Gorbachev Likely to Win Re election at Party Congress
Mikhail Gorbachev faces token opposition as he and seven others are nominated for the top Communist Party post at the 28th congress. Avaliani withdrew leaving a likely secret ballot victory for Gorbachev who urged reform over feudal ruling and stressed societal change. Archbishop Marino resigns as Atlanta church leader citing personal reasons amid stress and health concerns. Nixon Library to allow scholars of all stripes access without screening, reversing prior restrictions.
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Western Nations Seek Unity On Economic Aid At Summit
Leaders of the big seven praised democratic reforms in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union but remained divided on farm subsidies and aid to Moscow and Beijing. Bush faced pushback from Kohl and others on climate action and agricultural reform, while the group cheered democracy's gains in the USSR and beyond.
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Barry Snorted Cocaine Testimony in Mayor Trial
A businessman testified that in February 1985, Barry snorted two lines of cocaine with nightclub owner Samad Arshadi at Pardi's restaurant in Georgetown, just before the mayor gave a speech. Mohammadi described the group using a credit card and a rolled-up bill to snort the powder and touching the table to finish cleanup.
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Summit Food Concerns Strain Western Leaders at Moscow Conference
At the economic summit leaders weigh how to feed the Soviet public amid rationing. West Germany and France push cash aid while the United States Japan and Britain resist. President Gorbachev’s fragility shapes possible U S help to distribute food more evenly. In Moscow shoppers face strict rationing: 4.4 lb meat, 2.2 lb sausages, 1.1 lb cottage cheese, 10 eggs, 4.4 lb bread per person per month.
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Shuttle Veterans Grounded After Flight Rules Breach
NASA disciplined two veteran shuttle commanders Navy Cmdr. Robert L. Gibson and Navy Capt. David M. Walker after a fatal crash and a near miss with an airliner. Johnson Space Center officials cited violations of flight crew guidelines and noted this marked the first such removal from flights for disciplinary reasons. The action followed a weekend air show race near New Braunfels, Texas.
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Strikers Defy Government as Army Is Deployed in Managua
In Managua gunfire echoed as President Chamorro called in the army to end clashes with Sandinistas backing a week old general strike. Casualties rose with three killed and about 100 injured as streets swarmed with barricades, outages, and halted services.
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Ella Fitzgerald Hospitalized During European Jazz Tour
Jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, 72, was treated for exhaustion at Bronovo Hospital in The Hague after illness in her hotel. Accompanied by Dr. Clifford Booker, she canceled a gala appearance and remaining European dates as doctors ordered several days of rest amid dehydration and fatigue.
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Louisiana Abortion Ban Could Pressure Roe Reconsideration
In Washington advocates say Louisiana’s overwhelmingly passed abortion ban, if signed by Gov. Buddy Roemer, could prompt the Supreme Court to revisit Roe v. Wade. National Right to Life’s John C. Willke cheers the measure as stopping 99 percent of abortions in the state and signaling to the nation. Roemer’s veto override attempt failed amid weekend turmoil.
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State Crime Report Details SC Victims and Offender Links
The State Law Enforcement Division reports that about 80 percent of last year’s 325 murder victims and 63 percent of rape victims in South Carolina knew their assailants. Murders held steady from 1988 to 1989 while rapes rose 10.5 percent to 1,649. In murders, nearly 28 percent involved a family member. acquaintances charged ~30 percent. In rapes, acquaintances or boyfriends accounted for ~50 percent, family members ~13 percent, strangers 25 percent, with unknown offender-victim relationship in about 12 percent. Dangerous weapons were used in around 12 percent of rapes, 65 percent at residences.
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