Evan NJ singer Vaughan eulogized as giant in hometown church
National Briefs singer Saran Vaughan known as the Divine One was remembered at Mount Zion Baptist Church in Evan New Jersey. Her early singing began in a small Baptist church where her mother urged her into the choir. Her funeral returned her to the church she started at.
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N.J
Saran Vaughan
Divine One
Miss Vaughan
Mnday
Miss Vauhgan
Mount Zion Baptist Church
Newark girl Vaughan dies at 66 in California
The Rev Granville E Seward recalls Miss Vaughan returning home after a long life journey. She died April 3 of lung cancer at her California residence at age 66. Congressional speakers push sanctions aiming to halt all U S aid to Iraq amid rising tension and threats.
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Granville E. Seward
Mount Zion Baptist Church
Union Officials Charge Suit Is Stall
Union officials accuse organizers of strike violence, claiming a $30 million demand and pressuring Greyhound to resume talks after a March 2 strike marked by shootings and threats. In Jacksonville Florida a federal suit contends unlawful action by the Amalgamated Union. A separate note reports U S troops receiving remains in Bangkok for MIAs from the Vietnam War. The U S lists 2303 MIAs across Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, and China waters.
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Coopers
Nick Nichols
Greyhound
U.S. District Court
Jacksonville
Fla
Renul Sion
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Thailand
U.S
Vietnam
America
Hanoi
Honolulu
Central
United States
Laos
Cambodia
Gorbachev Council Threatens Action Over Lithuania Seizure
The 16 member Soviet presidential council chaired by Mikhail Gorbachev rejected Lithuania’s March 11 independence declaration as a basis for talks and warned of further political and economic measures. Tass quoted the council as saying Lithuania’s reply was not constructive and led to a dead end amid Kremlin tensions with the Baltic republic. Aimed at breaking a stalemate, the statement gave no specifics on potential steps.
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Soviet Jews In Italy Celebrate Joyous Passover
Hundreds of Soviet Jews in Ladispoli near Rome marked Passover with a Seder led by Rabbi Hirsch Rabinski. About 7,800 refugees in the area are slated for resettlement by late May as U.S. processing shifts to Moscow, ending Ladispoli’s role as the main gateway for U.S. bound arrivals.
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Ladispoli
America
Hirsch Rabiski
Rome
United States
U.S
Moscow
Soviet Union
Eveniing
Battle Flag Returns To South Carolina After 126 Years
The faded 9th South Carolina Cavalry flag captured in 1864 at Trevillian Station Va by a New York regiment is formally returned to South Carolina. Confederate Museum Director John Martin received it from National Guard Adjutant Gen T Aston Marchant in a brick ceremony. The flag had been on display at West Point since the turn of the century and will be shown in the Confederate Relic Room with a narrative of the battle.
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Sons of Confederate Veterans
South Carolina
Confederate Relic Room
Columbia
Brown
Fifth S.C. Cavalry
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South Carolina Cavalry
New York
Trevillian Station
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Martin
National Guard
Aston Marchant
Marchant
Washington
New York National Guard
United States Military Academy
West Point
Martin Saa
Wade Hampton
Richmond
5Th South Carolina Cavalry
Joseph Johnston
State budget $42 million short, cuts eyed today
Columbia state senators face a $42 million gap in a $3.56 billion budget for 1990 91 after the Budget and Control Board used state savings to avert a shortfall. Budget leader James Waddell says mid year cuts and a potential five year bond to cover Hugo costs are under review. He notes a possible tax increase and directs subcommittees to probe cuts in new or expanded programs first.
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State Budget and Control Board
State Budget Board
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Beaufort
Hugo
Subcommittee
Three Hostages Freed By Abu Nidal In Beirut
In Beirut, Abu Nidal’s Palestinian group freed Frenchwoman Jacqueline Valente and Belgian men Ferdinand Houtekins and Emmanuel Loocke plus a 2 year old, taken from a French yacht nearly 20 years ago. The trio were released at the French Embassy as a plane prepared to bring them to Paris.
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Lebanon
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Jacqueline Valente
Ferdinand Troutekkins
Sophie Liberte
Rene Ala
Ala
West Beirut
Francois Abi Saab
Houtekins
Paris
Walid Khaled
Fatah Revolutionary Council
Fatah
Silco
Mediterranean
Gaza Strip
Israel
Mossad Intelligence Agency
Friends
Hold- Valente
Sophie
Emmanuel
Ms. Valente
Libya
Col
Muammar Gaddafi
Valente
Khaled
Jan Hollants van Loocke
Freedom
Nasser Sa'eed
Belgium
Antwerp
Exxon Litigation Expected To Be Long And Complex
Exxon Corp and Exxon Shipping Co pleaded innocent to a five count federal indictment over the March 24 1989 Exxon Valdez spill. Prosecutors say up to 700 million in fines possible. arraignments before U S District Judge John D Roberts. The firms face charges including Clean Water Act violations and unsafe crew conditions. The government said the spill coated miles of coastline and harmed marine life. Exxon says the incident was a tragic accident and plans a defense. Roberts noted a jury trial and a complex case ahead.
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Alaska
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Exxon Shipping
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Xon
Charles A. DeMonaco
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