Robots are marching into industry and home life
Labor leader warns robots threaten workers as U S firms rush to adopt industrial robots. IBM and other giants license German and Japanese tech while U S research lags. 4000 U S robots versus 16000 in Japan. home robots like Isaac promised within 10 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter S. DiCicco
New England International Union of Electrical Workers
DiCicco
Organized Labor
Paul Revere
George Devol
U.S
Animation Inc
International Business Machines
General Electric
Westinghouse Electric
Bendix
American Can
Detroit
IBM
General Motors
Chrysler
United Automobile Workers
United States
Japan
Isaac
Portia Isaacson
Dallas
May 3 highlights show Columbus discovery Jamaica
May 3 marks historical events including Christopher Columbus discovering Jamaica in 1494, New Zealand declared a British colony in 1841, France declaring war on Austria in 1859, and Allied entry into Hamburg in 1945. Sophocles quotes accompany the date.
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Christopher Columbus
Jamaica
New Zealand
France
Austria
Hamburg
Germany
Attacks on Reagan and party rifts surface in Senate
Senate Republican leader Howard Baker promises to curb attacks by Sen. Bob Packwood on Reagan and Reaganism while Packwood faces pressure to withdraw critiques. Reagan aides and donors react as Packwood's censure design clashes with fundraising ahead of a May 4 dinner. Detente tensions rise as Eagleburger protests Soviet anti-U.S. rhetoric over the Falklands crisis. John Carbaugh, Haig ally, aids El Salvador talks to back a moderate government. A top secret DIA briefing on the Soviet threat, proposed by Richard Perle, aims to sway fence-sitting senators ahead of a large defense bill, with Sen. John Tower set to lead.
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Washington
Senate
Howard Baker
Reagan
Bob Packwood
Republican Campaign Committee
Ronald Reagan
Packwood
Falkland Islands
Anatoliy Dobryn
Lawrence Eagleburger
Alexander Haig
el Salvador
John Carbaugh
Haig
Jesse Helms
Carbaugh
San Salvador
Roberto d’Aubuisson
Constituent Assembly
Thomas Enders
d’Aubuisson
U.S
Congress
Helms
Richard Perle
Defense Intelligence Agency
DIA
Perle
Henry M. Jackson
John Glenn
Baker
John Tower
Armed Services Committee
Law in the Balance A Look at American Justice
James Kilpatrick reflects on Law Day findings and public opinion about the justice system. He notes rising litigation, more lawyers and regulatory law, and crowded courts, yet praises some judges and innovations while lamenting delays and costs. Public esteem for U.S. law lags behind England's.
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James J. Kilpatrick
Washington
U.S. Supreme Court
California
United Kingdom
Reagan
Dickens
Jarndyce
England
Why Reagan should visit Moscow for Brezhnev talks
Andy Rooney argues Reagan should skip inviting Brezhnev to the United States. He suggests meeting in Moscow to avoid hosting pitfalls and proposes a surprise Kremlin visit to seize the initiative. He contrasts with Pope John Paul II's nimble public relations and urges bold, direct diplomacy.
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Leonid
Brezhnev
United Nations
New York
Reagan
U.N
Nikita Khrushchev
Moscow
Pope John Paul II
Vatican
Lopez Portillo
Mexico
Italy
Kremlin
Legislative addresses for Texas congressional members
U S representatives Kent Hance of Lubbock and Richard White of El Paso, and senators Lloyd Bentsen Jr. and John Tower, list official Washington D C office locations in the federal address directory. Hance and White are Democrats. Tower is Republican, with offices in the Rayburn and Senate Office Buildings in Washington D C.
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U.S
Kent Hance
Lubbock
Longworth
Washington
D.C
Richard C. White
el Paso
Rayburn House
Lloyd Bentsen, Jr
Houston
Senate
John Tower
Wichita Falls
Washington, D.C
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Permian Basin
David F Lyons
Jim Welsh
Odessa Texas
Sophocles
Citizen Smith
By Dave Gerard
Tero
Zachar
Inside Report
By Rowland Evans
Robert Novak
Eagleburger
Great Britain
South Atlantic
Britain
Latin America
Dobrynin
Law
Andy Rooney
Leonid Brezhnev
Switzerland
White House
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