Shuttle crew pledges comeback flight to prove NASA back on schedule
SPACE CENTER Houston AP The commander of next month’s shuttle mission expresses confidence the flight marks NASA’s return to regular space operations. Navy Captain Michael Coats leads pilot John Blaha and specialists Robert Springer James Buchli and James Bagian on a five day mission beginning February 23. Buchli is a Discovery veteran from January 1983. The year will feature seven shuttle flights including Magellan to Venus in April and Galileo to Jupiter in October. Discovery flew last fall as NASA’s first mission since the Challenger blast of January 1986.
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Soviet leaders meet on urgent state issues in Kremlin
President Gorbachev chairs a Kremlin meeting of the Supreme Soviet Presidium to discuss urgent state questions. Tass reports no details, while a Politburo commission was to tackle the Armenia Azerbaijan ethnic dispute and Nagorno Karabakh tensions with refugees urged to return home.
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Azerbaijan
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Nagorno-Karabakh
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U.N. Ends Year With 750 Million Debt Burden
The United Nations finished 1988 owing more than 750 million due to nonpayment by 159 member nations. The United States led arrears in both budgets with 401.7 million, while the Soviet Union owed 9 million of the regular budget and 172.1 million of peacekeeping arrears. Peacekeeping costs rose as UN efforts included Afghanistan, Iran Iraq cease fire, Angola, and Namibia.
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Javier Perez de Cuellar
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Iran
Iraq
Angola
South Africa
Namibia
FAA orders quick wiring checks on 737 fleets worldwide
U S airlines must inspect cross wiring on about 300 Boeing 737s after a British 737 shutdown its engine amid a fire scare. The FAA directs checks on eight Piedmont 737 400s and 292 737 300s across ten U S carriers without grounding planes. The action mirrors a British CAA directive following a UK 737 crash that killed 44.
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British Midland Airways
England
Soviet Union accused of detaining political prisoners in psychiatric hospitals
Activists accuse Gorbachev era Soviet leaders of holding as many as 30 political detainees in psychiatric hospitals despite his UN pledge that no political or religious beliefs are confined. They name three prisoners and say one hospital near Leningrad houses about 20 such cases. An American psychiatric delegation is expected to visit Moscow in late February to probe further.
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Mikhail S. Gorbachev
Soviet Union
United Nations
Alexander Novikov
Chernitovskaya
Leningrad
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Gorbachev
Alexander Podrabinik
Reagan to Bush: preserve American spirit and unity
President Reagan backs George Bush as successor with eyes on the Soviet Union and warns against erosion of the American spirit. He reflects on eight years, urges followers to stay engaged, and looks forward to personal freedom after retirement while greeting a farewell ceremony at Andrews Air Force Base amid splinted finger.
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George Bush
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Nancy
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Andrews Air Force Base
California
Chemical Talks Disappoint U.S., Russia
Paris conference produced a six point declaration urging stronger Geneva negotiations to ban chemical arms and reaffirming the 1925 Geneva Protocol. The United States and the Soviet Union criticized the dilution of sanctions language while Iran pressed for past use condemnation. France framed the result as energizing stalled talks in Geneva.
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Allies Veto U N Resolution Condemning Jet Downings
UNITED NATIONS US Britain and France vetoed a Security Council resolution deploring the downing of two Libyan jets over the Mediterranean on Jan 4. The vote showed 9 in favor, with Canada against and Finland and Brazil abstaining. key vetoes by the permanent members blocked action.
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German Link Found To Plant Controversy In Libya
Bonn reports cite Kohl acknowledging possible charges against West German firms accused of aiding Libya’s site for a suspected chemical weapons factory. Officials had denied evidence, while reports claim major equipment suppliers helped construct the Rabta plant. Kohl sent a team to Washington to discuss the allegations.
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Libya
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