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GEORGIA

Landmark diner awaits reprieve

ATLANTA — A landmark restaurant that was a popular meeting place for black leaders in Atlanta during the civil rights era may be saved from the wrecking ball.

Clark Atlanta University, which owns Paschal’s Restaurant, is negotiating the restaurant’s sale to Trammell Crow Co., a commercial real estate firm. The deal would include the surrounding complex, which houses a nightclub, a hotel and a parking lot.

Officials with Trammell Crow and the school have declined comment. But Atlanta City Council member Ivory Lee Young Jr. said he will hold a press conference this morning at the old Paschal’s building to announce plans for the development.

NEW YORK

Day care workers go on strike

NEW YORK — Child care workers who look after as many as 50,000 youngsters walked off the job yesterday in New York’s second major strike this week by unions trying to pressure the city for a raise.

The day care workers, who are employed by centers that serve many poor families and are partially subsidized by the city, have not had a contract in more than four years and have not gotten a raise in 31/2 years.

More than 1,500 people, including workers from District Council 1707, marched over the Brooklyn Bridge to call for a retroactive 9 percent increase over 27 months. The scheduled three-day strike left about 350 large day care centers closed or short-staffed.

FLORIDA

Van flips, killing migrant workers

PORT ST. LUCIE — A crowded van carrying 11 persons rolled over on a highway, killing two migrant workers and injuring two others, authorities said.

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