AT&T unions press for wage health care contract
Negotiators for AT&T Corp and two large unions continued talks in Washington over wages pensions and health care with a midnight strike deadline passing. Spokesmen said progress remains uneven and retiree health costs loom large while management signals readiness to use managers or plant staff to maintain service if needed.
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Dole campaign loses Rollins after Hymie boys remark
Rollins, a political consultant, resigns from Senate Leader Bob Dole's presidential campaign after calling two Jewish congressmen Hymie boys. Campaign spokesman Nelson Warfield confirms the resignation and notes the letter was sent on the 22nd to Scott Reed. Rollins had been an unpaid adviser for under a month.
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Buchanan criticizes Dole for waffling on key issues
Republican presidential hopeful Pat Buchanan assails Bob Dole and the GOP leadership for moderation on foreign aid abortion and term limits. He argues the party must vote on a constitutional abortion ban and phase out foreign aid while keeping a small emergency fund. He also backs Gramm's push to filibuster Henry Foster's surgeon general nomination and labels Wilson unfit due to abortion and gay rights stances.
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Trade war with Japan could fail
Washington AP report on USTR Mickey Kantor defending punitive tariffs on 5.9 billion dollars of Japanese luxury cars to force market opening, while critics like Senator Bill Bradley and Carla Hills warn of harm to U.S. workers and risk of retaliation, amid World Trade Organization backing and EU opposition.
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