Brief items across politics and mystery from 60 Minutes era
Former Italian bank manager alleges officials knew of Iraq loans in a CBS 60 Minutes interview. A prosecutor disputed the claim as Westport police probe Harry Reasoner’s 1991 death. family seeks answers amid will dispute with a stepmother. Also exiled Iraqi opposition figures plan a meeting inside Iraq to unify opposition.
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Christopher Dragoul
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Cairo
Washington
Saddam Hussein
Gazette Wire Service
Peace talks near breakthrough on Syrian Israeli pact officials say
PLO officials in Tunis say negotiators are close to a formal end to the state of war with Israel. An Israeli Syrian declaration could come by Thursday as the sixth round ends. They discuss Golan Heights security, withdrawal timing, and a UN policed demilitarized zone.
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Space shuttle Endeavour lands with historic crew and trials
The Endeavour mission returns to Kennedy Space Center with seven astronauts including the first married couple in space and the first black woman in space. The eight day lab flight produced fertilized frog eggs and 155 tadpoles in weightlessness while an Israeli entomologist reports two thirds of 180 hornets died from high humidity in their containers.
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Fla
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Kennedy Space Center
Mission Control
Ken Reightler
Earth
Space
Japan
Jacob Ishay
Fischer takes 5-2 lead in rematch
Bobby Fischer wore down Boris Spassky with aggressive play to take a 5-2 lead in their $5 million chess rematch at Sveti Stefan and move the series to Belgrade. The win in game 11 half completes the race to 10 game wins in the match. Organizers said a date for game 12 would be announced today.
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Yugoslavia
Bobby Fischer
Boris Spassky
Belgrade
Fischer
Belgians win trans Atlantic balloon race
Belgian balloonists Bertrand Piccard and Wim Verstraeten reached the Portugal coast to win the first trans Atlantic balloon race from Bangor Maine. The Dutch team planned to ditch the sea after emergency. Five two man crews started from Bangor in identical nine story balloons covering 2 580 miles in about 115 hours.
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Netherlands
Portugal
Bertrand Piccard
Wim Verstraeten
Bangor
Maine
Erich Krafft
Jochen Mass
Granite
Corpus Christi
Texas
Spain
Quayle Admits Guard Raised Vietnam Risk and Clinton Clash
Vice President Dan Quayle acknowledged joining the National Guard in 1969 reduced his odds of serving in Vietnam while denying favoritism. He contrasted his view with Bill Clinton's explanations, as Clinton and his campaign attacked Bush's economic record with a new ad during a campaign push.
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Dan Quayle
National Guard
Vietnam
Quayle
Bill Clinton
Nbc-Tv
Meet the Press
the Guard
DePauw University
New York Times
Germany to tighten asylum laws after refugee violence
Germany's interior minister plans tougher asylum rules after another night of violence in more than a dozen cities. In Wismar hundreds of rightist extremists hurled rocks and firebombs at police guarding a refugee home as Ignatz Bubis called for government action to curb the unrest. He noted Germany has a record 290,000 refugees this year and urged political will to protect democracy.
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