Jersey Assembly Votes to Continue Job Preference System for Veterans; State Courts Upheld Law
Date: 07 December 1979
By MARTIN WALDRON Special to The New York Times
Martin Special
NJ Assembly, under heavy pressure from veterans' organizations, votes 48-12 to keep Civil Service system that gives veterans of wartime armed forces first chance at government jobs in state; Gov Byrne had joined women's groups in urging repeal of absolute preference that veterans nave in state; Assemblymen Richard J Codey and Francis J McManimon comment (M)
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COMPANY NEWS; Signal Set to Buy Shares of Unitrode
Date: 08 December 1979
Signal Companies to buy from Schlumberger Ltd all 496,425 shares of Unitrode Corp owned by Schlumberger, which entered consent order with FTC in July to sell all its Unitrode shares in order to promptly complete its acquisition of Fairchild Camera (S)
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Remedies Elude Ailing City Hospitals; News Analysis
Date: 08 December 1979
By RONALD SULLIVAN
Ronald SULLIVAN
analysis of problems confronting NYC municipal hospitals (M)
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Baker's Campaign and Memories of Birch Bayh in "76; News Analysis
Date: 08 December 1979
By HEDRICK SMITH Special to The New York Times
Hedrick Special
Hedrick Smith analysis of Sen Howard H Baker Jr's flagging campaign for Republican Presidential nomination; says his 2d-place position in polls behind Ronald Reagan has been taken over by George Bush, who is now perceived as strongest challenger to Reagan; says Baker has responded by shaking up his national campaign staff and spending all his time on the road, campaigning for votes in Iowa and in New England in hope of strong showing in early primaries; Baker por (M)
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World News Briefs; African Lands Bid Morocco Quit the Western Sahara
Date: 07 December 1979
Vietnamese Foreign Minister Nguyen Co Thach sends UN Secretary Kurt Waldheim and General Assembly president message that China is preparing for war; message asks that Chinese withdraw forces from Paracel Islands, which are also claimed by Vietnam, and from border territory (S)
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West Bank Arabs, Exultant About Mayor, See New Power; News Analysis Bigger Role for Mayors Foreseen Mayors Can 'Paralyze' Area Unity 'a Valuable Tool'
Date: 07 December 1979
By DAVID K. SHIPLER Special to The New York Times
David SHIPLER
News analysis of successful efforts of Palestinian leaders to obtain release of Nablus Mayor Bassam al-Shaka from Israeli prison; Shaka illus (M)
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World News Briefs; State of Emergency Called After St. Vincent Rebellion South African Blacks Held After Unrest at Ford Plant Third Policeman Is Killed By Red Brigades in Month Soviet Arrests Dissident Active on Human Rights
Date: 08 December 1979
security policemen, Port Elizabeth, South Africa, arrest 21 blacks as result of labor unrest at Ford assembly plant; more than 700 blacks walked off jobs in Nov in dispute over recognition of black trade union (S)
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