Space recovery plan shifts to unmanned launches
Washington officials outlined a space recovery plan after the Challenger disaster. Military satellites will launch on unmanned rockets and private industry may handle most commercial launches, potentially reducing the need for a Challenger replacement. Air Force Secretary Edward Aldridge unveiled a five year, 2.6 billion dollar program reversing the military’s shuttle reliance.
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Edward C. Aldridge
Subidies Ok for Cotton as U.S. Cuts Prices
Hundreds of cotton merchants textile mills and cooperatives become eligible today for federal subsidies totaling millions under a new U.S. agriculture strategy. Under the 1985 farm law free stocks bales of old-crop cotton unencumbered by loans will receive about 200 dollars per 900 pound bale as one time inventory protection payments and government commodity certificates usable for current stocks.
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Washington
U S vetoes U N resolution on Nicaragua aid
The United States vetoed a Security Council vote demanding compliance with the World Court ruling on Nicaragua rebels. Vernon Walters said the measure misrepresented the situation in Central America and would not aid peace. Thailand Britain and France abstained as the veto killed the resolution.
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France
Congress stalls on new tax overhaul plan in limbo
House Democratic tax writers finished a multibillion-dollar corporate tax increase proposal aimed at tax relief for individuals but Senate negotiators warned it could cripple the economy. The plan, a hybrid of House and Senate measures, faces objections over deductions and rates as talks stretch into day ll.
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Senate
Richard Gephardt
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Man on Death Row Executed in Virginia Electric Chair
Michael Marnell Smith, who claimed the devil drove his crimes, was executed in Virginia’s electric chair after 82 years on death row. He died at 11:42 p.m. at State Penitentiary as the Supreme Court rejected his last appeal, marking Virginia’s fifth execution since 1982 and the 12th in the nation this year.
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Virginia
Michael Marnell Smith
U.S. Supreme Court
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Corrections Department
Wayne Farrar
Federal District and Appeals Court
Jazz pianist Teddy Wilson dies in Connecticut
Jazz pianist Teddy Wilson, instrumental in bringing integrated music from clubs to prime time, died at 73 in his New Britain home after a digestive illness. He spent years as a soloist and led small combos, rising to prominence during a four year stint with the Benny Goodman Orchestra alongside Goodman on clarinet.
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Teddy Wilson
Benny Goodman
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New Britain
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Justice accuses Rehnquist of voter intimidation in 1962
Former federal prosecutor James J. Brosnahan testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee that he saw William H. Rehnquist participate in a Phoenix campaign aimed at suppressing black and Hispanic voters by confrontation and intimidation in November 1962. He challenged Rehnquist's later claims of merely arbitrating polling disputes.
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Rehnquist
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Senate
San Francisco
Wrinkle Cream Great Success by Doctor Holds Heldfond
Doctor Robert Heldfond develops EBS wrinkle cream praised nationwide by cosmeticians and customers. Lab tests show reduced facial lines with daily use. product combines eight creams in one and features Liprogen as a key ingredient. The greaseless formula leaves skin soft and younger looking, with jars lasting months.
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