Bridgeport teachers end 19 day strike with two year contract
More than 22 500 students return to classrooms in Bridgeport Conn as a 19 day teachers strike ends with a two year pact proposed by the state labor commissioner. The city council and Board of Education approve the deal and 686 205 teachers vote to accept. The contract offers a 6 percent wage rise plus increments first year and 7.5 percent second year plus no reprisals clause.
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Bakke Enters UC Medical School Amid Protests
Allan Bakke, 38, begins medical studies at UC Davis as protesters plan to picket. The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 against the campuses' 16 minority reserved places but allowed race to be used to maintain diversity in admissions. Legal experts foresee further rulings on permissible preferential measures.
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Soviet commentator portrays Dallas as dazzling yet unequal
Moscow TV critic Valentin Zorin described Dallas as visually impressive but socially divided, noting wealth and crime coexist and raising conspiracy theories about Kennedy's assassination. Hunt family spokesman dismissed the claims, and no Oswald link was mentioned by him.
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Lamar Hunt
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FBI
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Palestinians Await Mercy Plea Delay in Cyprus Executions
The Supreme Court in Nicosia postponed until November 15 the planned executions of two Palestinians for the February murder of Youssef Sebaei, editor of Cairo's Al Ahram, pending further investigations before President Spyros Kyprianou decides on a mercy plea.
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Zayed Hussein al Ali
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Tokyo
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co
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Thailand
Vance Elbows Tourist Stop As Camp David Talks Stall
Secretary of State Cyrus Vance returned from a five day Mideast mission with no tangible results for President Carter’s Camp David peace accords. In Damascus he failed to win Syrian support while Jordan and Saudi leaders remained wary and King Hussein demanded changes on Israeli withdrawal before joining.
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Begin Leads Knesset Debates On Camp David Peace Accord
Prime Minister Menachem Begin opened the Knesset debate on the Camp David peace accords after dismissing a militant defender of settlements. Fiery MK Geula Cohen interrupted, demanding his resignation over relinquishing 18 Sinai settlements. The chamber voted to remove her. a Wednesday vote will decide approval or rejection of the accords linking peace with Egypt to disbanding Sinai outposts.
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American emissary meets with Somoza in Nicaragua
Special US envoy William Jorden met with Somoza in Managua amid speculation Carter urges resignation. Embassy has no details of talks. Jorden has been visiting Central America to discuss the Nicaraguan crisis. a missile cruiser was reported off the coast though no alert was issued. The US has used a carrot and stick approach over human rights.
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