Nicaragua Seeks Direct Talks as U S Stands Firm
Daniel Ortega urges Washington to engage in cease fire and democratization talks while Secretary of State Shultz states the United States will not meet Nicaragua directly to shape Central America’s future. The administration sees the Contras as pivotal though Costa Rica’s Oscar Arias warns against aid suspension and stagnation.
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Washington
United States
Daniel Ortega
George P. Shultz
Nicaragua
Central America
Shultz
Oscar Arias
Arias
Bakker case hooks Assemblies of God rally in Oklahoma City
Rev G Raymond Carlson, chief officer of Jim Bakker's Assemblies of God denomination, says misdeeds by prominent ministers have given the enemies of Christianity cause to rejoice. He addressed delegates at a six day convention, defending the church while condemning moral dereliction and sexual immorality linked to Bakker and Dortch. More than 15,000 attended as the six day gathering opened Thursday and runs through next Tuesday.
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Oklahoma City
Jim Bakker
Raymond Carlson
Assemblies of God
Bakker
Richard Dortch
PTL
Carlson
Christ
God
Jessica Hahn
Dortch
Hahn
Hell
Deficit-cut talks stall as debt limit fight drags on
Washington lawmakers struggle over Gramm-Rudman deficit cuts and how many years automatic slashes should last. Negotiators debate restoring mandatory cuts while vacation looms and Treasury postpones bond sales as borrowing power nears expiration.
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Washington
Senate
House
Gramm- Rudman
Gramm-Rudman
Congress
Pete Domenici
New Mexico
Oil slips toward 21 as markets pause amid Middle East jitters
Oil prices edged toward the 21 dollar mark on Thursday as light NYMEX activity awaited Middle East developments. West Texas Intermediate for September delivery closed at 21.14, down 15 cents. In Washington, lawmakers seek the War Powers Act to limit a president’s ability to deploy forces amid Kuwaiti tanker protection talks. Labor reports show July payroll gains boosting jobs and trimming unemployment to 6.0 percent. In Geneva, Shevardnadze met with Max Kampelman to press for progress on a superpower arms control pact and discussed U.S. warhead deployments on Pershing 1-A missiles.
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New York
New York Mercantile Exchange
Middle East
Bob Baker
Prudential Bache Securities Inc
West Texas Intermediate
U.S
Geneva
Eduard Shevardnadze
Max Kampelman
Shevardnadze
Firefighters battled string of Midland County blazes likely from trash fires
Midland County fire crews fought several grass and barn fires sparked by trash burning. The worst blaze at 4800 W U S 80 required six units for about two and a half hours to control. A prior grass fire near County Road 1213 south of Texas 158 also started from trash burning. Other fires occurred five miles south of Midland and near Texas 349, with responses ranging from one hour to more than two hours. Firefighters also contained a grass fire near Water Wonderland on U S 80 and separate Odessa grass fires near 61st Street Fort Worth Avenue and Mona han Street Kelly Avenue.
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Midland County
Richard Kolas
W. U.S. 80
Texas 158
Kolas
Midland
Texas 349
Water Wonderland
U.S. 80
Odessa
61St Street
Fort Worth Avenue
Monahans Street
Kelly Avenue
South Odessa
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