Bill ends the war by burying Contra policy in Congress
Congress approved a non lethal aid package of 49.7 million dollars for the Nicaraguan Contras and backed a Bush plan to press Daniel Ortega for open elections by February 25, 1990. The measure ends the guerrilla program while keeping a modest aid flow through 1990 and shifts policy toward diplomacy and reforms in Nicaragua.
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Alaska oil spill cleanup urged as damage looms
Valdez Alaska UPI environmental chief Dennis Kelso pressed Exxon to speed up cleaning 11 million gallons spilled in Prince William Sound from 44 beaches while warning the shoreline may never return to its pristine state. Coast Guard head Paul Yost joined Bush in boosting federal cleanup oversight.
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Civil War Flare Surges In Lebanon On Anniversary
Fierce fighting between Christian and Moslem forces grips Lebanon on the civil war anniversary. Thirty killed, eighty wounded as talks falter over aid distribution. Italian tanker Isola Azzurra struck by artillery near Beirut but crew unharmed as French ships stay away, delaying fuel and medical supplies.
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Georgian Communist Party accepts resignation of top Georgian leader
In Tbilisi clashes over Georgian independence leave 19 dead as Dzhumber Patiashvili resigns after nationalist riots. Government spokesman Gennady Gerasimov says Patiashvili was replaced by Givi Gumbaridze and two other senior Georgian officials also resigned.
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Rustaveli
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ICRC condemns Israeli forces over Nahalin killings
The ICRC sharply criticized Israel for indiscriminate firing in the occupied territories. It cited the Thursday death toll of at least four Arabs and injuries to at least 20 in the village of Nahalin, urging authorities to end such practices violating humanitarian law.
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International Committee of the Red Cross
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Budget Pact Near as Bush Signals Major Step Toward Balance
House Republican leader calls the pact a major step toward a balanced budget. Bush cancels a Kennebunkport vacation to be in Washington for the pact briefing. Negotiators aim to set five key fiscal 1990 numbers on revenues defense non-defense domestic spending foreign aid and entitlements. The package would raise 14.2 billion in revenues matching earlier proposals and include 14 billion in cuts including Medicare growth restraint and a nearly 2 billion cut in agricultural programs.
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Maine
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White House
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Weather fronts shift across the South panhandle and Texas
United Press International reports showers soaked parts of Oklahoma Arkansas Louisiana and Texas with thunderstorms in southern Texas while a cold front brings snow showers to New England. Dry elsewhere as Pacific air warms the nation and temperatures rise from the plains to the Carolinas with highs in the 60s and 70s.
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Illinois forecast cites mild days and scattered storms
Dixon temperatures show 56 high and 24 low. Illinois forecast extends Sunday to Tuesday with fair Sunday and chances of showers and thunderstorms Monday and Tuesday. Temperatures reach the 60s north and 70s south, with 40s to 50s lows. Illinois Lottery results: daily game number 7-3-4, Pick Four 4-7-3-5, Lotto jackpot estimated at 55 million dollars.
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UPI
Illinois
Markets and futures quotes from noon trading session
Quotes provided by Blunt Ellis Loewi Sterling H W Beeler and S T Majewski show live cattle hogs and pork belly futures for April June July and other months. Commodities include soybeans corn wheat meal oil cocoa sugar oats gold cotton and silver with current May June and July contract prices listed.
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O. M. Nysather
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Blunt Ellis & Loewi
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