British coal miners reject 20 percent wage offer
London reports that striking British coalminers refused a 20 percent pay rise urged by a government inquiry court and pressed for 25 percent. The National Coal Board balked at more, citing a $26 million cost, as power shortages and industrial disruption spread.
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Unemployment Forecasts Split as Economists Propose Rebates
Washington reports three top economists say unemployment will stay well above White House projections this year. Arthur M. Okun urged a $100 tax rebate to stimulate demand while Wallich and Hymans warned the jobless rate may average around 5.7 percent, risking millions more out of work by election day.
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Weather outlook and rainfall totals for towns
Cloudy and cold today with high in the 20s and tonight's lows in the teens with a chance of snow flurries. Sunday will be clear and cold with highs in the 20s to low 30s and northeast winds under 10 mph. Rainfall to date: Middletown 3.81 inches, Monticello 4.91, Newburgh 3.34. last year totals: Middletown 4.19, Monticello 6.07, Newburgh 3.27. Highs: Middletown 37, Monticello 41, Newburgh 41.
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Agnew backs Safeguard ABM amid system flaws
Dr Harold Agnew, Los Alamos director since 1943 and atomic bomb developer, says the nation is stuck with a vulnerable anti missile system after a major blunder in conception. He supports Safeguard ABM as the only hardware the Defense Department can provide today and backs the Hardsite concept.
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Sixty- eight Egyptians die in bus crash near Cairo
Seventy people most of them students were killed when a bus crashed into a wall and plungered into the Nile Delta irrigation ditch near Kfarsand north of Cairo. Nine others were unhurt. Victims ranged from 16 to 47 and included 25 girls.
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Nile Delta
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Kfarsand
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