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...union's modest settlement in 1958, another slumping year for the industry. But the last year that talks were concluded without a strike was 1964, and the two sides are starting out far apart. If a settlement has not been reached by the Sept. 14 contract expiration date, the betting is that Fraser would select General Motors for a strike target rather than Ford or the financially stricken Chrysler...
...Seyyed Mostafa al Moussavi, had six children, the youngest of whom was Ruhollah, which in Farsi means Sign of God. A few months after Ruhollah's birth-for which one plausible date is May 17, 1900-his father was murdered on the road between Khomein and Arak as he set out on a pilgrimage to the Shi'a holy city of Najaf in Iraq. In later years there have been stories circulated that Mostafa's death was somehow caused by Reza Shah, father of the recently exiled Emperor. In fact, Reza was only about 22 years...
July 1 is a day to remember for young Roman Catholics in the diocese of Phoenix. Since that date, by order of Bishop James S. Rausch, any couples wishing to marry in the church have been required to give their priest six months' advance notice. During the waiting period they must undergo a highly structured course of preparation and counseling, complete with a written "premarital inventory" that tests the conjugal attitudes of the would-be husband and wife...
...pronouncement worthy of Orwell's Ministry of Truth. Already, there was talk of CLO factors (clothing insulation value) and acclimatization periods. In this case, though, the agency involved was the Department of Energy and the proposed effective date 1979, not 1984. Part of President Carter's stand-by energy-conservation measure approved by Congress last May, the plan in question would require that thermostats in nonresidential buildings be set no lower than 80° F in the summer and no higher than 65° F in the winter, and that hot water settings be turned down...
...Germans have done an outstanding job all around. One can see that Deutschland über Alles has a new and more up-to-date meaning...