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...turmoil began with the resignation of Prime Minister Charan Singh, 76, only 15 minutes before a vote of confidence in the lower house of Parliament, the Lok Sabha, that would have sent his 24-day-old coalition government down to certain defeat. In line for the job, or so he thought, was Ram, also official leader of the opposition. But India's President Neelam Sanjiva Reddy bypassed Ram and heeded the advice of outgoing Charan Singh to dissolve the Lok Sabha and call new national elections. He appointed Charan Singh as head of a caretaker government until elections...
Boston University's librarians and clerical workers yesterday ended their 11-day-old strike, and one hour later the university administration announced it would begin contract negotiations with their unions...
...fissures appeared shortly after the collapse, on Sunday, Feb. 11, of the 45-day-old government of Shahpour Bakhtiar, who had been appointed Prime Minister by the Shah. Following a bloody weekend of fighting between units of the Imperial Guard and pro-Khomeini airmen and armed civilians at Doshan Tappeh airbase in eastern Tehran, the army supreme command abruptly announced that it would withdraw its troops and give "full support to the wishes of the people." The army had been Bakhtiar's last prop; he resigned, as did the members of parliament...
...YORK--The New York Times and the New York Daily News have reportedly agreed in principle with their pressmen's union on the way to settle the union's 65-day-old strike...
Five canned grapefruit slices: 1 slice day-old bread, toasted: ½ scoop cottage cheese and maraschino cherry-refrigerated for 24 hours, causing the top of the cheese to turn pink...