Atlanta Firefighters Strike Over Pay and Hours
Firefighters walk off duty in Atlanta demanding higher pay and shorter hours. Mayor Maynard Jackson Allen urged return to work while noting budget constraints for 1987. Union seeks recognition and binding contract. city warns of red ink and potential court orders.
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Allen
Martin
Robert Mitchell
Mitchell
Atlanta
Marlin
Hagart
William Buck
International Associiation of Fire Fighters
Afl-Cio
New Albany
Ind
Buck
Medicare fears rise as elderly expect care in law
Government Medicare aims to cover most bills for about 19 million elderly Americans but offers no hospital bed guarantees or guaranteed access to doctors under optional doctor bill insurance. Deductibles burden hospitals and racial compliance may affect eligibility, sparking regional facility strain and legal concerns. Local wedding story notes Lois Watson and Robert Byrd plan a Florida cave wedding in a family tale amid evolving health policy debate.
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Pital
Counry
South
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Teo
Montezuma
Lois Watson
Robert Davids
Byrd
Johnson
Florida
Rockefeller Signs Minimum Heat Law in New York
Gov. Rockefeller signed a bill raising the minimum heat requirement for apartments and multiple dwellings in the state. Landlords must provide at least 55 degrees when outside temps drop below 49 between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. A minimum of 68 degrees is required from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. when outside reads 48 or lower. An NYC legislator noted air conditioning failures elsewhere in the Capitol and in the governor’s office.
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Albany
N.Y
Rockefeller
New York City
Hospital aid plan due soon in New York state
Bourke, assistant state health commissioner and head of hospital planning, said New York will submit its federal aid modernization plan to Washington in the next weeks. She noted the state's size causes delays, but construction programs are underway and the plan should not lose funding despite an eight month delay. She cited signing the Gloversville hospital contract.
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Albany
UPI
Joann J
Bourke
Washington
New York
Rourke
Gloversville
Kennedy says Chief Tuth, Nobel winner, distressed over blacks
Senator Robert F. Kennedy said today he found Nobel Peace Prize winner Chief Albert Tuth banned under South Africa's suppression of Communism laws. He described the black man's future in the country as distressed, concerned and saddened. Kennedy traveled with his wife.
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Durban
South Africa
Robert F. Kennedy
Albert Tuth
Kennedy
Ethel
Groutville Reserve
Werve
Justice
Balthazar Vorster
Luthuli
African Rational Congress
Space flight romance amid drought talks and bans
Perth nurse Sue Laidlaw plans marriage to Cal Douglas Glass whose U S rescue team backs manned space flights. Gov Volpe discusses a five million dollar bond for water development as drought looms. Kennedy meets Luthuli under restricted conditions in South Africa, lamenting limited future for black citizens.
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Perth
Australia
Sue Laidlaw
U.S
Sue
Couglas Glass
Boston
John
A. Volpe
Hawaii
Volpe
San Diego
la Citadelle
Haiti
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