Dark Ages warned as South Africa vote swings right
Archbishop Desmond Tutu called the election a dark era as white voters shift right to bolster the National Party. The Conservatives won 22 seats while the NP took 123 of 166 white-chamber seats, signaling tightened apartheid and renewed protests by blacks.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Desmond Tutu
Tutu
Pieter W. Botha
National Party
Botha
Liberal
Progressive Federal Party
The
New Republic Party
Colin Eglin
Cape Town
PFP
Peres Threatens Coalition Breakup Over Peace Conference
Shimon Peres urged Israel to approve his plan for an international Middle East peace conference or face coalition breakup. Prime Minister Shamir rejected the idea and pressed Jordan’s King Hussein to negotiate directly with Israel. Separately in Seoul, Prime Minister Shin Yong convened an emergency meeting to address campus anti government protests.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Shimon Peres
Middle East
Yitzhak Shamir
Jordan
Hussein
Seoul
South Korea
Sho Shin-yong
Oklahoma men accused in plot to kill Nicaraguan president
An indictment unsealed in Tulsa accuses Donnell Howard and John Norris of planning to kill Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega between December 1 and January 29 with alleged backer funding. Howard was arrested in Oakland and Norris faced a federal hearing in Oklahoma City. The men allegedly sought travel with arms to Honduras and reconnaissance plans but did not reach Central America. Crane and U.S. Attorney Layn Phillips say there is no evidence of formal backing or organization. Ortega, 40, was inaugurated in 1985.
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Tulsa
Okla
Oklahoma
Daniel Ortega
Central America
Phillip Crane
R-Ill
Honduras
Nicaragua
Crane
U.S
Layn Phillips
Oklahoma City
Phillips
Tulsa Federal
Washington
Norris
Howard
Maysville
Dennis Purkhiser
Ortega
Families with working mothers spend over 11 billion on child care
Census Bureau estimates 11 billion annual spend on child care by the 5,299,000 working-mother families. Average weekly cost is 40.33 dollars during winter 1984 85. In Stevenson Washington boxcars derailed from a freight train in the Columbia Gorge causing a river spill and fire in several cars.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Medicare expansion cleared by House panel
About 40 percent of elderly would pay most costs for insuring 31 million Medicare beneficiaries against catastrophic illness under Stark Gradison plan. The measure would cover all hospital and most doctor bills after a $1,700 deductible, with 100 percent doctor payments beyond that up to Medicare rates. A sliding income-based supplemental premium would fund the expansion, affecting higher earners more, while many retirees would pay little or nothing.
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Washington
America
House
Ways and Means Committee
Reagan
Medicare
Senate
Congress
Stark-Gradison
Fortney Stark
D-Calif
Ways and Means Health Subcommittee
West Virginia teacher cited for excessive D and F grades
Hearing examiner upholds an eighth grade science teacher's evaluation that he gave too many low grades. The grievance board rejects the case, orders Brown and principal Summers to draft a revised improvement plan with Brown's input. Brown may appeal within 30 days to a circuit court.
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Charleston
W.va
West Virginia
Larry Brown
Wood County Board of Education
Howard Seufer
Brown
Steve Summers
Blennerhassett Junior High School
Summers
Seufer
Nedra Koval
Quartz clues support giant impact dinosaur extinction theory
Scientists from the U S Geological Survey report quartz grains from five European sites and New Zealand and other regions show impact features tied to a single massive event 65 million years ago. The findings bolster the meteor or comet impact hypothesis for the dinosaur extinction.
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Washington
U.S. Geological Survey
Denver
Europe
New Zealand
Pacific Basin
U S Travel Advisory Urges Avoidance of Large Philippines Areas
The U S Embassy warns Americans to avoid extensive regions in the Philippines due to unrest. It cites Mindanao Sulu and parts of Luzon and Visayas, allowing only Iligan Davao and Cagayan de Oro in Mindanao. The advisory notes potential violence and urges extreme caution in multiple regions.
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Manila
Philippines
U.S
Corazon Aquino
Cagayan Valley
Luzon
Sulu
Mindanao
Iligan
Davao
Cagayan de Oro
Indiana
Samar
Leyte
Negros
Panay
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Finbar McKenna
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Bleeding Hearts
Hosta
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Peonies
Chicago
EPC
Ritz Carlton
Ritz
P.O
Cedar Rapids
DMP
Santa
4Th Ave. S
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