Syria shelves peace meeting in Middle East talks
Damascus reports that Syria opposes a planned U S backed meeting of Middle East foreign ministers a Jordan accord could save it but only with Syria presence. Separate, Mexico and six U S pipeline firms near a $2 billion annual gas export project to the United States to ease energy shortages and help Mexico's debt.
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Damascus
Cyrus R. Vance
Jordan
Middle East
U.S
Egypt
Vance
Israel
Mexico City
United States
Sonny Bono marriage televised proposal discussed
NBC officials floated televising Sonny Bono and Suzie Coelho wedding planned for November but no decision made. The item notes Bono’s past divorce talk with Cher and potential TV coverage.
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Los Angeles
Sonny Bono
Cher
NBC
Sonny
Suzie Coelho
Texas adds nine animals to endangered list
Nine Texas animals were added to the endangered species list by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission, bringing the total to 46. The new listings include jaguarundi Mexican wolf gray wolf interior least tern speckled racer Harters water snake paddlefish bluntnose shiner and shovelnose sturgeon.
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Texas
Austin
Tex
Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission
Parks and Wildlife Department
Bill Brownlee
Wildcat strike spreads to 70,000 miners in several states
Coal miners in West Virginia Virginia Kentucky and Ohio join a wildcat walkout now involving District 31. Miners plan a Friday march on the White House to press for health and retirement fund relief while unions and operators clash over fund finances and legal remedies.
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Charleston
W.va
White House
United Mine Workers District 31
West Virginia
Virginia
Kentucky
Ohio
Cecil Roberts
District 17
UMW
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
BCOA
Health and Retirement Fund
Union
Coal Operators Association
Aks
Treasuries
Government will pay abortion costs when life at stake
The U S government will fund abortions only when the attending physician certifies the abortion is necessary to save the life of the mother or prevent serious harm. The rule applies to poor women via Medicaid, amid ongoing court and legislative battles over abortion rights and funding.
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Washington
Congress
Health, Education and Welfare
Joseph A. Califano Jr
U.S. District Court
John F. Dooling Jr
Brooklyn
Supreme Court
Dooling
Califano
National
Right To Life Committee
National Abortion Rights Action League
United States
Baptist minister pleads guilty to stealing rare books in Texas
Gilmer Texas minister Craig Lacy pleaded guilty to a theft charge after police found stacks of rare books and documents valued at about 75000 in his Upshur County home. He faced counts tied to multiple museums and libraries in Oklahoma and Texas.
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Gilmer
Tex
Craig Lacy
Lacy
Virgil Mulanax
Big Sandy Baptist Church
Upshur County
Dallas
Oklahoma
Texas
Marion County Sheriff's Office
Jefferson Historical Museum
Ambassador College Library
Big Sandy
FDA blasts Laetrile as hoax exploiting cancer victims
The FDA reports that Laetrile promoters prey on emotionally vulnerable cancer patients and families. In a 268 page Oklahoma filing the agency rejects proponents arguments and labels supporters as Charlatans while deeming the treatment unproven and unsafe. The commissioner cites lack of well controlled studies and warns against false cures.
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Washington
Food and Drug Administration
Oklahoma
FDA
Donald Kennedy
Kennedy
New Orleans Proposal Requires Carriage Horses to Wear Tags
New Orleans councilman Mike Early proposes tag worn by carriage horses in the French Quarter. The plan would require twice yearly state SPCA inspections to certify good health and prevent animal abuse. Carriage horses already wear diaper like devices on their hind quarters.
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New Orleans
Tragic double murder haunts grieving father in Prospect
Fred Beaudoin recalls the brutal killings of his wife Cheryl 29, and seven children ages 4 to 11, plus a friend, in their burned Prospect home. Foster brother Lorne Acquin, 27, charged with murders and arson, awaits grand jury action. Beaudoin describes sleepless nights and haunting memories as he considers rebuilding life after tragedy.
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Fred Beaudoin
Beaudoin
Cheryl
Beaudoins
Lorne Acquin
Frederick Beaudoin
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