Toxic Waste Battle Spurs 13 States to Press EPA
Thirteen states that receive more toxic waste for disposal than they ship out urged the EPA to enforce the 1986 disposal rule. They urged Congress to grant states authority to ensure equitable waste distribution while considering an interstate lawsuit. In Chicago a separate study found privately insured heart patients more likely to receive costly treatments than uninsured or Medicaid patients, with significant gaps for angiography, bypass, and angioplasty.
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Reagan Returns to Berlin Wall for Historic Tear Down Swing
West Berlin greeted former president Ronald Reagan with applause as he hammered at the Berlin Wall, strolling from the Reichstag to the border area near Brandenburg Gate with Nancy Reagan and local mayors. In Danbury, investigators traced a math error to the Hubble Space Telescope mirror flaw, blaming a flawed assembly of the reflective null corrector by Perkin Elmer.
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Budget summit eyes up to 100 billion cut tied to tax reform
Democratic and Republican leaders push for nearly 100 billion in federal budget cuts over five years while debating tax types. Democrats seek higher revenues from top incomes, while Bush opposes tax-rate increases. Republicans want larger cuts up to 120 billion with no new spending pledge. Talks continue amid unresolved issues.
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Defendants Show No Remorse in Central Park Rape Case
Three remorseless teenagers received five to 10 year sentences for raping and beating a jogger in Central Park. Judge Galligan called them mindless marauders and said the attack turned the park into a torture chamber.
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Two Germanys Sign Unity Treaty In Historic Accord
In Moscow the United States Soviet Union France and Britain plus representatives from West and East Germany signed the two plus four treaty paving unification and restored sovereignty. Gorbachev watched as West German minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher and East German premier Lothar DeMaiziere affixed first signatures.
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Illinois Executes First Inmate In 28 Years
JOLIET Ill A man who said he would rather die than remain behind bars for murdering a young couple during a 40 holdup was executed by injection at Stateville Prison at 12 12 a m The 50 year old Charles Walker spoke to Warden Roth before his death saying tell Jesse and tell Vi I will see them later The couple Kevin Paule 21 and Sharon Winker were tied to a tree robbed and shot near Mascoutah The execution marks Illinois resuming capital punishment after 1962 and Walker became the 139th US inmate executed since 1976 a vigil by about 200 opponents occurred outside the prison.
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Jackson Wins Nomination In Symbolic Shadow Senator Race
The Associated Press reports Jesse Jackson won his first non-presidential primary in Washington DC to claim the Democratic nomination for the symbolic shadow senator post urging statehood for the city. Minnesota Governor Rudy Perpich faced a tight renomination, defeating Mike Hatch while Jon Grunseth won the Republican race for the main contest. Perpich said the result helps secure the middle ground for his term.
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Board OKs $458 Million Request
South Carolina's corrections system seeks 458 million over five years for construction and capital projects to add about 10 583 beds, citing growing inmate population and bed shortages. Corrections Commissioner Parker Evatt warns beds are needed to avoid court-ordered releases. The board will ask the Legislature to fund the plan with bonds.
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