Reconciliation in Galilee: Elias Chacour's plea from Ibillin
Roving editor describes Father Elias Chacour in Ibillin Northwest Galilee. He leads a 550 student ecumenical school with 65 percent Muslim and 35 percent Christian pupils and seeks nonviolent justice for Palestinians while engaging Israeli authorities and Western Christians.
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John
Israel
West Bank
Elias Chacour
Paris
Hebrew University
Jerusalem
CIA warns Iran may strike U S ships in Persian Gulf
Washington CIA briefing to Congress cites high probability Iran could sponsor attacks on unprotected Kuwaiti tankers or Navy vessels in the Persian Gulf. Senators and representatives noted risk assessments differ, with Weinberger saying overall naval risk is low and debate over reflagging continues.
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Washington
CIA
Congress
Iran
U.S
Persian Gulf
Intelligence
House
Senate Armed Services Committees
Les Aspin
D-Wis
Pentagon
Kuwait
Navy
Gulf
Reagan
United States
Administration
Iraq
Stark
Defense
Caspar W. Weinberger
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Claiborne Pell
R.I
Ottawa teachers and board clash in mediation session
Negotiators from Ottawa Board of Education and Ottawa teachers remained in a closed hearing with FMCS mediator Carl Walmark from Kansas City. The talks started at 8:30 a.m. and included separate and group sessions as they seek solutions to contract disputes, especially salaries. The parties had declared themselves at impasse on June 1 after failing to reach terms.
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Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Carl Walmark
Kansas City
Walmark
Ottawa Board of Education
Ottawa Education
Democrats Unveil 1 Trillion Budget Amid Tax Veto Threat
Democrats unite behind a 1988 budget totaling about 1 trillion dollars, seeking to realign Reagan era priorities without tax increases. The plan would restrain military spending, avoid Gramm Rudman cuts, and include roughly 19.3 billion in new taxes if lawmakers approve, with defense funds near current levels.
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Washington
Reagan
House
Senate
Gramm-Rudman
House Senate
Pentagon
First white settlers arrive in Franklin County in 1837
County Historical Society notes June 18, 1837 marked the moment Rev Jotham Meeker Eleanor Meeker and two Indian helpers first camped by the Marais des Cygnes River, unloading wagons into a rough cabin. Their arrival is framed as the birth of Franklin County history, a wilderness era before organization and statehood.
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John Mark Lambertson
County Historial Society
Marais Des Cygnes
Ottawa
Jotham
Eleanor Meeker
Franklin County
Kansas
The Meekers of Franklin's Past Prairie Life
The Meekers tended a rugged Kansas landscape where tall grasses and woodlands hosted diverse wildlife. They aided displaced Indians, especially Ottawas, with physical, spiritual, and educational care while preparing them for white rule and guarding against exploitation.
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Meekers
Kansas
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Abraham
Chacour
Palestine
Chicago
U. S
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Here
CIA Gulf
Franklin
Eleanor
Jotham Meeker
Maria Meeker Simpson
Emma Meeker Byram
Eliza Meeker Keith
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