NEA creates watchdog panel over obscenity complaints
NEA plans a special watchdog panel to investigate alleged obscene use of federal funds in art. The panel will include Julianne Ross Davis, a deputy chairman, and program specialists. The move follows the American Poetry Review rejecting a $10,000 grant over obscenity concerns.
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Suspect In Disco Bombing Released
West Berlin authorities released Ali Mansur, a Lebanese man jailed over the 1986 La Belle disco bombing that prompted U.S. air raids on Libya, for lack of sufficient evidence. The arrest arose from a third hand tip from a former East German secret police source.
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Deaths list reported from multiple South Carolina locations
Obituary notices summarize deaths of Leroy Beasley Graniteville Mae C Bodie Aiken Elizabeth Camp Dearing Ga Marjorie Gann Aiken Joseph Holmes Jr Stapleton Ga Hudson Hooker Salley Inez Keisler Williston Sallie Lucas Leesville FD Quick Taylors and C Wise Augusta details on page 4A
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Leroy Beasley
Graniteville
Mae C. Bodie
Aiken
Elizabeth W. Camp
Dearing
Marjorie J. Gann
Joseph F. Holmes Jr
Stapleton
Hudson Hooker
Salley
Inez B. Keisler
Williston
Sallie
Marie G. Lucas
Leesville
Gulf Stretches Federal Dollar To States
Washington forecast to trim state budgets as Gulf War deployment and higher defense costs strain funds. South Carolina faces potential cuts in FY 1991 programs if Congress fails to soften Gramm Rudman targets or raise new revenues. Rep. Spratt warns non defense programs would bear the burden.
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East Germany Unites With West in Oct 3 Unification Plan
East Germany's fragile democracy agreed to dissolve the state and join West Germany on October 3, unifying the two nations after a bitter political feud. Lawmakers approved an election treaty for a single government by December 2, signaling the end of division after Honecker’s fall and the Berlin Wall era.
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Federal subsidies breakdown supports over quarter of state budget
The state budget office reports federal funds account for more than 25 percent of the budget. Key subsidies include education programs at 414.3 million, Medicaid and social service grants at 891.7 million, housing underwriter 1313 million, 12.5 million to nine, 5.6 million for the blind, 3.6 million for corrections and law enforcement, 08 million for natural resources, 624 million for local water and sewer, and 82.2 million for drug enforcement and safety programs.
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War drums boom louder along Gulf crisis
Supplies rolled from Jordan into Iraq despite U N sanctions and Jordan closing the frontier to stem refugees. The crisis sent Tokyo shares down nearly 1 5 0 0 points and Dow slid as oil rose above 30 a barrel. UN and Japan aid Jordan while Jordan keeps border open for trade flow amid sanctions.
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Reservists to Return Home by August Thirty-First
US Army Reserve troops from an ammunition unit at Fort Bragg were told to expect home by August 31 barring escalation in the Persian Gulf crisis. Captain Jim Vause of the 450th Ordnance Company said soldiers in North Carolina were alerted, with staging to load ammunition for Saudi Arabia. President Bush signed an order calling up about 40,000 reservists, possibly including National Guard units, though exact totals remain unsettled.
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Aiken FMC Plant Helps Build Bradley Fighting Vehicle
The Aiken plant in Verenes Industrial Park processes large aluminum sheets into about 2,500 pieces for the Bradley Fighting Vehicle, later assembled in San Jose. Since 1982, roughly 8,000 Bradleys have been produced, with Saudi Arabia ordering 200 units for delivery from 1991 under a $550 million contract.
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Saudi Arabia
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