Miners End Work Stoppage As Promises Bring Relief
Coal miners in Siberia return to work after promises of better food housing and working conditions but unrest spreads to other coal regions. Despite Gorbachev concessions new strikes reported from Central Asia to near the Polish border. Police in Georgia Abkhazia clash with ethnic extremists as authorities arrest dozens and seize weapons. In Kabul American photojournalist Tony O'Brien is released to U.S. officials after six weeks in custody with guerrillas.
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U.S
Siberia
Mikhail S. Gorbachev
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Soviet Union
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Tass
Black Sea
Kabul
Afghanistan
Tony O'Brien
O’brien
Santa Fe
N.M
Renny Smith
New Delhi
United States
China warns Hong Kong over subversion of Beijing rule
Beijing bars Hong Kong residents from backing the mainland democracy movement and says the city will stay capitalist only if it stops interference. The People's Daily carried a sharp commentary by a high level official, triggering widespread publicity in the British colony ahead of its 1997 return to Chinese rule.
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Communist Party
People’s Daily
Lucas Loses Support as Key Ally Reverses Stance
Sen. Paul Simon said the loss of Rep. John Conyers’s backing deals a briefing blow to Lucas’s bid to be civil rights enforcer in the Bush administration. Conyers said he could no longer support the nominee, complicating the White House’s plan after Michigan senators declined to introduce Lucas at his confirmation hearing.
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Wasiam Lucas
Lucas
Paul Simon
D-Il
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D-Mich
Senate Judiciary Committee
Joseph Biden
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Michigan
Diseased Blood Cells More Numerous in AIDS Patients
NIH study led by Steven Schnittman finds virus infection in up to 1 percent of T4 lymphocytes in active AIDS patients, far higher than earlier estimates of 1 in 10 000 to 100 000. This raises difficulty in eradicating the virus.
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National Institutes of Health
Steven M. Schnittman
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Schnittman
United Pilot Struggled With Loss Of Control
Sioux City Iowa United Airlines Flight 232 lost an engine and tail section impact left the DC-10 with no hydraulic fluid. NTSB said the crew fought to land at Sioux Gateway as 34 minutes before crash control was nearly gone. Investigators cited holes in the horizontal stabilizer and missing fan rotor on one engine.
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Iowa
United Airlines Flight 232
al C. Haynes
Sioux Gateway Airport
National Transportation Safety Board
NTSB
Jim Burnett
United
Chicago
Philadelphia
Denver
Burnett
Gling
Ted Lopatkiewicz
Lopatkiewicz
Pilot lauded for airmanship in DC-10 landing incident
Des Moines Iowa report details a pilot who guided a derailed DC-10 to a crash landing amid hydraulic loss. Joe Sullivan of Richardson Texas praises the pilot as surpassing routine airmanship and Joe Burnett of the National Transportation Safety Board notes the hydraulic system had no fluid during the landing. FAA spokesman Bob Raynesford says some hydraulic power likely remained.
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Iowa
Joe Sullivan
Richardson
Texas
American Airlnes
Aviation Hall of Fame
Sullivan
Jim Burnett
National Transportation Safety Board
Haynes
Bob Raynesford
FAA
Kansas City
S C Residents Among Crash Survivors Victims
Charlotte resident Virginia Jane Murray a 35 year old flight attendant survived a fiery DC-10 crash in Iowa. She lived at Charlotte Douglas airport during recovery and will stay with Chester parents. In contrast James K Adkins Jr of Mount Pleasant died in the Sioux City crash. Charleston station manager mourns. Cynthia Goodstein Cleland also survived. husband David and daughter Carmel not listed as survivors. Arnold Goodstein and wife flew to Iowa.
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N.C
Virginia Jane Murray
Iowa
Ms. Murray
Jan
Charlotte-Douglas International
Don Murray
Chester
Pineville
United Airlines
Chicago
Murray
James K. Adkins Jr
Mount Pleasant
Adkins
Sioux City
Wciv-Tv
Charleston
Ken
Celia Shaw
Denver
NBC
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David Cleland
Carmel Goodstein
Lis
Cleland
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
South Carolina
Insurance Compay
Cindy
Ashley Hall
Arnold Goodstein
Mary Ann Marwick
Former Bakker Aide Testifies In Tax Evasion Trial
A former PTL aide testified in a tax evasion trial that Jim Bakker enticed him back to the ministry with a pledge PTL would pay travel and vacation costs. David Taggart recalled telling Bakker he wanted access to resources but to control his money and not be given a house or car.
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James
USS
Robert Potter
David Taggart
Bakker
PTL
David
Little Improvement Seen In Teacher Salaries Since 1972
Washington says average teacher salaries rose to 29,629 for 1988-89 but remain only 737 above 1972 levels after inflation. AFT cites real earnings lag, noting Alaska top at 41,832 while South Dakota sits at 20,525, with many states above and below 20,000 for starting pay.
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American Federation of Teachers
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Rlpert Shanker
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AFT
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South Dakota
South Carolina
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