Gorbachev threats direct rule over Lithuania
Gorbachev demanded Lithuania suspend independence drive or face Kremlin rule as 5,000 Lithuanians rallied at Vilnius parliament and 500 gathered at the television tower amid pro and anti Kremlin protests. Lithuania replaced Prime Minister Prunskiene with Libertas Simenas after price dispute. Thousands of paratroopers mobilized in recent days.
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Vilnius
U.S.S
R (Ap
Mikhail S. Gorbachev
Lithuania
Kremlin
Balticepublic
Gorbachev
Kazimiera Prunskiene
Iibertas Simenas
Prunskien
Lithuania's push for independence prompts Soviet warning
A Soviet general said 1000 paratroopers were sent to Lithuania to chase 13,000 draft dodgers and deserters as independence movements in all 15 republics grow. Gorbachev accused Lithuanian lawmakers of violating the constitution while hinting at possible presidential rule. Landsbergis called the warning dangerous after Lithuania declared independence on March 11, 1990.
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Lithuania
V. Achalov
Gorbachev
Tass
Vilnius
Landsbergis
Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic
Soviet Union
Study Finds Eighth Grade Classrooms Too Passive
Washington AP report says eighth grade education remains dominated by old routines with passive instruction. Educators Laurel Kanthak and John Lounsbury note students sit passively, copy from boards, and take tests while critical thinking is underemphasized and not aligned with adolescents needs.
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Washington
Laurel M. Kanthak
National
Asociation of
Ms. Kanthak
Association
John H. Lounsbury
Knifing at John Hanson Apartments injures Frederick man
Frederick police report a 31 year old John Hanson Apartments resident, Gerald L. Dorsey Sr., was slashed in the head during a dispute with Noonan R. Weedon at about 10 13 p m. Dorsey was treated at Frederick Memorial Hospital with 21 stitches and released. No charges filed. The case referred to the Investigative Services Bureau. Also: an early morning hit and run involved a city garbage truck driven by Gerald Palm pursued by a vehicle driven by George M. Shifflett Jr. of Littlestown Pa ending near Brown's Liquor Store on East Patrick Street.
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Frederick
John Hanson
Frederick City
Gerald L. Dorsey Sr
West Sth
Dorsey
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Richard J. Ashton
Ashton
Noonan R. Weedon
Weedon
Investigative Services Bureau
Gerald Palm
West South Street
George M. Shifflett, Jr
Littlestown
Mr. Palm
Brown
Liqour
East Patrick Street
Bank Robbery Report prompts police search in Hampstead
State police in Carroll County seek a white male in his 30s who robbed Farmers & Merchants National Bank in Hampstead Maryland about 9 30 a m He wore work clothes and fled on foot through the snow No injuries were reported Investigators field the scene and track a vehicle owner and passenger later arrested for hit and run and unsafe lane changes at a liquor store
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Hampstead
Maryland
Carroll County
Farmers & Merchants National Bank
Pizza Hut Domino’s ad sparks delivery feud
Detroit AP reports rivals exchange jabs over comparative ads. Domino’s objects to mocking employees and franchises while Pizza Hut touts faster service. In Visalia California a judge keeps a birth control implant order for a convicted child abuser as probation condition, despite defense appeal.
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Detroit
Domino’s Pizza
Pizza Hut
Domino's
Domino’s
Mike Jenkins
Visalia
Calif
Charles Rothbaum
Darlene Johnson
Rothbaum
Johnson
NASA Air Force aurora release scrubbed by clouds
The planned 30 second cloud of barium to create a blue green and purple aurora across the Americas was postponed due to cloudy East Coast and Caribbean conditions. The joint NASA Air Force project will be rescheduled for Saturday night weather permitting with seven of 13 ground stations in the Caribbean and East Coast.
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Americas
NASA
Air Force
Caribbean
Richard Howard
K.I. Sawyer Air Force Base
Marquette
Mich
MIT independent study spans science to wine tasting
Cambridge MIT students favor the long standing independent study tradition with a mix of serious subjects and playful projects. Concrete canoes interplanetary yacht racing and bridge building highlight competitive and hands on activities alongside model airplanes and other creative work. CAPE TOWN mixed race Erica Adams admits romantic ties to President de Klerk's son but denies engagement claims amid apartheid era tensions.
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Cambridge
Mass
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MIT
Cape Town
South Africa
F.W. de Klerk
Erica Adams
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The
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