Habitat for Humanity 15th anniversary plans outlined
Habitat for Humanity in Americus Ga says its 15th anniversary next year will include a 16 week building blitz to construct 1500 homes in 25 US and Canadian communities. The effort begins in Miami on June 16 and ends in Columbus Ohio with a three day convention starting Sept 26. Former President Carter will be the keynote speaker. Fifteen work teams will travel to multiple communities to build and renovate homes using donated materials. Recipients work on their own homes and others. Homes are purchased on a non profit, no interest basis.
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Americus
Habitat For Humanity
United States
Canada
Habitat
Miami
Columbus
Ohio
Carter
Pioneer Of The MasterCard Dies In New York
Karl Hinke a longtime banking executive who created the MasterCard credit card died at 64 at his East Aurora home outside Buffalo He was former chairman of the Interbank Card Association and retired Marine Midland Bank executive The card started as Master Charge in 1966 at Marine Midland and expanded through New York state and beyond including Buffalo Jamestown Syracuse Rochester and Binghamton to attract major banks.
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East Aukora
Karl H. Hinke
MasterCard Credit Card
Hinke
Interbank Card Association
Marine Midland Bank
East Aurora
Buffalo
MasterCard
Master Charge
Salvadoran Rebels Plan Intensive Offense for 1991
The State Department says leftist FMLN rebels plan major military attacks in early 1991 as a follow up to a unilateral nine day Christmas truce. Spokesman Richard Boucher condemned the group for bringing death and destruction and noted attacks on farms transport banks and civilian property have displaced many poor Salvadorans.
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Washington
State Department
Salvador
el Salvador
Department
Richard Boucher
FMLN
Mandela Delivers Holiday Message In Free Christmas Hope
Nelson Mandela spoke from Soweto recalling prison years and urging hope for a South Africa freed from apartheid. He noted friends in prison or exile amid violence in black townships and called for abolition of apartheid by Christmas 1991.
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Soweto
South Africa
Nelson Mandela
South
African National Congress
Mandela
ANC
Oliver Mandela Tambo
F.W. de Klerk
Tambo
Aiken Standard Subscription Rates and Contact Details
Aiken Standard lists subscription options and prices for 3 months, 6 months, and annual plans. Details include contact numbers for classifieds and display ads, customer service, and newsroom. Office address at 124 Rutland Drive and mailing address P O Box 456 Aiken SC 29802.
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Aiken Standard
Rutland Drive
Aiken Standard, P.O
Aiken, S.C
Aiken Standard - Pbm
Aten Communicatons Inc
Aken
Quiet Christmas for Guard Families in Allendale
National Guard families in Allendale face a quiet Christmas as 14 members of the 265th Quartermaster Detachment remain deployed in Saudi Arabia. The report follows the impact on spouses and children, with missed birthdays and anniversaries, mailed hopes, and a growing sense of one family among many guardsmen.
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Fred Bayles
265Th Quartermaster
South Carolina National Guard
Saudi Arabia
Armory
Deloach
Graham
26Th Quartermaster Detachment
Allendale, S.C
Lillie
Allendale
Ima Jean Rooker
Mark
Sai Cleveta Jackson
2Sth
Ronnie Jackson
Record Cold Front Meets Heat Wave Across Nation
Christmas Eve 1990 brought a split nation with record cold in the western two thirds and springlike warmth on the East Coast. Snow sleet and rain caused floods in Alabama Kentucky and Tennessee while Utah faced water outages from frozen pipes. Several eastern cities posted record highs, including Washington D C at 71, and Philadelphia 66. Farmers in Moodcrest California sprayed crops to protect oranges with a freezing mist.
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Alabama
Kentucky
Tennessee
Utah
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Washington, D.C
Wilmington
N.C
New Hampshire
Maine
Soviet lawmakers back Union Treaty concept and name debate
The 2250-member Congress endorsed a federated Union of Soviet Socialist Republics while considering keeping the name. A proposal to rename to Union of Sovereign Republics surfaced amid talks on constitutional changes. Gor bachev seeks an enlarged executive with a Federation Council and Security Council.
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Moscow
Congress of People’s Deputies
Soviet Union
Gorbachev
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Soviet Congress
Mikhail S. Gorbachev
Federation Council
National Security Council
Alexander Zhuravlev
Minsk
Russia
Kremlin
Leningrad
Anatoly Sobchak
Congress
Andrei Sakharov
Union of Soviet Republics
Europe
Asia
Museum exhibit showcases Norman Rockwell's Flops at Stockbridge
Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge Mass presents Flops a playful exhibit of less flattering studies once banished to a drawer. Curator Maureen Hart Hennessey says the show reveals a different side of the illustrator prompting visitor debate about judging art and Rockwell's own assessments.
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Norman Rockwell
Stockbridge
Mass
Rockwell
Maureen Hart Hennessey
Critics say food stamps fall short in rural South Carolina
In Greenville, critics note stamps do not cover weekly meals for many families. Laura Staley, Bamberg County, relies on neighbors after $352 monthly stamps run out. Rural shoppers face higher costs, with a four person family about $27 short weekly. Public for Food and Health Policy cites urban formula gaps.
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Greenville
South Carolina
Laura Staley
Bamberg County
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Public For Food and Health Policy
Sergean Graham
South Carolina Committee Against Hunger
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