Mitchell Holds Ground as Senate Leader in Tough Test
Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell faced and overcame a rare challenge from predecessor Sen. Byrd, proving command of institutional power while continuing partisan leadership. In Beijing, Tiananmen Square reopened with heavy police presence after a June crackdown, as dissidents urged silent protests.
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Washington
Senate
George Mitchell
Maine
Bush
Mitchell
Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
Byrd Mitchell
Senate Appropriations Committee
Beijing
Tiananmen Square
Pro-Democracy
China
Bus sniper hunt grows as Greyhound vows no talks yet
Police pursue a sniper attack on a Greyhound bus driver in Nashville after a Cincinnati man, David E. Bryant, 58, was critically wounded Saturday night. Greyhound says no bargaining with striking workers until violence ends. Mohawk Indians face a land standoff as state police move in to investigate a helicopter shooting and a treaty claim is cited.
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Nashville
Tenn
Greyhound
Fred G. Currey
Dallas
Southeastern Trailways
David E. Bryant
Cincinnati
Currey
National Guard
Daryl Martin
Guerrillas kill nineteen in Peru village clash
Shining Path rebels attacked the village of San Antonio in Tayacaja 155 miles southeast of Lima. About 100 militants clashed with locals, leaving 12 peasants and seven guerrillas dead in an hour. Two state engineers were later killed near Huaraz as Peruvians vote for a new president.
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Lima
Peru
Shining Path
San Antonio
Tayacaja
Agrarian Bank
Huaraz
Home Mail Rates and Postal Address Notice
Rates for home mail are listed as 3 6 and 12 months with dollar amounts. Absent or garbled text mentions 1087 8 and a postal communcations box in SC with a box address and postmaster note. The fragment references Standard mail and an address in Rutland Drive with a box in Anon SC 20808.
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Aiken Standard
Rutland Drive
Aiken Standard, P.O
Aiken, S.C
Uj Aten Communcatons Inc
Ahen S.C
Anon
Lithuania Seeks Talks With Moscow Over Independence
About 1,000 pro independence protesters gathered outside Vilnius prosecutor's office as Lithuania sent a delegation to Moscow to begin talks with Mikhail Gorbachev. Deputy Premier Ozolas and legislator Bickaukas traveled to Moscow while Landsbergis called for peaceful settlement and vowed to regulate relations with the Soviet Union. The Kremlin demanded abandonment of the independence declaration, warning of grave consequences.
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Moscow
Lithuania
Mikhail S. Gorbachev
Vytautas Landsbergis
Kremlin
Vilnius
Aca
Lithuanian Supreme Council
Egidius Bickaukas
Romualdas Ozolas
Bickauskas
Radio Moscow
Landsbergis
Soviet Union
Prison riot at Strangeways shocks Manchester inmates on roofs
Guards regained control of half of Strangeways prison after a violent riot that left 47 injured among guards and inmates. Ivor Serle, chairman of the Prison Officers Association, described the scene as bombed like. The Home Office said overnight most inmates surrendered and 133 remained at large by daybreak though five wings still fell under inmate control. Reports that 12 sex offenders were killed could not be confirmed.
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Manchester
England
Strangeways
Europe
Ivor Serle
Prison Officers’ Association
Strangways
Home Office
Serle
Plane crashes into Boulder neighborhood killing at least one
A small plane out of the foothills plowed into a dense Boulder neighborhood at 150 mph, demolishing a vacant home, six cars, and four garages. One body, burned beyond recognition, was recovered. a man in his garage was injured but survived. Investigators probe the crash cause.
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Boulder
Colo
Denver
David Grimm
John Mink
Bill Layne
Grimm
Harold Parks
Boulder Community Hospital
National Transportation Safety Board
Verlin B. ‘Tranter
Rescue Comes Too Late For Buffalo System Riders
Buffalo officials race to restore service after 120 000 riders lose bus and subway access. Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority chief says service could resume by noon if the funding package gains approval. Erie County Executive Dennis Gorski announced the financing plan at dawn, amid an emergency meeting and threats of a court challenge by teachers over student transit needs.
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Buffalo
N.Y
Alfred Savage
Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority
Erie County
Dennis Gorski
Niagara Falls
United States
Gorski
Buffalo High School
Philip Rumore
Buffalo Teachers Federation
President Urges Broadcasters to Back TV Marti Efforts
President Bush told the National Association of Broadcasters that broadcasters should fund and support TV Marti broadcasts into Fidel Castro’s Cuba. He framed TV Marti as part of a broader American effort alongside Radio Marti and Voice of America, noting an interagency review of international broadcasts and warning Cuba over signal jamming.
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Atlanta
Bush
Fidel Castro
Cuba
National Association of Broadcasters
Castro
Florida
American Forum
World Forum
Tiananmen Square
Pri
Berlin
South
Voice of Freedom
America
U.S
Radio Marti
Radio Liberty
Radio Free Europe
The
Voice of America
Major scheduled AP news events next week
A preview of upcoming AP coverage includes February leading indicators and March unemployment, Senate vote on the Clean Air Act, House action on Panama Nicaragua aid, and a plan to press for hostages’ release in Lebanon. Also: California’s first execution in 23 years, Baker-Shevardnadze talks on arms, Black Mayors convention, and Farm Aid IV with Mellencamp Young Nelson.
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Senate
House
Panama
Nicaragua
Bush
U.S
Lebanon
San Quentin
Cali
Robert Harris
Baker
Shevardnadze
New Orleans
Aspen
Coo
Hunter Thompson
East Berlin
Guenther Malenda
Cincinnati
Robert Mapplethorpe
Los Angeles
Stewart
Neil Woodman
Woodman
Indianapolis
John Mellencamp
Neil Young
Willie Nelson
Hoosier Dome
Paris
Group of Seven
Athens
Greece
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