Dukakis seeks Black unity with Jackson stance on ticket
Michael Dukakis reassured Black leaders over selecting Lloyd Bentsen as running mate and said he and partner hope Jesse Jackson will back the ticket. Jackson hinted at a possible convention fight and questioned Dukakis' handling of the VP pick while signaling he may wait to see the convention outcome.
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Michael Dukakis
Llgud Bentsen
Jesse Jackson
Jackson
Mr. Dukakis
Ron Brown
Dukakis
Bentsen
Washington
Massachusetts
Bentson
Chicago
Liberian Coup Attempt Quashed Says Doe In Radio Report
President Samuel K Doe announced his security forces repelled an invasion and coup attempt led by former aide J Nicholas Podier Jr. The Sudan Interior Mission radio outlet reported 12 attackers active at a border post in Nimba County. Doe said there were casualties but gave no specifics.
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Nairobi
Kenya
Samuel K Doe
Radio Ewa
T Hat
Doe
Nimba
Sudan Interior Mission
Monrovia
Nimba County
Guinea
Ivory Coast
Salinas Wins Mexican Presidency by Slim Margin in PRI Victory
In Mexico City, opposition leaders claim fraud as final results award Carlos Salinas de Gortari the presidency by the narrowest PRI margin in history. PRI captures four Senate seats of 64, with Salinas at 50.36 percent and Cuauhtémoc Cardenas second at 31.12 percent.
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Mexico City
Carlos Salinas de Gortari
Institutional Revolutionary Party
Senate
Federal Election Commission
PRI
Chamber of Deputies
Congress
Election Commission
Salinas
Cuauhtemoc Cardenas
National Democratic Front
Manuel J. Clouthier
National Action Party
Negotiators reach accord on Cuba Angola Namibia withdrawal
UNITED NATIONS AP negotiators for Angola Cuba and South Africa say Cuban troops will leave Angola and South Africa will end rule over Namibia. A statement of principles was agreed and must be approved by governments with a new meeting planned for early August.
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United Nations
Angola
Cuba
South Africa
Namibia
U.S
Chester A. Crocker
Africa
Mr. Crocker
Crocker
United States
South-West Africa
U.S. Coast Guard
Governors Island
New York Harbor
Negotiators
Geneva
Rio de Janiero
U.N
Tong
Antonio Dos Santos Franca
N'Dala
U.N. Security Council
van Heerden
Turkey
London
Cairo
Egypt
Brazzaville
Congo
UNITA
National Union For the Total Independence
Portugal
Germany
League of Nations
World Court
Court
Melton visits Byron as Nicaragua tensions rise
U S Ambassador Richard Melton and Rep Beverly Byron agree the Sandinista government is strained by deteriorating conditions in Nicaragua. Byron, who toured the country recently, cites unfair trials and secret police arrests, while both urge renewed political economic and military pressure to push reforms and satisfy the Arias peace plan.
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Washington
Beverly B. Byron
U.S
Nicaragua
Richard H. Melton
Congress
Byron
Mr. Melton
Daniel Ortega
Frederick Legislator
Arias
Sapoa
Managua
Nicaragus
Ferry capsizes near Laughlin Nevada after collision
A 25-foot pontoon ferry struck an unoccupied pleasure boat on the Colorado River near Laughlin and dumped 27 gamblers and casino workers into 52 degree water. Victims were rescued by onlookers and boaters, with two later hospitalized and no deaths reported.
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Cimunity Hospital
Bullhead City
Nevada
Edgewater
Las Vegas
Laughlin
Frank Marini
Arizona
Metro Search
Uni U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
State Department of Wildlife and Fish and Game
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