North Carolina blaze near containment in Hampstead
Firefighters using aircraft tractors and shovels inched toward containment of a 14 mile long blaze that has burned 75 000 acres in southeast North Carolina forcing over 5 000 evacuations. Officials said the perimeter held and rain would be needed to extinguish the fire.
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Hampstead
N.C
North Carolina
Bob Grady
State Forest Service
Grady
Feldman Corn
State Division of Forest Resources
Packwood leads in fundraising for 1986 campaigns
U S Senator Bob Packwood reports the largest war chest with nearly $6 million raised and about $3 million spent, according to FEC figures for Jan 1, 1985 to Mar 31, 1986. He faces Rev. Joe Lutz in the May 20 GOP primary and appears favored for a fourth term.
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Washington
Bob Packwood
R-Ove
Federal Election Commission
Packwood
Senate Finance Committee
FEC
Joe Lutz
Jim Weaver
Commission
Alan Cranston
D-Calif
Shcharansky Bonner reunion marks Helsinki Group anniversary
Anatoly Shcharansky and Yelena Bonner met in New York for the Moscow Helsinki Group 10th anniversary, reuniting after a decade. Bernstein said Shcharansky’s memoirs will be published by Random House and the U S Helsinki Watch Committee led the gathering at Bernstein’s office.
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New York
Anatoly Shcharansky
Yelena Bonner
Moscow Helsinki Group
Soviet Union
Shcharansky
Bonner
Robert Bernstein
U.S. Helsinki Watch Committee
Bernstein
Random House
Indian Courts to Settle Bhopal Damage Claims
U S federal judge ruled that billions in Bhopal disaster claims should be decided by Indian courts not in the United States. The decision favors Union Carbide and argues India has the capacity to provide fair justice and deter liability.
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New York
Bhopal
India
United States
U.S
John F. Keenan
Union Carbide Corp
Keenan
Union of India
Carbide
William Krohley
Reagan nominates Heller to Fed post and Johnson as vice chair
President Reagan announced H. Robert Heller of Bank of America as a Federal Reserve Board nominee and Manuel Johnson as vice chairman. The vacancies followed Preston Martin's April resignation. Since 1978 Heller has led international economic research at Bank of America in San Francisco.
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Washington
Reagan
H. Robert Heller
Bank of America
Federal Reserve Board
Manuel Johnson
Central Bank
Preston Martin
Heller
International Economic Research
San Francisco
Fed Post
William Gibson
Dallas
Syria and Israel tension rise over possible war prep
Israeli sources say Syria is building new tank emplacements in eastern Lebanon as a possible prelude to war. No evidence of weapons or imminent attack was found, while Israel warns against Syria’s terrorism links and urges sanctions.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Syria
Lebanon
NBC
Shimon Peres
Yitzhak Rabin
London
Peres
Britain
Nizar Hindawi
Hindawi
Rabin
Golan Heights
United States
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State Department of Natural Resources and Community Development
National Weather Service
Alan Gustafson
North Carolina National Guard
Packwood Packing
Capitol Hill
Alfonso D’amato
R-N.y
D’amato
Cranston
The
New Yorker
Paula Hawkins
R-Fla
Robert Graham
Miami
Puerto Rico
Coast Guard
Borinquen
Joe Dye
North Riverside
Ill
Brandon Schwartz
Marvin
Robert Slak
Slak
Brandon
Gazette Wire Services
Aaron Broder
F. Lee Bailey
Jack S. Hoffinger
Union Carbide
New Delhi
Fedpost
Directors of Nursing
Northbrook Manor Care Center
Council Street
Edgewood Rd
MasterCard
Diet Center
1St Ave
Eureka Power Team
Oncy
Center Point Road
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