Jordan shifts stance on Palestinians in peace process
King Hussein signals Jordan will not represent Palestinians in talks and pulls back from West Bank ties to curb occupation protests. He dissolves parliament and cancels a West Bank project while warning that strong moves could destabilize a Palestinian-majority kingdom. The move tests PLO, Israel, and U S roles in the stalled peace effort.
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Yellowstone reopens areas as park fire activity declines
Yellowstone National Park reopened the south entrance north of Jackson and West Thumb area after fires, including the Shoshone and Red fires, were restrained. Officials reported containment progress and planned full containment by midweek while other Western forest fires in Wyoming Idaho and Washington continued to burn with crews fighting multiple blazes.
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Iran extre mists reject U N plea to free Higgins in Lebanon
Hezbollah leader Abbas Mousawi denounces the U N Security Council resolution calling for Lt. Col. William Higgins release. He says Higgins was a U S spy under U N cover and vows continued opposition as militants, Muslims and Mujahedeen, rally in Mashgara Lebanon. Higgins, 43, was abducted Feb 17 while overseeing U N observers.
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Reagan
America
Satan
Newspapers Blast Cry Freedom Ban in South Africa
South African newspapers condemn the government ban on Cry Freedom about Steve Biko and Donald Woods. The film, approved then seized, sparked bombings near theaters and threats but prompted editorials urging whites and blacks to face apartheid history.
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South Africa
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Donald Woods
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Sunday Star
Nobel prize winner on controversial mission
Dr. Robert Graham, 81, promotes the Repository for Germinal Choice in Escondido, claiming his sperm bank of select donors has produced 55 babies and 18 pregnancies. Critics call it a master race idea, but Graham says superior genes must be preserved as society’s brightest reproduce less.
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Adrienne Ramm
New York City
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Riverside
Adolf Hitler
William Shockley
Shockley
San Diego
Baseball Encyclopedia strains under its own bulk
The Baseball Encyclopedia from Macmillan, a $45 one volume giant first issued in 1969, has sold over 360,000 copies but now risks binding deterioration as it grows by about 300 pages per edition. At 2,875 pages and 3.5 inches thick, publishers debate shrinking type, adding a magnifying glass, or splitting into two volumes while noting readers still tote it to ballparks and offices.
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