Gorbachev seeks end to Communist monopoly in USSR
Moscow reports Gorbachev will urge the Communist Party to permit competing political parties and back private ownership, signaling a major shift ahead of a pivotal Central Committee meeting seen as a test of his five-year leadership. The disclosure suggests a dramatic restructure of party power as strains widen within the leadership.
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Moscow
Mikhail S. Gorbachev
Communist Party
Gorbachev
Gorbachev moves to end Communist grip at core party
Gorbachev proposes trimming the Central Committee from 251 to 200 and a new party platform accepting multiparty principle without ceding state power. Progressives seek multiparty system while hard-liners aim to retain control, ahead of elections that could punish old guard. Interfax reports signal broad reform and reduced party supremacy.
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East Bloc
Central Committee
Interfax
Gorbachev
Communist Party
Radio
Moscow
Soviet Union
Eagles Block Beltway Plans Near Lake Jesup Nest
A mother bald eagle and two eaglets nest on a flat-top pine 50 feet from the planned Orlando beltway crossing Lake Jesup in Seminole County. The expressway authority seeks a first-time exception to allow construction within 750 feet of a threatened species nest, risking a precedent.
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Orlando. Fla
Beltway
Lake Jesup
Seminole County
Expressway Authority
Cooler With Occasional Rain Forecast Today
The National Weather Service predicts cooler temperatures with occasional rain. Highs will be in the mid to upper 40s. Tonight will be cloudy with a chance of light snow and lows in the mid 20s.
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National Weather Service
Mercer County Tourist Train Authority Approved by House
The House of Delegates passed a bill to create The Mercer County Tourist Train Authority to launch a pilot tourist train network linking Bluefield Bramwell and Matoaka in West Virginia with Pocahontas in Virginia. Five members to be appointed by county commissioners with railroad and tourist attraction experience required.
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Charleston
Mercer County Tourist Train Authority
House of Delegates
Senate
Mercer County
Richard Flanigan
Terry Basham
Mercer County Commission
Flanigan
Bluefield
Bramwell
Matoaka
West Virginia
Pocahontas
Virginia
Falls Mills water project in limbo amid missing user agreements
In Falls Mills and Hale's Bottom the lack of enough customer agreements jeopardizes a 2 million dollar water project. PSA officials warn the delay could drive away Bluefield Foods and Bluefield Beverage, risking up to 300 jobs. Bluefield Beverage says no plans to move despite local pollution limits study.
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Falls Mills
Tazewell County
Virginia Foods
Bluefield, Inc
Bluefield Beverage Bottling Company
Bluefield Beverage
Carl Geary
Bluefield Sanitary Board
Westside
Sanitary Board
Water project in Falls Mills faces feasibility and rate doubts
Tazewell County PSA officials say a nearly two million dollar water system plan for Falls Mills and Hale's Bottom faces misinformation on rates and water source. Interim administrator Howard Leist notes feared 22 percent increases are unlikely and explains rate projections, dam removal, and signature requirements to secure Farm Home Administration financing.
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Tazewell
Falls Mills
Hale
Tazewell County
Howard Leist
Leist
PSA
Farmers Home Administration
Virginia Foods
Bluestone River
Russell
Farmer's Home Administration
Davis: Cultural differences fuel Nicaragua unrest
Editor notes third report on Concord College professor Dr Edward Davis as a Nicaragua election observer. Davis cites race and culture as factors in the early Contra war with Mosquito Coast Indians seeking autonomy. After 1981 evacuations and 1982 repatriation, Indians gained regional autonomy and political rights as tensions eased. The Mosquito people face poverty and isolation ahead of February 25 elections amid Nicaragua’s varied geography.
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Concord College
Edward Davis
Nicaragua
Athens
Davis
United States
Reagan
Mosquito Coast
Teen girl first recipient of lung assist device
Salt Lake City AP reports a teenage girl in critical condition after receiving the IntraVascular Oxygenator, a 20 inch fiber bundle device meant to supply oxygen as a temporary lung aid during recovery. Doctors caution against premature conclusions about performance.
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Salt Lake City
Lds Hospital
U.S
Alan Morris
J.D. Mortensen
Morris
Richard Nash
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