Plan to study TV version of Radio Marti sparks Cuban American support
Washington AP report notes a $100000 study in a catchall bill to assess feasibility costs and legal questions for a U S television broadcast to Cuba. Jorge Mas Canosa says TV Marti would be far more effective than radio and widen impact, with Frank Calzon agreeing it would extend reach.
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Washington
Radio Marti
U.S
Cuba
Jorge Mas Canosa
Cuban American National Foundation
Frank Calzon
of Human Rights
TV Marti
Congress Probes Homeless Aid Distribution
Congress plans a Jan 26 hearing by the House Banking subcommittee led by Rep. Henry Gonzalez to examine why federal emergency funds for the homeless were not fully distributed. Fiscal 1987 authorized 443 million, current year 616 million, but allocations were 355 and 350 million respectively. only about 200 million of last year’s 355 million was awarded.
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Washington
Reagan Administration
Henry B. Gonzalez
Texas
House
Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs Committee
Congress
Maria Foscarinis
National Coalition For the Homeless
Reagan adviser offers Clark White House post
White House policy chief Gary Bauer said he offered East Side High School Paterson New Jersey principal Joe Clark a staff job if he loses his post amid local complaints about his discipline. Bauer has known Clark for three years and praised him as an inner city hero.
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Washington
New Jersey
Joe Clark
Reagan
Gary Bauer
Office of
East Side High School
Paterson
Clark
Bauer
William Bennett
White House
Noriega Says Visit Was A Ploy To Test Reactions
Panama City reports show Manuel Noriega’s unannounced Dominican Republic trip described as a ploy to gauge reactions at home and in Washington if he relinquished power. After returning Sunday, he made no public appearances while 1 000 supporters in Panama City gathered in the banking district, some shouting his departure as riot police dispersed the crowd with tear gas amid unconfirmed arrests.
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Panama City
Panama
Manuel Antonio Noriega
Dominican Republic
Washington
Noriega
Listin Diario
Anxious Market Awaits Friday Fallout
New York markets opened with heavy losses as the Dow fell 140.58 to 1,911.31 in a 6.9 percent drop. More than $144.7 billion in value vanished on the day, while seven stocks declined for every one that rose on the NYSE. Analysts weighed whether a similar selloff could recur given today’s conditions.
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New York
Wilshire Associates
New York Stock Exchange
Boy Obsessed With Occult Kills Mother
A 14-year-old Jefferson Township youth obsessed with Satanism killed his mother Betty Ann Sullivan by stabbing her many times with a Boy Scout knife and started a fire to kill the rest of the family as they slept. He fled but the father and a neighbor extinguished the blaze. The prosecutor said the boy’s mind was taken over by occult interests.
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Jefferson Township
N.J
Thomas Sullivan Jr
Morris County
Lee S. Trumbull
Trumbull
Betty Ann
Thomas
Thomas Sullivan Sr
Sullivan
Water system test after diesel slick reaches Wheeling
A million gallon diesel slick downstream from Pittsburgh threatens Wheeling water supplies. Officials rushed to resume pumping from the Ohio River using sponge filters and barged water. City officials described conditions as critical and urged high volume users to stay closed as schools reopen.
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Wheeling
W.va
Pittsburgh
Ohio
Nancy Vapner
Vapner
Gorbachev Calls For Soviet China Summit
Mikhail Gorbachev urged a Sino Soviet summit as ties improve after years of tension. He praised China Soviet talks on border disputes and noted cooperation momentum while noting shared reforms and reduced nuclear arms after the December U S Soviet summit.
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Gorbachev
Moscow
Mikhail S. Gorbachev
China
Soviet Union
Outlook
Vremya
Xinhua
Mikhail Gorbachev
Amur River
Siberia
Opposition Wants End To Sandinista Rule
Thousands demonstrated in Managua demanding the end of Sandinista rule and mourned newspaper publisher Pedro Joaquin Chamorro’s assassination. About 10,000 joined a mile-long march marking the 10th anniversary of Chamorro’s death, calling for an end to Marxist Leninist rule amid chants against communists.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Pedro Joaquin Chamorro
Anastasio Somoza
Leader attacks Aquino relatives in regional election races
Manila AP report says Senate Leader Jovito Salonga denounced relatives of President Corazon Aquino running for office. He warned their victory would shatter public confidence as the coalition supporting her government fractures amid elections.
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Manila
Philippines
Senate
Corazon ‘Aquino
Jovito Salonga
Liberal Party
Aquino
Jose Cojuangco
Paul Aquino
United Nations warns 1988 world economy may slip into recession
The United Nations forecast a fragile global economy in 1988 with growth near 3 percent and world trade at about 3 percent. It cautions that the financial system remains vulnerable to shocks and that governments must cut debt and trade imbalances without triggering recession, urging coordinated international action.
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United Nations
U.N
Associated Press
Geoffrey Horton
London
DRI EU
Rope
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Fidel V. Ramos
Armed Forces
Ferdinand Marcos
Salonga
Marcos
Javier Perez de Cuellar
Aiken
Aiken Standard
Rutland Drive
Aiken Standard, P.O
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Aiken Communications Inc
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