Three Sunbelt races shape party control in 1980s split
Republicans eye Pepper seat and two other Sunbelt contests this summer as Democrats defend seats in Texas and California amid ethics probes. Jim Wright resigns after a GOP ethics inquiry, while a Bentsen aide is seen as a likely Democrat holder in Texas. In California, Tony Coelho’s former district remains competitive despite his exit. In New York, a 15 year old Christian Castillo suffers a severe neck wound after catching a fly ball, requiring hospital care with no loss of life.
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Claude Pepper
Texas
Jim Wright
Lloyd Bentsen
California
Tony Coelho
Coelho
New York
Julio Castillo
Fred Horen
City Hospital Center
Castilo
Gabriel Castillo
Julio
Castllo
Borough of
Queens
Alex Castillo
Peres Urges Labor to Quit Government Over Peace Talks
Israel Labor Party chair Shimon Peres said the party should quit the coalition in protest of Likud's hardening on peace talks with the Palestinians. He urged the Central Committee to endorse dismantling the government, potentially triggering a new election eight months after the last vote.
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Shimon Peres
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Likud
Peres
Labor
Yitzhak Shamir
West Bank
Gaza Strip
Israel
Labor Party
Shamir
Teen Slashed to Save Mom in San Francisco Robbery
A 16 year old girl charged at an armed robber threatening her mother with an ax at a family copy business. She wrestled the weapon free, receiving 200 stitches for multiple slash wounds while her mother was spared. The attacker warned her not to scream as she intervened.
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San Francisco
Rose Lacy
Mild Earthquake Shakes San Jose Area
An earthquake measuring 5.9 on the Richter scale struck near San Jose just after 6:30 am Sunday. No damage was reported by the Santa Clara County Communications Center. The quake originated near Alum Rock seven miles northeast of San Jose along the Calaveras Fault, similar in location to a 1988 event.
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Berkeley
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San Jose
San Francisco Bay Area
Santa Clara County Communications Center
University of California At Berkeley
Calaveras
China Cracks Down on Corruption Amid Image Drive
The Communist Party expelled hundreds for graft as part of an effort to repair its image after the June 4 crackdown. In Guizhou 452 officials were ousted in H1 1989, with bribery, profiteering, and misuse of public funds cited. Widespread cases include sugar profiteering in Gansu and illicit trips to Hong Kong.
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Communist Party
People’s Daily
Guizhou
Movement For Democratic Reform
Deng
Gansu
Hong Kong
Argentina Sets Harsh Austerity to End Deep Recession
Argentina unveiled sweeping measures to cut spending sell state firms and boost tax enforcement as President Menem warned of drastic reforms. Energy prices jumped with gasoline up about 610 percent electricity and phone fees up around 200 percent and natural gas costs for businesses rising 64 percent.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Miguel Roig
Carlos Menem
Telam
NAACP Chief Vows Action Over Supreme Court Rulings
NAACP executive director Dr. Benjamin Hooks warned the Supreme Court’s rulings threaten blacks and other minorities. He urged Congress to act on civil rights and affirmative action, signaling possible renewed civil disobedience if gains are not protected. Hooks spoke at the NAACP annual convention in Detroit with about 20,000 members present.
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Supreme Court
Detroit
Bush
Ronald Reagan
Naacp Fertule Sepreme Cn Dang
Benjamin Hooks
Bull Conner
Jim Clark
Ross Barnett
George Wallace
Tomorow
Bush Administration
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High Court
Hooks
China
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Majority Oppose Abortion Ruling and Roe Reversal
Time CNN poll shows 61 percent disapprove of the July Supreme Court ruling allowing state abortion limits and 57 percent believe Roe v Wade should not be overturned. Thirty-two percent would never back a candidate favoring abortion restrictions, versus 24 percent for anti abortion candidates.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Time Magazine
CNN
Missouri
U S State Officials Travel To Israel For Election Plan Review
Three top State Department officials head to Israel to assess US backed elections for Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. The trip aims to gauge Israeli positions after Likud tightened Shamir’s proposal excluding 140000 East Jerusalem Palestinians.
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State Department
Israel
West Bank
Gaza
Likud
Yitzhak Shamir
Shimon Peres
Jalaatog Laborarty
Shamir
East Jerusalem
Palestine Liberation Organization
Arab League
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Tion
Lawrence Eagleburger
John Kelly
Dennis Ross
Department
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