Bitter end for Israeli Sinai settlement dream
Israel's parliament voted to dismantle the 1% Jewish settlements in the Sinai and return the peninsula to Egypt to pursue a peace treaty with its Arab foes. The Yamit project had envisioned a thriving port and a large settlement arc as a security buffer to separate Gaza from Egypt.
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Egypt
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Moshe Dayan
Dayan
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Muzzling of Maryland comptroller staff questioned
AP reports internal policy gaps leave legislators and reporters blocked from direct talks with comptroller personnel. Several division heads say they must receive written permission or refer inquiries to Marvin Bond, with a standing order not to talk to reporters.
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State Comptroller’s Department
Louis L. Goldstein
J. Basil Wisner
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Wisner
Marvin Bond
Associated Press
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Basil Wisner
Arthur L. Southard Jr
Southard
Am &Pendaig
Bond
John Luber
Maryland
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Luber
Comptroller
Kenneth F. Stewart
The
Enforce
Lowry J. Brooks
Marvin
Houston death penalty verdicts rise sharply in city
In Houston, juries have sentenced 12 people to death over the past nine months, including two teenagers, a woman, and three men in their early 20s, with crimes ranging from a jewelry store robbery slaying to rape and fatal beating. Texas juries decide capital punishment with no guidelines on continuing threat, while moratorium efforts surface in Baltimore on winter utility cut offs for nonpayers.
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Dick DeGuerin
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