New York State sues over South Mall marble slabs
New York sues a contractor architectural firm and five insurers over faulty design and installation of marble slabs on the Empire State Plaza South Mall facade. Damages seek 68.9 million to remove and resecure slabs, with bolts rusted and anchors failing. Insurers include Transamerica Commercial Union Seaboard Employers Reinsurance Reinsurance NY. Building remains behind barriers as repairs proceed.
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New York State
South Mall
Georgia
Department of Motor Vehicles
Capitol
State Supreme Court
State Office of General Services
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Empire State Plaza
New York City
Carson, Lundin & Thorson
Carson, Lundin
Transamerica Insurance Co
Commercial Union Insurance Co. of
New York
Seaboard Surety Co
Employers Reinsurance Corp
O'Neill
Michael Gogan Construction Co
Cortland
Day care center planned at Plaza near State Capitol
Albany AP The Childrens Place at the Plaza will open Sept 10 in a ground floor building near the State Capitol. The 6,000 square foot center is designed for 88 children aged eight months to five years with enrollment by lottery if oversubscribed and may expand later.
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State Capitol
Meyer Frucher
State Office of Employee Relations
Fracher
Aaron
Childen
Plaza
Nelson Rockefeller
Frucher
Civil Service Employees Association
Office of
Spain fire doused kills 21 on Costa Brava
A triple blaze along Spain's Costa Brava killed 21 people and burned over 2,500 acres of pine forest. Firefighters, forest rangers, soldiers, and police, numbering more than 2,000, labored overnight as winds spread the flames from Blanes toward Lloret de Mar and Los Pinares campground trapping victims. Authorities blamed criminal action for the fire and noted initial reports of 12 men, six women, and four children among the dead were later corrected.
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Lloret de Mar
Spain
Gerona
Costa Brava
Josep Tarradellas
Blanes
Careys Irish initiative blasted by Protestants
London based protestant leaders and much of the British press condemn New York Governor Hugh Careys plan for a three way U S meeting on Northern Ireland. They accuse Irish American figures like Senator Edward Kennedy of trying to influence U S voters and the situation in Ulster.
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London
Northern Ireland
New York
Hugh Carey
United States
The
Daily Express
Ulster
Carey
Edward M. Kennedy
U.S
Britain
Ireland
Humphrey Atkins
Irish Republic
Michael O’kennedy
Atkins
Moynihan blasts Carter on PLO stance and oil ties
Senator Daniel Moynihan told about 250 attendees at a dinner for the American Friends of the Hebrew University that American policy is not for sale. He warned against any view that Saudi oil promises could buy U.S. support for the PLO, stressing two clear messages to the president.
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Daniel P. Moynihan
Carter
Palestine Liberation Organization
Moynihan
American Friends of the Hebrew University
Republic
U.S
PLO
Saudi Arabia
United States
Baden files suit to clear his name in NY medical examiner case
Dr. Michael Baden, removed as New York City chief medical examiner, sues to recover his job and defend his good name. He accuses Mayor Koch and district attorneys of pressuring forensic findings. Morgenthau denies wrongdoing and notes a staff member sought guidance in an unrelated case. A defense committee has raised funds to back the suit.
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New York
Michael Baden
Baden
Edward Koch
Manhattan
Robert Morgenthau
Morgenthau
People
Levine
GM UAW talks feature big demands and both sides cautious
In Detroit, GM and the UAW return to contract talks with hard demands including a health care benefits freeze while rejecting worker premium payments. GM VP Morris warns of widening gaps yet remains hopeful as UAW leader Bluestone notes historic concession posture. Additional GM proposals target absenteeism, benefit duplication cuts, and local wage- rate anchoring instead of the national baseline.
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Detroit
General Motors Corp
United Auto Workers
UAW
George B. Morris Jr
Morris
Irving Bluestone
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