Radio Marti debuts prompting Cuban immigration halt
U S government Radio Marti began broadcasting to Cuba at 5 30 a m EDT prompting Cuba to suspend all immigration proceedings and bar Cuban Americans from traveling to Cuba The Cuban move follows the December immigration treaty provisions and echoes long standing U S concerns about interference with broadcasters.
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Court backs copyright law in case of Ford's memoirs
The Supreme Court rules that The Nation magazine infringed copyright by publishing about 300 words from Gerald Ford's memoirs in 1979. The decision upholds a 12,500 dollar infringement award to Harper & Row and Reader's Digest, confirming that public figures retain rights to their words.
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Meese Forms 11 Member Pornography Study Panel
Attorney General Edwin Meese III names an 11 member commission to study the effects of pornography and advise on possible controls to production and distribution. The panel will consider legislation and enforcement methods while safeguarding First Amendment rights.
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Lincoln station to tape delay after obscene governor question
A KFOR Lincoln radio host will tape delay future call in shows after a caller asked Gov. Bob Kerrey an obscene question about his relationship with actress Debra Winger. The governor did not answer and urged callers to focus on the school consolidation bill.
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Rain Helps Quell Florida Wildfires Across State
Rain cooled Florida fires as crews fought hundreds of homes threatened and 150000 acres burned. A new fire near Fort Myers forced evacuation of Charter Glades Hospital and nearby buildings, while state forestry reported 13 major fires statewide by evening.
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Beirut engulfed in two-front war as 62 killed in clashes
Beiruts Green Line battles widen with Shiite Amal gunmen clash Palestinian camps and Muslim Christian militias. At least 62 killed and 270 wounded in south Beirut camps, raising total toll to 119 dead and 613 wounded across Lebanon.
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Westinghouse agrees to large PCB cleanup settlement
Westinghouse Electric Corp agrees to clean up six hazardous waste sites in Bloomington Indiana under a consent decree described by federal officials as the largest since the Superfund program began The plan includes building a high temperature incinerator on site to destroy PCB contaminated material and may allow the company to earn money by selling steam or electricity from the process.
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MOVE raid sparks murder claim and civil suits in Philadelphia
Activist lawyer William Kunstler called the MOVE fortress bombing an act of murder and urged prosecutions of city officials. A civil suit was planned against Mayor Goode and Police Commissioner Sambor, as 61 homes burned and 270 people homeless after the May 13 eviction. Rep. Conyers toured the devastation and signaled investigations and hearings on civil rights and due process.
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