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Newspaper
Harrisonburg Daily News Record
Location
Harrisonburg, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1990
Page
1
Increasing cloudiness today with highs in the low to mid 40s. Tonight sees a 30 percent rain chance, possibly mixed with snow, and lows in the mid-30s. Saturday brings 40 percent mixed rain and snow, turning clearer by morning with highs in the low to mid 40s. Sunday and Monday turn partly cloudy with highs mainly in the 40s and 50s, and nightly lows in the mid-20s to mid-30s.
In Our Skies reports that Mars, visible high overhead at midnight, completes a solar orbit in 687 days. The tidbit highlights the planet’s orbital period and its apparent nighttime prominence.
Virginia expects cloudy skies with a chance of rain in the south and possible rain mixed with snow in the north and west tonight into Saturday. Southeast Virginia likely to see rain. tonight lows mid 30s to low 40s. Saturday highs in the 40s. West Virginia remains mostly cloudy with light rain or snow possible in southeast sections. today highs in the low to mid 40s. tonight lows in the 20s. Saturday partly cloudy with highs in the low to mid 40s.
President Bush insisted there are no secret negotiations with Iraq and warned against tying the Persian Gulf crisis to a Palestinian peace conference. He said Iraq must withdraw from Kuwait by January 15 and rejected any face-saving deal linked to the West Bank. Tariq Aziz was invited to Washington as Baker offered to visit Baghdad to press for peaceful withdrawal.
Western diplomats view Saddam Hussein’s move as a bid for a higher moral stance as Iraq overran Kuwait. Tariq Aziz may go to Washington by Dec. 17 while James Baker visits Baghdad before Jan. 15. Hostages’ relatives arrive for holidays amid international pressure and fear. Americans Britons and others remain confined or used as human shields in Iraq.
Los Angeles AP report says Tony Lama Co. Inc. will stop selling boots made from python skins in California where the snake is endangered. The El Paso firm agreed after a lawsuit by the LA County district attorney. It pays 143000 dollars in penalties but denies wrongdoing. Prosecutors traced boots labeled Boa African and Legal in California to the company.
William Jackameit, JMU planning vice president, says building now is cheaper than later for expected students. The Warren Campus Center expansion could raise student fees by 121 annually and provide 16 square feet of activity space per student, above the statewide average.
A Wednesday News Record item wrongly placed Mountain Maved Sitlington's Hill in New Market. The correction states the hill lies in McDowell, not New Market, clarifying the Virginia Military Institute land acquisition report. The article’s overall facts remain otherwise unchanged.
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