UAW Leaders Expect Favorable Vote on Concessions
UAW leaders anticipate 7,400 Wisconsin AMC workers will approve wage cuts and concessions to avert plant closures in Milwaukee and Kenosha. Milwaukee Local 75 and Kenosha Local 72 boards urged members to accept the company’s final three year proposal as AMC warned of irreversible closures by July 1 1986 and September 18 for related plants.
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Wisconsin
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Arson killer of 25 given 625 years to life
Humberto de la Torre, 22, confessed to setting a 1982 hotel fire that killed 25 at the Dorothy Mae Apartment Hotel to spite his uncle Benito de la Torre who managed the building. A Los Angeles judge sentenced him to 625 years to life, calling for never release.
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Dorothy Mae
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de la Torre
Superior Court
Robert Devich
Resigning Chief Justice Neely Steps Down in West Virginia
Richard Neely quits as chief justice of the West Virginia Supreme Court amid backlash over firing his secretary for refusing to baby-sit his son. He will remain a justice for his 12 year term. Tess Dineen may keep her job if she wishes. Ann Garcelon of NOW urges full resignation from the court.
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W.va
Richard Neely
State Supreme Court
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Tess Dineen
Ann Garcelon
National Organization For Women
Ex-banker Jake Butcher receives fourth 20-year term
MEMPHIS Tenn A federal judge gave former banker Jake Butcher a fourth 20 year prison sentence for bank fraud. U S District Judge Odell Horton issued the term Friday marking the final stage of a complex plea agreement across three federal jurisdictions. Butcher a two time Democratic gubernatorial candidate and organizer of the 1982 Knoxville World’s Fair pleaded guilty to indictments accusing him of stealing over 20 million from banks he controlled.
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Tenn
Jake Butcher
U.S
Odell Horton
Butcher
Mercy killing suspected in hospital shooting of 3-year-old
A distraught father, Charles Griffith, 24, shot and killed his brain-damaged daughter Joy in a Miami Children’s Hospital nursery in what police describe as an apparent mercy killing. Investigators say Joy sustained head injuries in October and circulation to her brain was reportedly cut off for five minutes. Griffith is in custody. the mother, Rebecca Griffith, was present at the scene.
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Charles Griffith
Miami Beach
Miami Children’s Hospital
Metro-Dade
Jim Hutton
Joy
Hutton
Rebecca Griffith
Immigrant developer pledges funds for Braintree Fourth of July
Irish born Thomas Flatley, president of the Flatley Co. in Braintree, said he will contribute half of the $4,400 needed for town Fourth of July celebrations if the community matches the rest. The decision comes after the Fourth of July Committee voted to cancel the event due to insufficient funds.
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Braintree
Mass
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Pleasure Faire opens Saturdays at Renaissance Faire
Sterling Oswego County Accent notes correction for opening dates of the Pleasure Faire and Simmer Marketplace. Season begins July 6 with weekend hours from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. through August 18, each Saturday and Sunday.
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Oswego County
No concessions in hostage talks say U S officials
U S officials publicly and privately asserted no concessions were made to secure the hostages release. Reports conflicted on whether the captives would travel by Red Cross convoy to Damascus then fly to Frankfurt, with Amal militia demanding guarantees and Syrian escort.
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International Red Cross
Attorney Flynn to head New York Power Authority
Richard M. Flynn 54, a New York City attorney and longtime Power Authority trustee, was unanimously elected chairman at a Friday special meeting at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library in Hyde Park. He succeeds John S. Dyson, who resigned after serving since August 1979. The note ends with lottery numbers 273 and 8566 for Daily Number and Win Four.
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Poughkeepsie
John S. Dyson
Albany
New York
Weather outlook with scattered showers and variable temps
Forecast calls for a shower tonight and clearing skies Sunday across most areas. Showers from the Midwest to central Appalachians with warmth in the Southwest and cooler conditions in the Northeast. Historical notes show last year’s date at 69 and records of 95 high in 1933 and 45 low in 1979 with normal 76. Weather data radio broadcast continues 24 hours daily.
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Weather outlook warms. sunshine returns midweek
The National Weather Service says tonight will bring an evening shower and lows near 55. Sunday skies clear with sun and a mid 70s high. Monday to Wednesday look mostly fair with lows 55 to 60 and highs 75 to 80 as nationwide rain shifts. An eastern region report notes showers from New England to the Deep South with hot spots in Florida and the desert Southwest reaching 100 to 115.
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Manila Flood Death Toll Rises Beyond Forty Four
Manila and five provinces suffered heavy losses as floods from the city’s worst deluge in over a decade killed at least 44 people. In Manila two electrocuted, nine drowned, with Olongapo City and Pampanga province also hard hit as waters receded and evacuees began returning home.
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Philippines
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Olongapo City
Pampanga
Irineo Zabala
Red Cross
Shiite leaders delay hostages release amid Lebanon crisis
A U S military plane was set to fly hostages from Damascus to Frankfurt but officials warned not all 39 captives were guaranteed freedom. Amal officials claimed seven may stay as guarantees while negotiations tied to Israel prisoner releases continued. Hostages dined at a Beirut hotel as the crisis drew in Syria and Iran linked groups.
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Hafez Assad
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Syria
Shimor Peres
Washington
Thomas W. Murry
Newbury Park
Calif
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Islamic Holy War
Iran
Ghassan Siblani
Berri
Kohl proposes October conference to revise Rome Treaty
West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl urged Common Market members to meet by October 31 to revise the 1957 Treaty of Rome and boost efficiency. The idea was conceived by Italian Premier Bettino Craxi, who heads the EEC as summit leaders meet on day two. Most leaders were receptive, though Britain Greece and Denmark opposed.
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Italy
Helmut Kohl
Rome
Bettino Craxi
European Economic Community
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EEC
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Britain
Greece
Denmark
Air-India crash recorders located near Cork
Irish official says British Navy ship found tentative location of Air-India jumbo jet flight recorders in about 6000 feet of water after the crash near Shannon Airport. Britain disputes positive locating. aircraft vanished en route from Toronto to London to Bombay, killing 329.
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Joe Jennings
Information Service
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