Philippines Bases Put In U.S. Warning Of Support
Manila reports Rep. Dante Fascell says Philippine U.S. bases are vital to regional security and congressional backing for any stay is likely. Fascell led a six member delegation and met President Aquino amid talks on extending leases beyond September 1991, with Senate ratification required.
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Philippines
U.S
Dante Fascell
D-Fla
Fascell
House Committee On Foreign Affairs
Corazon Aquino
Philippine
Aquino
Philippine Senate
Smog Plan Faces Business Breath Hold In LA Area
Los Angeles businesses fear the broad anti smog strategy adopted this week aims to curb the nation s dirtiest air by 2007. Robert Raskin of Owens Brockway Corp warns on unknown financial implications as firms in Vernon Pomona and beyond brace for the 45 volume plan nearly three feet tall drawing Bush admin and international interest.
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Los Angeles
California
Robert Raskin
Owens-Brockway Corp
Vernon
Pomona
Japan
Europe
Overworked captain blamed for oil spill fines set
A Greek tanker captain and Ballard Shipping Co. pleaded guilty to a Clean Water Act violation over an oil spill at Brenton Reef near Narragansett Bay. Almost 300,000 gallons of heating oil spilled after the World Prodigy ran aground June 23. The pair agreed to pay 510,000 in fines, with 10,000 from Lakovos Georgadis and 500,000 from Ballard to support environmental work.
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Newport
Lakovos Georgadis
Ballard Shipping Co
World Prodigy
Brenton Reef
Narragansett Bay
Georgidis
Athens
Greece
Ballard
Vitamins fail to prevent neural tube birth defects
A Boston study by Dr James L Mills and colleagues from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development finds no link between pre pregnancy vitamin use and neural tube defect risk. The NEJM report compares 571 affected cases with 573 controls and 546 other defects, showing no reduced or increased risk due to vitamins.
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James L. Mills
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
New England Journal of Medicine
Board pushes FBI checks for new and renewing teachers
The South Carolina Board of Education seeks FBI national criminal background checks for all new teachers before certification and for veteran teachers at recertification. Administrators and other education staff would face checks as the plan aims to deter serious criminals and raise standards. Officials cite 35 states using background checks, with costs tentatively set at 50000 dollars.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Spectacular prime time lunar eclipse draws coast to coast
Sky watchers across Alabama Minnesota Maine and Washington witnessed a rare full lunar eclipse amid cloud cover. In Washington the moon dimmed to a dark inner shadow while observers in Mobile and Fort Davis Texas reported taupe orange and pale blue tints as astronomers at McDonald Observatory attempted laser targeting.
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Minneapolis
Maine
Texas
Washington
United States
Alan Fiala
Naval Observatory
Richard Stuefer
McDonald Observatory
Fort Davis
Walesa leads Solidarity coalition talks in Poland
Lech Walesa spearheaded Solidarity’s bid to form the bloc’s first non communist government and met with leaders of two minor parties, as talks with the Communist Party continued and a coalition could end four decades of rule amid rising inflation and shortages. Walesa may head the alliance but not commit to prime ministerial duty.
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Poland
Lech Walesa
Solidarity
United Peasant and Democratic
Communist Party
Walesa
Wojciech Jaruzelski
Roman Malinowski
Malinowski
Democratic Party
Jerzy Jozwiak
Defense
Gdansk
Independent
Solidarity Union
Legislation to deny driving rights to dropouts gains steam
About one third of ninth graders in South Carolina and Georgia drop out, and by model bills spreading nationally, dropouts would lose both diplomas and driving licenses. States like Texas Florida Wisconsin and West Virginia have enacted or discussed such laws, with South Carolina’s bill advancing in January.
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Georia
Texas
Florida
Wisconsin
West Virginia
Jay Smink
Clemson University
Michigan
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
Hugh K. Leatherman
Florence
Senate
House Education Committee
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House
Schoo
Don Johnson
D-Royston
Georgia
Beirut shelling continues after U N cease fire appeal
Beiruts Green Line remains volatile as shelling by Syrian and Christian forces kills two and wounds 22. Police say cross fire from Moslem west Beirut and Christian north targets Jounieh and surrounding areas amid a fragile cease-fire observed by both sides. The UN Security Council had approved a cease-fire resolution, though observers warn of a cease-fire of convenience as both sides bolster forces.
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Lebanon
U.N. Security Council
Christian Army Command
Syria
Green
Michel Aoun
West Beirut
Ting
New York
Javier Perez de Cuellar
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