North testifies Poindexter instructed him to withhold details
Oliver North testified that John Poindexter directed withholding Iran Contra details from Congress and approved diverting arms sale profits to fund the Contras. He said Poindexter cleared transactions and warned not to reveal the diversions, while Judge Harold Greene rebuked North for quibbling and memory gaps during questioning.
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Washington
Oliver L. North
John M. Poindexter
Congress
Poindexter
National Security Council
Dan Webb
Webb
North
Navy
Reagan
Col. North
U.S
Harold Greene
Greene
Bush administration weighs Rostenkowski tax plan
The White House keeps an open mind on a proposal by Representative Rostenkowski calling for higher taxes and a one year Social Security freeze. Dole backs the plan as a step, Foley questions its fate without presidential support, and administration officials caution against premature conclusions while aiming to cut the deficit by 1994 via spending cuts and tax increases.
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Washington
White House
Marlin Fitzwater
House
Ways and Means Committee
Fitzwater
Senate
Bob Dole
Kan
Rostenkowski
Capitol Hill
Jim Jaffe
Dole
Stull
Rostenkowsi
Thomas S. Foley
D-Wash
Woman killed as hotel ceiling collapses in New York
A concrete ceiling collapsed onto a Croissant & Co. shop at the Ansonia Hotel on Broadway in the Upper West Side, killing a woman and injuring at least 12 others. Fire crews used dogs to search for additional victims as the two story building’s water leak allegedly weakened the concrete above the second floor where instruction was underway.
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Ansonia
Croissant & Co
Upper West Side
Broadway
73Rd
74Th Streets
Doyle
Emergency Medical Services
Elvin Rodriguez
Rodriguez
St. Luke’s- Roosevelt Medical Center
Efrain Parrilla
Fire Department
Bush accused of bending news
A reporters committee said the Bush White House is bent on orchestrating the news and listed nearly 100 restrictions including excluding a press pool from early Panama invasion coverage. The report cites secrecy and leaks as a core policy, with examples across agencies and a push to prosecute leaks as theft of government property.
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Panama
Bush Administration
Jane E. Kirtley
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Reporters Committee For Freedom of the Press
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Skeet Scott
Rt. 5
Fatty Rafal
Lane
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