Economy Shows Mixed Signs Amid Inflation Fears
The Carter administration notes modest growth ahead as leading indicators rise 0.5 percent, but inflation and a $2.1 billion October trade deficit pull down stocks and the dollar. Blumenthal cites unusual gold export shifts distorting trade data while investment orders surge.
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Thousands Mourn As Mayor Is Buried
San Francisco holds a funeral for slain Mayor George Moscone with citizens grieving and flags lowered. Acting Mayor Dianne Feinstein tells crowds the people of San Francisco are indomitable despite adversity outside City Hall.
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Gilbert Eisenberg
White
Pope Discusses Human Rights With Southern African Leaders
Pope John Paul II held a secret audience with four leaders of southern African black nationalist movements at the Apostolic Palace to discuss human rights. The meeting, disclosed by Oliver Tambo of the ANC and George Silundika of the National Patriotic Front, followed concerns over rights abuses in the region.
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A Christmas Carol staged by Wayside Theatre seeks local actors
The Wayside Theatre announces on the Spectator page it will adapt Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol and is seeking local actors and actresses to fill roles. The notice appears amid holiday features in the Clarke Compass classified section.
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Miller Eyes Senate Route After Narrow Virginia Loss
Andrew Miller met with Senate Rules Committee staff amid signals of a possible challenge to John Warner's win in Virginia. The margin was 4,721 votes from over 1.2 million cast, with Miller weighing a state court recount or a Senate appeal.
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Winchester Students Fare Well on Tests
Handley High School tenth graders posted strong results with 94 percent passing mathematics and 93 percent meeting reading standards on state competency tests. Of 312 tested, 11 failed both areas and 19 failed one. Remediation and a retest in April are planned for those under the standards.
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Jacob Johnson
Johnson
Virginia General Assembly
Mexico City Quakes Stimulate Alarm and Mixed Reports
A series of earthquakes in Mexico City and southern Mexico injured up to 600 people but officials cited no confirmed deaths. Reports varied on fatalities with early counts suggesting deaths in Oaxaca. seismologists warned it could be among the strongest quakes in the nation’s history.
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Puerto Escondido
Vivian Garner
Hackensack
Holiday Inn
Little Refusenik Arrives Today in Boston after emigration
Cambridge pediatrician Dr. Richard Feinbloom says Jessica Katz, the infant from Russia with malabsorption syndrome, is past the crisis and may not need hospitalization on arrival with her parents and sister. He notes she improves with a diet shift toward normal foods and will likely be seen next week.
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Jessica Katz
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Richard Feinbloom
Cambridge
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Feinbloom
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