Parents Battle Santa and Occult in School Protests
In Virginia and Tennessee, parents urge removal of holiday and occult themed items from schools citing religious beliefs. In Hawkins County a court ruling allows teachers to excuse students from offended classes, while Anderson County lifts two occult books pending review.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Virginia
Tennessee
Hawkins County
U.S
Thomas G. Hull
Nat Coleman
Coleman
Kenneth
Betty Marshall
Bristol
Washington-Lee
East Tennessee
Anderson County
Claxton
Zion Baptist Church
Santa Claus
David Stephens
The
Jacobsen appeals to kidnappers in Lebanon release plea
Former hostage David Jacobsen urged Islamic Jihad to free remaining American captives in Lebanon in a public appeal. He spoke at a news conference with his son and a friend present, urging dialogue and noting ongoing divisions among radical groups complicating hostage releases.
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Orange
Calif
David Jacobsen
Lebanon
Jacobsen
Hal
Terry Anderson
Tom Sutherland
Terry A. Anderson
Middle East
Associated Press
Thomas Sutherland
American University of Beirut
Islamic Jihad
William Buckley
Eric
Harold Hultgreen
Reagan
Iran
Lawrence Jenco
Benjamin Weir
Terry
Tom
West
Beirut
Polar BEAR satellite soars after museum display
The Polar Beacon Experiments and Auroral Research satellite known as Polar BEAR lifted from Vandenberg AFB at 4 23 p m on a Scout rocket to reach a 625 mile polar orbit. It carries instruments to photograph the Northern Lights and study particles and magnetic fields to improve Earth to space communications. The satellite waited eight years as a museum piece and faced two scrubbed launch attempts due to propulsion and gyroscope issues before final liftoff.
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Vandenberg Air Force Base
Calif
Air Force
Tom Connell
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Connell
Vandenberg
Earth
Virgil Short
Navy
Smithsonian Institution
National Air and Space Museum
Two Arrested For Kidnapping Worthington Baby
In Maryland the infant believed abducted from Grand View Hospital eight days earlier is found safe with the Worthington family maintaining faith. FBI linked Thompson and Soustek to the child, but authorities have not confirmed a match.
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Baltimore
Pennsylvania
Neil Worthington
Sellersville
FBI
Worthington
Grand View Hospital
Mel Fleming
Ramona Joan Thompson
Ellicott City
George Stanley Soustek
Worthingtons
Phillip
Phil
Barbara
Ms. Thompson
Soustek
Corless
U S Arming Mexican Border Patrol With M 14 Rifles
The United States plans to arm 1000 M 14 rifles for Border Patrol agents and supply two armored personnel carriers. The rifles will be kept in offices or vehicles and not routinely carried, with eight agents wounded in the past year. The move aims to counter violence along the San Ysidro border area near San Diego.
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U.S
Washington
Border Patrol
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Duke Austin
Austin
San Ysidro
San Diego
Army
Wayne Kirkpatrick
San Diego-area
Border Patrol Office
Group Pushes Lower Lead Levels in Drinking Water
Environmental Defense Fund toxicologist Ellen Silbergeld urges the EPA to cut the drinking water lead standard from 90 ppb to 10 ppb, arguing lead poisoning is the most prevalent environmental disease. The EPA proposes 20 ppb to take effect in 1991.
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Ellen Silbergeld
Environmental Defense Fund
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Young Florida lawyer sworn in at age 17 in Miami
Stephen Baccus, 17, took the oath as a lawyer after Florida waived the 18 year old requirement for contracts. He graduated UM at 14, law school at 16, passed the bar at 17, and attends NYU for computer science. He aims to blend law and computing and is co author of a forthcoming book with Chriss Marinello.
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Miami
Stephen Baccus
Baccus
Florida Supreme Court
Dade County
University of Miami
New York University
New York City
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James Baccus
Bradberry
Aiken
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Aiken, S.C
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