Fischer loses second game to Spassky in rematch
In Sveti Stefan Yugoslavia Bobby Fischer resigns after 45 moves giving Boris Spassky a 2 1 lead in the five million dollar rematch. Fischer noting he had white and earlier missteps blamed oversights while Spassky praised the middle game sequence including 25th move that forced a bishop exchange.
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Sveti Stefan
Yugoslavia
Bobby Fischer
Boris Spassky
Spassky
Fischer
Stefan Djuric
Ruy Lopez
Lawsuit Targets DDT Dumping Ground Off Los Angeles
NOAA and federal suit seek damages from Los Angeles County sanitation districts and Monsanto Chemical over an estimated 200 tons of DDT dumped at sea near Palos Verdes. The case accuses the polluters of environmental damage linking DDT to kelp bed destruction and marine life harm.
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Los Angeles
Palos Verdes Peninsula
Los Angeles County
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Montrose Chemical Corp
NOAA
Brian Gorman
Yeltsin postpones Japan visit over Kuril dispute
President Boris Yeltsin canceled a planned three day trip to Japan amid pressure to resolve the Kuril Islands row. Japan demands settlement before large scale aid and a formal WWII ending treaty, while the United States urges honoring a 1956 pledge to return Shikotan and Habomai.
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Moscow
Boris Yeltsin
Japan
Kuril Islands
Soviet Union
Yeltsin
Kurils
Tokyo
Russia
United States
Shikotan
Habomai
Senate OKs judge accused of racial bias
The Senate confirmed Edward Carnes to the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals 62 to 36 amid charges of racial insensitivity. Critics note his early defense of death penalty juries that excluded Black defendants, while supporters praise his record on racial justice.
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Iowa
Charles Grassley
Tom Harkin
Grassley
Judiciary Committee
Carnes
Senate
Harkin
Jean Lloyd-Jones
George Bush
Bush
U.S
Frank Johnson Jr
Sen
Howell Heflin
D-Ala
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U.S. Treasury Department
California
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Sea of Okhotsk
Pacific Ocean
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Kunashir
Delaware
Kuril Chain
Sea of
Okhotsk
Asia
Hokkaido
Itarup
J. Castello
Associated Press and
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Standard
Queen
King
Comfores
Pillowtex
Pillows& Pads
Younkers
Younkers Associates
Loukens
du Pont
Dacron
Hollofil
Lycra
N. King
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