Thoreau Fans Seek Walden Pond Sanctuary Status
Concord Massachusetts residents push to redesignate Walden Pond and adjacent 84 acre reservation as a state historical sanctuary to curb recreation pressure. Advocates note the 1922 Emerson deed requires preserving Walden as Thoreau and Emerson knew it while permitting public use.
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Concord
Mass
Walden Pond
Henry Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau
Coney Island
Mary Sherwood
Walden Forever Wild
Boston
Forever Wild
The
Thoreau Society
Edmund Schofield
Donald Faron
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Walden
Thoreau
Emerson
Faron
Stuart Weinberg
Stowaways Return to Bahamas After Week-Long Cruise
Eight stowaways from the Bahamas Haiti Jamaica and Gambia ended a seven day SeaEscape voyage returning to Freeport as the United States and Bahamas resolved the custody dispute. The group had sailed daily between Freeport and Miami at 99 per passenger, running a bill over 4400 with four staterooms used.
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Miami
U.S. State Department
Freeport
Bahamas
Perry Rivkind
U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Rivkind
Haiti
Jamaica
Gambia
Jill DeChello
SeaEscape
DeChello
Five Cuban refugees rescued from raft near Florida Keys
The U S Coast Guard rescued five Cuban refugees from a homemade rubber raft drifting off the Keys. Two wore military fatigues. one identified as a Cuban naval petty officer, another as a reserve officer. They were taken to Marathon station for immigration interviews and later detention. A machete and hunting knife were found aboard. a pistol believed Yugoslavian or Russian and inoperable. Names were not immediately known.
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Miami
Florida Keys
U.S. Coast Guard
Perry Rivkind
U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Rivkind
Florida
Coast Guard
Marathon
Gary Starks
Lou Parrs
Starks
Parris
Cuba
Mariel
Molestation trial opens in McMartin case in California
Opening statements begin as prosecutors describe trust breached in the McMartin Pre School molestation case. Raymond Buckey and Peggy McMartin Buckey face charges involving 14 children at a Manhattan Beach nursery school. The proceedings reveal a costly, turbulent pretrial in California history.
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Los Angeles
McMartin
California
Raymond Buckey
Peggy McMartin Buckey
Manhattan Beach
Deaver trial opens amid protests and closed juror interviews
Jury selection began in the perjury trial of Michael Deaver, former Reagan aide, with reporters moved out as proceedings were conducted behind closed doors to protect juror privacy. Transcripts were briefly released on interim basis after Post and AP objections, while ethics-law violations remain a prosecutorial focus.
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Washington
Michael Deaver
Reagan
U.S
Thomas Penfield Jackson
Jackson
Washington Post
Kevin Baine
Baine
Associated Press
Supreme Court
Soviet Delegation Makes Rare Israel Visit After 20 Years
An eight member Soviet delegation arrived secretly in Tel Aviv from Cyprus marking the first official visit since 1967. They stay on 90 day visas and may renew while a long term base is prepared in Ramat Gan. The move comes as Moscow signals possible restoration of ties without full resumption of diplomatic relations.
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York Times
Jerusalem
Israel
Tel Aviv
Cyprus
Ehud Gol
Foreign Ministry
Moscow
Ramat Gan
Gol
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Manhattan
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Esquire
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Deaver
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