Local option tax clash in Columbia House rejects Senate version
The House rejected the Senate’s local option sales tax plan in Columbia, advancing an amendment that raises homestead exemption to 25 000 while the budget dispute over the tax measure remains unresolved. The measure would raise the sales tax to 6 percent with funds split between property tax rollbacks and general revenue.
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Columbia
House
Senate
Bob Sheheen
Camden
Surgeon General Report Urges Tough DUI Fight and Advertising Curbs
A federal report on drunken driving urges a comprehensive attack on alcohol consumption. It calls for liquor tax hikes, strict limits on advertising, counter ads to beer and wine campaigns, and banning celebrity endorsements aimed at youth. The panel also recommends ending alcoholic beverage sponsorships of athletic and youth events.
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Washington
Alcholic Beverage
Wright Seeks Clarity Amid Political Turmoil
House Speaker Jim Wright declines to reveal plan as ethics charges loom and colleagues push for resignation. FBI probes payroll padding on Rep. William Gray staff while Gray seeks a leadership post and denies criminal investigation claims. DOJ officials say ethics proceedings are monitored, not yet opened.
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Jim Wright
FBI
William Gray
Pennsylvania
House
Gray
CBS
Washington Post
Justice Department
Wright
Department
Teenager critically hurt in botched Wells Fargo bank shootout
A failed armored truck robbery at a Wells Fargo branch in Los Angeles led to a morning shootout wounding six people including five customers and a guard. The teenage gunman, 17, was critically injured after being shoved through a plate-glass window. most injuries came from glass and debris, not life threatening.
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Los Angeles
Wells Fargo Bank
Fire Department
Ed Reed
Reed
Mike Hulshof
Missing Marines after CH-46 crash near Okinawa
A U S Marine CH 46 Sea Knight crashed upside down into the sea during night training off Okinawa. Fourteen Marines are missing with eight rescued. The Denver evacuated four injured. Investigation underway.
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Tokyo
Okinawa
U.S
Kaneohe Bay
Hawaii
Kadena Air Force Base
Navy
Seary
Denver
Jake Rodrigues
Japan
Rodrigues
2Nd Battalion
3Rd Marine Regiment
Washington
Marine Corps
Fred Peck
Japanese Leaders Pick Uno as Next Prime Minister
The Liberal Democratic Party backs Sousuke Uno to replace Noboru Takeshita amid the Recruit scandal crisis. Uno accepts from Paris stating commitment despite initial reluctance as party elders push for a strong, singular leadership. Former leaders like Nakasone, Takeshita, and Abe are connected to the scandal.
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Tokyo
Sousuke Uno
Uno
Liberal Democrats
Associated Press
Kyodo
Noboru Takeshita
Paris
Ryutaro Hashimoto
Hashimoto
Yasuhiro Nakasone
Takeshita
Shintaro Abe
Champion of the Poor Dies After 50 Years in Public Service
Rep Claude Pepper an ardent defender of the elderly and poor died at 88. He lies in state in the Capitol Rotunda as colleagues honor his long career. Pepper helped create Social Security and the minimum wage and campaigned for federal cancer funding.
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Washington
Claude Pepper
Capitol
Pepper
Florida
U.S. Senate
House
Jim Wright
Texas
Wright
Senate
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Bltimore
Dudleyville
Ala
University of Alabama
Harvard Law School
Congress
Fundin
Mildred
China Sponsors Rally Supports Li Peng as Students Hold Sit-In
Thousands of farmers and workers joined a government rally in Huangcun near Beijing backing Li Peng and opposing the student movement. Authorities pressed ahead with tactics to intimidate protesters as 10,000 students remained in Tiananmen Square on the 18th day of their sit-in amid martial law.
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Beijing
Li Peng
China
Tiananmen Square
Huangcun
Communist Party
Beijing Foreign Affairs Office
Public Security Ministry
High School Reading Lists Favor Shakespeare Over Diversity
A SUNY Albany survey of 322 public, 80 Catholic, and 86 private high schools finds 84 percent require Romeo and Juliet and 81 percent Macbeth, with To Kill a Mockingbird next at 70. No minority authors appear in the top 10, while A Raisin in the Sun and Black Boy are the top minority picks at 19 and 7 percent respectively.
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New York
Shake Spearean
Center For the Learning & Teaching of Literature
State University of New York At Albany
Harper Lee
Arthur N. Applebee
Shakespeare
Nathaniel Hawthorne
John Steinbeck
Hamlet
F. Scott Fitzgerald
William Golding
Lorrainne Hansberry
Richard Wright
Applebee
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