Legislator and teachers object to Thompson tax petition
A Democratic legislator and the Illinois Education Association filed a formal objection with the Illinois Board of Elections claiming 26 000 signatures on Gov Thompson’s tax lid petitions are fraudulent. They allege forged signatures unqualified signatories and notaries. The board must rule by Sept 7 with a public hearing set for Wednesday at the Capitol in Springfield.
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Chicago
James R. Thompson
Illinois Board of Elections
David L. Robinson
Springfield
Illinois Education Association
Thompson
Robinson
Passengers Cleared in Trans World Hijack Hoax
Police said all 89 aboard a Trans World Airlines flight from New York were not detained after a hoax bomb threat delivered by someone on board. Investigators found a wig glasses false mustache and a letter in a toilet. The seven hour delay ended with no one charged.
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Geneva
Trans World Airlines
New York
Nicaraguan Church Calls for Somoza Resignation
The Roman Catholic Church in Nicaragua urges President Anastasio Somoza Debayle to resign to end ongoing violence. Bishops, once cautious, adopt tougher positions as anti-Somoza momentum grows and the church attempts to bridge opposition and regime strains. Archbishop Obando y Bravo helps negotiate with leftist guerrillas, mediates with government, and arranges a deal with rebels.
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New York Times
Managua
Nicaragua
Anastasio Somoza Debayle
Central American
Republic
Sonnoza
Tional
Somoza
Miguel Obando Ey Bravo
Obando Ey Bravo
Panama
Auction to liquidate Alyeska North Slope gear at Moses Lake
Moses Lake Washington hosts Aug 28 29 auction by Alyeska Pipeline Service Co selling 750 pieces from the 800 mile North Slope project. The sale, billed as the world’s largest garage sale, offers equipment formerly used on the pipeline amid irrigation project surroundings.
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New York Times
Moses Lake
Wash
Columbia Basin
Alyeska Pipeline Service Co
North Slope
Million-dollar garage sale cleans out giant pipeline stock
The $35 million garage sale part of a $400 million inventory slated for sale by year end. Gear arrives at Moses Lake Washington by railcar and truckloads and is cleaned appraised overhauled and painted by Morrison Kindsam Company of Boise. An 80 acre apron at former Larsen Air Force Base hosts tractors hydraulic backhoes rock hauling trucks generators welding machines front end loaders excavators trains and more. Hundreds of curiosity seekers attend with up to 4000 potential buyers from construction logging farming and camping interests.
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Moses Lake
Washington
Morrison Kindsam Company
Boise, Idaho
Ing
Larsen Air Force Base
Strategic Air Command
Congressional panel backs limits on police search of media offices
The House Government Operations Committee urged legislation to curb police search warrants aimed at third parties including news media after the Supreme Court ruling that the First Amendment offers no special protection for press offices. It urged applying safeguards to both state and federal procedures to protect privacy for all citizens.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Palo Alto
Calif
Stanford Daily
House Government Operations Committee
High Court
Government Operations Committee
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