Road Repair Stalled By Bureaucratic Landslide
MILL VALLEY Calif Half a million cubic yards of earth and 800 feet of road have slid into the Pacific since October's quake causing a prolonged closure of Highway 1 north of San Francisco The detour carries about 6000 vehicles daily while residents warn of delayed emergency response and tourism losses As bureaucratic hurdles mount the California Department of Transportation laments multiple agencies blocking repairs under strict environmental rules.
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Sue Lopez
Hobo
Misha
Mill Valley
Calif
Marin County
Stinson Beach
Lopez
Pacific
San Francisco
John Steinbeck
del Goetz
Highway 1
California Department of Transportation
Jerry Hauke
Moderates Seek Local Autonomy In Southern Baptist Rift
A Greenville pastor and 2,500 moderates called for local church autonomy in donations and greater roles for women and minorities, challenging the fundamentalist control of the Southern Baptist Convention. They elected Rev. Daniel Vestal to lead a new 60 member committee and warned of potential church polarization and a possible new denomination within a decade.
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Hardy Clemons
Clemons
Southern Baptist Convention
Convention
Daniel Vestal
Atlanta
Greenville
Ron Rich
David Turner
Mauldin
Thousands Strike In Soweto To Protest Violence
Tens of thousands of blacks in Soweto stayed away from work to protest factional fighting that has killed 515 people in two weeks. Amid mass funerals, soldiers and police ring Soweto while ANC and Inkatha blame police and tribal fault lines.
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Soweto
South Africa
Johannesburg
African National Congress
Soweto Civic Association
Townshipround
Inkatha Movement
ANC
Nelson Mandela
Inkatha
Mangosuthu Buthelezi
Buthelezi
Minister Among Casualties In Major Cabinet Shakeup
Thailand's foreign minister and several top ministers were replaced in a large cabinet reshuffle led by Prime Minister Chatichai Choonhavan. Siddhi Savetsila and deputy Prapas Limpabhandu were ousted. alternate ministers Vira Bongse Ramangura and Amaret Silaon assumed finance and commerce portfolios. Arthit Kamlang-ek became deputy premier as Puangchon Chaothai joined the ruling coalition.
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Bangkok
Thailand
Vietnam
Cambodia
Chatichai Choonhavan
Siddhi Savetsila
Subin Pinkayan
Siddhi
Prapas Limpabhandu
Social Action Party
Chatichai
Siddat
Indochina
Virabongse Ramangura
Amaret Silaon
Puangchon Chaothai Party
Arthit Kamlang-ek
Arthit
Connecticut Alderman Seeks Historic Black Republican House Bid
Waterbury politician Gary Franks, a Yale graduate and real estate developer, launches a bid to become one of the first black Republicans elected to Congress in decades. Facing Democrat Toby Moffett in a mostly white district, Franks emphasizes self-help and resilience from a working-class background.
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Waterbury
Romano J. Mazzoli
Kentucky
Franks
North Carolina
Bury
Oscar
Chicago
Toby Moffett
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