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DIED. PEGGY MOUNT, 85, British actress best known for playing strong, shrewish women on the stage and screen and television; in London. She was the imposing mother-in-law in Sailor Beware, a West End hit later made into a movie, and co-starred in such film comedies as The Naked Truth and Hotel Paradiso...
...influence in Kandahar and make an unimpeded flight into the mountains. But the elders rejected the presence of these pro-Taliban commanders in Kandahar and vowed to stage a battle for control of the city. The situation remained murky and volatile, but it seemed increasingly unlikely that Omar could mount a credible counterattack...
...Representatives sent a letter to President Bush calling for $1 billion in U.S. contributions to the Global AIDS and Health Fund. The last U.S. contribution was matched seven times over by other countries; if the same thing happens with this contribution, the world will have sufficient funds to mount a full effort to stop AIDS. To get the President’s support for this initiative, hundreds of members of Congress will have to sign the letter. Members of Congress will only sign this letter if they hear from their constituents that it is something they support. Legislators...
...interfere in attempts to organize and that it will recognize a new union as soon as half of the affected workers sign cards in the union’s favor. It would be difficult for a University that says it supports collective bargaining to defend its right to mount a campaign against unions, and promoting unionization makes a great deal of sense strategically—if it succeeds, workers will have far stronger institutional mechanisms to advance their interests than an unusually vocal campus student group...
ELECTED. JEFFREY DUNKEL, 18, high school graduate; to mayor of the tiny borough of Mount Carbon, Pa. (pop. 100). Dunkel, who will be paid $50 a month, said, "When I started asking questions [at town meetings], they told me I'm only 18 and there's a lot involved in local government, and if I think I can do a better job, then I should run for office...