Alabama governor halts NAACP bid to remove Confederate flag
Gov. Guy Hunt said the Confederate battle flag atop the Alabama Capitol will not be removed without legislative authorization. State Rep. Thomas Reed vowed to tear it down if lawmakers do not act before Feb. 2. Reed cited slavery symbolism amid NAACP efforts affecting several Southern capitals.
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Alabama
Guy Hunt
Hunt
Thomas Reed
Tuskegee
Reed
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Abandoned girl undergoes second leg surgery
A 9 year old frostbite victim locked in a freezing attic at Wyler Children's Hospital had a second operation Saturday. Doctors reported no infection and casted the legs after the 24 4 hour procedure. The initial below knee amputation occurred Thursday.
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Chicago
Carlwin Carlisle
Gretchen Flock
Wyler Children’s Hospital
University of Chicago
Allies plan joint mine sweep in Persian Gulf
Washington reports Britain France and Italy will have their navies sweep for mines in the Persian Gulf. The pact requires a rotating pattern with at least five mine sweepers on duty at all times to ensure continuous coverage, defense officials disclosed Saturday.
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Washington
Britain
France
Italy
Persian Gulf
Gulf
Soviet population and life expectancy rise in 1988
Moscow reports the Soviet population reached 284.5 million at the start of 1988 and the average citizen’s life expectancy climbed to 69.6 years, up by about two years, according to Tass. The agency did not specify the period for the rise.
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Moscow
Tass
Brezhnev’s son in law tied to multi billion cotton graft
Pravda reports corrupt officials including Yuri Churbanov Brezhnev’s son in law stole at least 6.5 billion from Uzbekistan cotton funds through extortion bribes and armed guards. The scheme used falsified reports to show record production and evade scrutiny as leadership promised crackdown.
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Leonid Brezhnev
Uzbekistan
Pravda
Communist Party
Brezhnev
Mikhail Gorbachev
Kremlin
Sharaf Rashidov
Nov
Churbanov
Galina
Reagan defies critics on Nicaragua aid in radio address
President Reagan urged Congress in a Camp David broadcast to approve more aid to the Nicaraguan rebels, arguing the alternative would bolster a Soviet foothold in Central America and threaten peace. White House aides said no decision on funding levels or package form had been made.
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Reagan
Phooey
U.S
Camp David
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Nicaragua
Central America
Mexico
White House
Roman Popadiuk
Rare Siamese twin variant born in Miami
A Miami baby boy was born with one brain and two faces in a rare Siamese twin variant at Jackson Memorial Hospital. Dr Charles Bauer noted two faces with separate eyes noses and mouths, along with an enlarged head and open spine meningomyelocele considered life threatening.
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Miami
Charles Bauer
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