Bush asks Americans to back troops deployment to Saudi Arabia
President Bush appeals to the nation to support U S troop deployment to deter a potential Iraqi attack, calling Saddam Hussein an aggressive dictator and stating the move is wholly defensive as forces assemble in Saudi Arabia. He warns against appeasement and stresses resisting aggression to preserve freedoms amid widening conflict and market disruption.
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Ellwood City man seeks Kuwait contact as invasion looms
Rick Hammad 23 of Ellwood City waits for word from his father Hasan in Kuwait City. Phones down, Hammad calls 20 to 50 times daily and watches news as Iraq invades. Hasan, airline employee, was told Kuwait was sent home as Iraqi forces mass along the border. President Bush frames U S mobilization as necessary but not aggressive.
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Ellwood City
Kuwait
Hasan Hammad
Kuwait City
Kuwait Airways
Hammad
Local tap water testing praised as quality stays strong
Washington reports Shenango River sourced water for 16 000 New Castle area customers and over 52 000 to remain safe as Pennsylvania American Water Co. conducts daily and annual tests for bacteria minerals and other factors. GAO warns many systems fail to enforce standards and falsify data.
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Washington
Pennsylvania-American Water Co
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The
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Shenango River
New Castle Area
Pennsylvania
EPA
General Accounting Office
Congressional
Local Fair Tonight With Mild Patchy Sunshine
The forecast calls for a fair night with a low around 55 and light winds. Partly sunny skies are expected tomorrow with daytime highs between 75 and 80 degrees.
East Coast Storms Slow Front Milked By Front
A slow moving cold front will continue to bring showers and thunderstorms along the East Coast. High pressure will persist through the central states, bringing mostly fair skies.
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Central States
Air radio veteran Herb Morgan overcomes cancer setback
Air veteran Herb Morgan rose from local radio trainee to WPIC and WEST anchor and host of Viewpoint. After a colon cancer diagnosis, doctors performed a colostomy and treated the tumor with radiation and chemotherapy. Recent tests indicated significant improvement.
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WEST
Colon-Rec
Herb Morgan
Angel
Mercy Hospital
Pittsburgh
Pearson Park
Jameson Memorial Hospital
Residents mobilize against proposed hazardous waste site plans
More than 5,000 residents from Plain Grove Slippery Rock and Grove City areas formed Project No to oppose Concord Resources Group plans for a hazardous waste disposal facility in Lawrence and Mercer counties. About 300 protesters attended a supervisor meeting as Concord eyed five potential sites across Lawrence Mercer Somerset and Clarion counties.
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Concord Resources Group
Pittsburgh
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Lawrence County
Springfield Township
Mercer County
Somerset
Clarion
Pittsburgh Hilton
Grove City Area
Young loses Georgia governor run to Miller in runoff
Andrew Young fell short in the Georgia governor primary runoff as Zell Miller led with 65 percent to Young's 35 percent with 93 percent of votes counted. Miller leveraged a state lottery to secure the nomination amid Young's bid to become the first black governor in the Deep South.
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Georgia
U.N
Zell Miller
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Young
Atlanta
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Deep South
Death Record Aug 8 1990 Charles S Rees 62
Lemuel C Shepherd, four star Marine Corps general and former commandant, dies at 94 after a 42-year career spanning three wars. A VMI graduate commissioned in 1917, he will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
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UPI
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Marine Corps
Shepherd
Virginia Military Institute
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Arlington National Cemetery
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