Lawmaker urges more Soviet aid
Washington AP The House Armed Services Committee leader Rep Les Aspin proposes trimming 1 billion from U S weapons programs to fund humanitarian aid for the Soviet Union amid crop shortages and economic turmoil He argues aid could promote stability and avert chaos while warning civil war could spread nuclear weapons He faces opposition from Pentagon officials and many lawmakers who caution funds be kept within the defense budget and tied to reforms.
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House Armed Services Committee
U.S
Soviet Union
Les Aspin
Dwis
Aspin
House
Richard Gephardt
D-Mo
United States
Mr. Aspin
Senate Conference Committee
Department of Defense
Bush
Congress
Pentagon
Pete Williams
Dickinson
Navy report faults GAO over 1989 USS Iowa blast
Congressional investigators challenged the GAO finding on the 1989 explosion aboard the USS Iowa. They note no explicit physical evidence for an ignition device and say a high-odd accident scenario remains possible. The Navy earlier suggested a despondent gunner caused the blast, but reopened the probe amid questions and experiments.
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Washington
Uss
Congressions
Navy
Clayton Hartwig
GAO
Blondie to try out a real working life on the strip
New York AP reports Blondie will leave suburban homemaking for work in a comic panel shakeup. Creator Dean Young says it’s a source of fresh material not a social statement, hoping the gag line lands funny for readers.
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New York
Blondie
Cookie Bumstead
Dean Young
Cartoonland
Cookie
Alexander
Mr. Young
Times
Marcos body swap proposal links gold to return home
Manila officials propose letting the body of former President Ferdinand Marcos return to the Philippines in exchange for 5 billion dollars allegedly siphoned from the nation. David Castro of the Presidential Commission on Good Government claims 3,325 tons of gold hid in Switzerland could serve as evidence, though Marcos died in exile in Hawaii in 1989. authorities warn extremists may resist bringing him back.
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Manila
Philippines
Ferdinand Marcos
Marcos
Switzerland
David Castro
Marco
Castro
Union Bank of
Hawaii
Mercury in tooth fillings poses no significant health risk
A federal panel concluded silver amalgam fillings release mercury vapor over years but in amounts too small to harm most patients. Dr. William D. McHugh said few people risk reactions and there is no reason to avoid amalgam if a dentist recommends it, despite isolated poisoning reports.
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Bethesda
William D. McHugh
National Institutes of Health
McHugh
University of Rochester
Motorman charged with manslaughter in subway crash
New York AP reports Robert Ray a 39-year-old motorman charged with five counts of manslaughter after the Lexington Avenue line derailment near Union Square that killed five and injured about 133. Police say his blood alcohol was .21 after the crash and that he had been drinking all day.
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Robert Ray
New York Newsday
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Mr. Ray
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Lexington Avenue
Lower Manhattan
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Transit Authority
Lee Brown
National’ Transportation “Safety ‘Board
Edward Plasberg
State Public “Transporation Safety” Board
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Jerry Yambi
Fort Sill
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Garrett Doering
Gilbert Asante
Ghana
Alan Kiepper
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