Senate preserves Phillips tax break amid oil fallout
The Senate, with a 73 14 vote, keeps a $100 million special tax break for Phillips Petroleum, arguing the move protects real people at the Bartlesville company amid its financial troubles. Unocal loses a $50 million break as leadership punishes its debt financed defense against a Pickens raid.
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Calif
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Ohio
Oklahoma
Phillips
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Metzenbaum
Sen
David Boren
D-Okla
Bartlesville
Okla
Unocal
Pickens
Mesa Petroleum
Finance Committee
Bob Packwood
R-Ore
Bob Dole
R-Kan
Paluxy River footprints show dinosaur toes not human prints
Scientists analyzing the Paluxy River tracks near Glen Rose Texas conclude no human prints mingle with dinosaur footprints. Five year study led by Glen J. Kuban and Ronnie Hastings found color patterns in the rock reveal dinosaur digit impressions, disputing creationist claims and prompting removal of a related film from circulation.
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NEW York
Texas
Earth
Films For Christ Association
Paluxy River
Glen Rose
Fort Worth
Glen J. Kuban
US will not pay ransom for airman body in Libyan case
The State Department rejected ransom or concessions to identify a body washed ashore claimed to be one of two US airmen from the April 15 bombing of Tripoli and Benghazi. Spokesman Bernard Kalb urged a prompt but said no response to diplomatic efforts had been received. Western sources in Tripoli had earlier said secret talks over 10 days sought the body’s return amid Libya’s ransom demands.
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State Department
Libya
Tripoli
Benghazi
Bernard Kalb
Department
Witness alleges Marcos ordered acquittal in Aquino case
Manuel Herrera testified before a three judge commission that then President Ferdinand Marcos ordered the trial defendants to be acquitted in a 1985 meeting at Malacanang Palace. He said officials were instructed to "play-act" and that Judge Pamaran agreed the outcome. The hearing follows Aquino's 1983 murder and the subsequent acquittals of Gen. Fabian Ver and 25 others.
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Philippines
Benigno Aquino
Ferdinand Marcos
Manuel Herrera
Herrera
Marcos
Manuel Pamaran
Aquino
Corazon Aquino
Fabian Ver
Armed Forces
Rolando Galman
Supreme Court
Galman
High Court
Hawaii
Malacanang Palace
Pamaran
Bernardo Fernandez
Fernandez
Imelda
Manuel Lazaro
Reagan hears Afghan rebels
Reagan told Afghan rebel leaders he supports their goal of Afghan freedom but rejected extending formal U S diplomatic recognition. White House spokesman quoted Reagan saying recognition is important but too early to decide as rebels fight the Marxist Kabul regime and Soviet forces.
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Washington
Reagan
U.S
White House
Larry Speakes
Kabul
Afghanistan
Speakes
Elite Liberty tickets spark controversy over $5,000 invites
Promoters of Liberty Weekend offered $5,000 per person tickets for the torch lighting of the Statue of Liberty. Thousands received gold embossed invitations while others sought cheaper viewing from Governor's Island or yachts. The plan backfired as demand lagged, prompting a shift to newspaper ads and extended phone hours to handle inquiries.
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New York
Governor's Island
Bacon cured with less nitrite approved by Agriculture Dept
The Agriculture Department approved curing bacon with reduced nitrite levels to lower nitrosamine risks when fried. Concerns focus on potentially cancer-causing compounds formed at high heat during frying.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Law professor urges drop of legal jargon in essays
Indiana University Law School professor Joan Ruhtenberg tells students to avoid archaic phrases such as whereases and wherefores and to write clearly. She condemns terms like null and void and says the habit should be broken early in legal training.
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Indianapolis
Indiana University Law School
Joan M. Ruhtenberg
Ruhtenberg
Indianapolis Star
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