Grim outlook for states finances as deficits rise
Washington report from the National Governors Association shows state budget balances near an all time low as of June 30. Governors warn no quick recovery, with deficits in California Connecticut Nebraska New Hampshire Pennsylvania Vermont and Wisconsin and Iowa projecting a 7 million balance. Texas would flip the national balance to a deficit if excluded.
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Washington
Reagan
National Governors’ Association
Scott Matheson
Utah
Texas
Vermont
California
Connecticut
Nebraska
New Hampshire
Pennsylvania
Wisconsin
Iowa
State Comptroller’s
THE
Gazette
Gazette Company
Third Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids
U.S
Associated Press
Youth Testifies in Przemyk Case Over Police Beating
Prosecutors questioned a youth who says he witnessed police fatally beating Grzegorz Przemyk, the 19 year old son of a Solidarity supporter. Przemyk died May 14 in Warsaw hospital after the incident. The witness had been sought last week but disappeared until Monday when he reported with a lawyer.
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Warsaw
Poland
Solidarity
Grzegorz Przemyk
Przemyk
Snowslides strike Teglio killing four at center
In Teglio Italy avalanches wiped out a recreation center for handicapped youths killing four and raising the two day death toll to twelve. Officials reported at least twenty two people injured in a wave of avalanches across the area.
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Teglio
Italy
Israel orders 1300 doctors to return to work on strike
Israel issued back to work orders to 1300 of 8000 striking public health doctors as hospitals faced near collapse with only 10 percent on duty. The government announced the names on state media and warned disobedience would be civil disobedience with swift trial and punishment.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Israel Television
Yitzhak Zamir
Lightning Kills Eight Hikers in Austria Storm
A thunderstorm in Burgenland eastern Austria struck a group of hikers as they rested under trees. Eight men died and nine were injured, with five dying on the scene and three others later at a hospital, a police spokesman said.
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Eisenstadt
Austria
Burgenland
Court rules veterans groups may lobby while keeping tax exemption
The Supreme Court unanimously held that veterans organizations may lobby Congress and state legislatures without losing tax-exempt status. The ruling preserves special status for vets while other charities risk losing theirs for lobbying activity, affecting major groups like the Red Cross and March of Dimes.
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Gazette Wire Services
Washington
Congress
Supreme Court
William Rehnquist
U.S. Court of Appeals
Internal Revenue Service
The
Red Cross
Girl Scouts
March of Dimes
Judge orders halt to labeling Canadian war films as propaganda
U S District Judge Raul Ramirez preliminarily blocks the government from labeling three Canadian films If You Love this Planet Acid From Heaven and Acid Rain Requiem or Recovery as political propaganda in the United States Keene argues the disclaimer stigmatizes the films and distributors Leticia Castro died in a separate slaying with Wolf convicted and given life terms after an insanity defense was rejected Wolf testified to being sane during the Staton death incident.
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Sacramento
Calif
U.S
Raul Ramirez
Barry Keene
Keene
Staton
Darrell Hester
Wolf
Leticia Castro
Archbishop Freed as Lebanon-Tension Mounts
Druze gunmen released Archbishop Youssef El Khoury and his guard after hours of tense seizure five miles south of Beirut. Lebanon sought Soviet pressure on Syria over its troop withdrawal pact amid PLO mutiny tensions and a Libyan-Syrian bid to fracture Fatah.
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Lebanon
Soviet Union
Syria
Youssef El-Khoury
Beirut
Amin Gemayel
Damascus
Palestine Liberation Organization
Yasser Arafat
Bekaa
Libya
Fatah
PLO
Arafat
Tripoli
Muammar Khadafy
United States
Israel
South Yemen
Nayef Hawatmeh
Democratic Front For the Liberation of Palestine
Mercouri Thanks Olivier For Help On Exile Film
Greek Culture Minister Melina Mercouri publicly thanked Sir Laurence Olivier for agreeing to appear in a 1968 exile film about students killed during Greece's military dictatorship. She recalled wiring Olivier from exile in Athens to star in the project and his gracious reply.
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London
Melina Mercouri
Laurence Olivier
Greece
Olivier
Polytechnic University
Athens
Laurence
Fire damages star Gene Ray home amid arson suspicions
The home of Fame actor Gene Anthony Ray in Nanuet New York was damaged in a weekend fire. Fire officials say the fully furnished colonial house suffered heavy damage and arson is suspected due to multiple fire spots and a gasoline odor. Ray planned to move in June and used the house on weekends. The blaze was spotted by Ray’s mother Jean upon returning home from shopping.
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Nanuet
N.Y
Gene Anthony Ray
Ray
Leroy
Jean
Prince Charles and Diana pause Canada tour for William birthday
Prince Charles and Princess Diana will delay a Canada tour to mark Prince William’s first birthday on June 21. Spokesman Victor Chapman said the trip is too short and the baby would be better staying in Britain. They will celebrate with him when they return.
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London
Prince Charles
Diana
Canada
Prince William
Britain
Victor Chapman
Red Cross seeks 12 million to replenish disaster fund
In Atlanta the American Red Cross announces an emergency fund drive to raise 12 million after spending over 33 million on relief. Officials say relief efforts to more than a million people have exhausted the 18 million disaster budget plus reserves and private gifts. Cedar Rapids chapter is asked to raise 16000 to aid the national fund.
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Red Cross
Atlanta
South
California
American Red Cross
Richard Schubert
Cedar Rapids
National Red Cross Disaster Fund
Casey denies NYT report on Nicaragua rebel ouster timing
CIA Director William Casey rejected a New York Times story alleging he privately predicted that U S backed Nicaraguan rebels would likely topple the Sandinista government by year end. He said no such forecast exists in the congressional briefing record.
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Washington
CIA
William Casey
New York Times
Farmer pleads guilty in Brownsville murder case
A 21 year old farmer pleaded guilty to murder and received a life sentence for the killing of Billy in Brownsville Texas.
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Brownsville
Texas
Billy
Judge Rejects Summary Judgment in E T Plagiarism Suit
In Los Angeles a federal judge denied Lisa Litchfield’s bid for summary judgment in the $750 million E T plagiarism case. Judge Cynthia Hall said she had not read Lokey from Maldemar but believed an immediate ruling in Litchfield’s favor would not stand. No ruling was issued on a defense motion to dismiss the claim.
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Los Angeles
U.S
Cynthia Hall
Lisa Litchfield
Lokey
Maldemar
Miss Litchfield
Ralph Server
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