Walesa takes oath as Poland’s first freely elected president
Lech Walesa, leader of Solidarity, was sworn in as Poland’s first popularly elected president in Warsaw. He vowed a peaceful Europe, friendly neighbors, and continued market reforms led by PM Mazowiecki, while excluding former Communist leader Jaruzelski from the ceremony. Ryszard Kaczorowski attended as head of the government-in-exile.
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Warsaw
Poland
Lech Walesa
Solidarity
Europe
Tadeusz Mazowiecki
Walesa
East Bloc
Wojciech Jaruzelski
Jaruzelski
Ryszard Kaczorowski
London
Kaczorowski
Philippine coup plotters foil barbiturate laden attack at air base
Maj. Gen. Rodolfo Biazon announced the foiling of a coup attempt at Basa Air Base north of Manila. Four men, including a renegade captain convicted in absentia, allegedly planned to drug troops at a party, steal a V-150 armored carrier and blow up aircraft and jet fuel. Two other mutineers fled. no other movements were detected.
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Los Angeles Times
Manila
Philippines
Corazon Aquino
Armed Forces
Rodolfo Biazon
Biazon
Mored
Air Force
Basa
Seven Arrested at Cincinnati Klan Rally in Fountain Square
About 1,500 protesters jeered six Ku Klux Klan members at Fountain Square causing one injury and seven arrests for disorderly conduct. Police safeguarded the robed demonstrators as bottles and obscenities flew, while a cross and Bible were displayed by the Klansmen.
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Cincinnati
Fountain Square
Lawrence Whalen
Cincinnati Reds
Whalen
Religious Leaders Call for End to Cruzan Protests
Religious leaders urged prayers for Nancy Cruzan and her family and asked anti euthanasia groups to stop pressuring Missouri to resume feeding. The 33 year old remained in a vegetative state eight days after a judge allowed a feeding tube removal amid legal setbacks and harsh winter conditions.
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Mount Vernon, Mo
Nancy Cruzan
Cruzan
Guns banned in Richmond public housing
In Richmond Virginia the Redevelopment and Housing Authority bans guns and drugs in 14 000 low income apartments to curb deadly violence at Gilpin Court and similar complexes. Federal and local rules tighten tenant discipline. courts have upheld evictions if reasonable and hearings are provided.
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New York Times
Richmond
Julian Reid
Joyce
Joyce Reid
Gilpin Court
Redevelopment and Housing Authority
Federal
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Slovenian independence plebiscite seen as certain
In Ljubljana and across Slovenia, officials and citizens expect the plebiscite for independence from Yugoslavia to pass. Observers note a six month path to assume federal functions and seek a confederation while tensions rise with Belgrade and Croatia.
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New York Times
Ljubljana
Yugoslavia
Justi Pletersky
Slovenia
Croatia
Slobodan Milosevic
Serbia
Joze Mencinger
European Community
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Joyce Cruzan
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