Housing incentives rise as builders fight market downturn
In a sluggish housing market, builders offer varied incentives to lure buyers. Appliances, mortgage buydowns, and price cuts are common, with some firms like Inco Homes undercutting costs by securing cheap land and forcing trade wage cuts, selling 124 homes at 79,990 each in four days. Calton Homes counters job fears with a Peace of Mind Guarantee, boosting contracts by 76 percent in a 30 day period.
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Washington
Gopal Ahluwalia
National Association of Home Builders
Midwest
Shackford
Inco
Upland
Calif
California
Ira Norris
Adelanto
Mr. Norris
Norris
Persian Gulf
Calton Homes
Freehold
N.J
Dalton
Richard Griffith
Moscow protesters push Gorbachev resignation demand
Hundreds of thousands gathered near the Kremlin in Moscow to call for Mikhail Gorbachev's resignation over the Lithuania crackdown. Demonstrators waved Lithuanian, Russian, and U N banners while banners urged Gorbachev to resign.
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Moscow
Kremlin
Mikhail S. Gorbachev
Lithuania
Manezh Square
Kremlin Gardens
Mr. Gorbachev
Leningrad
Czar
Gorbachev
Russian Federation
Boris N. Yeltsin
Associated Press
Mikhail Gorbachev
Croatia fears military strike in Zagreb as tensions rise
Across Zagreb special police units spread out to deter a possible Yugoslav army move against Croatia. Slovenia readies forces amid fears of central crackdowns as Croatia's militia stays on high alert. the federation orders disarmament of paramilitary groups with a Tuesday deadline.
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Zagreb
Yugoslavia
Slovenia
Croatia
Persian Gulf
Slavia Letica
Haiti runoff yields sparse turnout amid post presidential vote
In Port au Prince Haiti runoff elections for the National Assembly attracted light participation. Independent Radio Metropole called the day timid as voters queued briefly before polling places. Aristide won the presidential vote in December, while 22 Senate seats and 41 of 8 Deputies seats were contested.
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Port-Au-Prince
Haiti
National Assembly
Radio Metropole
Eloge Zephir
Petionville
Jean-Bertrand Aristide
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
Liberia leadership dispute widens amid Doe successor claim
In Sierra Leone AP reports vice president Harry Moniba declared himself president of Liberia, becoming the third claimant to the leadership as the civil war rages. Moniba, who fled to Sierra Leone in September, faces skepticism from Liberians due to his links with the slain Samuel Doe.
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Freetown
Sierra Leone
Liberia
Samuel Doe
Harry Moniba
Doe
Condor eggs raise zoos hopes in California
AP reports two pairs of California condors laid eggs in captivity at Los Angeles Zoo and San Diego Wild Animal Park. The eggs, laid hours apart Saturday, were removed after discovery via closed circuit cameras. Forty condors exist, with 21 at San Diego and 19 at Los Angeles. These are the first eggs of 1993.
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Los Angeles
California
Los Angeles Zoo
San Diego Wild Animal Park
San Diego Park
Navy jet trainer crashes west of Key West
A TA-4 Skyhawk from the training carrier USS Lexington crashed in the Gulf of Mexico west of Key West early Sunday. Navy officials say the student pilot is missing and no one else was aboard. The aircraft was declared missing at 8 10 a.m. after takeoff from the Key West Naval Air Station in a routine training flight.
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Key West
Fla
Navy
Gulf of Mexico
Lexington
Key West Naval Air Station
Voters reject life amendment to Corpus Christi charter
In Corpus Christi Texas a city charter amendment stating that human life begins at conception was rejected by 62 percent of voters. About 24 percent of residents cast ballots in the Saturday referendum claiming the measure would intrude on personal beliefs and offer grounds to regulate abortion.
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Corpus Christi
Texas
Rene Gracida
Nan Pillinger
League of Women Voters
City Hall
Helen Wilk
Citizens United For
Charter Integrity
Tracy Cassidy
Human Family Committee
Cassidy
Gracida
Gulf Coast
Firefighter’s body found after Paterson blaze tragedy
Firefighter John Anthony Nicosia, 28, was found Saturday afternoon inside a woman’s apparel shop named the Underground I, where the fire is believed to have started. He disappeared in the first minutes of the blaze that damaged two city blocks. Mayor Pascrell announced an autopsy is planned.
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Paterson
N.J
John Anthony Nicosia
Underground I
Nicosia
William Pascrell Jr
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Institute For World Socialist Economies
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Love, Little Brother
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