Gorbachev voices shift on human rights in Moscow speech
Gorbachev asserts the Soviet Union is changing its human rights policies not due to Western pressure but from within. He speaks at an international peace conference in Moscow attended by Andrei Sakharov and other notables, noting dissident releases while warning that real change requires more transparent freedom.
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Mikhail Gorbachev
Soviet Union
Gorbachev
Moscow
Andrei Sakharov
Josef Begun
Begun
West
Singapore's Lee Kuan Yew backs dating game to boost IQ
In a Dale Van Atta interview, Singapore prime minister Lee Kuan Yew defends a 1980s eugenics plan linking educated marriages to higher national IQ. He cites census data, notes a Social Development Unit, and laments changing gender roles. He warns against reversing progress though limits exist. Ambulance plea and mini editorial follow.
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Washington
Singapore
Lee Kuan Yew
Lee
Dale van Atta
Kwa Geok Choo
Cambridge University
Frustration at LWV forum handling questioned
Paul E. Weaver criticizes the February 17 League of Women Voters forum for neutrality issues. He alleges unaddressed questions about city council spending and perceived political bias as two re election candidates distributed and controlled question cards, excluding his inquiries.
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League of Women Voters Forum
League of Women Voters
Paul E. Weaver
Today in History Highlights From February 26 Events
The Associated Press notes 1919 Congress created Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona. It also marks Victor Hugo’s birth in 1802 and Napoleon Bonaparte's Elba escape beginning his second conquest of France in 1815. Gary Dobbs.
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Associated Press
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Grand Canyon National Park
Arizona
Victor Hugo
Napoleon Bonaparte
Island of
Elba
France
Baytown Sun Advertising and historical notes
The Baytown Sun page fragment notes advertising office details in Baytown Texas with rates and contact lines. It mentions historical milestones including the 22nd Amendment ratification in 1951 and Churchill announcing Britain’s atomic bomb in 1952. It also cites John Glenn’s 1962 orbit remarks and past U S events in Atlanta and the Philippines.
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Churchill
Britain
John Glenn
Congress
Atlanta
Wayne B. Williams
Philippines
Corazon Aquino
Ferdinand E. Marcos
Flickers of 1987 Governors Races Stir Deep South
The piece surveys Louisiana Mississippi and Kentucky gubernatorial contests with Edwin Edwards a standout figure in Louisiana while Mississippi incumbent William Allain faces Ray Mabus challenge Kentucky features Martha Layne Collins term limit and possible bids by Steve Beshears Julian Carroll John Brown and Larry Forgy. Republicans press for a credible Kentucky option as southern races tilt.
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Belle Chasse
Louisiana
Mississippi
Kentucky
Edwin W. Edwards
Edwards
Baton Rouge Morning Advocate
W.J
Billy” Tauzin
Buddy Roemer
William Allain
Allain
Ray Mabus
Southern Political Report
Charles Pickering
Jack Reed
Martha Layne Collins
Steve Beshears
Julian Carroll
John Brown
Larry Forgy
Reagan
Forgy
Larry J. Hopkins
South
GOP
Newspaper Enterprise Association
Price war ends in Tri-Cities milk market restored
Milk price back to standard cents per quart after producers and South Texas Producers Association reach an agreement. Harris County officers to keep Robert E Lee High School students from blocking Market Street during noon and after school. Sheriff T A Binford pledges mounted patrols if arrests are needed.
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South Texas Producers Association
Harris County
Robert E. Lee
Market Street
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Cyril Loy
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Pelly
Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after Tidt couscens
A compact aphorism echoes a biblical tone claiming those who hunger and thirst will be filled, framed as a moral maxim rather than a news report. The phrasing suggests a proverb-like verse emphasizing reward for desire and pursuit.
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Leon Brown
Fred Harnberg
Fred Honmen
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Robert Walters
Israel Arthur Barber
Houston
Mont Belvieu
Port Lavaca
A.E. Barber
Glenn Barber
Goose Creek
Harold and
Nesbit Barber
Roy .D. Childress
Robert Oliver
Oil Workers Union
Oliver
Ed Cleveland
New Baytown
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Joe Allen
Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission
Max Mosesman
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