Atlantis crew tests space observation during wartime study
Space Center Houston reports Mario Runco Jr. photographed Pearl Harbor and Midway installations from 224 miles up aboard Atlantis. The Pentagon experiment, part of two similar tests, seeks to determine if astronauts can aid wartime reconnaissance. The shuttle launched Sunday night after releasing a $300 million spy satellite Monday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Space Center
Houston
Atlantis
Pearl Harbor
Midway Islands
Pentagon
Mario Runco Jr
Pacific
Space
Armenian Azeri Leaders Meet Gorbachev in Moscow Talks
Armenian President Levon Ter-Petrosian and Azerbaijani President Ayaz Mutalibov met Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev and other officials at the Kremlin to ease rising clashes. The Azerbaijani parliament had earlier moved to seize Nagorno Karabakh, stripping it of autonomous status. Over 800 killed and thousands injured in three years of fighting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Mikhail S. Gorbachev
Kremlin
Levon Ter-Petrosian
Ayaz Mutalibov
State Council
Nagorno-Karabakh
Tass
Poland delays vote to dismiss market prime minister
In Warsaw the Parliament postponed a decision on resigning Prime Minister Jan Krzysztof Bielecki and his cabinet until December fifth, bowing to President Lech Walesa. The move preserves his leverage as a five-party center-right coalition seeks Jan Olszewski, who supports government intervention to lift the economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Poland
Lech Wales
Jan Krzysztof Bielecki
Walesa
Bielecki
Jan Olszewski
Retired CIA official indicted in Iran-Contra case
A federal grand jury indicted retired CIA official Dewey Clarridge on seven charges for concealing knowledge of the 1985 Hawk missiles shipment in the Iran-Contra affair. He faces perjury and false statements charges to Congress and a presidential review board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
CIA
Dewey Clarridge
Clarridge
Congress
Foe
Israel
Iran
Lebanon
William Casey
Nicaragua
Casey
Langley
Drug defendant seeks penthouse upgrade in San Francisco
San Francisco businessman Michael Medjuck, jailed without bail on hashish smuggling charges, proposes moving from a basement cell to a 29th floor Fox Plaza condo with armed guards, monitored calls, catered meals, and court outings supervised near the Federal Building. He faces a multi-defendant indictment for conspiring to import 73 tons of hashish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Vancouver
Michael Medjuck
Medjuck
Fox Plaza
Federal Building
Chen
Hal Lipset
United States
Israelis seek five day delay in Mideast talks
In Jerusalem, Deputy Foreign Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel wants to postpone the next round by five days to gain more time for preparation. He proposed one or two Washington meetings on Dec 9 while emphasizing talks in the Middle East with Arab delegations. Palestinians denounced the move as blackmail, urging faster progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusalem
Israel
Mideast
Benjamin Netanyahu
Netanyahu
Washington
United States
Middle East
U.S
Saeb Erekat
Congress approves aid for Soviets and U S farmers
Congress approved an emergency aid package sending 500 million to the Soviet Union and 1 billion to U S farmers hit by droughts floods and freezes. The bill also allocates 800 million for U S disaster victims and includes defense fund transfers and policy deletions that drew Bush opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Bush
Soviet Union
U.S
United States
Senate
House
Cspitals
Don Nickles
Rokla
House Appropriations
Jamie Whitten
Dmiss
Khmer Rouge leader evacuated after mob attack in Phnom Penh
An angry mob beat Khieu Samphan after storming a Khmer Rouge villa in Phnom Penh as guards blocked lynching. He and Son Sen were flown to Bangkok while a UN peace process faced disruption. up to 10,000 demonstrators gathered amid political tension surrounding a 1993 election plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Khmer Rouge
Cerror
Khieu Samphan
Pol Pot
Son Sen
U.N
Norodom Sihanouk
Khien Samphan
Weather zones report for Douglas County zone 15
Zone based forecast notes tonight and Thanksgiving with varying cloud cover and rain chances. Zone 15 to 16 show tonight mostly or partly cloudy with low 30s to 40s and Thanksgiving rain chances 20 to 30 percent. highs 40s to 60s depending on subzone. Clinton Lake readings include temperature 42 and level 874.85 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton Lake
Laval
Juneau
The
Associated Press
Kansas Cry
Las Vegas
Little Rock
Los Angeles
Louisville
Cdy Omaha
Edy Austin
Edy Orlando
Cr Baltimore
Edy Phill
Cr Phoenix
Edy Billings
Birmnghm
Edy Pittsleigh
Edy Boise
Edy Portind
Edy Boston
Edy Buffalo
Edy Ralaigh
Clr
Buringtn
Edy Reno
Casper
Sn Richard
Edy Charitto
Sacramata
C Chayanne
Louis
Edy Chicago
Edy Salt Lake
Cincinnati
Edy San Anton
Edy Cleveind
Edy San Diego Vie
Edy
Colmbia
C San Fran
Colmbus
Wihngtn
Hartford
Wichita
Halena
Honolulu
Houston
Glendale
Northridge
Calif
Travel outlook for Missouri Nebraska Oklahoma and Colorado weather
Missouri expects tonight mainly cloudy with lows in the 30s to 40s and Thursday rain with highs in the 60s. Nebraska foresees snow or freezing rain west and rain east on Thanksgiving, with highs in the 30s to 40s and lows in the 20s to 30s. Oklahoma shows mostly cloudy conditions tonight with panhandle lows in the 30s and southeastern areas in the 60s to 70s for Thanksgiving day, while Colorado flags snow in northern and central mountains tonight and Thanksgiving. Road contacts include Kansas Highway Patrol and Kansas Turnpike Authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Panhandle
Colorado
Also Mentioned on This Page
Journal-World News Services
Soviet Republic
Paral Atu
Arrrarat
San Francisco Chronicle
Ding
Hugo
Bob
Midwest
Oakland
Bob Dole
Whitten
the Weather Report
Talis Selalas
Douglas County
Kansas
Weaths
Gotby
Salina
Okla
Kansas City
Samus
M. Ayer Ek
Acd
Yios
Travel Outlook
Kansas Highway Patrol
Kansas Turnpike Authority
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!