Measles spread despite shots at Crockett Junior High
An outbreak of red measles in Ector County grows with 21 Crockett students infected despite 850 shots at Crockett Junior High. Health officials report 32 total cases, urge revaccination, and plan 500 more vaccine doses while describing incubation and spread across weeks.
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Crockett Junior
Crockett
Ector County Health Department
Toby Cross
Cross
Ector
Health Department
Patterson
Centers For Disease Control
Atlanta
Midland
Midland Health Department
Monette Burke
Bush arrives for funeral in Tokyo amid mini summits
President Bush lands in Tokyo for an imperial funeral backdrop and begins a personal diplomacy push toward Middle East peace. After a 16 hour flight he meets Francois Mitterrand for lunch and discusses East West relations, Central America, environment, and a July seven nation Paris summit. Bush plans talks with King Hussein Mubarak and Herzog with no decisions expected. He then heads to China on Saturday.
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Tokyo
Bush
Japan
Middle East
Washington
U.S
Francois Mitterrand
White House
Central America
Paris
Mitterrand
Marlin Fitzwater
Soviet Union
Jordan
King Hussein
Hosni Mubarak
Chaim Herzog
Mexico plans oil export cuts and price hikes next March
Mexico to cut crude exports about 5 percent and raise some crude prices by ten cents a barrel starting March 1 to bolster world oil prices. Pemex and government sources cited willingness to reduce exports 5 to 6 percent for the year if fellow exporters honor a London pact.
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Mexico City
Mexico
London
OPEC
Pemex
Emilio Matar
United States
Europe
Energy and Mines
Fernando Hiriart
Democrats balk on Tower issue
Senate Armed Services Committee moves toward a vote on John Tower as defense secretary while majority Democrats challenge President Bush’s claim that an FBI report cleared the nominee. Chair Sam Nunn says that view is not his, as Tower faces past womanizing and drinking allegations and questions about consulting work for defense contractors.
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Washington
Senate Armed Services Committee
John Tower
Bush
FBI
Sam Nunn
D-Ga
Tower
Texas
Rushdie Rally Sparks Global Support as Iran Price Issue Grows
Writers nationwide rally for Salman Rushdie and the Satanic Verses amid threats from Iran. Book chains reverse removals while authors march to the U N mission in New York and read excerpts.
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Salman Rushdie
Iran
United Nations
New York
Rushdie
Odessa Day in Austin Spurs West Texas concerns
Odessans pressed lawmakers in Austin at Odessa Day in Austin, a Odessa Chamber of Commerce event drawing about 325 at Caswell House. Officials and local leaders touted one on one talks with legislators, urging reforms on workers compensation and school financing while highlighting local business interests. Prominent figures praised the effort as a bridge to state government.
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Austin
West Texas
Odessa
Odessa Chamber of Commerce
Caswell
Junior League of Austin
Odessa Chuck Wagon
Texas
Kenneth Brimer
Fort Worth
Gary Garrison
Jim Mattox
Mattox
John Montford
Crubbock
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Tracy Chapman
George Michael
Hirohito
China
Takeshita
Left
Baker
Abby
Don Carter
Dick Slack
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