through post trial appeals.
About one third of surviving AIDS patients in the United States will join experimental drug trials as 14 centers establish therapy evaluation units. Federal officials say roughly 1,000 patients will enter new studies within six months, supported by a $20 million yearly program over five years under NIH.
Miami AP reported judge William Zloch weighed a stay of execution for Theodore Bundy whose death warrant covers two 1978 Florida State University sorority slayings and a 12-year-old girl's abduction. Bundy’s lawyers sought relief advancing to the 11th Circuit and possibly the Supreme Court after prior denials.
John Ferch is being relieved as ambassador to Honduras after less than a year in the post amid controversy and amid U.S. backed Contra aid to Nicaragua. State Department denies policy links. Honduran officials allege pressure and tensions over loans and currency. Ferch, aged 50, swore in last July and arrived in August after earlier head of mission in Costa Rica.
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