Brief AP round of national and world notes
AP briefs report: a power surge at Minneapolis airport knocks out radar and radios delaying flights. Los Angeles police officer Charles Heim killed in a Hollywood shootout. Senator Edward Kennedy loans $2 million to bolster his campaign against Mitt Romney. George Gay Jr. WWII pilot dies at 77 after drifting at sea and participating in the Midway action.
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Minneapolis
Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport
Los Angeles
Charles Heim
Felix Pena
Hollywood
Pena
Boston
Edward Kennedy
Virginia
Kennedy
Romney
Mitt Romney
Rick Gareghian
Charles Manning
Marietta, Ga
George Gay Jr
Gay
Kennestone Hospital
Midway Island
Budget options outlined for Clinton from Rivlin memo
Federal budget director Alice Rivlin presents Clinton with multiple paths including current, moderate, steep and balanced options. Some propose Medicare and Social Security adjustments, tax changes, and investments, while others emphasize social insurance reform and gradual spending limits. Rivlin says no recommendation is made and the memo fuels political debate.
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Washington Post
Washington
Alice Rivlin
Clinton
Medicare
Rivlin
Gridlock Looms as Republicans Expand Footing in Congress
The Fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel reports that Republicans may win a stronger congressional majority but not enough to pass sweeping reforms. Analysts say gridlock will limit health care overhauls and major new programs, with Florida Senator Bob Graham steering Senate strategy and funding.
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Fort Lauderdale
Sun-Sentine
Washington
Clinton
Florida
Bob Graham
Senate
Graham
White House
Sen
Phil Gramm
Texas
National Republican Senatorial Committee
North dismisses reports of Contra drug smuggling
Virginia Senate hopeful Oliver North rejected claims that he ignored rumors of gunship and drug smuggling tied to Contra aid. He called the reports hogwash while campaigning in Blacksburg Virginia. The Washington Post and other papers questioned whether he alerted the DEA or CIA about 1984 85 rumors.
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North
Washington (Ap
Oliver North
Virginia
United States
Washington Post
Virginian Pilot
Ledger- Star
Reagan Administration
Nicara
Congressional
Drug Enforcement Administration
Central Intelligence Agency
Crackdown on 10 abortion clinic attacks eyed
Federal charges planned in a series of fire bombings and acid attacks targeting abortion clinics in California Oregon Nevada and Idaho focus on Rachelle Shannon an imprisoned anti abortion extremist The indictments aim to pressure Shannon to name accomplices as authorities tighten the crackdown
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Los Angeles Times
Washington
California
West
Rachelle Shannon
GATT freebies spark debate over TWA pension provision
Washington AP reports critics call a TWA pension fund carve‑out a giveaway tucked into the GATT pact while defenders argue it protects retirees and the government agency backing pensions. Senate hearing planned as Congress weighs the trade agreement amid broader fears of special interests.
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Washington
Trans World Airlines
TWA
Ernest Hollings
D-S.c
Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee
Congress
Gatt
House
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp
PBGC
Judith Welles
Welles
Carl Icahn
Icahn
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Army Green Berets
Martha Raye
Fort Bragg
North Carolina
Raye
U.S
al Tuchfarber
Institute For Policy Research
University of Cincinnati
Guan
Blacksburg, Va
DEA
Oregon
Nevada
Idaho
Shannon
Birchansky
American Board of Eye Surgery
Lee Birchansky, M.D
Mario Mota, M.D
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Cedar Rapids
7Th Avenue
Fox Eye
Institute
Darrel
Ae Eka
8Th Ave
Marion
Jcpenney Optical Center
Optician
B&l
Kittom Alcon Athan
Meio Thinibiorebi
Westdale Mall
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