Bidder pays $90,000 for Zsa Zsa's Rolls
LAS VEGAS The 1979 Rolls Royce Zsa Zsa Gabor drove during the Beverly Hills cop slapping incident sold for 90 000 dollars. Gabor, 72, watched as Leo Durran of Boston bid the car up at an auto sale. She had been convicted for slapping a Beverly Hills policeman and sentenced to 72 hours in jail for failing to complete community service.
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Las Vegas
Gabor
Leo Durran
Boston
Beverly Hills
NAACP Leaders Press Civil Rights Bill at Convention
NAACP executive director Benjamin L. Hooks frames the Civil Rights Act of 1990 as vital to emancipation and equal opportunity. He warns a vote for the bill is a path to progress, while a vote against it risks economic and social enslavement, as the group opens a five day meeting to push lobbying.
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Los Angeles
NAACP
U.S. Supreme Court
Benjamin L. Hooks
Hooks
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Bush
Weather helps Alaska firefighters
Scattered rain and cooler temperatures slowed 203 wildfires that burned over 400000 acres of timber. About 2100 firefighters remained on duty with no lives or homes lost. Fire crews from across the United States battled 43 major fires aided by 4 helicopters and 11 air tankers dropping retardant.
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Anchorage
Alaska
United States
Fungus May Save Trees From Gypsy Moth Caterpillars
Entomophaga maimaiga fungus is killing gypsy moth caterpillars in western Massachusetts and may curb defoliation nationwide. University of Massachusetts entomologist Joseph Elkinton notes the fungus is a newly recognized control agent, with up to 90 percent caterpillar loss in some areas. Major defoliation has been reported across several states this summer as officials study this natural infection.
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Amherst
Mass
Joseph Elkinton
University of Massachusetts
Elkinton
Connecticut
Vermont
New York
Massachusetts
Boston
Medford
Pacific
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Virginia
West Virginia
Maryland
Ohio
Michigan
U.S. Forest Service
Bush still opposes Soviet aid at summit
President Bush maintains a no aid stance toward the Soviet Union, backing only technical assistance and managers. Gorbachev seeks credits and food, while allies like Thatcher push caution, and Mulroney hints at broader Western support despite US opposition.
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Bush Bas
Gorbachev
Bush
White House
Marlin Fitawater
National Security
Brent Scowcroft
Scowcroft
United States
James A. Baker
Baker
ABC News
U.S
Thatcher
Kaifu
Japan
Houston Barbecue Feuds Highlight Bush Summit Feasts
The Houston Post notes rival barbecue houses feud over best taste as Luther’s Bar-B-Q donated food for Bush's 5,000 guest summit feast, while Goode Co. and Otto’s vie for top status. Otto’s drew favor from figures like Richard Haynes and Yasuo Hon, amid a citywide debate on which pitmaster truly rules Texas barbecue.
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Houston
Mikhail Gorbachev
Goode Co
Bar-B-Q
George Bush
Otto
Tanguy Libbrecht
Luther
Mike Jolley
Houston Magazine
Jim Woods
Astrodome
Woods
Bush
Barbara Bush
Marcus Sofka
Houston Post
Richard
Haynes
GOF
George Strake
Yasuo Hon
Bush Hosts Global Leaders at Texas Summit Event
Adorable pageantry in Houston features Margaret Thatcher, Toshiki Kaifu, and George Bush as hosts roll out cowboy Americana for a minor league diplomacy gala. Leaders from three capitalist nations attend amid barbecue, baroque entertainment, and 3.5 tons of brisket while journalists swarm and the city braces for the summit’s spotlight.
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Bush
Margaret Thatcher
Denis
Toshiki Kaifu
Texas
Houston
Charlie Pride
Brian Mulroney
Loretta Lynn
Britain
Japan
George Bush
Thatcher
Karla
Jacques Delors
European Commission
European Community
Minnie Pearl
Charley Pride
Gatlin Brothers
of the Grand Ole Opry
Canada and U S to discuss acid rain accord
The report notes Canada and the United States will begin talks on an acid rain agreement aligned with existing Clean Air Act limits. It cites Bush administration caution, Sununu skepticism on warming, and environmentalists criticizing policy while Mulroney seeks political support amid Quebec constitutional tensions.
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Canada
U.S
Ing
John Hair
National Wildlife Federation
Hang
Hair
Becker
Sierra Club
United States
Bush
Mulroney
Quebec
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Environmental Protection Agency
Wiliam Reilly
Reilly
John H. Sununu
Sununu
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