Begin backs Shamir for defense post despite no confidence
AP dispatch reports Prime Minister Begin plans to replace Ezer Weizman with Yitzhak Shamir as defense minister amid a shaky coalition after surviving a no confidence vote. Shamir, a hardliner and former foreign minister, would solidify rightist control. Energy Minister Yitzhak Modai may assume the foreign post.
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Jerusalem
Menachem Begin
Yitzhak Shamir
Egypt
Ezer Weizman
Begin
Weizman
Shamir
Moshe Dayan
Knesset
Poland
Herut
Stern Gang
Britain
Israel
Mossad
Yit
Zhak Modai
Modai
Liberal Party
National Religious Party
The
Democratic Movement
Defense Ministry
Ariel Sharon
Sharon
Weiz
Man
Detroit fast food workers union seeks to organize 6000
Detroit efforts aim to unionize about 6,000 fast food workers using a basement YWCA base. Richard Kazis notes past scattered efforts, while Danny Cantor says a Detroit win could spark national drives. McDonald's denies wrongdoing as Burger King workers vote union and three McDonald’s outlets lose. Cantor vows to press on amid a war-like campaign in a struggling economy.
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YWCA
Detroit Fast Food Workers Union
Richard Kazis
National Center For Jobs & Justice
Detroit
Kazis
Danny Cantor
McDonald's
McDonald’s
Doug Timberlake
Cantor
United States
Ronald McDonald
Detroit Fast Food Workers’ Union
Herald Journal notes from Porcello on industry business
Industry and business updates reported by Herald Journal with analysis from Jo seph A. Porcello. Topics include market trends, company performance, and economic indicators, featuring concise summaries and reader-relevant numbers.
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Herald-Journal
Joseph A. Porcello
India and Soviets sign record $1.6 billion arms deal
India signs a $1.6 billion credit deal with the Soviet Union in New Delhi for weapons to be delivered over 17 years. The agreement covers tanks MiG fighters and patrol vessels, with India to buy 200 T-72s initially and later license 600 more, amplifying Moscow’smilitary ties amid Afghanistan tensions.
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India
UPI
Defense Ministry
Asia
U.S
Soviet Union
Indian Subcontinent
Afghanistan
Washington
Moscow
S.S. Sidhu
Kremlin
Janata
Indira Gandhi
Elderly man testifies in Towson murder trial warns teens he would shoot
Witness Thomas Sanzone 18 testified that Roman Welzant warned a group of snowball throwing teens he would shoot before James Willey 16 was wounded and Albert Kahl 18 was killed. Welzant, 68, claims self defense after years of harassment by youths.
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Towson, Md
Roman Welzant
Thomas G. Sanzone
Eastwood
James K. Willey
Welzant
Albert R. Kahl
Willey
Sanzone
Wiley
Kahl
Police Break Up South Africa Boycott Rallies
Police used batons and tear gas to disperse student demonstrators across three towns in a six week boycott of non white schools. The action followed wider protests as Black textile workers in Durban and mulatto meat packers in Cape Town strike for better wages. More than 300 people were arrested since Sunday amid the student boycott, amid charges of unequal government education funding under apartheid with whites receiving about 75 percent and colored 25 percent.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
UPI
Durban
Cape Town
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