U S Firms Donate Pens to Nicaragua Newspaper
U S companies BIC of Milford and Porex Technologies of Fairburn donated pens to La Prensa the Nicaraguan opposition paper recently allowed to reopen by the Sandinista government. Rep Nancy L Johnson said the gifts support press freedom and aid supply shortages at La Prensa which resumed publishing Oct 1 after a 15 month suspension.
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Washington
U.S
la Prensa
Congress
Nicaragua
Nancy L. Johnson
R-Conn
Johnson
Caroline Willson
BIC Corp
Milford
Woman loses Christmas gifts after mistaking car for her own
Cece Sheppard of Orange, after shopping four hours, placed gifts in a hatchback whose latch she mistook for her car. She returned to the store for more packages, then found the car and gifts gone, realizing the hatch was damaged and the mix up left her empty handed.
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Fairfield
Weekend Forecast Calls Mild Skies Across Area
A mild weekend is forecast with fair skies tonight and a low around 40. Partly cloudy conditions are expected tomorrow with a high in the upper 60s. Details continue on Page 7A.
Deaths Jenny M Hannaman Christina L Simmons Annie Ball Wessels
Obituary notices list Jenny M Hannaman of Washington D C Christina L Simmons of Langley and Annie Ball Wessels of the Bronx N Y with details to follow on Page 7A.
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Jenny M. Hannaman
Washington, D.C
Christina L. Simmons
Langley
Annie Ball Wessels
Bronx
N.Y
Reagan outlines summit aims and plans for Moscow talks
President Reagan briefed congressional leaders on the Gorbachev summit and next year round of talks in Moscow aiming at a broad arms destruction treaty. Officials say on site inspections would verify the accord, with limited progress on human rights and no Afghan withdrawal deal. Gorbachev pledged to push for a treaty ready for signing in Moscow next year.
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Washington
Reagan
Mikhail S. Gorbachev
Moscow
USS
Gorbachev
Afghanistan
East Berlin
America
George P. Shultz
NATO
Senate
Retail Sales Up as Christmas Shopping Warmed
Retail sales rose 0.2 percent in November to 125.9 billion dollars as the holiday season started. October and September revisions dampened the gain, with annual comparisons showing a 3.4 percent rise from a year earlier. Wholesale prices held steady amid mixed food and energy cost shifts.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Labor Department
Dollar Slumps to Fresh Record Lows Across Currencies
The dollar trades at new multi decade lows in early Europe after tumbling to a 40 year low against the yen in Tokyo. Gold climbs as U.S. trade deficit data and ongoing market weakness weigh on the dollar while currencies including the Swiss franc and British pound show further declines.
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London
Japan
U.S
Tokyo
Bank of Japan
New York Stock Exchange
West Germany
Europe
Zurich
Hong Kong
Senate Debates Second Stage of Deficit Cuts
The Senate moves into the second phase of its deficit reduction plan after approving a major component earlier. The package combines tax and spending cuts aimed at saving 52 billion over two years and includes provisions for 605.9 billion in domestic and military appropriations for fiscal 1988. The measure features 7.6 billion in reductions, with possible amendments from lawmakers, including a proposed 22.8 million in nonmilitary aid to the Nicaraguan Contras.
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Washington
Senate
Reagan
Administration
Robert Byrd
D-W.va
Congress
House
White House
Peeples Denies Accusations In Supreme Court Hearing
The legislative judicial screening committee delayed ruling on Circuit Judge Rodney Peeples by studying Thursday testimony amid accusations of perjury and misuse of office. Peeples called the charges scurrilous and malicious while several members passed on a quick decision to allow more time for transcript review.
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Columbia
Legislative
Rodney Peeples
State Supreme Court
Peeples
Joint Legislative Judicial Screening Committee
Barnwell
Jean Toal
D-Richland
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