Strong quake rattles northern California cities and shelves
A strong 5.7 magnitude quake shook a wide area from Santa Rosa to the Monterey Peninsula, near San Jose, lasting up to 10 seconds. It caused no injuries or major damage though shelves toppled in stores and skyscrapers swayed. Officials differed on final magnitude.
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San Francisco
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University of California Seismographic
Berkeley
U.S. Geological Survey
Pat Jorgenson
San Jose
Santa Rosa
Monterey Peninsula
Harris wins Daytime Emmy honors for Soldier Boys score
CBS leads with 13 awards at the Daytime Emmys non televised portion. Bruce Hornsby and Peter Harris win for Soldier Boys music. Harris, a Washington High School graduate and guitarist, is noted as the son of Dr. Percy and Lileah Harris and is linked to a Five Seasons Center appearance.
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Los Angeles
CBS
NBC
PBS
ABC
Young and the Restless
the Bold and the Beautiful
Santa Barbara
Doug Duitsman
The
Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
Philip Bosco
Gramps
Bruce Hornsby
Peter Harris
James Earl Jones
Harris
Washington High School
Percy and
Lileah Harris
Bever Ave
Range
Five Seasons Center
the Gazette
Hornsby
Bruce
Michigan Bans Paid Surrogate Contracts Making Surrogacy a Crime
Gov. Blanchard signed a law banning pregnancy for pay, making Michigan the first state to criminalize surrogate-parent contracts. Brokers face up to five years in jail and $50,000 fines. those who contract to bear a child face up to 90 days and $10,000. The measure takes effect Sept. 1 and outlaws paid surrogacy while allowing reimbursement of medical expenses.
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Lansing
Mich
James Blanchard
Michigan
Blanchard
Connie Binsfeld
Dearborn
Noel Keane
Keane
New Jersey
Kentucky
Louisiana
Nebraska
Plot foiled against pope during Austrian visit reported
An assassination plot against Pope John Paul II in Vienna was foiled, with two unidentified Turkish suspects and sniper positions found near St. Stephen's Cathedral. Austrian anti-terrorist police raided a predominantly Turkish prayer building, while the pope urged unity amid controversy from his Waldheim meetings.
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Innsbruck
Austria
John Paul II
Kurt Waldheim
Vienna
ABC News
New York
ABC
St. Stephen’s Cathedral
John Paul
Waldheim
Solzhenitsyn denies talks with Soviets on Cancer Ward
Washington Post reports Solzhenitsyn's American publisher denies Moscow rumors that he negotiated with Novy Mir to publish Cancer Ward. Soviet editor Zalygin said negotiations could conclude soon, but publisher Roger Straus says Solzhenitsyn has not been approached. Reagan referenced publishing. Solzhenitsyn owns rights.
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Washington Post
Moscow
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Monday
Novy Mir
Sergei Zalygin
Solzhenitsyn
Zalygin
Associated Press
Cancer Ward
Mikhail Gorbachev
Anna Akhmatova
Nadezhda Mandelshtam
Var
Gorbachev to Speak as Moscow Conference Opens
Officials stream to Moscow for the first Soviet Communist Party conference in 47 years. Mikhail Gorbachev will deliver a lengthy report but delegates caution against expecting major shifts in the party elite. The forum will set who speaks as 5,000 delegates gather to form steering bodies in the Kremlin.
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Moscow
Mikhail Gorbachev
Communist Party
Soviet Union
Russian Republic
Diplomat row eases after Clark meets Soviet envoy
In Ottawa Foreign Minister Joe Clark met Soviet Ambassador Alexei Rodionov for 25 minutes. Rodionov said the dialogue eased tensions and Clark avoided calling it a truce. Concurrently in Cambodia about 400 Vietnamese troops moved toward Phnom Penh as Hanoi cements its withdrawal.
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Ottawa
Canada
Joe Clark
Alexei Rodionov
Rodionov
Clark
Kompong Chhnang
Cambodia
Vietnam
Phnom Pehn
Qatar Defies U S on Stinger Missiles Sale
Qatar refuses to surrender American made Stinger missiles obtained on the black market defying U S pressure. Assistant Secretary Richard Murphy pressed Crown Prince Hamad bin Khalifa al Thani in Doha after the protest last Saturday.
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Washington
Qatar
United States
Richard Murphy
Doha
Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani
Bishops Seek Vatican Consultation on AIDS Paper
In Collegeville Minnesota the national conference of Roman Catholic bishops voted unanimously to draft a new AIDS statement with the Vatican. Cardinal Joseph Bernardin urged a fresh paper on AIDS teachings while allowing use of The Many Faces of AIDS A Gospel Response if bishops choose. The prior paper drew criticism for endorsing condoms, conflicting with church opposition to artificial birth control.
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Collegeville
Minn
National Conference of
Roman Catholic Bishops
Vatican
Joseph Bernardin
Chicago
Editor indicted for criminal libel in South Carolina
Jim Fitts, editor of a weekly, was indicted on criminal libel charges against two state lawmakers, a rare case that could make him the first journalist jailed for libel recently. He planned to seek trial outside Williamsburg County while alleging entrenched local power.
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Kingstree
S.C
Jim Fitts
Fitts
Williamsburg County
B.J. Gordon
Frank McGill
Gazette Wire Services
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Kremlin
Apollo Hair Systems
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Collie
U.S
Sheikdom
Catherine Schuller
Nutri
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Kimball Ave
Waterloo
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