Soviet missles to Cuba feared to threaten US during crisis
During the 1962 Cuban missile crisis a top Soviet officer, Gen. A I Gribkov, said the Soviets secretly supplied short range nuclear weapons to Cuba and authorized use if an American invasion occurred. Scholars noted the world came closer to nuclear war than imagined.
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Washington
Soviet Union
Cuba
A. I. Gribkov
Havana
Kennedy
Philip Brenner
American University
Mother Teresa to resume work after hospital discharge
Mother Teresa, 81, planned to continue her work with the poor after surgery for a heart condition. Listed in good condition at Scripps Clinic, doctors expected discharge within the week as her spirits remained high and her condition stable.
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LA Jolla
Calif
Mother Teresa
Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation
Education chief seeks funds to revive Blue Ribbon program
Education Secretary Lamar Alexander on Monday called for a pot of money to revive the Blue Ribbon Schools Program after Congress cut its $885 000 appropriation. In letters to appropriations leaders he praised the program and urged funding to finance its return.
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Washington
Lamar Alexander
Congress
House
Senate Appropriations
Alexander
Burglars Burn Bucks In Failed Salem Heist
In Salem Massachusetts burglars using a welding torch to break into Rich's department store ignited money stacks, triggering a smoke alarm and forcing their retreat. Firefighters found a vault hole after arriving around 1 a.m. Inspector Norman LaPointe noted the smoke detector saved the crime.
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Salem
Mass
Norman LaPointe
Rich’s
LaPointe
Truth or hoax on U.S. virus claim sparks doubt
U.S. News and World Report questions a Gulf War era story claiming intelligence agents planted a disabling virus in Iraqi networks. The piece mirrors a 1991 April Fool spoof in InfoWorld, with author Brian Duffy noting troubling similarities and rechecking sources.
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Washington
U.S
U.S. News and World Report
Brian Duffy
Faithful Sheepdog Shep Honored 50th Anniversary
Fort Benton Montana marked the 50th anniversary of Shep the sheepdog who waited at the train station for his dead master. Beginning in August 1936 the dog greeted every Great Northern passenger train until he died on January 12, 1942 after meeting a baggage train. The ceremony drew more than 200 attendees.
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Fort Benton
Mont
Shep
Great Northern
Montana
Algeria weighs ban on Islamic Front after historic polls
The ruling military backed council debates a state of exception to ban the Islamic Salvation Front after its landslide win. Fearing civil conflict, moderates call for peaceful solutions as tanks guard key sites and protests flare. Leaders of the Front denounce the coup and urge defiance, while chaos shadows Algeria’s first post independence election.
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Iran
Islamic Salvation Front
High Security Council
Sid Ahmed Ghazali
Islamic Front
Islamic Party
Front
the Front
Chadii Bendjedid
Bendjedid
Algerian League For the Defense of Human Rights
League
Abdennour Ali-Yahia
Ali Ahmed Hocine
Liberal Front of Socialist Forces
Salvation Front
Senegal
Bush accuses Europe of unfair trade policies
President Bush charged Western Europe with hiding behind protectionism as talks in Geneva resumed on a liberalized world trade pact. He defended his Asia trip amid criticism, pledging to fight for American jobs and decrying foes as prophets of doom.
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Bush
Western Europe
U.S
American Farm Bureau Federation
Geneva
Asia
Patrick Buchanan
Buchanan
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