Mail bombs linked to racist group kill two and shock nation
The FBI linked a racist group to a string of mailed bombs that killed civil rights lawyer Robert Robinson and Judge Robert S. Vance. Authorities found a fourth NAACP office bomb and prepared memorial security with officials including Justice Kennedy and FBI Director Sessions.
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NAACP
Robert Robinson
Savannah
Robert S. Vance
Alabama
Jack
Mountain Brook
Ala
Vance
U.S
Supreme Court
Anthony M. Kennedy
7Th Circuit
William Sessions
Thornburgh
Sessions
Cities struggle as homeless and hungry rise nationwide
An Associated Press report summarizes a mayors’ survey showing emergency shelter requests rose 25 percent and emergency food requests climbed 19 percent in 1989. Mayors cite dramatic 1980s shifts with families and children bearing the brunt, as cities large and small report strain and unmet needs.
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Boston
Kay Flynn
America
Warsaw
Prague
Budapest
Flynn Saudi
Organization of
Zaphan Sue
New York
Los Angeles
Eharieatit
Baker regrets he may have misled about China trip
Secretary of State James Baker said he regrets possibly misleading the American public about a secret trip to Beijing by two high level Bush administration officials. Margaret Tutwiler stated Baker felt obligated to protect secrecy of a mission the president wished to be kept confidential.
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Washington
James Baker
China
Baker
Tau
Margaret D. Tutwiler
White House
North's Testimony Limited in Poindexter Case
A D C Judge Harold Greene ruled that Oliver L North's statements from his own trial cannot be used against John Poindexter unless they cover topics Poindexter did not address in his immunized 1987 Capitol Hill testimony. The decision tightens limits on prosecutorial use of North’s remarks and preserves Poindexter’s constitutional protections.
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Washington
Oliver L. North
John Poindexter
Congressional
Harold Greene
North
Poindexter
National Security
CIA
Capitol Hill
Greene
Kemp vows to fix IUD ethics review
Secretary Jack Kemp pledges rapid fixes after a GAO report faulted HUD for an extremely weak ethics review system. The GAO said HUD failed to ensure consultants filed financial disclosures and did not adequately review employee disclosures, noting long-standing gaps in the department’s oversight.
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Kemp
IUD
Washington
HUD
GAO
90 Tong
Vermonters reject incinerator bond amid health and cost fears
Twenty five Vermont communities voted down a 195 million bond to buy a trash incinerator left orphaned by Vicon Recovery Systems bankruptcy. Rutland area residents fear health risks and higher taxes as the plan failed 5014 to 2870 in a special election.
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Rutland
Vermont
Vicon Recovery Systems Inc
Butler, N.J
Rutland County Solid Waste District
Train truck collision kills 3 and injures 55
In Stockton California a collision between a truck carrying chocolate syrup and an Amtrak train left three dead and 55 injured. A Seattle passenger described the crash as like a nightmare with multiple impacts. Police investigate possible dense fog as a contributing factor. In Alaska, Redoubt Volcano eruptions subsided allowing travel to resume and ash risk to ease for holiday travelers.
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Can
Amtrak
John Bruno
Seattle
Rake Locke
Burke
Intonne Etas Patrol
Bob Whitmire
Anchorage
Alaska
Alaska Volcano Observatory
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Atlanta
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Dick Thornheme
11Th Circuit
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National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
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Jacksonville
Pia
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Alten Whitaker
The
Associated Press
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Tomenca
Ona
Sucuily Bavise Bren Scuwltyil
Lawrence Eagleburger
Beijing
Keirrip
Congress
Bush
Annanmen Square
Tiananmen Square
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Eagleburger
Wale
Stephen Solarz
Den.y
Asia
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Mita
Tautonia Pikes
Thy
Philadelphia
Joseph L. Melnick
Knight Rader
Tamarac
Gerald Olson
Bob
Olson
University Hospital
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Titan
Cape Canaveral
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Chicago
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