IRS Commissioner To Investigate Arkansas Guns For Drugs Charge
Washington IRS Commissioner Fred Goldberg will look into allegations that the IRS blocked congressional and police probes into a suspected drugs for arms operation linked to the Mena Arkansas air facility. Rep Bill Alexander said two House subcommittees and state police sought access to IRS agent William Duncan who was withholding evidence in a grand jury probe tied to Barry Seal.
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IRS
Arkansas
Washington
Internal Revenue Service
Bill Alexander
D-Ark
House
Arkansas State Police
General Accounting Office
Mena
Ark
Central America
Alexander
Fred Goldberg
Larry Gibbs
Michael Murphy
Congress
State Police
William Duncan
IRS Criminal Investigative Division
Goldberg
Duncan
Barry Seal
Baton Rouge
The
Arkansas Gazette
Gazette
Edwin Meese
Bush Hopes Senate Restores Budget With Rail MX Cut
The House approved its budget plan 261-162 after an unusual GOP liberal coalition opposed the single warhead Midgetman. Rail funding, valued at 902 million less than admin asks, was cut to delay the MX system. The vote revived Navy F-14D and Marine V-22 programs Bush planned to drop. Dukakis had defeated Bush in 1988.
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Senate
House
Spin
Minuteman
Navy
Marine Corps
Bush
Mike
Dukakis
Israeli Commandos Kidnap Iran Ally in South Lebanon Crisis
Detailed account of the February 1988 Israeli raid on Jibeit near Tyre following the Higgins kidnapping. Forces seized Sheikh Obeid and others, triggering Amal led crackdowns in the south and a deadly standoff that left 62 dead and 156 wounded. Neighbors heard gunfire as Israelis withdrew with captives.
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Hezbollah
Amal
Lebanon
Obeid
Beirut
Higgins
Jibbit
U.N
Danville
Vietnam
Daoud
Tyre
Jibehit
Sheik Obeid
Nuclear plant health fears linger in long running probe
Producer continued from page 1A detailing long term safety concerns at the plant. Dr Brisbin notes that after five years no lab personnel were interviewed. He says the Department of Energy does not sign his checks. The film, made on and off site, includes critics Arthur Dexter William Lawless George Couch and Steve McMillan Dexter focuses on war moral issues while Lawless questions nuclear waste handling.
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Dr. Brisbin
Department of Energy
Arthur Dexter
William Lawless
George Couch
Steve McMillan
Dexter
Lawless
Couch
McMillan
Five Die Siblings in Michigan Dairy Pit Tragedy
In Menominee County Michigan the Theuerkauf family mourns after five members die while attempting to rescue others from a manure storage pit. The elder Carl Theuerkauf Sr. 65 and relatives including Carl Jr. 37 Tom 28 Daniel 15 and Bill Hofer 63 perished as methane gas filled the concrete pit during pump maintenance. Community leaders note a week of heat likely accelerated gas buildup while relatives vow to keep the farm running and honor the centennial dairy legacy.
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Menominee
Mich
Menominee County
Theuerkauf
Shirley Charlier
Cari
Charlier
Carl Theuerkauf Sr
Carl Jr
Tom
Daniel
Bill Hofer
Sherif
Richard Breyer
County Farm Extension Service
Hofer
Booth County
Paul Haupt
Breyer
Whipp
Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church
Faith Lutheran Church
Marinette
Michigan
Wisconsin Line
Upper Peninsula
Harry Theverkauf
Theverkau
Thermal discharge denial slows Savannah River cleanup effort
The Savannah River site faces a disputed plan to close land disposal units and limit thermal pollution. Representatives trade blows over wetlands destruction and the beyond-reevaluation use of funds as the Senate backs 40 million dollars for a cooling tower while planning for a new production reactor.
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Savannah River
James L. Oberstar
Dminn
Derrick
Senate Armed Services Committee
Arrest Hailed By Manila Government
Manila reports the arrest of Satur Ocampo 50 a central committee member of the Communist Party and his common law wife Carolina Malay in a Manila suburb. Military leaders call it a major blow to the insurgency yet observers warn the movement may endure underground.
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Manila
Philippines
Satur Ocampo
Communist’ Party
Carolina Malay
Renato de Villa
Ramon Montano
Chi
Philippine Constabulary
Southeast Asia
Philippine Daily Globe
Ocampo
Ecumenical Movement For Justice and Peace
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Consumer Investigation Div
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Special Agent Training Center
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Majid Fahs
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Mona
Hussein Abu Zeid
Aiken
Ocauly
Ompany
Eejay
Kalmia Mall
South Carolina
Lee Ra
Aiken’s
Dea & Moseley Fine Jewelers
Centre South I
Silver Bluff Rd
Qalloway & Mosekey Fine Jewelers
Pmrer Ampeg Aiken
Sumter
ROLEX
Associated Press
Ferdinand Marcos
Corazon Aquino
Central Committee
Romulo Kintanar
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