White rioters kill two in South Africa amid siege and strikes
In Johannesburg and East London riots rise as white workers are killed and car set ablaze. Police report two white men dead after mob attack near Duncan Village following a large black service. Government imposes currency controls as 60,000 black miners threaten a strike. mine security clashes noted.
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Johannesburg South
Toon
Duncan Village
East London
Indian Ocean
Frere Hospital
London
Pretoria
South Africa
Labor unions brace for harder years amid automation and strikes
Labor leaders across Lorain and surrounding area warn of continued concession bargaining and rising unemployment. They point to government labor-board attitudes, foreign competition, and automation as keys shaping a rough two to three year outlook through 1989, with steel and auto sectors most affected and retraining emphasized.
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Bob Vincent
Chemical Workers Local 73
Harshaw
Board of Labor Relations
Labor Board
Sis Mayo
John Hatcher
United Auto Workers
Ford Truck
Avon Lake
Washington
Hatcher
Mike Pohorence
UAW
Lorain Ford Assembly Plant
Panhandle hurricane evacuees copy south and west
Elena forced evacuations across the Panhandle including Alabama Louisiana and Mississippi before veering toward Florida. About one million people were evacuated on Friday and Saturday, with northern residents returning home as the storm lingered west of Cedar Key. The eye passed Apalachi coil a and fog near Panama City as hurricane winds were reported from Apalachicola to Panama City.
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Panhandle
Alabama
Louisiana
Mississippi
Florida
Cedar Key
Gulf of Mexico
Zimmer
Apsialiwhia
Panama City
Apalachicola
Women trucker keeps rolling on after widowhood
In 1983, after widowhood, she returned to driving a truck for Nec ket, becoming the only woman on a seven-trucker crew. She embraces the long hours and good pay, balancing breakdowns and loneliness with independence, ceramics hobbies, and a steady drive to build her future.
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Keystone
Neckett
Tom Nesbett
Wellington
Sue Sala
Hippo Keeper Refuses Evacuation To Guard 4000 Pound Lucifer
Homosassa Springs Attraction manager J P Garner stays behind to care for Lucifer the hippo as hurricane winds approach. He fears floodwaters and movement could spook the animal, which has lived at the zoo 11 years and has never roamed. Citrus County officials question the decision but Garner insists his presence helps keep the hippo calm and fed.
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Elena
Lucifer
Homosassa Springs
Homosassa River
J.P. Garner
Garner
Citrus County
Alex Griffin
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Lorain County Printing, & Publishing Company
East Avenue
Elyria
Danly & Sanday
Onl
Chrosiel-Telegram
East Ave
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Cleveland
Pena
Wheeling-Pittburgh
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Machinists' Union
Wilson
the Chronicle
Ohio
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Homosassa Springs, Fla
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Lorain Blvd
Fyria
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