U S begins pulling troops from Panama
The Bush administration plans a gradual return of combat troops from Panama following the New Year withdrawal of artillery units. White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater said 141 Army troops from Ford Ord, California, are coming home, with more to follow, as the mission shifts from combat to nation building and civilian operations.
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Panama
White House
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Fitzwater
Ford Ord
Calif
Texas
Bush
Barbara Bush
Boston
Alexander Ellis II
Air Force One
Kelly Air Force Base
San Antonio
Fort Ord
Pentagon
Maj
David Super
7Th Infantry
Super
Manuel Antonio Noriega
Kansas lawmakers seek to curb fiscal hangover in 1990 session
The Kansas Legislature opens amid warnings of a tax relief push, budget cuts, and limited growth as Gov. Mike Hayden aims to keep general fund balance near 5 percent. The 1989 budget left a $219 million balance projected for June 1990, shrinking to $89.1 million if no revenue grows. Hayden seeks maintainable spending, avoid tax increases, and protect education amid an election year.
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Associated Press
Topeka
Kan
Mike Hayden
Hayden
House
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Lawrence
Senate
Ways and Means Committee
Michael
O'Keefe
Legislative Research Department
Research Department
O’keefe
Budget to the past deadline delays 1991 budget
Budget Director Richard G. Darman says the Bush administration will miss the January 22 deadline for the 1991 budget by one week. He cites late appropriations bills and a budget-cutting measure as the primary reasons and notes Senate and House leaders were informed in letters dated December 29.
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Senate
Richard G. Darman
Darman
George Mitchell
Maine
Thomas Foley
D-Wash
Senate Budget Committee
James Sasser
D-Tenn
Mitchell
Foley
Sheriff’s veteran lands 911 position in Franklin County
Brad Gilges, longtime sheriff’s office veteran and head of the Drug Enforcement Unit, was named director of Franklin County’s new joint dispatch center. Chosen from 36 applicants, he will oversee initial coordination of joint dispatch and eventual countywide 911 service. Gilges starts January 8 and will maintain DEU duties until ongoing investigations finish.
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Lori Alvarado
Franklin County Emergency Communications Center Board of
Brad Gilges
Gilges
Allen County Community College
Sheriff's Office
DEO
911 Communications Center
Ottawa
Randy Hinderliter
Wellsville
FCECS
Rex Bowling
DEU
Hinderliter
Drug Enforcement Unit
Prague amnesty frees about twenty thousand inmates
About 20,000 inmates and detainees begin leaving Czechoslovak prisons under a broad amnesty announced by New President Vaclav Havel. The measure aims to free roughly two thirds of prisoners and those awaiting trial, excluding top Communists accused of abusing power.
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Czechoslovakia
Vaclav Havel
Justice Ministry
CTK
Dagmar Buresova
Prague Communist Party
Miroslav Stepan
City to count the homeless in 1990 census effort
The 1990 census aims to better count homeless residents, hiring some from the community and sending officials to parks and alleys. Los Angeles plans shelters interviews, and uses local lists to guide census takers on March 20 and 21, facing trust barriers and safety concerns on Skid Row.
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Upshur
Los Angeles Mission
Census Bureau
Los Angeles
Congress
Cedric Hinson
John Reeder
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Jennifer Chapman
Cameron Sell
Franklin County Day Care Center
Steve Zuk
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