Beijing crushes Tiananmen Square protest by troops
Soldiers moved on Tiananmen early today ending a three week student sit in for democracy. Hospitals report at least 500 dead as tanks and armored units swept the center of Beijing, with clashes leaving many wounded. Martial law had been in place for two weeks.
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Tiananmen Square
China
Tiananmen
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Beijing Union Medical College
Li Peng
Fuxing
Bus Wedding in Portland Caroline and Claude Tie Off Bus Anniversary
Claude Methot and Jan Cole married on a Portland Maine Metro bus with crepe paper tin cans and a Just Married sign. The couple met aboard the same bus they used for their vows and plan a luncheon after the onboard ceremony. Both describe themselves as bus people and became close friends after meeting on the ride to work.
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Claude Methot
Jan Cole
Portland
Maine
Metro
Methot
Paper Company
Robber uses sockpoint to steal from Smyrna Waffle House
A bandit brandished a plastic cup and an ice scraper wrapped in a white sock to threaten staff at a Smyrna Georgia Waffle House. He demanded $400, grabbed the cash register, and fled out the back, carrying it under his arm like a football, according to Lt. Ed Clack.
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Smyrna
Atlanta
Ed Clack
Clack
Partly cloudy with 80s high and chances of rain
Partly cloudy today with a 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning. Tonight will be mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of showers. Details A-8.
Princeton Eyeing Growth Through Annexation Vote
Residents in Quail Valley Boulder Park areas go to the polls June 6 to decide annexation into Princeton. If approved, 1,700 more residents join a 7,700 base, expanding wards, tax base, and eligibility for Class II state grants, with city services extending to the areas.
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Boulder Park
Damewood
Low Gap Road
New Hope Road
Rolling Hills
Sandstone Park
Debbie Enigk
Enigk
Gary Christie
Narrows woman wins water cutoff lawsuit
U S District Judge James Turk ruled Narrows officials had no right to cut off water at Anna Elmore s home after a dispute over a $7.54 bill. Former Town Manager Brad Corcoran and Police Chief W H Buck Clemons were ordered to pay Elmore 12500 in damages for the incident and treatment.
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Narrows
U.S
James Turk
Brad Corcoran
W.H. “Buck” Clemons
Anna Elmore
Turk
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Town Hall
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Rains ease drought fears but food prices still seen rising
Rains in May ease drought fears and push grain prices down from 1988 highs, yet economists expect food prices to climb up to seven percent. The drought hit corn and soybeans hard last year with large losses, while continued rains slow planting in drought-stricken areas. Prices on the Chicago Board of Trade fell as supplies improved and the dollar rose, though futures for September 1989 remain above prior lows.
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Des Moines, Iowa
Doug Miller
St. Joseph County
Indiana
Midwest
Ohio
Garren Benson
Iowa State University
Corn
Ralph Parlett
Economic Research Service
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Chicago
Landfill rates may jump under new regulation plan
Princeton Mercer County faces a sharp rise as the Solid Waste Authority weighs a rate shift from 8 to about 30 dollars per ton to fund updated regulations. The plan, to be discussed at Joyce Engineering, would also lift per household garbage costs by roughly two dollars monthly as haulers pass costs to customers amid upcoming state PSC rate oversight starting July 1.
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Mercer County
Go Solid Waste Authority
Joyce Engineering
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