Mazowiecki Nominated Poland Prime Minister Marking Break in Communist Rule
President Jaruzelski nominates Solidarity activist Tadeusz Mazowiecki as prime minister to form a coalition government aimed at solving Poland’s economic crisis and broadening leadership beyond the Communist Party. Sejm approval slated. Solidarity-led majority boosts passage prospects.
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Wojciech Jaruzelski
Solidarity
Tadeusz Mazowiecki
PAP
Sejm
National Assembly
KU Phi Delta Theta house rises after 1987 drive
Kansas University senior Overland Pack among 90 fund supporters helped raze the old 80 year old Phi Delta Theta house. Construction began mid September 1987 after pledges reached 2.5 million dollars. By June 1988 the site was cleared and framing started. Seven members moved into Jayhawkers Towers during renovations and by early June 1989 the new house was nearly ready for occupancy.
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Phi Delta Theta Fraternity
Kansas University
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Phi Delta Theta
Cook County sheriff seeks firing of two officers
Cook County Sheriff James O Grady pressed for the dismissal of two officers amid allegations the department suppressed investigations of mob murders and internal corruption for years. The Tribune reported alleged concealment of evidence and improper ties to suspects, with 70 organized crime murders in the Chicago area over 25 years. The two suspended officers faced possible criminal charges and merit-board action, while the department denied comment.
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Cook County
James O’grady
Chicago Tribune
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Sheriff’s Department
Associated Press
Sheriff's Department
Tribune
William H. Martin
Larry Geanes
Court Services Department
O’grady
William Currie
Rafsanjani defies parliament with Cabinet move
Iranian President Hashemi Rafsanjani nominated a Cabinet Saturday aimed at sidelining hard line rivals, drawing sharp clashes with about half the lawmakers in the chamber. The remarks reflect ongoing power struggles as August heat and rain forecast across regions.
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Hashemi Rafsanjani
EU professor sees hardships for new Polish government
Kansas University political science professor Jarek Piekalkiewicz, born in Poland, warned that while a democratic Poland would aid Europe, the new labor party backed government faces huge odds. He said Poland cannot rebound economically without foreign aid, which he doubted would be enough. Inflation has left Poland in dire straits.
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Solidarity
Communist Party
Poland
Jarek Piekalkiewicz
Kansas University
Labor Party
Piekalkiewicz
Europe
Haskell picks Bob Martin to lead amid new era
Bob Martin, 42, a Cherokee and former Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute president, was unanimously chosen as Haskell Indian Junior College president by the Board of Regents. He will take the role Sept. 25 with a salary of 53900. He succeeds Gerald Gipp amid prior controversies including a fading grade dispute and a censorship lawsuit.
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Haskell
Bob Martin
Haskell Board of Regents
U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs
Charles Geboe
Martin
Geboe
Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute
Albuquerque
N.M
Gerald Gipp
Gipp
BIA
Washington, D.C
the Indian Leader
Smithsonian offers to return Indian remains
The Smithsonian Institution reaches a tentative agreement with American Indian leaders to return skeletal remains and burial artifacts to modern tribal descendants. The deal would allow remains and artifacts linked with reasonable certainty to be returned on request, easing a long standing dispute over ownership between scientists and tribal communities.
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N.M
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian
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Robert McCormick Adams
American Anthropological Assn
Stanford University
University of Minnesota
Adams
Larry Zimmerman
University of South Dakota
Poll: Women Still Living In A Man's World
A New York Times poll shows twenty five years into the women's rights movement that most women believe gains have not fully realized gender equality. Women say society changed too little for equal competition while men report fewer changes and less cost to women.
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