East Germany Lets 4700 Emigrate From Prague Embasy
East Germany agreed to allow 4700 East Germans holed up in the West German embassy in Prague to travel to West Germany. The first train would depart Prague after 8 p.m. as refugees flee to the West amid the embassy crisis.
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Helmut Kohl
Poland
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Hans Klein
Erich Honecker
Pravda
Kemp proposes HUD reform package and watchdog measures
Secretary Kemp unveils a reform plan for the scandal plagued HUD including creating a chief financial officer post, requiring public registration of lobbyists and consultants, and ending discretionary grants such as the 3 billion community development block grant. The package also seeks to end the Section 8 Moderate Rehabilitation Program, adds a 1.5 percent program evaluation mandate, and tightens mortgage rules for investment and vacation properties.
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Washington
Jack Kemp
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Kemp
HUD
Claire Freeman
Congress
Legislators and regents weigh Kansas higher education needs
In Topeka the Legislative Educational Planning Committee and Kansas Board of Regents discussed building maintenance, the Margin of Excellence, and funding goals. Regent and House member Richard Reinhardt cited aging facilities while Warren Corman urged priority for campus upkeep as Gov Hayden seeks a 50 percent capital budget boost to eight million dollars.
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Richard Reinhardt
Eric
Kansas Board of Regents
Kansas
Reinhardt
Kansas House
Legislative Educational Planning Committee
Norman) Brandeberry
Warren Corman
Regents
Mike Hayden
House-Senate
Ray Hauke
Kansas University
Area report page tease from a local newspaper
A compact rundown covers classifieds comics crosswords editorials and sections on hospitals markets weather and entertainment across page 2A 9A and 7B to 18 with briefs from 4A 1A 6B 1B 5B 12B and 2A highlighting local items and listings.
Coup topples Panamanian leader Noriega in military coup
In Panama City a Panamanian Defense Forces communique says high command forced into retirement by Maj Moises Giraldi Vega's faction amid gunfire and explosions outside the headquarters. Noriega’s whereabouts are unknown. U S Southern Command raises Delta Alert as troops and civilians move into readiness near the canal. Pentagon reports no U S involvement in the shooting.
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Sheriff identifies murder victim in Douglas County
Douglas County Sheriff Loren Anderson named 18 year old Timothy Ridpath of Independence Missouri as the murder victim found Monday on a dirt road north of Lawrence. Investigators say there are no suspects or motive yet and no link to drugs or robbery.
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Loren Anderson
Timothy K. Ridpath
Ridpath
Lawrence
Anderson
Dewey Ridpath
Timothy
Longview Community College
Lee’s Summit
Sheriff’s Department
Lawrence Police Department
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Kansas University Police Department
Carol Moddrell
Mexico's leader opens U S visit with Bush on drug war
President Salinas de Gortari begins an official U S visit alongside President Bush, pledging expanded cross border cooperation to curb drug trafficking while sharing aims to strengthen democracy in the hemisphere. They discuss debt, trade, investment and the environment as well as humane migration policies.
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Bush
White House
Salinas
United States
Mexico
Panama
Nicaragua
U.S
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