Poland Workers Strike Alert as Police Beat Activists
In Poland, nationwide strike alert and warning walkouts occurred in at least five cities to protest police beatings of 23 labor activists including Jan Rulewski Mariusz Labentowicz and Michael Bartoszcze. Lech Walesa urged calm and similar response as Solidarity formed a staff for action and broke negotiations with the government.
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Warsaw
Poland
Lech Walesa
Bydgoszcz
Torun
Grudziaz
Inowroclaw
Warsaw Radio
Mieczyslaw Rakowski
Rakowski
Solidarity
Walesa
Action
France
Jan Michalski
Stefan Wyszynski
Soviet Union
East Germany
Czechoslovakia
Moscow
Mieczyslaw Jagielski
Tass
Kremlin
Wojciech Jaruzelski
Judge allows harassment suit over workplace homosexual advances
Federal judge Milton I. Shadur lets Donald Wright proceed to trial under Title VII, ruling a social worker may sue for discriminatory firing after refusing advances by a male supervisor. The decision marks a first application of federal civil rights law to homosexual harassment in the workplace. Wright, 41, alleges Methodist Youth Services Inc. fired him in 1979 on this basis.
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Chicago
U.S
Milton I. Shadur
Shadur
Donald Wright
Methodist Youth Services Inc
Ivan M. Rittenberg
Wright
Rittenberg
Finding new facts on fat and weight loss
The text notes weight gain stems from consuming more calories than burned and that individual predispositions affect fatness. It suggests weight loss may require behavior change and reframing how people view food, beyond simple dieting.
Supreme Court Lets Lawyers Advertise To Boost Demand
The Supreme Court ruling now allows attorneys to advertise their services. Proponents say it could increase business and lower costs for clients while opponents warn it might affect the profession’s image.
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Supreme Court
In Home Health Help Across Eight Illinois Counties
Southern Illinois residents facing illness or housing with care needs gain options from TIP of Illinois Health Services offering eight county coverage. In home assistance ranges from household help to nursing care delivered to support staying in the home.
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Southern Illinois
TIP of Illinois Health Services
Southern Illinoisan Advertisement and Circulation Note
The notice lists publication offices in Carbondale Herrin and Murphysboro, rates for carrier and mail subscriptions, and contact numbers for offices and classified ads. It provides post address for changes and notes publication days and postal details.
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Southern Illinoisan
USPS
N. Illinois
Carbondale
Ill
Herrin
Murphysboro
Illinois
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Murphysboro Independent
Mysboro
Marion
Acquitted legislator faces judge's rebuke of injustice
Chicago Democrat state Rep. Robert M. Terzich was acquitted of bribery in a case tied to altering Fire Department exam rankings. Judge George N. Leighton called the prosecution unjust and demanded an apology, while the witness, test administrator Joseph S. Bomba, had pleaded guilty to related charges. Terzich cried after the verdict, insisting he is framed and that prosecutions were pursued in good faith despite other Guilty pleas in the scheme.
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Chicago
United States
George N. Leighton
U.S
Robert M. Terzich
Leighton
Terzich
Terzicin
Chicago Fire Department
Joseph S. Bomba
Fire Department
Bomba
Coulson
Banks Unexamined In Illinois Audit Warning
One third of Illinois state chartered banks were not examined last year due to manpower shortages in the state agency. Auditor General Robert G. Cronson warned this could raise bank failure risk and erode public confidence. An Illinois Bank and Trust Commission spokesman said banks are adequately investigated.
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Chicago
Illinois
Robert G. Cronson
Illinois Bank and Trust Commission
Reagan cites pages of help wanted ads to claim unemployment woes
President Reagan argued that Sunday help wanted sections in major papers show many jobs available yet unemployed people remain. Economists split, with Greenspan blaming generous unemployment benefits for choosiness, while Levitan says many job seekers lack qualifications and some vacancies persisted even in weak markets.
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Washington
Reagan
Washington Post
Sunday Times
New York Times
Alan Greenspan
Ex-convict Hollinger runs for Brookfield village post
Former Brookfield village president Philip J. Hollinger, 63, seeks office again after 14 months in federal prison for extorting money from firms doing business with Brookfield. He faces Myron Fisher and Pierce McCabe with rival candidates accusing him of corrupt influence while Hollinger touts his past leadership and openness.
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Brookfield
Philip J. Hollinger
Hollinger
Chicago
Phil
Mary Ann Serenda
U.S
Samuel K. Skinner
Marion
Illinois
United Party
Ms. Serenda
Myron Fisher
Pierce McCabe
Peoples Economy Party
Fisher
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Jan Rulewski
Methodist Youth Services
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