Andropov Offers to Equalize Europe Missiles
Moscow reports Yuri Andropov proposed cutting Soviet medium range missiles in Europe to the level Britain and France keep, without specifying a number. Western estimates place Britain at 64 missiles and France with a similar or larger stock, while the USSR reportedly fields hundreds of SS-20s plus older SS-4s and SS-5s aimed at Western Europe.
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Moscow
Yuri V. Andropov
Europe
France
Britain
Soviet Union
Western
Andropov
Wall Street brokers fund 600 Christmas dinners
In New York, a group of Exchange members and clerks raised 42600 in four days to provide catered dinners for 600 families. Each meal costs about 70 and includes a 16 pound turkey with stuffing vegetables and mince pie. The drive aims to help over 4500 people with home dinners rather than ar mory or school basements.
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New York
UPI
New York Stock Exchange
Scrooge
Wall Street
Arthur Cashin Jr
Cashin
Senate approves MTA bailout plan amid fare hike threat
Albany Senate backs Republican bill to cap costs with a 0.5 percent regional sales tax and avert fare increases for the MTA counties. Assembly stance unclear as MTA faces a $225 to $300 million deficit without more federal aid. Ravitch imposes 2 token limit and mails new monthly tickets reflecting a 50 percent rise.
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Albany
Senate
Metropolitan Transportation
Hugh Carey
MTA
Newark City
Capitol
Alen Ry
Ee Govet Ae Ce Troakey Fink
New York City
Richard Ravitch
Ravitch
Long Island Rail Road
Conrail
Harsher strike law tightens rules for public workers
Albany reports Gov. Hugh Carey signed a package expanding power to stop contract terms during public employee strikes. The measure lets public employers discontinue provisions of expired contracts when unions strike, while safeguards remain under the Taylor Law. Also approved were extensions to bond sales for the New York Mortgage Agency and a pay regrade for surrogate judges, with a SUNY contract granting 9 percent first-year raises and 8 percent in subsequent years under a lag payroll.
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Albany
Hugh
Carey
Ceed
State of New
Joe Mongegage
Pupaea
New York
United University Professions
State University of New York
Cuomo family tours historic New York governor's mansion
Governor Cuomo and his wife welcomed Evangeline Gouletas-Carey on a private tour of Albany's 60 room mansion on Eagle Street built in 1857 and bought by the state in 1877 to house governors. The tour highlighted FDR era scars and historic room lore as the Cuomos prepare to assume office.
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New York City
Nassau, Suffolk
Westchester
State
Supreme Court
Albany
Eagle Street
State Capitol
U.S
Grover Cleveland
Theodore Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Washington
Levi Morton
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Gouletas-Carey
Winter Storms Deliver Snow Across Nation and Fatalities
A powerful winter storm hits the East Coast and Pacific Northwest with at least four deaths on the East, while heavy snow accumulations disrupt travel from the Rockies to Maine. Buffalo and Butler report notable snowfall, auto accidents rise, and record temperatures and humidity are noted alongside air quality data.
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Pacific Northwest
Rockies
Montana
Marias Pass
Ohio Valley
Maine
New York
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Ohio
Butler
Buffalo
N.Y
New England
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Connecticut
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Roy Odell
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Boston
Rupert Murdoch
Herald
Boston Herald American
Rome
Il Giornale Nuovo
Milan
Corriere Delia Sera
West
Lelio Lagorio
Mehmet Ali Agca
USIA
California
Los Angeles
United States Information Agency
Caliornia
United States
Millie McCoo
Foreign Press Center
Westwood
Voice of America
Evangeline Gou- Jetas-Carey
Cuomo
Mario
Telenholo
Evangeline
Riamenes Rade
Natonal Weather Service
INOAA
Dept of Come
Stalone
Pacific Coast
Dakotas
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