Races Turn to Finances in Campaign Showdowns
Democrats Dianne Feinstein and Harvey Gantt faced cash disparities after primaries as they prepared to run against well financed Republicans. California incumbent Pete Wilson boasted a $3.5 million war chest while North Carolina's Harvey Gantt rode a strong primary win to challenge Jesse Helms. Party leaders urged unity and independence appeal ahead of November.
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Harvey Gantt
Pete Wilson
California
Feinstein
Mike Easley
North Carolina
National
Democratic Party
Ronald H. Brown
California Ballot Propositions Draw Nation Attention
Supporters and opponents touted the vote as the end of the 1978 tax revolt sparked by Proposition 13 while economists warned against reading too much. The piece also notes Democratic gains in California races and a June runoff in Alabama between Paul Hubbert and Don Siegelman for the Democratic nomination to face Guy Hunt, with commentary from Mr. Brown.
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California
Washington
Arthur Laffer
Brown
Alabama
Paul Hubbert
Don Siegelman
Guy Hunt
B 17 Buried in Arctic Reaches Historic Greenland Find
CHAMELEE Ga AP after a decade of effort a thermal hover damaged the Arctic ice and the group reached a WWII B 17 bomber buried on the Greenland icecap eight aircraft including B 175 and P 38 fighters ran out of fuel in 1942 decoyed by German radio transmissions Pat Epps Greenland Expedition Society co founder Richard Taylor led the mission to enlarge a hole and descend to the wreckage hoping to recover the fighters and a Norden bombsight is sought by Col Norman Vaughan a Greenland Expedition Society leader. The eight planes crashed July 15 1942 crews sheltered in one B 17 for nine days before help arrived. The expedition holds salvage rights from Denmark and plans continued access through September 1.
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Europe
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Richard Taylor
Greenland Expedition Society
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Atlanta
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Epps
Angelo Pizzagalli
Burlington
Pizzagalli
Pizzagalli Construction Co
Army Air Force
Norman Vaughan
Vaughan
Carl Rudder
Roy Degan
Trapper Creek
Alaska
Denmark
NASA to roll Columbia back for hydrogen leak repair
Cape Canaveral NASA will roll the shuttle Columbia into the hangar next week to repair a hydrogen leak in a tight cavity between the orbiter and its external fuel tank. Officials say the fix could take about a month and lift off timing remains uncertain.
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Fla
Columbia
NASA
Bob Sieck
Astro
Sieck
Poindexter Sentencing Sought For Iran Contra Lies
Former national security adviser John M. Poindexter faces sentencing on five felony convictions after prosecutors argued he subverted democracy by feeding Congress a diet of lies about the Iran Contra affair. He could receive up to 25 years in prison and fines up to 1.25 million dollars.
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John M. Poindexter
Congress
Poindexter
Reagan
Navy
Mysterious cloud prompts Helsinki jet inspection
Finnish authorities sent a jet to examine a mysterious cloud drifting from the Soviet Union. The cloud stretched 60 miles long and stood 9,900 to 16,500 feet high while drifting over Soviet territory. Analysts note it released steam or smoke and was warmer than surrounding air. In Pittsburgh a man suffered 40 percent body burns rescuing five cats from a burning apartment as two cats died and two remained missing.
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Helsinki
Finland
Soviet Union
Nordic Countries
Pittsburgh
Voyager captures six planets in deep space mosaic
Voyager 1 sent a four hour mosaic of 64 images showing Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, Jupiter, Earth and Venus from 32 degrees above the ecliptic. Mars and Mercury were not visible, Pluto too distant. the shot, recorded Feb 13–14, was released after delays. Carl Sagan called Earth a small stage in a cosmic arena.
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Carl Sagan
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Uranus
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U S plans exit flights from Liberia amid civil war surge
U S officials say special flights will evacuate several hundred Americans from Liberia as rebels approach Monrovia. President Doe sought U S help to flee, but diplomats say he should bargain with insurgents. Four U S warships with 2000 Marines stand offshore for evacuations. The crisis follows a decade of coup violence and ethnic clashes between Doe loyalists and rebel factions led by Charles Taylor.
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Elmer Johnson
Johnson
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