Monmouth County workers return after near unanimous strike vote
About 3,500 Monroe County employees resumed work after a three day strike ended with near unanimous union ratification of a three year contract. The CSEA vote favored the tentative pact by 990 to 10 of 1,000 ballots with two mediators aiding in a 23 hour session. The legislature must approve next Tuesday or the walkout could resume. Pickets were removed and pay restorations plus wage increases were included in the agreement.
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Rochester
Monroe County
Civil Service Employes Association
CSEA
Walkout to cripple airports across Europe
London reports a near certainty of a four day walkout by British assistant air controllers as talks to avert the strike collapse before the deadline. Civil Aviation asks foreign carriers to trim weekend schedules by half with British Airways likely to suffer most amid wider European slowdowns.
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London
British Airways
Spain
France
Europe
Ausable Club to sell 11 Adirondack peaks to state
The Ausable Club voted to sell 9,300 acres in the Adirondacks to New York State. The deal would include the summits of 11 peaks in Keene township over 3,000 feet high such as Noonmark Basin Gothics and Sawteeth. Negotiations on price continue with the Department of Environmental Conservation aiming to add the lands to the Adirondack Preserve.
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Lake Placid
Ausable Club
Adirondacks
Keene
State Department of Environmental Conservation
Adirondack
Noonmark
Armstrong
Basin
Blake
Colvin
Dial
Youssef Flight Experience Opens Near Brewerton Airport
A new SAR plane experience named Youssef Flight Experience operates from Syroene Suburban Airport off Route 11 north of Brewerton. The ad lists contact number 446-3790 for bookings and details, promising a move and great experience for customers seeking aerial tours.
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Youssef
Move
Syroene
Brewerton
Monaco Princess Caroline to Wed Philippe Junot Next June
Princess Caroline twenty to marry Philippe Junot a 37 year old French businessman announced by Prince Rainier and Grace Kelly. Engagement followed a period of separation and comes with a royal wedding planned for next June amid public interest and media attention.
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Monte Carlo
Monaco
UPI
Caroline
Prince Rainier
U.S
Grace Kelly
Palace
Philippe Junot
Junot
Paris
Michel Junot
Westinghouse Electric
Philippe
Lydie Thykjaer
Denmark
Andoche Junot
Duke of
Abrantes
Napoleon
Jacqueline Onassis
Ivan
Soraya
Europe
Albert
US trade deficit improves in July figures
The Commerce Department reports July U S trade deficit at more than 2.3 billion dollars, an improvement from June but still the fourth worst month on record. A 307 million drop in imports of foreign oil aided the July result, with total petroleum imports near 3.6 billion dollars.
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R. Gregory Nokes
Washington
United States
Commerce Department
U.S
Vance Ends Talks With China. Aims At Normalizing Ties
Secretary of State Cyrus Vance concluded four days of discussions with Chinese leaders without a concrete framework to normalize relations. He met Hua Kuo-feng and said the talks clarified mutual views and that direct communication with Beijing was valuable. Vance planned to meet Huang Hua again in New York during the United Nations General Assembly.
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Peking
UPI
Cyrus Vance
Washington
Huang Hua
New York
General Assembly of
United Nations
Vance
Great Hall of the People
Huang
Shanghai
China
Taiwan
Stadium study plan rejected by Onondaga County Legislature
The Ways and Means Committee rejected a county supervised, no cost stadium feasibility study. Only two members supported forming the Onondaga County Stadium Commission with university and private partners to assess feasibility and funding, while the majority opposed.
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J. Michael Kelly
Ways and Means
Onondaga County
Michael 3. Bragman
D-3rd
Nicholas J. Pirro
Onondaga County Stadium Commission
Bragman
Syracuse University
Metropolitan Development Association
Pirro
MDA
John H. Mulroy
Hugh Carey
Cicero Democrat
Legislature
John F. Lawton
GOP
J. Richard Pooler
Pooler
Howard Hurst
Betty Christen
Kenneth Bush
John F. Murphy
Thomas S. Wallace
James F. Salanger
Timothy E. Rice
VFW Rejects Women Admission At 78th Convention
At the 78th national convention the Veterans of Foreign Wars voted to exclude women from membership for the eighth year running despite federal pressure and a bylaws change. Leaders warned President Carter to mind his own business while officials defended the stance amid strong opposition from some delegates.
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Minneapolis
Carter
Veterans of Foreign Wars
VFW
James Vandandt
Floyd Fowler
Michigan
Suzi Park Thomson to testify before House ethics panel
Suzi Park Thomson arrives on Capitol Hill amid the House Ethics Committee probe into alleged South Korean influence buying. Her lawyer says she will answer questions in a closed session to avoid contempt and will not discuss her personal life.
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UPI
Suzi Park Thomson
House
Philip Hirshkop
Jim Adams
Washington
Capitol Hill
Carl Albert
House Ethics Committee
Phillip Hirshkop
Thomson
Hirshkop
Special Committee
Leon Jaworski
Tongsun Park
Jaworski
Park
Watergate
Oil and gas lease sale approved on outer shelf
The U.S. Court of Appeals reinstated a sale valued at 1.13 billion dollars of oil and gas leases on the outer continental shelf in New York.
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New York
U.S. Court of Appeals
Bomb Drops in Beirut Market Kill Seven and Wound Thirty
A dynamite bomb exploded in Beirut's main vegetable market, killing at least seven people and wounding about 30. Most victims were peddlers with carts blown apart. some lost limbs as police and Arab peacekeeping troops arrived to control the panic and rubble-strewn streets.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Unseasonably cool Syracuse night with frost risk
Chilly cloudless skies at Hancock Airport forecast an overnight low around 45 degrees, possibly 40 in valley areas. Tomorrow promises sunny warmth with highs near 80 and near zero rain chances. Adirondacks may see 20s and widespread frost per the National Weather Service.
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Syracuse
Hancock
Adirondacks
National Weather Service
Daily beer may cut risk of fatal heart attacks study says
A Honolulu study shows men who drink one or two beers daily have just over half the fatal heart illnesses of non drinkers. Scientists caution moderation and note heavy use harms heart health. The report appears in the New England Journal of Medicine and finds no link between coffee and heart attacks.
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Boston
Honolulu
New England Journal of Medicine
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