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...poor and the deprived and the unemployed in this country," a reference to the mass suicide in Guyana in 1978 in which the deadly potion was a soft drink laced with cyanide. After Kirkland made the characterization at the AFL-CIO's executive council meeting in Bal Harbour, Fla., last week, Vice President George Bush, a visitor at the session, accused him of "groping for a headline...
...occurred in 1970, lasted 67 days and helped cause a general recession. The economy is expected to be heading back toward recovery by next September, but a strike at GM would probably go far to knock it right back down again. -By John S. DeMott. Reported by Gisela Bolte/Bal Harbour and Paul A. Witteman/Chicago
Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger also favors default. In addition, the AFL-CIO executive council last week called for a declaration of default during a meeting in Bal Harbour...
...groping toward protest or endorsement, labor leaders were practically organized for the occasion. Reagan's speech coincided with the winter meeting of the AFL-CIO executive council, a group made up of heads of 32 major unions representing 13.6 million workers. Skies were cloudy above the Bal Harbour, Fla., meeting, which was dominated by behind-the-scenes discussion of Reagan's program...
...Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau has long pursued a strongly nationalist policy that tried to lower the proportion of foreign ownership of sensitive economic areas. But, so far, the American reaction to the Canadian invasion has been warm. In the mile-square beachfront community of Surfside, Fla., near affluent Bal Harbour, Canadian businessmen have almost finished two high-rise condominiums, valued at $46 million. Next month the town will hold its annual "Salute to Canada" week...