Freedom gains in 1987 say world trends improve
Freedom House reports 1987 advances in civil liberties in Poland and Hungary and improved electoral procedures in Mauritania, CAR, Zaire, and Gambia. The USSR remains not free but shows release of prisoners and discussion of politics. Several nations move to partly free or free while Fiji declines.
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Freedom
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Freedom House
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Hungary
Nicaragua
Mauritania
Central African Republic
Zaire
Gambia
Cape Verde
Malta
Nigeria
Philippines
Suriname
Fiji
Kenya
Zimbabwe
Panama
Haiti
The Survey Said Free States Hold Most Global Population
The survey reports 38.29 percent of the world’s population lives in 92 free states and related territories. About 37.72 percent live in 53 countries and territories that are not free. The remaining 23.99 percent of roughly 5.025 billion people live under varying freedom conditions, with 1.924 billion in freedom and 1.896 billion not free.
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Freedom
Retail season meets modest expectations for Christmas sales
Wall Street analysts and store officials say the Christmas shopping period was acceptable to satisfactory, not strong. Retail experts predict a modest rise over last year, with estimates ranging from about 5 to 6 percent before inflation adjustment, as many stores saw varied consumer activity and cautious spending.
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Wall Street
Monroe H. Greenstein
Bear Stearns & Co. Inc
Ernest Arms
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Fred Wintzer
Alex Brown & Sons Inc
Baltimore
Wintzer
Greenstein
Leap Second Inserted to Synchronize Clocks
New York reports that the New Year will arrive one second late to align official atomic clocks with Earth's slowing rotation. Timekeepers decree a leap second at 11 59 60 p m on December 31 to keep time standards in step.
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New York
Morning Snow Turns Windy and Cold With Snowfall
Morning snow gives way to strong winds and a drop in temperatures. High near 28 degrees with periods of snow totaling an inch or two. Tonight will be blustery and very cold with a few flurries and a low around 8 degrees.
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Accu- Weather
Beavers fall to alumni in benefit basketball games
The Bluefield Beavers men and women were defeated by alumni squads in a Beaver Band fundraiser. The alumni won 32 to 20 in the men's game and the Alumnae prevailed 10 to 5 in the women’s contest.
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Bluefield Beavers
Beaver Band
Dollar exchange rates and currency closings in 1987
The report lists Yen and Deutschmark closes from Tokyo and Frankfurt for December dates 11 through 28 1987 with an 18 currency index and a trade weighted index adjusted for inflation differences. Sourced from Manufacturers Hanover Trust Co and Associated Press.
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Tokyo
Frankfurt
Hanover
Manufacturers Hanover Trust Co
Associated Press
Dollar sinks as market drops in post holiday trading
The dollar plummets after Christmas, dampening a three week stock rally as the Dow falls 56.70 to 1942.97. Volume shows 6 to 1 losers over gainers on the NYSE while home sales slide 4.5 percent in November amid volatile rates and market jitters. The Reagan administration urges stabilization but traders doubt policy steps will curb the decline.
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New York
White House
U.S
Manufacturers Hanover Trust Co
Midwest storm reaches both Virginias with heavy snow
A multi state winter storm sweeping from the central U.S. to the Midwest brought heavy snow and icy roads. Accu Weather warned of lingering snow through the day as temperatures plunged to 8 degrees tonight. The system follows a coastal storm potential along the Atlantic coast and left up to a foot in parts of Iowa Wisconsin and Minnesota with power outages and travel disruption across Missouri Oklahoma and Arkansas Tennessee and Illinois.
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Virginias
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Midwest
Missouri
Oklahoma
West Memphis
Ark
Millington
Tenn
Accu-Weather
Kentucky
Atlantic
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Iowa
Illinois
Michigan
Indiana
Princeton minister ends crisis center effort
Princeton pastor Jim Nordheim quits efforts to open a downtown crisis center citing threats to his life and his family and a lack of community support. He had worked since November and hoped to be open by January but was targeted by a firebombing and received a threatening note after a television appearance.
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Princeton
Jim Nordheim
Nordheim
Wvva-Tv
Mercer Street
Special education reforms may cost 2000 jobs in state
Charleston AP reports proposed special education policy changes could force counties to lay off more than 2,000 school employees over five years to save about 32 million dollars. The plan aims to tighten eligibility and reduce new classifications while keeping most current services.
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Charleston
John Pisapia
Pisapia
State Board of Education
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