Marathon deficit talks at Andrews base raise stakes
Congress returns amid fierce debates over Gramm Rudman and energy taxes. Democrats push deeper Pentagon cuts while Republicans resist. Sununu likens bargaining to late game basketball as lawmakers race to avert $100 billion in automatic cuts.
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Congress
Los Angeles Times
Andrews Air Force Base
Maryland
Capitol Hill
White House
John H. Sununu
Sununu
Pentagon
GOP
Shafter plans annexation debate prompts caution
The Shafter Planning Commission reviewed a proposed annexation bounded by Seventh Standard Merced Scaroni and Highway 99. North Park residents seek mobile home approvals under new zoning as a joint plan with the city considers next steps, Sept. 17 meeting looms. Citizens raise questions on choice costs and regulations.
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Seventh Standard
Shafter
Merced
Scaroni
Highway 99
Shafter Planning Commission
North Park
Commission
Lawrence Tomasello
Planning Commission
Shafter Press
Support for Desert Shield troops prompts public plea
A public figure urges political leadership and personal support for U S forces in Saudi Arabia during Desert Shield. Citizens are asked to write letters of encouragement to servicemembers stationed away from home, with addresses provided for Army Air Force Marines and Navy personnel. The message emphasizes pride, sacrifice, and the need for steadfast national direction and public backing.
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Saudi Arabia
Saddam Hussein
George Bush
Hussein
Saudi
U.S
Fort Irwin
Mojave
APO
New York
FAO
PUSH tactics in race leadership split over time faced Nike boycott
The Los Angeles Times Syndicate piece notes shifting views within black leadership since the civil rights era. It highlights Operation PUSH founder Jesse Jackson and Tyrone Crider using boycotts to pressure employers, Nike in particular, to reveal organizational data and finances. Michael Jordan opposes the boycott, while Washington mayor Marion Barry eyes a council bid amid scandal. A Center for Media and Public Affairs survey shows media-quoted black leaders differ from general Black opinion.
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Martin Luther King Jr
NAACP
Jesse Jackson
al Capone
Nike Athletic Shoes
NIKE
PUSH
Tyrone Crider
Michael Jordan
Washington, D.C
Marion Berry
Carl Rowan
Barry
Rowan
Center For Media and Public Affairs
Urban League
SCLC
Operation Push
Congressional Black Caucus
National Conference of Black Mayors
Los Angeles Times Syndicate
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Supreme Court
Brown Vs. Board of Education
Sue Rohrbach
Carol Holsenbake
Paul Harvey News
Wasco Tribune
P.O. bin Y
Wasco
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Piriess
Reed Print Inc
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East Lerdo Highway
California
Frank W. Reed
Donald L. Reed
Mike Bledsoe
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