Senate approves 48 million Nicaragua aid measure
The Senate passed an 87 to 7 vote sending a 48 million humanitarian package to President Reagan to aid Contra rebels and provide medical care to war injured children as a step toward supporting the Sapoa truce. Debate highlighted hopes for cease fire progress and concerns over U.S. entanglement in Central American conflict.
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Morrison triumphs with 1988 Pulitzer fiction prize
The Gazette wire reports Toni Morrison’s Beloved won the 1988 Pulitzer Prize for fiction, amid debate over missing awards for the author. Alfred Uhry’s Driving Miss Daisy won drama, and Richard Rhodes’s The Making of the Atomic Bomb won general nonfiction, with journalism prizes also awarded to multiple outlets including the Wall Street Journal and Miami Herald.
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Swaggart ban may be extended by Assemblies of God council
In Baton Rouge, AP reports the Assemblies of God state council plans to meet and could endorse a harsher three month ban for Jimmy Swaggart after he defied a one year stepping down order. In Washington, the House Judiciary Committee approved a legalization extension for illegal aliens to November 30, a move Republicans oppose.
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Ethopia Admits Losses In Grim Northern Battles
Ethiopian President Mengistu Haile Mariam acknowledged fierce fighting in the north with many deaths as rebels in Eritrea and Tigray launch a systematic and destructive campaign. He spoke to the Central Committee amid ongoing conflicts.
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U S plan to divert Panama tax payments faces Noriega
The Reagan administration proposes to move all U S Panama owed funds into a Federal Reserve account controlled by Delvalle with similar accounts for individuals and corporations. U S tax credits would be issued for foreign tax payments, aiming to curb support for Noriega's regime.
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Shamir vows crackdown after three-day riot closures
Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir addressed hundreds of Jewish settlers saying Israel will crush the rebellion in lands held since the 1967 war. He warned Arabs against harming what Israel has built and threatened strong action at the Herodion site. Leaders released Leaflet No 12 claiming leadership remains. Mass arrests last week totaled over 1,000.
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Gephardt amendment dropped from trade bill compromise
Reuters reports Congress moved to finish a compromise trade bill by dropping a Gephardt backed retaliation provision aimed at unfair barriers to U S competition The White House opposed the measure while negotiators kept an investigation framework and gave the president broader discretion in handling unfair practices by foreign countries The panel also repealed the windfall profits tax on oil and kept a three year ban on Toshiba and Kongsberg for Soviet bloc sales while House and Senate negotiators completed work late Thursday.
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US Italy crack big Sicilian Mafia drug ring
The FBI and Italian authorities arrested over 100 people and charged dozens more in a major Sicilian Mafia drug operation. Cocaine from the United States funded heroin moves to Italy and back to U.S. markets, described by Attorney General Edwin Meese as the largest international drug case yet.
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