Gorbachev Heads for Ottawa Amid Talks With Mulroney
Mikhail Gorbachev, troubled at home and facing upheaval in Eastern Europe, travels to Ottawa for four hours of talks with Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney en route to Washington for a Bush summit. Tass reports the Soviet leader will meet PM Mulroney, attend a private lunch, and later see Governor General Ray Hnatyshyn. In Miami Beach ailing Prime Minister Michael Manley remains hospitalized with pneumonia awaiting test results.
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Launch on track as shuttle fixes landing display
NASA reports a Wednesday launch of Columbia with seven astronauts and a $150 million observatory remains on schedule after replacing a faulty head up landing display electronics box. Al Sorge says everything else is going smoothly as forecasters predict an 80 percent chance of favorable weather.
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Armenian Clash Sparks Soviet Allegations Over Aid
Soviet security chief Gen Yuri Shatalin accused Armenia’s leaders of openly assisting armed Armenian nationalists amid two days of fatal clashes in Yerevan. Twenty civilians and three militants died as troops fought through the Armenian capital. Shatalin said the bloodshed resulted from connivance by republican leaders and law enforcement.
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Impostor Census Scams Target Homeowners Nationwide
The 1990 U S Census prompts con artists to pose as census workers, with cases including an 80 year old North Carolina woman robbed after opening her door. Houston residents were charged $50 for form completion. Officials urge verification of ID and calling local offices, noting impersonation penalties up to three years in prison and a $1 000 fine. The FBI reports few impostors and no widespread panic.
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Nation Remembers War Dead On Memorial Day Across America
Memorial Day observances reach nationwide with sunlit gatherings and parades. U S. war dead honored from Maryland to Arlington while a Panmunjom return of five Korean War fallen is noted and a Maryland statue memorializes terrorism victims. Veteran families recount personal losses as President Bush and Vice President Quayle participate in ceremonies.
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Lithuanians Still Support Independence Amid Power Cuts
Baltic states press on with independence bids as Moscow tightens oil and gas supplies. In Lithuania a two-plant power system limits output, 40,000 workers lose jobs, and about 300 factories face cutbacks while Latvia denounces Gorbachev decree as illegal interference.
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Arafat urges oil-rich Arabs to back uprising against Israel
At an Arab summit in Baghdad Yasser Arafat called on Arab leaders to mobilize oil wealth to support the Palestinian uprising. He attacked US policy on Soviet Jewish emigration and urged Iran to stand with the Arabs while Saddam Hussein warned of mass destruction if Israel uses similar weapons. King Hussein urged oil-backed economic and military support, though oil embargo was not advocated.
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Oldest Astronaut Vance Brand To Fly Final Space Mission
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. Vance Brand at 59 will command the seven member crew on shuttle Columbia for a mission featuring the $150 million Astro observatory. Liftoff is planned for 12 38 EDT Wednesday. Brand, chosen in 1966, says this will be his last spaceflight as he pivots to a management job.
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