Baseball salaries and park costs amid 1990s labor debate
The piece contrasts ballplayers salaries with labor struggles noting top earners like Bobby Bonilla at 6.3 million and many others earning multi millions. It highlights the cost of attending games nearing 115 dollars for a family of four and observations about owners and free market bidding in baseball.
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Sunbirds not Snowbirds In Iowa Winter
Reader letter about Iowa winters and Rio Grande Valley trips notes that Iowans fleeing cold may be more like sunbirds than snowbirds. The piece mentions Las Vegas unlisted numbers, a joke about spring training, a boat show anecdote, and a potty training quip from Lee Trevino.
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Teeterville
Scott Ostler
San Francisco Chronicle
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Kathy Ireland
Ireland
Miami
Lee
Arafat reasserts control of PLO in Cairo showdown
Yasser Arafat strengthened his grip on the PLO ahead of meetings with Vice President Gore and Israeli PM Rabin. Blamed for peace talks and PLO finances, he named new committees to review finances and unify Palestinians after heated Tunis meetings with Fatah and the Executive Committee.
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Palestinian Movement
al Gore
Arafat
Tunis
Fatah
Israel
Mohamed Jihad
Gore
Yitzhak Rabin
Hamas
Gazette backs future by printing with soybean ink
The Gazette promotes sustainable farming and printing practices using soybean ink and recycled newsprint. It encourages readers to recycle newspapers at City Carton located at 4250 Sixth St SW or at their nearest recycling site.
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Peso anger grows as Mexicans battle bank debt
In Mexico City anti bank protests surge amid soaring peso devaluation and high interest rates. Activist Tobias Segura de la Vega, bank guards nearby, and groups like El Barzon push for debt relief while 8 percent of loans are overdue and Salomon Bros forecasts 16 percent overdue by year end.
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Tobias Segura de la Vegas
Segura
Ernesto Zedillo
Irma Meraz
National Associat
Tion
Meraz
el Barzon
Central Bank of Mexico
United States
New York
Salomon Bros
Toxic fumes kill six on Tokyo subway
A Tokyo subway rush hour attack left six dead and thousands sickened as a suspected nerve gas release paralyzed transport. Government spokesman Kozo Igarashi described it as a random mass attack while police treat the case as murder. NHK cited officials suspecting sarin and at least 870 hospitalizations reported.
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Tokyo
Kozo Igarashi
Japan
Kyodo News Service
NHK TV
Army victory drives Taliban from base near Kabul
In Afghanistan, President Rabani's army claimed its biggest win in three years, driving the Taliban from a main base south of Kabul after dawn bombardment. Government forces say Kabul and suburbs now under their control.
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Charasyab
Afghanistan
Kabul
Taliban
Defense Ministry
Burhanuddin Rabbani
Saudi Arabia backs U S supplies for Gulf defense
Defense Secretary Perry expressed support for leasing supplies for a U S armored division in the Gulf after meetings with Saudi officials. no firm agreement yet on placing equipment in Saudi Arabia. Perry noted one brigade’s gear is in Kuwait and another deal targets Qatar. Also, Manila postpones Singapore PM visit over Filipino domestic killings. recalls envoys amid the Contemplacion case.
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Saudi Arabia
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William Perry
U.S
Gulf Region
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Perry
Prince Sultan
Saudi
Kuwait
Qatar
Manila
Philippines
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Robert Romulo
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