Bush eyeing Contra aid as new term starts
Secretary of State designates James Baker told congressional leaders that the Bush administration will not seek early military aid to the Nicaraguan Contras. The Washington Post cited unnamed sources noting Bush wants to avoid early battles with Congress, while pressing Sandinista reforms and keeping open the possibility of later military aid.
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Customs seizes tons of cocaine in Miami crackdown
UPI reports authorities seized nearly 31 tons of cocaine, two freighters, and five arrests in a week as part of Operation Riverwatch along the Miami River. The Cha Cha arrived Dec 13 after drifting into Cuban waters and carried 1941 pounds of cocaine in fuel tanks. The Santo Domingo Express carried 4792 pounds in ballast tanks. its captain, a Panamanian, arrested. Four Colombians Eduan Suaza Ivor Martinez Juan Vanegas Karl Sjogreen also in custody.
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Letter to Reagan for North Pardon Arrives at White House
Ray Remeika of the Center for Peace and Freedom delivers a letter to a Secret Service officer at the White House gate on a Tuesday asking President Reagan to pardon Oliver North.
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DOE faces gravest nuclear reactor finances in history
Government scientists warn the Energy Department’s trio of closed Savannah River reactors in South Carolina could cost up to 2.4 billion to keep Tritium production going next decade. Restarting all three may require 350 million in the next two years, a task described as monumentally difficult by experts including Harold Lewis. The Times reports the project dwarfs past DOE efforts in cost and complexity.
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Max Robinson, first Black ABC anchor, dies at 49
Former ABC newsman Max Robinson died at Howard University Hospital from AIDS related complications at 9:30 a.m. EST. He was 49. The Robinson family did not confirm AIDS publicly, but a friend said his death should push AIDS treatment and education, especially among Black communities. Peter Jennings called him a personal friend and role model, noting the difficult life he led.
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Police dispute Nussbaum testimony in Steinberg murder trial
In New York, two police officers testified that Hedda Nussbaum sat drinking beer in a car near the Greenwich Village apartment while 6 year old Lisa Steinberg lay dying, challenging parts of Nussbaum’s account as the defense opens. The case concerns Joe Steinberg, 47, accused of beating Lisa into a coma on November 1, 1987, and the subsequent death.
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Settlement Offer Ties MacDonald Case to Charity Fund
Mildred Kassab, mother-in-law of Jeffrey MacDonald’s murder victims, may settle her lawsuit by giving $325,000 MacDonald received from the life story author to the United Way. The payment would honor Kassab’s daughter Colette and granddaughters Kimberly and Kristen, killed in 1970 at Fort Bragg, NC. The deal aims to bar MacDonald from profiting from the crimes, per Kassab’s attorney.
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Winter Storm Slams Western States Spreading Snow
United Press International reports a cold front brings heavy snow and gusty winds across the western United States. Utah faces up to 3 feet of snow with a winter storm warning. Echo Summit and Donner Summit record eight inches in the Sierra Nevada. Oregon Cascades and Siskiyous see snow, while coastal Southern California gets showers. Flooding hits San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties as Oceano logs 1.48 inches in two hours. Rain extends from western New York to eastern Texas with gale warnings along the Great Lakes and New England coast.
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Illinois forecast and lottery notes for Christmas week
Illinois extended forecast calls mixed rain and snow through Friday to Sunday with Christmas Day partly sunny. Highs range from the 40s to 50s, cooling to mid 30s north, 40s south. lows in the 20s north and 30s south. Tuesday lottery draw produced 6 9 3. Pick Four 4 8 0 4. Lotto grand prize estimated at 30 million dollars for Saturday.
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Commodity quotes at noon courtesy of Merchants Trading Co
Live beef cattle prices for Feb Apr Jun Aug listed along with live hogs pork bellies feeder cattle and several grains and metals. Soybeans corn wheat cocoa sugar T-bonds oats gold cotton silver appear with specific contract months and prices. The column credits T Majewski Beeler and O M for furnishing the stock quotations.
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