Ultimate Gas Price War Ends In Free Fuel Giveaway
In Sandoval Illinois Star Service and Huck's Convenience Store staged a price war that collapsed to free gas. Crowds lined up across Highway 50 as prices dropped from 71 cents to 50 cents and finally to free, drawing cheers from locals and drawing jeers from nearby stations. Managers reported booming sales and uncertain duration of the stunt.
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Ill
Star
Huck’s
Illinois
Leanna Spitler
Odin
Star Service and Petroleum Co
Jim Miller
U.S. Highway 50
Jody Nielsen
Huck
Tonya Anderson
Vernon
Charles Fletcher Jr
Centralia
Santa Claus
Leonard Morris
Clark
World Court condemns U.S. support for Contras in Nicaragua
The International Court of Justice at The Hague denounced U.S. backing for Contra rebels seeking to topple Nicaragua's Sandinista government as a violation of the UN Charter. It rejected Nicaragua's $375 million compensation claim but said the United States must make reparations. The 15 judges noted the court has no enforcement power but moral authority. The Sandinistas filed the case after a lengthy proceedings in which the U.S. boycotted most sessions.
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Associated Press
State Finance Council to consider 75 million certificate of indebtedness
Topeka Kansas AP The State Finance Council will be asked Monday to approve a 75 million certificate of indebtedness the second in three months to avert cash flow problems in the general revenue fund. Alden Shields says another 75 million is needed to cover the new 2.1 million official state airplane and to prevent tighter budgets as balance falls to 10 15 million by year end. The panel may also approve financing for the airplane and notes that income tax shortfalls have strained finances despite a 172 million sales tax increase passed by the 1986 Legislature.
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Kan
State Finance Council
State General Revenue Fund
Alden Shields
Shields
Finance Council
State General Fund
John Carlin
Safety First DPS Reviews Fireworks Rules
The Department of Public Safety reminds Ottawa residents that discharging or possessing fireworks is banned inside city limits. DPS deputy director G A Diamond notes adults or juveniles face confiscation and misdemeanor charges, with outside-city fireworks allowed only under county rules. Park safety and eye protection urged during Jaycees Chautauqua display and county displays, with precautions and warning about injuries.
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Ottawa
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DPS
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Kansas
Franklin County
Forest Park
AT&T Union Back On Job After Security Pact
Washington AP Families of 155,000 AT&T workers return to duties with job security guarantees and an 8 percent pay raise over three years. Rozanne Weissman of CWA called the tentative pact a major breakthrough for the telecom industry as the deal goes to a secret ratification vote, expected by August 4. Workers report for midnight shift.
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At&t
Rozanne Weissman
Communications Workers of America
Farm Exports Hit Bottom
Washington AP reports that in May the United States imported more farm goods than it exported for the first time in at least two decades, with agricultural imports at 2.2 billion and exports at 1.9 billion, creating a 348.7 million deficit as the trade gap widens despite lower oil prices and a weaker dollar. The Ottawa water plant logged 94 degrees for the 24 hour period ending Thursday at 6 p.m., with a 71 degree low, and county forecasts call for clear skies and temperatures in the mid 90s Saturday.
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United States
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U.S
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1997 Budget Approved Pressures Gramm-Rudman Targets
The near 1 trillion dollar fiscal 1997 budget passed by Congress may not cut deficits enough to avert Gramm-Rudman automatic cuts. It restrains military and domestic spending and aims to meet a 144 billion dollar deficit target with 1.4 billion to spare, but relies on optimistic growth and weak enforcement. Lawmakers call it phony yet approve it. Reagan aides critique it for shifting priorities and raising domestic spending while avoiding tax increases.
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Congress
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Silvio Conte
Massachusetts
House Appropriations Committee
Conte
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Speakes
Gramm-Rudman
Senate
Budget Committee
Peter Domenici
R-N.m
Domenici
Reagan
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