Hotel workers strike begins in New York shut at 44 hotels
The Hotel Workers Union announces a 12:01 a.m. EDT Saturday walkout at 44 of New York City's largest hotels after 14 months of talks. Hotels plan to hire replacements as guests may bear burdens. some venues already signed separate contracts. Union seeks 9 percent yearly raises while current offers are 4 percent initially and 2 percent later.
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New York
Waldorf Astoria
the Plaza
the Pierre
Hotel Association
Vito Pitta
Albert Formicola
Hotel Association of New York Inc
Pitta
Union
Nebraska Banks Fall to Farm Loan Pressures in One Day
Lincoln AP Nebraska closed four banks in one day citing farm loan problems. The Bank of Taylor will reopen Monday as a Union Bank and Trust branch. Three Voorhees banks in Fairfield Oak and Edgar also shut, bringing 1985 Nebraska closures to seven.
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Neb
State Department of Banking and Finance
Bank of Taylor
Union Bank and Trust Co
Roger Voorhees
Omaha
Fairfield State Bank
Fairfield
Scroggin and Co. Bank
Oak
Security State Bank of
Edgar
Nebraska
Federal Deposit Insurance Co
State
Roger Beverage
Taylor Bank
Packers State Bank and Trust Co
Beverage
Voorhees
Lincoln Institution
Grandfather graduates from police academy
Léwis Ellis, 53, the oldest rookie in Los Angeles Police Academy history, graduated with 117 cadets. The father of eight completed six months of training, saying the regimen was easy due to his fitness routine of push ups, sit ups, and running. His class averaged 26.8 years.
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Los Angeles
Léwis Ellis
Police Academy
Ellis
Bama Ford
Ford
Southern California Rapid Transit District
Clergyman Prayed Amidst Stun Gun Use in White House Protest
Rev. Maurice McCrackin of Cincinnati testified that a U.S. deputy marshal used a stun gun on him in a federal court cell block after his arrest at a White House demonstration. He described being shocked along his legs as he prayed, and said he was released Thursday while an investigation continues.
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U.S
White House
Maurice McCrackin
Cincinnati
District of Columbia
McCrackin
Herbert M. Rutherford III
Rutherford
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