UN panel faces criticism from Western Hemisphere press
Journalists from across the Americas gather at the Inter-American Press Association meeting in Toronto to scrutinize UNESCO efforts since 1976 to create a World Press Service and a global press council. The session targets Nicaragua, Peru, Jamaica, and Cuba while examining La Prensa and Daily Gleaner coverage and government controls.
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Toronto
UPI
U.N
Western Hemisphere
Inter-American Press Association
Unesco
TAPA
James B. Cane
World Press Council
International Commission For the
Sean MacBride
Communicaons Commission
North
South America
George Beebe
The
Miami Herald
Nicaragua
Peru
Jamaica
Lorain teachers back on the job in strike settlement
Lorain teachers resumed work after an eight month negotiation with the school board ending a six week strike that began September 4. Judge Floy D. Harris announced a tentative agreement reached after 48 hours of talks with a federal mediator. The contract had expired August 31 and attendance at reopening September 10 was sparse. Nunley said the aim is to return to normal as soon as possible.
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Nunley
Common Pleas Court
Floy D. Harris
Board of Education
Nobel chemistry prize award links Brown and Wittig
The 1979 Nobel Prize in chemistry went to Herbert C. Brown of Purdue and Georg Wittig of Heidelberg for developing boron and phosphorous compounds as key reagents in organic synthesis. Brown is at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, Wittig at the University of Heidelberg, West Germany. A Lancashire saloon once owned by King George VI sold at about 3600 dollars, while two other royal cars failed to meet reserve prices at auction.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Herbert C. Brown
Purdue University
West Lafayette
Ind
Georg Wittig
University of Heidelberg
West Germany
London
Pioneer I set for Tahoe depths probe for lake study
A three man submarine named Pioneer I prepared to launch on Lake Tahoe to dive to 1,200 feet, photograph and recover objects through Thursday. UC Davis limnology expert Charles R Goldman called the expedition a frontier for on site investigation as Tahoe sits 6,225 feet above sea level and 1,645 feet deep, among North America’s deepest lakes.
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Tahoe City
Calif
Lake Tahoe
Charles R. Goldman
University of California At Davis
North America
Sierra Nevada Mountain Range
California
Nevada
San Francisco
Ohio drivers back license plate reservations plan
Ohio motorists between 75 000 and 85 000 say they would pay ten dollars to reserve their current plates at renewal in 1980. The plan hinges on Senate approval as the bill also carries a 1.3 million appropriation for the Bureau of Motor Vehicles.
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Columbus
UPI
Senate
Bureau of Motor Vehicles
Dean Collison
Ohio House
Finance Committee
Bureau
Bus drivers to strike vote in Cleveland district
Cleveland Public School District's 160 bus drivers plan a strike vote over a contract dispute with Ohio Association of Public School Employees Local 718. They say no raise when money was promised to reopen negotiations mid 1980.
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Cleveland
UPI
Cleveland Public
Ohio Association of Public School Employees
Cooperation amid police chief dispute in South Amherst
Snizek and Lt Graham faced a weekend surge with multiple accidents and vandalism. Snizek cited long response times, salary disputes, and friction with council while Hemminger urged limited, independent action and hinted at recruiting new officers to ease tensions.
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Snizek
Joseph Graham
Council
Hemminger
Jones
Golden Gate replaces Kaaba gate in Mecca amid royal ceremony
JIDDA Saudi Arabia King Khaled unveiled and washed a new 10 foot high golden Gate of Mecca replacing the 63 year old portico. Local artisans etched 15 Arabic names for Allah on the teakwood door. The aluminum-plated Gate of Repentance was ordered covered in gold to reflect Mecca's magnificence.
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Jidda
Saudi Arabia
UPI
Kaaba
Mecca
Khaled bin Abdel Aziz
Allah
Khaled
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UN Panel On World Press
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Ulises Estrada
Labor Party
Cuba
Manley
University OF California Scien
Tahoe
Lorain
American & W
King’s Saloon
Mark Twain
Tahoe Basin
Ohio News
Kucinich
Dennis J. Kucinich
Greater
Sohio
Ohio
Standard Oil Co
Edward Howard & Co
Procter & Gamble
Cincinnati
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National City Corp
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Force
Lorain County
Rt. 113
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Golden Gate
Jerusalem
West Bank
Israel
Menachem Begin
Britain
Rhodesia
Zimbabwe Rhodesia
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Buddy” Leach
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Leesville
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Alexandria
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Bangkok
Thailand
Phnom Penh
Church of England Commission
Church of England
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Lebanon
PLO
U.S
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Palestine Liberation Organization
Kaddoumi
Turkey
Ankara
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Bulent Ecevit
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Justice Party
National Assembly
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