Union-busters charge denied by labor official
AP wires report that John Cogan, assistant secretary for policy evaluation and research, dismissed claims that he recruited Swedish analyst Carl Dahlman to break unions. Cogan called Dahlman’s note a joke about PATCO and administration-aligned reform. Dahlman discussed a potential move under an exchange program after PATCO firings.
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Merrill Hartson
Washington
John Cogan
Carl Dahlman
University of Wisconsin
Cogan
PATCO
Reagan
Professional
Raymond Donovan
Labor
Dahlman
Madison
Wis
Atlas maps death rates by disease across U S regions
Government scientists charted death rates for 59 diseases using 1965 to 1971 data across 506 state economic areas in the 48 contiguous states. The atlas notes higher venereal disease and alcoholism deaths in the West, more multiple sclerosis in the North, and clusters of occupational lung disease near mining regions, with data broken by sex race and location.
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Washington
North
South
Appalachia
Pennsylvania
Rocky Mountain States
Census Bureau
Two unions unite against tuition tax credits at national education gatherings
The NEA and AFT held parallel conventions on opposite coasts venting anger at President Reagan’s proposed private school tax credits. Delegates voiced anti credit petitions, while debates in Boston and elsewhere centered on seniority and affirmative action amid a broader push to boost political contributions and school funding.
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Reagan
National Education Association
Los Angeles
Ronald Reagan
Hollywood
American Federation of
New York
NEA
AFT
Albert Shanker
Boston
Harold Fisher
Priceless garfish killed in Detroit aquarium break in
Vandals broke into the Belle Isle Aquarium in Detroit Monday night pouring five gallons of chlorine into a 2700 gallon tank. Two garfish older than 27 years died along with nine other fish. money was stolen from a donations box. Curator Langhammer lamented the irreplaceable loss.
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Detroit
Belle Isle Aquarium
Daniel Carr
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National Cancer Institute
Teachers United
Washington, D.C
Shanker
Deborah A. Twyman
Kansas City
PAC
Dillard’s
American Express
Jim Langhammer
Kelly
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