Public TV air sparks debate over Mapplethorpe exhibit
WGBH aired the X Portfolio ahead of the exhibit drawing national fire and a Cincinnati museum director’s arrest. Officials say coverage should let viewers decide, with both sides presented as federal funding for controversial art comes under scrutiny. Separately, a New Jersey grand jury declined to indict white officer Gary Spath in Phillip Pannell Jr.’s 1990 shooting, urging a new probe after autopsy concerns amid Teaneck riots.
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Jesse Helms
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Greek cargo ship in distress off Cape Cod during Bertha
The 593 foot Corazon with a 27 member crew was buffeted by 80 mph winds and 20 to 25 foot seas about 340 miles east southeast of Cape Cod. The bow was damaged and the midsection buckled as Coast Guard Petty Officer Lionel Bryant reported the danger of sinking.
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Soviets seek to launch rockets from U S soil
The Soviet Union has proposed launching Proton rockets from Cape Canaveral, Florida, marking a potential shift in space cooperation as Florida officials confirm the request to enter the commercial space market. Ed O Connor Jr. of Spaceport Florida Authority notes the bid aims to break into the private launch sector.
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Soviet Union
Florida
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
Ed O'Connor Jr
Spaceport Florida Authority
Pilot downed 17 drinks on eve of flight trial
MINNEAPOLIS A Northwest Airlines pilot and two crewmates face federal charges of flying while intoxicated after a waitress testified they drank 17 rum and Cokes the night before. The captain Norman Lyle Prouse reportedly collapsed in a bar and the trio, who had worked together less than a week, sought relief from a troubled cockpit relationship.
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Northwest Airlines
Norman Lyle Prouse
William Mauzy
Robert Kirchner
Kirchner
Prouse
Joseph Balzer
Balzer
Mauzy
Crews Fight 500000-Gallon Oil Spill at Galveston Texas
Booms held in oil spill near Galveston after a barge tanker collision left heavy oil along beaches and marshlands. Coast Guard planned a hearing on cause while officials eyed oil eating microbes. Bird deaths blamed as oil reached San Leon Texas City Bolivar Peninsula and Pelican Island.
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Rebels Free Prime Minister in Trinidad Crisis
Prime Minister A N R Robinson, wounded, was released by Jamaat al Muslimeen rebels who still hold 40 hostages in Port of Spain. Robinson was escorted from Red House to Camp Ogden and hospitalized, amid a stalled negotiation over amnesty and immunity. The coup and siege have raised fears of a bloody resolution as police and Defense Force resist concessions.
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Anthony Smart
Smart
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Lennox Phillip
Imam Yasin Abu Bakr
Abu Bakr
Nizam Ali
Mosquito spraying planned as EEE threat near Oneida Lake
Oswego and Onondaga Counties prepare to spray Dibrom 14 over Toad Harbor Swamp if tests confirm discovery of EEE in mosquitoes. Health officials warn residents to cover up outdoors while weather may delay Cicero Swamp spraying and Earth First! plans protest action.
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Rupert Collins
Toad Harbor Swamp
Collins
Cicero
Onondaga County
State Wildlife Area
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Martin Farrell
Farrell
Earth First
Toad Harbor
Andy Molloy
David Axelrod
Faith Schottenfeld
State Health Department
Axelrod
Cicero Swamp
House panel votes to end Stealth bomber production
The House Armed Services Committee voted to end production of the B-2 Stealth bomber and cut back the Star Wars anti missile program. The move, first by the panel to axe a major weapon, pits House plans against Senate priorities and federal deficits while prompting a conference over military funding.
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