Ceausescu Loyalists Fight Amid Romanian Revolt
Reports from Bucharest describe continued clashes as loyalist forces resist the popular revolt. Security police opened fire near the Communist Party headquarters while the army restored order. Citizens faced checkpoints, availed food at stores, and celebrated the overthrow of Ceausescu with new leadership defending swift trials and executions.
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Communist Party
Popular Revolution
Bucharest
Ceausescu
East Bloc
Timisoara
Ceausescus
MTI
Ceauesescu
Timosoara
Havel Emerges as Leader in Prague Reform Drive
A wave of democratic activism lifts Vaclav Havel to peak popularity in Czechoslovakia as Civic Forum forms and Communists step aside. Dubcek reflects on the Prague Spring lineage, praising peaceful revolution while outlining a working presidency guiding democratic elections. The Prague Spring reforms, rekindled by Gorbachev era reforms, spur broader Eastern European reform.
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Miroslav Stepan
Havel
Czechoslovakia
Prague
Ing
Dubcek
Mikhail S. Gorbachev
Europe
Penthouse to publish Gobie interview in March
Penthouse plans an intimate Gobie interview in March 1990 detailing Washington's gay scene and its players. Rep. Barney Frank faces ethics scrutiny over Gobie links, while Gobie previously testified and Frank denies broader prostitution charges.
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Penthouse
Washington
Penthouse Magazine
Stephen Gobie
Barney Frank
Leslie Jay. Frank
D-Mass
House Ethics Committee
Gobie
Frank
Bob Guccione
Congress
Guccione
Ethics Committee
Julian Dixon
D-Calif
Richardson Says Charlotte Site Best For New NFL Team
Spartanburg businessman Jerry Richardson says the Charlotte site beat York County for an NFL franchise due to feasibility and traffic concerns, aiming to keep the project a Carolinas team with Gov. Carroll Campbell urged to mend fences and join in for a united expansion effort.
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Jerry Richardson
Charlotte, N.C
York County
North Carolina
South Carolina
Carroll Campbell
Charlotte
Carolinas
Richardson
Campbell
Gov
Gaston County
N.C
Cabarrus County
Mark Richardson
Richardson Sports
Jerry Richard
NFL
Columbia
Greenville-Spartanburg
Florence
Raleigh
Greensboro
High Point
Winston-Salem
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Richardsons
Campbell Pbell
Hawaii Aims to Screen New Parents for Abuse Risk
Hawaii seeks to curb child abuse with the Healthy Start program that screens nearly all new parents by 1992, offering five years of home visits and counseling to those at risk. About 1,500 to 1,600 households received visits this year and 75 percent helped are welfare mothers.
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Honolulu
Hawaii
Loretta Fuddy
State Health Department
Betsy Uohara Pratt
Pratt
Advances in medicine reshape the 1980s care landscape
Doctors describe key breakthroughs from minimally invasive surgery to microsurgery and CT scanning. The Hepatitis B vaccine is cited as a major gastroenterology advance, while fetal monitoring ultrasound and amniocentesis redefine prenatal care. Neonatal ICUs improve outcomes for premature babies.
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Hill
David Keisler Jr
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Aiken Standard
Aiken County
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Whiskey Rd
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Aiken
Aiken Learning Lab
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Aiken, S.C
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Silver Bluff
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