Cuban gunboat hijacked prompts Coast Guard alert
Cuba informs the United States a Cuban gunboat has been hijacked. Coast Guard crews from Florida to Cuba are told to watch for the vessel and report sightings. No details on size or crew were available, and immigration officials may be ready to process groups of Cubans in Key West.
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U S will not set Haiti deadline for leadership change
Secretary of State Warren Christopher said the United States will keep pressuring Haitian army leaders to step down but will not set a deadline. A $15 million aid pledge, largely after Aristide returns to power, signals commitment to restoring Aristide. Christopher noted deadlines cause delays and said the U S wants no delay.
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Lawrence Weather and Lake Reports and Road Access Tips
Lawrence reports show Tuesday high 88 and overnight low 72 with no precipitation. Lake data list Clinton and Perry with temperatures near 80 and 78 and levels around normal. Road condition updates available via Kansas highway and turnpike lines plus the Journal World Access line at 865-5000 category 6799. Moon phases note last half Aug 29 and full Aug 21 with new Sept 5.
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Nixon Recon sidered reshapes a disgraced president
Historian Joan Hoff argues Nixon would have been judged a great president if Watergate had not occurred. She portrays his domestic record as progressive and far reaching, including welfare reform, expanded food stamps, desegregation efforts, and an active equal rights agenda, while rating his foreign policy overrated. Hoff notes Nixon’s pragmatism and influences from advisers, concluding his centrism was practical.
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One Digit Plate Fetches Six-Digit Auction Price
In Rehoboth Beach Delaware a 1940s white on black porcelain license plate bearing the single digit nine sold for 185000 at auction. Anthony Fusco a 64 year old Wilmington real estate developer led a field of 10 bidders. The tag came from Elva Bennett Smith estate with history dating to 1934. Delaware issued black plates 1942 to 1948 and numbers 1 through 3 reserved for top officials.
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Caruso back on NYPD Blue after contract dispute
Los Angeles AP David Caruso returns to NYPD Blue after settling differences with Steven Bochco Productions ABC said. An ABC spokeswoman confirmed he will be back and a Caruso spokesman said he would be at work today though unclear if he will stay for the full 1994 95 season. The star had sought 100000 per episode per NY Daily News and was aiming for a movie career.
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