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...bargained. At that time the auto workers won an agreement that has pushed their pay up 15% in each of the last two years and the rubber workers got a contract that will be worth about 50% over three years. The trend-setters this time will be fighting a rear-guard action to avoid giving up gains made in past negotiations rather than bargaining for important new pay hikes...
Army thinclad Gus Grant, followed by teammates Cardell Williams and Mozina, set the early pace in the 1500. Crimson runners Eric Schuler and Paul McNulty followed right behind them, with Dixon in the rear. With three laps to go, Dixon made his move, passing McNulty and Mozina to chug into fourth. He moved into first with one lap left and Cadet Williams breathing down his bcak...
...Allen's actions were "inconsistent with an intent to keep the money for personal use," there is no guarantee that he will return to his old job. The White House last week quickly named a caretaker replacement: Allen's own deputy, James ("Bud") Nance, 60, a retired rear admiral, who is not seen as a permanent successor. But ominously for Allen, Meese disclosed that even if he is cleared of any violation of the law, his conduct will be examined to see if it violates the ethical standards that the President has proclaimed for all high Administration officials...
...tooling up U.S. 1 now, heading north, 15 miles over the limit. Soon, he thought, he would be far away from the fake-green lushness of functional golf courses. For a moment, his eye caught the still-soiled golf clubs in the rear-view mirror. He smiled. This December, Bogart Jackson would see snow...
...Soviets, obsessed with the importance of keeping in close touch with Moscow, brought along about 90 tons of communications gear. A gray van, bristling with antennas and with curtains drawn, was always at the rear of Brezhnev's motorcade. West German sources dubbed it a "hot line on wheels," and said it was in direct contact with the communications center at Schloss Gymnich. In the garden of the estate, the Soviets set up a dish-shaped microwave transmitter. Its purpose: to beam messages to Moscow via the Soviet satellite "Horizon" that overflies Western Europe...