Waite hostage release rumors surface in Lebanon
A Lebanese daily quoted sources claiming Anglican envoy Terry Waite was moved from Syrian-held eastern Lebanon to Beirut within 24 hours for possible release within 72 hours. British officials could not confirm the report amid ongoing hostage negotiations involving American captives and other Westerners.
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Beirut
Lebanon
UPI
Anglican Church
Terry Waite
al Anwar
Waite
Canterbury
Build Illinois funds go back and forth
Springfield officials report nearly 47 million dollars from the general fund was diverted to the Build Illinois program last fiscal year due to the used car sales tax shortfall. The tax yielded 33.6 million, far below the 80.5 million transferred to finance the program, with officials noting potential reallocations and partial transfers under state law.
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Springfield, I
UPI
Roland Burris
Burris
Robert Mandeville
James R. Thompson
Build
Illinois
General Revenue Fund
Build Illinois
Pevenneate
Meorace
Brawleys to Meet Farrakhan After Grand Jury Report
Tawana Brawley and advisers led by Rev Sharpton head to Chicago to consult Louis Farrakhan after a Dutchess County grand jury found no evidence supporting her allegations and accused her advisers of hindering the investigation. Farrakhan previously met with the family in New York and has since assigned aides to travel with them.
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Poughkeepsie
N.Y
UPI
Tawana Brawley
Chicago
Louis Farrakhan
Brawley
al Sharpton
C. Vernon Mason
Alton Maddox
Farrakhan
Mason
Nation of Islama
New York
Jesse Jackson
Virginia Beach
Wappinger’s Falls
Dutchess County Grand Jury
Grand Jury
Mason, Maddox and Sharpton
Illinois unemployment rate falls to 6 percent in September
Illinois unemployment dropped to 6.0 percent in September from 7.0 in August, with the labor force shrinking to 5.797 million and 347,000 unemployed. Nationally, unemployment eased to 5.4 percent as the economy added 255,000 non farm jobs, led by government and services.
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Chicago
UPI
Illinois
U.S. Department of Labor Statistics
Labor Department
Michigan
Texas
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Janet Norwood
Bureau
Department
Base work under way for Reagan statue in Lanark park
Burkholder and Son Construction and Precast Co employees drill and pour on the base for a nine foot bronze Ronald Reagan statue donated by Dwayne Andreas of ADM Decatur. The statue sits at Ninth Street and Hennepin Avenue in a new park, with installation planned for November and a dedication next summer.
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Burkholder and Son Construction and
Lanark
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
Dwayne Andreas
Man
ADM
Decatur
Ninth Street
Hennepin Avenue
Water safety crisis cited by wildlife group
The National Wildlife Federation charges legal lax enforcement left over 37 million Americans exposed to pollutants in tap water last year. The report cites 110000 illness cases from 1971 to 1985 and 101,588 violations from 1986 to 1987, blaming EPA inaction and widespread standards breaches.
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Washington
National Wildlife Federation
NWF
Morever
EPA
Environmental Protection Agency
Illinois
Star Wars price tags shrink for early defense phase
UPI reports a joint House Senate briefing says first phase cost estimates for the Strategic Defense Initiative have fallen from 146 billion to 6 billion dollars since June. Officials say deployment remains years away with a layered defense possible by the late 1990s. Senators pressure on satellite reliance and cost controls were raised, but no sales pitch was given.
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Washington
UPI
House
Senate Armed Services Committees
Senate Committee
Sam Nunn
D-Ga
Nunn
Air Force
James Abrahamson
Pentagon
Strategic Defense Initiative Organization
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Dixon Dam
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U.S
Jerry Paseo
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