Congress wary of gasoline price increase after spill
Senators grilled Exxon and energy officials about rising gasoline prices following the Exxon Valdez spill. Exxon and DOE argued preexisting crude oil costs and seasonality drove prices, while critics blamed oil company greed and limited refinery competition.
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Congress
Washington
Exxon
Ohio
J.T. McMillan
Senate
Alaska
W. Henson Moore
Department of Energy
McMillan
Moore
Prince William Sound
Metzenbaum
Stanton
Service Station Dealers of America
Mass killer in California note foreshadows broadened manhunt
Authorities linked a note found in a blood spattered car to Ramon Salcido, who killed five people and slashed his daughters throats. The 33 year old remained at large as a five day hunt stretched from Canada to Mexico. A court affidavit cited a note asking forgiveness and referenced a law that allegedly forced the killings amid an overdue child support dispute.
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Glen Ellen
Calif
Ramon Salcido
Salcido
Canada
Mexico
Fresno
San Rafael
Petaluma
Carmina
Sonoma County
Angela
Sofia
Teresa
Tracy Toovey
Kenneth Butti
Butti
North Prosecution Casts North as Deceiver in Iran Contra Trial
Prosecutor John Keker urged jurors that Oliver North lied to Congress and the attorney general in the Iran Contra affair. He attacked North as abusing power, noting defenses blaming others, and highlighted the Suburban purchase and cash payment as part of a cover up for aiding the Contras. North faces 12 criminal counts including obstructing Congress and making false statements.
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Washington
Oliver North
Congress
John Keker
White House
Keker
North
McFarlane
Casey
National Security
Robert McFarlane
CIA
William Casey
National Security Council
Ing
Richard Secord
Reagan Administration
Ithe
Nicaragua
Curfew Lifted in Tbilisi After Pro- Independence Clash
In Moscow a curfew ended in Tbilisi with authorities reporting improvements after troops dispersed a pro independence demonstration. 14 people remain missing amid claims of more deaths, while health officials and officials from Gruzinform and the Georgian Foreign Ministry caution against inflated tolls.
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Moscow
Tbilisi
Eduard A. Shevardnadze
Georgia
Communist Party
Mikhail S. Gorbachev
Shevardnadze
Tass
Radio
Lea Umanishvili
Zurab Lomidze
Gruzinform
Ms. Amanishvili
Ministry of Health
Rolad Beridze
Foreign Ministry
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Valdez
Tracy Stanton
Columbus
Mass Killer
San Francisco
FBI
Cour
Marian Louise Richards
Ruth
Marie
California
Richard Michaelssen
Pravda
Soviet Union
Stans Gleaning
Stavke
Lawrence Pawn & Shooters
Hazeshire-Lawrence
Tom Loganbill
Gee
Boozarth
S. Topeka
Topeka
Kansas
Cheese & Dairy Supply Store
N. Main
D.C
Dally
Waymire
Price
Kings Avionics, Inc
Ottawa
Jay
S. Main
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