Meese says arms role limited and legal in Iran affair
Attorney General Edwin Meese testified that he learned of the 1985 arms sales to Iran only in November 1986 and described his role as limited and legal. He said no one urged notifying Congress at a January 7 1986 meeting with Reagan and Bush, and that officials believed the deal could remain secret for 30 to 60 days.
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UPI
Edwin Meese
Reagan
Congress
Iran
Meese
Congressional
George Bush
Lebanon
U.S
Administration
House
John Nields
White House
John Poindexter
Israel
United States
Pottery division for sale again by Newell Co
Shenango China remains on the market as Newell Co. of Freeport Illinois hires Merrill Lynch Capital Markets to sell Anchor Hocking Food Service Division. The unit, part of a 350 million July deal, includes china glassware and hotel restaurant items. Plant operations continue at Grant Street. sale could be plant by plant or as a whole within about a year.
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Shenango China
Newell Co
Freeport
Ill
Merrill Lynch Capital Markets
Anchor Hocking
Food Service
Anchor Hocking Corp
Lancaster
Ohio
Newell
Merrill Lynch
William Alldrege
Freeport, Ill
Grant Street Pottery
Ken Moore
Divi
China
Sewer project surprises Shenango twp residents on Penn sylvania Ave
Residents along Penn sylvania Avenue in Shenango Township and nearby areas learned of a joint sewer construction project that will serve about 1,611 homes and repair the Big Run Interceptor. Consoer Townsend engineers and Eastern Ohio Construction Co. will lay a 21 inch concrete main, alerting residents only by the heavy truck and equipment activity during an estimated four months of work.
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Shenango Township
South New Castle
Pennsylvania Avenue
Consoer Townsend
Wilbur Hughes
Eastern Ohio Construction Co
Youngstown
Hughes
John Collins
Pennsylvania Ave
Sophie Ellis
Big Run Playground
Sam Arcuri
Joe French
U.S. and Soviet explore faster path to missile elimination
In Geneva the United States presented new proposals to accelerate a global agreement to eliminate ground launched short and medium range missiles. Maynard Glitman said the US expects Moscow to move, while Moscow pressed for changes and insisted on removing West German Pershing missiles and their warheads.
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UPI
United States
Soviet Union
Maynard Glitman
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Gorbachev
Asia
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Moscow
Glitman
Washington
White House
Glutman
News Interrupted by Telephone Outage in New Castle
Local publication reports phone service failure delaying calls and newsroom operations. Technicians worked to fix the line, with an expected restoration later in the day as staff coordinated ongoing coverage.
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New Castle
Iraqi anti-aircraft down Syrian MiG-21 during training flight
Iraqi anti-aircraft batteries shot down a Syrian MiG-21 that strayed into Iraqi air space during a training mission. The pilot survived. Iraqi spokesman said the plane was identified as Syrian. Damascus denied aggression and called for explanation. Diplomatic sources noted border sensitivities and suspected Iranian aircraft activity. This was the first Syrian jet downing since November 1985.
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Baghdad
Al-Okashat
Ira
Damascus Radio
Deir el Zor
Iraq
al Qaim
Iran
County starts six month job study for 185 workers
The Pennsylvania Economy League will conduct a six month job classification and pay study for about 185 county employees. Commissioners approved a $38,696 contract with $29,022 county obligation and the rest funded by the Economy League. Readiness meetings with officials and unions are scheduled to define scope.
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Pennsylvania Economy League
Economy League
Roger M. DeCarbo
Vern L. Eppinger
Charleen Micco
Hill View Manor
Lawrence County Economy League
Micco
Robert Session
Ed Scurry
American Federation of State
Afscme
Death Records List for July 28 1987
Death notices for seven individuals including Margaret Williams aged 70 of 2801 Ellwood Road Carl Olson 57 of 27 Bellaire Drive Ethel Johnson 87 of New Wilmington Marian Zikeli 72 of Indian Creek Center Katherine Shaffer 94 of Haven Convalescent Home Ruth Silverblatt 84 of Ellwood City and Dominic Fazzalari 67 of St Paul Minnesota.
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Margaret Williams
Ellwood Road
Carl G. Olson
Bellaire Drive
Ethel J. Johnson
New Wilmington
Marian J. Zikeli
Indian Creek Center
Katherine Shaffer
Haven Convalescent Home
Ruth Silverblatt
Ellwood City
Dominic V. Fazzalari
St. Paul
Minn
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