We Are Not the World's Mercenaries Says Ellen Goodman
Ellen Goodman argues that the United States risks becoming an international police force and mercenary power as Desert Shield unfolds. She contrasts wartime sacrifices of 1943 with modern volunteer troops and warns of eroding U S moral authority and the American way of life. The piece urges a reexamination of wartime role and global expectations.
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Saddam Hussein
Japan
France
Korea
Saddam
Hitler
Iraq
America
Rockwell
GM recalls 520000 1989 90 models for brake light defect
General Motors recalls 1989 90 Pontiac Grand Prix Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme Buick Regal and 1990 Chevrolet Lumina for faulty stoplamp switches. Defect may keep brake lights on or fail to light and cruise control could resume when brakes released. No fatalities. 10 accidents with minor injuries reported since 1989. Dealers will inspect and replace stoplamp switch free.
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Detroit
General Motors Corp
David Sloan
Sloan
Court rules for Brando prosecutor in Tahiti testimony case
An appeals court ruled in favor of returning Marlon Brando's daughter Cheyenne from Tahiti to testify at Christian Brando's murder trial involving Dag Drollet. The prosecutor said he may drop the effort if independent doctors declare Cheyenne too ill to testify. Deputy DA Steven Barshop pledged no harm to the girl.
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Los Angeles
Marlon Brando
Tahiti
Cheyenne Brando
Steven Barshop
Christian Brando
Miss Brando
Dag Drollet
Cheyenne
Thanksgiving Services Across Area Churches Tonight
Special ecumenical and individual services are set in several churches at 7 to 7:30 PM. St George's Antiochian Orthodox, Central Park Presbyterian, First Christian, First Congregational, St Jude's Catholic, Hus Memorial Presbyterian, and St Pius X Catholic host services. Also noon art talk at Cedar Rapids Museum of Art on visuals in Iowa schools.
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St. George's
Antiochian Orthodox Church
10Th St
Central Park Presbyterian Church
B Ave
First Christian Church
Third Ave
First Congregational Church
17Th St
St. Jude's Catholic Church
Edgewood Rd
Hus Memorial Presbyterian Church
Schaeffer Dr
St. Pius X Catholic Church
Council Street
Collins Road
Mary Beth Schroeder
Iowa Department of Education
Cedar Rapids
Iowa State Patrol Hikes Holiday Traffic Enforcement
The Iowa State Patrol will add 792 hours of enforcement during Thanksgiving to curb speeding, drunken driving, and failure to use seat belts. Last year saw five holiday fatalities, four alcohol related. Col. Blaine Goff urged the public to report impaired drivers and provided district office numbers.
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Iowa State Patrol
Blaine Goff
Iowa
Goff
David Berg recalls over five tons of hot dogs
David Berg & Co of Chicago recalls more than five tons of hot dogs amid contamination fears. The action covers 10 000 pounds of bulk packed David Berg Beef Frankfurters sold in California Illinois Massachusetts Pennsylvania and Texas and 1400 pounds of retail packaged David Berg Deli Beef Franks sold in the Chicago metropolitan area.
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David Berg & Co
Chicago
David Berg
California
Illinois
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Texas
TV Tonight Highlights Big Lineup From Morning To Night
Tom Selleck Ted Danson and Steve Guttenberg appear on Good Morning America at 7 on ABC Also Today from Saudi Arabia with Desert Shield update at 7 on NBC Geraldo discusses European royalty at 9 on KCRG TV Home offers turkey dinner tips at 10 on KCRG TV Sally Jessy Raphael interviews women accused or convicted of killing husbands at 10 30 on KCRG TV The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson airs 7 on CBS Howard Keel Live at Royal Albert Hall from London at 7 on IPT The Fifteenth Annual Circus of the Stars begins at 8 on CBS NBA basketball Timberwolves vs Spurs in San Antonio at 7 on KOCR TV Page 8B has tonight schedule.
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Ted Danson
Steve Guttenberg
ABC
Saudia Arabia
NBC
Europe
Kcrg-Tv
Home
Sally Jessy Raphael
Jim Henson
CBS
Minnesota Timberwolves
Spurs
San Antonio
Kocrtv
Frozen waste block holes county shop roof in Elkhorn
A three pound blue ice block from an airliner breached the Walworth County highway department roof in Elkhorn striking near a tractor as workers heard a loud crash. Investigators will determine the airline involved and preserve ice for lab analysis amid prior incidents of toilet ice shedding from aircraft.
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Elkhorn
Wis
County Highway Department
Steven Kinney
Richard Radtke
Kinney
Walworth County
Clay Hansen
Hansen
Sheriffs Department
FDA milk testing criticised for gaps in detecting drug residues
GAO findings prompt House subcommittee chair Ted Weiss to say FDA fails to adequately monitor milk for harmful animal drug residues. FDA official Gerald Guest vows to address recommendations while noting milk is safe but can be made safer. Industry leaders cite testing standards as a point of contention between Congress and the FDA.
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Washington
Food and Drug Administration
Congressional
Ted Weiss
D-N.y
General Accounting Office
GAO
Congress
FDA
Gerald Guest
Agency
Center For Veterinary Medicine
Weiss
Government Operations
Guest
Jim Barr
National Milk Producers Federation
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