Colt plant closures loom in Solvay dispute
Officials accuse Colt of engineering an employee buyout to shed plants in Alleghany and Albany counties with a federal loan aid cited. Zimmer urges keeping the Solvay plant open until buyers appear while noting RPI received a 50 million dollar grant. Union leaders report a recent contract rejection and potential strike as Solvay runs at 60 percent capacity with 1,550 workers.
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Alleghany Ludlum Steel
Chautauqua
Albany
Zimmer
George Strichman
Colt’s
New York City
Solvay
Strichman
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
RPI Board of
Lackawanna
Colt
Midland
Pittsburgh
Crucible
Stone takes post as special envoy to Central America
Former Sen Richard Stone is sworn in as special envoy to Central America and departs to El Salvador on a peacemaking mission to urge moderate leftists to participate in fall elections. Reagan says recent personnel changes do not reflect policy shift amid reports of rebel abuses.
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Washington
Richard Stone
Central America
el Salvador
U.S
Stone
George P. Shultz
Reagan
State Department
Florida
Thailand e�ects POW searcher Gritz and group
Thailand declared James Bo Gritz and four associates persona non grata for staging forays into Laos to find claimed POWs. The Interior Ministry noted prior charges for illegal possession of a high powered radio transmitter and ordered their deportation. A Bangkok search and border警 enforcement were ordered to locate Gritz and companions.
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Bangkok
Thailand
A Teen Beret
James
Bo" Gritz
Laos
Interior Ministry
Kamron Boonchered
Gritz
U S census reveals England leads in American ancestry
A Census Bureau report shows England listing as the top ancestral source among Americans in 1980, with 49,598,028 people claiming English roots. Germany follows closely with 49,224,146, while total multi ancestry reaches about 70 million. England and Wales together push the combined English/Welsh total to over 51 million.
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America
England
Germany
Bruce L. Chapman
Wales
Washington
West Europe decries U S arms trade dominance at NATO talks
NATO ministers from 14 nations gather in Brussels to press the United States on buying European weapons and easing the imbalance that favors American producers. Anders Sjaastad cites Congress restrictions as choking European exports with ratios as high as 15 to 1. Europeans vow no embargoes but demand a fairer balance and continued allied support.
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Brussels
Belgium
Caspar W. Weinberger
U.S
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Europe
United States
Weinberger
Anders C. Sjaastad
Congress
Syanstad
Asia
Drug Pump Offers New Hope In Liver Cancer Battle
A tiny implanted pump delivers high doses of chemotherapy directly to liver tumors, doubling life expectancy in a Massachusetts General Hospital study of 20 colon cancer patients with liver metastases. The Infusaid device enables high drug concentrations with fewer side effects, potentially extending survival and edging toward cures.
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Boston
Cancer
Massachusetts General Hospital
William C. Wood
Wood
Food and Drug Administration
Argentina trims four zeros from peso in inflation move
Argentina's government decreed removing four zeros from the legal peso, renaming it the Argentine peso. The change follows eight years of triple digit inflation, with banks closed for a two day transition to introduce new currency and prepare financial systems for the shift.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
UPI
France
Israel
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