Love Canal sale opens as EPA backs study
EPA Administrator William Reilly endorsed a 1988 study clearing the Love Canal area for sale of 236 homes once evacuated due to underground chemical leaks. The plan, by New York state and EPA, aims to sell 60 to 75 homes yearly for three years beginning this summer, with no undue health risk cited.
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Niagara Falls
N.Y
Environmental Protection Agency
Love Canal
EPA
William Reilly
Reilly
New York
Love Canal Area
James Car
T Buy
Mandela to Visit U S for Bush Meeting and Parade
Nelson Mandela will travel to the United States in June to meet President Bush, address a joint session of Congress, and be honored with a ticker tape parade in New York City. The ANC says Mandela arrives June 20, plans stops in Washington and four other cities, and will warn that apartheid remains despite reforms.
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Washington
Nelson Mandela
South Africa
United States
Bush
New York City
Mandela
African National Congress
Congress
U.S
F.W. de Klerk
ANC
Lindiwe Mabuza
GED certificates fall as fewer take or pass the tests
A study shows 13.4 percent fewer GED diplomas issued nationwide, with 435,518 in 1988 dropping to 376,879 in 1989. Douglas Whitney of GED Testing Service warns the dropouts’ failure to resume education threatens social progress and economic growth.
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Washington
Douglas R. Whitney
American Council On Education
Whitney
Council
United States
Canada
The Akon Standard advertisement page and rates
Classified and display ad contacts and office hours are listed for The Akon Standard along with mail and home delivery subscription rates. The notice includes postal and mailing information, a PO Box address, and order instructions for subscriptions and address changes.
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Aiken Standard
Rutland Drive
Aiken Standard, P.O
Aiken, S.C
Akon
Maisneg
Kay Ater
Axon Communicatons Inc
Bor
Drve Aken
Aton
Kikan
Baker Heads To Moscow For Arms Talks
Baker travels to Moscow for four days of talks with Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze aiming to secure arms control agreements for a May 30 to June 3 summit with Mikhail Gorbachev. Key issues include Baltic independence, anti semitism, space and trade accords, with no guarantee of success.
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Baker
Moscow
Soviet Union
Washington
U.S
Eduard A. Shevardnadze
Mikhail S. Gorbachev
Gorbachev
Shevardnndze
Baltic
New York
Population May Triple In The Next Century
A United Nations report warns world population, 5.3 billion, could nearly triple this century, stressing faster fertility reductions and better women's status. Dr. Nafis Sadik urges doubling aid to family planning. U.S. support for the fund is uncertain after a veto.
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London
U.N
Nafis Sadik
United Nations Population Fund
Africa
South Asia
Motion Fund
Poli
Soviet Soldiers Try To Enter Latvia Parliament Protest
Thousands of Soviet soldiers and cadets gathered near Latvia’s Supreme Soviet in Vilnius as part of a Baltic wide protest against independence moves. Banners urged the U.S.S.R. to remain, while Latvians backing independence held a counter demonstration. Reports also noted a prior clash in which more than 100 Soviet officers were involved, injuring a Latvian radio reporter and several women.
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Vilnius
U.S.S.R
Latvia
Mikhail S. Gorbachev
Estonia
Moscow
Gorbachev
Aris Jansons
Supreme Soviet
Riga
Jansons
Democrats Pressure Bush On Votes For 1991 Budget
Democrats aim to push President Bush to propose election year tax increases or spending cuts as talks begin on the 1991 budget. Negotiations on the $1.2 trillion Fiscal Year 1991 plan start amid distrust with Bush urged to outline deficit causes and proposed savings. Republicans push for spending cuts to shrink the gap, with focus on benefit programs.
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Washington
Bush
Reagan
Flag Protection Amendment Looms in Election Year Fight
Senate Judiciary Chair Joseph Biden says a flag protection constitutional amendment could be ready if the Supreme Court strikes down last year’s law. House Republicans and Democrats clash over limits to the Bill of Rights as the high court weighs upholding the 1989 Flag Protection Act after a Texas desecration ruling.
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Washington — Senate
Judiciary Committee
Joseph Biden
Supreme Court
Congress
Don Edwards
House
Capitol Hill
Bush
High Court
Texas
Kenneth Starr
Texans Jittery About Dam Releases
River managers released near record amounts of water from a dam to ease the Trinity River flood risk. Thousands downstream were urged to evacuate as gates opened at Lake Livingston near Houston. Farmers protested with urgent calls and residents sought shelter amid rising water and tension.
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Trinity River
Lake Livingston
Houston
Alanna Shaver
Hardin
Red Cross
Trinity River Authority
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National Briefs
Allan Schwarz
University Health Services
University of Rochester
American Psychiatric Association
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Western Alliance
Central and Eastern Europe
Middle East
Asie
Latin America
Asia
Iar
Lithuania
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