Alaska moves to extend cleanup after Exxon
Alaska Governor Steve Cowper called the Exxon Valdez cleanup a turning point and announced a 21 million dollar community beach cleanup program plus nearly 1 million for a mental health strike team. He said the state will track oil, research new methods, and push industry to pay, either via Exxon or tax revenue. The plan follows Exxon finishing a 1 billion dollar effort and covering 1,089 miles of shoreline.
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Gorbachev Urges Unity While Allowing More Autonomy
Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev warned leaders from the Baltic republics against breaking up the Soviet Union while proposing greater independence for republics within the union. Tass quoted him at a Central Committee meeting ahead of a plenum addressing rising nationalism. Estonia Latvia and Lithuania seek autonomy and some secession amid reformist changes. He said live links among republics would prevent a backward step and stressed internal party reforms without dissolving the union.
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Cosmos-2044 launches flying zoo biosatellite mission
Soviet Union launches Cosmos-2044 an orbital biosatellite carrying two monkeys and various animals for a 14 day study of weightlessness and radiation effects. Tass reports six Cosmos satellites accompanied the flight as part of a 1973 program. monkeys’ names from prior flights were Yerosha and Dremlya.
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Pilots back UAL buyout amid bidding match
Billionaire Marvin Davis pledged to match the Airline Acquisition Corp. bid for UAL Corp. at 6.75 billion dollars in cash per share 300, if the merger with pilots management and British Airways collapses. Analysts see the deal likely to succeed and could make UAL employee owned.
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New AMRAAM missile delayed over defective $12 part
Defense officials say a faulty fuse and arming device, the stator switch, found by the Defense Contract Administration Service, will delay deployment of the $900,000 AMRAAM missile for the Navy F-18 and Air Force F-15. Micronics International Corp. faces bankruptcy. Asher Engineering also affected. Navy Phoenix rockets and Sparrow and Sidewinder programs may face minor delays. no known missile failures reported.
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Britain Ireland leaders meet to curb terrorism leak risk
In Dublin British and Irish leaders, including Peter Brooke, vowed to fight terrorism after a Protestant group claimed it murdered a Catholic man using a police security file on an alleged IRA member. Talks aimed to resolve differences over preventing leaks of sensitive government information.
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Weather across Northeast drenched by heavy rains and fog
United Press International reports heavy rains saturated the Northeast with dense fog in Pennsylvania and New York. Texas recorded a record cold 49 degrees in Waco, while Bryan College Station hit 53. Showers and thunderstorms stretched from the Gulf Coast to the mid Atlantic as a slow cold front moved in.
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Five day forecast and lottery results reported
The forecast calls for a five day period with highs in the upper 70s to lower 80s in the north and lower to mid 80s in the south and lows in the upper 50s to lower 60s north and lower to mid 60s south. Lottery numbers drawn include Illinois Daily Game 081 with Pick Four 8566 and Little Lotto 6 24 31 33 35. The estimated Lotto grand prize today stands at 6 million dollars.
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Commodity quotes from Merchants Trading Cowid live markets
Closing quotes for beef cattle hogs pork bellies feeder cattle soybeans corn wheat and related futures listed for Sept Dec Feb March May July Oct and other months. Prices cover grains metals and softs with notes on months and contract numbers.
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