Porky Pig Stutter Ad Provokes Stuttering Group
A San Juan Capistrano AP report notes the National Stuttering Project condemns a Warner Bros. merchandise catalogue for showcasing Porky Pig with a stutter. Ira Zimmerman says repeating stutter letters is offensive though Porky’s character is known for the quirk. Warner Bros. apologized in a letter to Zimmerman.
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San Juan Capistrano
Calif
Porky Pig
Warner Bros
Ira Zimmerman
National Stuttering Project
Orange County
Porky
Zimmerman
Karine Joret
Warner Bros. Consumer Products
Israel Misses Second Round of Mideast Talks at State Dept
Arab delegates from Syria and other nations left the State Department after Israel did not attend the second round of Mideast peace talks. Syria’s Muwaffak Allaf called the move disappointing and said next steps depend on consultations with the United States and other parties. Israel later offered last minute concessions and shifted to goodwill gestures.
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Washington
US State Department
Israel
Syria
Muwaffak Allaf
U.S
United States
Soviet Union
State Department
Yitzhak Shamir
Sour-grapes politics cited by Romanow on Page A8
The remark targets rival factions as political maneuvering, with Romanow commenting that present tactics smell of sour grapes. The quote appears in a broader debate discussed on Page A8, highlighting party maneuvering and public reaction.
Auditor General slams federal waste and secrecy in report
Denis Desautels, Canada's new auditor general, delivers a 532 page maiden report criticizing waste and mismanagement across federal programs. He cites inadvertent errors, sloppiness, and deliberate secrecy, urging better cost accounting and transparent travel expense disclosures by cabinet ministers.
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Eric Beauchesne
Southam News
Ottawa
Canada
Denis Desautels
Commons
Montreal
Ken Dye
Desautels
Dye
Auditor general flags farm aid and pension borrowing issues
The auditor general questions government use of public funds and shared jurisdiction programs in a briefing on farm aid and pension borrowing. He criticizes tax collection practices and calls for Parliament to retain taxing power, while noting unreadable tax forms and urging better accountability.
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Auditor General
Jean-Robert Gauthier
Vancouver
Brian Mulroney
Revenue Canada
Desautels
Full-time taxi fleet for generals faces cut at Uplands base
Auditor general notes 17 sedans used by 55 generals and VIPs at the Canadian Forces base in Uplands with 31 drivers and two dispatchers logging 6 230 overtime hours. Report suggests reducing fleet to five vehicles to save costs and improve efficiency.
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Taxi
Canadian Forces
Uplands
National Defence
Anderson freed by Shiite captors in Lebanon release
Terry Anderson, longest held Western hostage, is handed to Syrian officials in Lebanon and on route to Damascus to be turned over to the U.S. ambassador. Officials described confusion over the timing and location of the release amid weather and conflicting statements from Syrian and Islamic Jihad sources.
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Damascus
Terry Anderson
Lebanon
Associated Press
Anderson
U.S
Christopher Ross
Farouk al-Sharaa
White House
Marlin Fitzwater
Beirut
Islamic Jihad
Israel
CIDA official visit draws outrage in Java village
Canadian aid volunteers condemn the October 23 tour by Valerie Sirois and Medeya Amara of Borobudur and a local reforestation project in Giri Cahyo. They say the officials shopped and sightseeing preceded an uninspected field visit and no reports were filed to CIDA or the embassy.
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Ottawa
CIDA
Java
Valerie Sirois
Medeya Amara
Borobudur
Southeast Asia
Jakarta
Sirois
Marcel Masse
Giricahyo
Bethesda Hospital
Jogjakarta
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Moscow
Reuter
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Kremlin
Ukraine
Russia
Poland
Romania
Romanow
Ann Landers
Don McGillivray
Secretary of State
Fisheries Department
Tom
Sue Anderson
Valley Stream
N.Y
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