Inmates Death-Row Stay Granted Days Before Execution
In Carson City Nevada Jimmy Lee Neuschafer who asked to die before Christmas changed his mind and won a stay from District Judge Mike Fondi less than six hours before his planned lethal injection for a 1981 prison killing. In Washington the Census Bureau reports 1989 home ownership at 63.9 percent down from 65.6 percent in 1980 with declines for non married couple families. In Cape Canaveral the space shuttle Columbia returned to Kennedy Space Center ten days after landing at Edwards Air Force Base ending a nine day mission launched December 2 with seven crew members observing space via onboard telescopes.
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Nevada
Glenn Wharton
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Cape Canaveral
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Kennedy Space Center
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Space Center
Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
Walesa delays government formation and election timing
In Warsaw AP reports President elect Lech Walesa delaying naming a government and considering postponing elections up to a year to allow his leadership time to tackle Poland's problems. He also may keep spring elections for a modified interim government led by Mazowiecki.
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Warsaw
Poland
Lech Walesa
Tadeusz Mazowiecki
Shevardnadze resigns shocking Soviets and Gorbachev
Moscow AP reports Mikhail Gorbachev stunned by Eduard Shevardnadze resignation in a crisis moment. Shevardnadze accuses hard-liners of undermining reforms, warns dictatorship is coming while Gorbachev denies democracy threat and aides stress policy continuity with the USSR.
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Mikhail S. Gorbachev
Ihe
Eduard A. Shevardnadze
Shevardnadze
Gorbachev
Soviet Union
Washington
James A. Baker Iiii
Foreign Ministry
Vitaly Churkin
What can a fellow do with $1,000 today
A thousand dollars buys varied goods and acts of charity. The piece contrasts O Henry's era with modern commerce, noting gifts like Giorgio Armani suits and Tiffany cuff links, plus options to fund camps for homeless and disabled children and meals for the needy. It cites O Henry, Old Bryson, and organizations such as the Children's Aid Society and Coalition for the Homeless.
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New York
Old Bryson
Rockefeller
Bryson
Children’s Aid Society
Coalition For the Homeless
Grand Central Terminal
Hollywood saves Burns stage among four old studios
A deal between preservation groups and studios preserves the George Burns Stage at the Hollywood Center Studios and three other buildings in Los Angeles. The structures will not be altered without group approval, while preservationists drop blanket landmark protection to avoid renovations.
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Los Angeles
George Burns
Gracie Allen
Hollywood
Old Hollywood Center
Burns
Miss Allen
Burns and Allen
Scientists close in on breast cancer gene
Two research groups report narrowing the search for a breast cancer susceptibility gene to a specific chromosome. Mary-Claire King says they know the haystack portion containing the needle. The Utah team finds inherited proliferative breast disease linked to cancer risk. Studies published in Science outline potential early detection tests and preventive strategies, though clinical use is years away.
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Washington
Mary-Claire King
University of California, Berkeley
University of Utah Health Sciences Center
Mark H. Skolnick
Utah
Science
Skolnick
King
Health care costs rise to record 604 billion in 1989
U S health spending reached a record 604 billion last year, up 11.6 percent from 1988 as health costs consumed 14.7 percent of the federal budget. Officials warn rising costs strain access to care and burden households while federal policy debates continue.
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Washington
Gail Wilensky
Health Care Financing Administration
Health and Human Services
Louis Sullivan
Sullivan
Domestic Policy Council
Nationalealth Insurance
U S joins in on UN deploring Israel deportations
United States votes with the UN Security Council to deplore Israel's deportation of Palestinians and to call for UN monitoring of their safety. The decision blocks any Middle East peace conference reference, placing the issue in a separate non binding statement by Yemen. The move signals a shift to maintain Arab trust amid Gulf tensions with Iraq.
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United States
Security Council
Israel
U.N
Washington
Middle East
U.S
Yemen
Iraq
Persian Gulf
Council
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