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In a time of job loss, orange alerts, war and other stresses and fears, Claude Cummings and three talented friends are hoping their "ministry through song" brings some comfort - as well as some much-needed dollars to the Pediatric AIDS Foundation.

Elizabeth Neuffer, a veteran war correspondent and member of the Boston Newspaper Guild known for her bravery, impassioned pursuit of human rights abuses and eloquent writing, died in a car accident in Iraq on May 9.

A professor and students whose work has freed wrongly convicted death row inmates in Illinois, a Sacramento reporter who chronicled a tidy neighborhood's collapse into a dangerous slum and two exceptional student writers were honored in May with The Newspaper Guild-CWA's top awards for journalistic

ABC Pension Proposal Draws Fire
A proposal that would "eviscerate" workers' pensions is among issues that have prolonged bargaining between NABET-CWA and ABC covering 5,000 employees of the Disney-owned network, reported Vice President John Clark.

CWA Pres. Morton Bahr and Association of Flight Attendants Pres. Pat Friend sign accord as the AFA moves forward on affiliation with CWA. The process calls for approval by the AFA executive board, board of directors and members. Present for the signing: CWA Sec.-Treas.