Mandela Ready for Peace Talks After Release from Prison
Nelson Mandela spoke at Bishops Court on his first day free, urging that obstacles to sharing power with South Africa’s white government could be removed soon. He defended the antiapartheid struggle as defensive and said the ANC would push for peaceful settlement and lifted sanctions must wait.
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Cape Town
South Africa
UPI
Nelson Mandela
Mandela
Garden
Bishops Court
Desmond Tutu
African National Congress
Tutu
Winnie
Zindzi
ANC
Walter Sisulu
Sisulu
Albertina
Lusaka
Washington
White House
Bush
Nelson Mandela profile ends with 1962 conviction
Nelson Rokhlahla Mandela emerged as a symbol of anti apartheid resistance yet was a faceless figure to many black South Africans for over 27 years. His public life effectively paused Aug 5 1962 when he was imprisoned and later sentenced to life after a landmark trial with eight ANC leaders for plotting violent overthrow of the white regime.
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Nelson Rokhlahla Mandela
Mandela
African National Congress
Bush and Congress cautious on lifting sanctions on South Africa
President Bush and Congress signaled a careful path on relaxing apartheid sanctions after Nelson Mandela's release. While Mandela's freedom is praised as a symbolic victory, lawmakers demand further concessions and a review of policy before any sanctions change. Bush noted potential influence on de Klerk and invited Mandela to Washington, with U.S. policy to be reviewed in consultation with Congress.
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Washington
UPI
Nelson Mandela
Bush
Congress
South Africa
William Gray
D-Pa
Mandela
Frederik de Klerk
Rose Garden
Herman Cohen
U.S
City Holds Recycling Meeting for Pilot Program
City residents and neighborhood captains are invited to an informational meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday in City Council chambers. On Feb 19 residents in designated neighborhoods must set aside glass aluminum cans and certain plastic bottles for recycling. All residents will recycle starting September and the program aims to cut landfill costs and avoid tax increases. John DiMuccio and Amy Jo Labi Carando lead the seminar and pilot, with 906 households receiving heavy plastic containers.
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City Hall
John DiMuccio
Amy Jo Labi-Carando
DiMuccio
Cere
Four nations forge unprecedented drug war pact at summit
President Bush and leaders of Colombia, Peru, and Bolivia plan to sign a joint document to replace the illegal South American drug trade with legal commerce and to bolster efforts against drug trafficking. The pact aims to curb weapons smuggling, tighten maritime and air registration, share intelligence, and cut drug money laundering, with U.S. funding likely in the 1991 budget. Coffee trade and economic aid are also on the table.
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Washington
UPI
Bush
United States
Colombia
Peru
Bolivia
Sive
U.S
Cartagena
Congress
Nominations Underway For 1990 Primary Elections
Nomination petitions may be circulated as the 1990 campaign season opens tomorrow with the May 15 primary looming. Pennsylvania voters will nominate governors, U S House, state Senate and all state House members. Lawrence County reps Kolter and Ridge seek re election. Johnston may challenge. Other incumbents and party committee seats to be chosen. term lengths updated for Democrats.
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Pennsylvania
U.S. House of Representatives
Senate
House of Representatives
Lawrence County
Joseph P. Kolter
New Brighton
Tom Ridge
Erie
Gordon R. Johnston
Beaver
Johnston
Kolter
Thomas J. Fee
Frank
LaGrotta
James M. Burd
Fee
New Castle
Ellwood City
Burd
Saxonburg
James E. Ross
Foreign ministers meet in Canada on Open Skies talks
NATO and Warsaw Pact foreign ministers gather in Ottawa for negotiations on an Open Skies aerial surveillance regime. The conference runs to mid April in Budapest and will also address post communist Europe and potential German reunification. The talks include leaders such as Brian Mulroney, James Baker, and Eduard Shevardnadze with broader arms and troop cut discussions. Canada notes Open Skies offers more verifiable data than satellites.
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Canada
Ottawa
API
NATO
Warsaw Pact
Budapest
Hungary
Europe
Brian Mulroney
U.S
James Baker
Eduard Shevardnadze
East Germany
Baker
Terday
Bucharest
Romania
Soviet Union
Germany
Death Notices Feb 12 1990 Edward Ferry and Others
Edward J. Ferry 81 of Mercer Road died February 12 1990. Noah Zbozny aged 2, infant son of Rev Pa and Mrs F Howard Jenkins 77, of Youngstown. Hildred MacMurdo 89 of Ellwood City. Funeral details not listed.
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Edward J. Ferry
Mercer RD
Noah Zbozny George
Rev. Pa
F. Howard Jenkins
Youngstown
Hildred MacMurdo
Ellwood City
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Johannesburg
Soweto
Orlando
Murphy Morobe
United Democratic Front
Mandela House
Morobe
Is Nelson Mandela
United Press International
de Klerk
Recycling Works
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