Homeless group seizes five houses in three cities
Philadelphia Union of the Homeless organized seizures of five vacant houses in Philadelphia and Alexandria while Detroit leaders reported similar actions. Police intervened as officers moved to reclaim properties. Ronald Darreby said the group checked HUD inventories and discussed seizures with community leaders.
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Philadephia
2Vernment
Union of the Homeless
Philadelh i
Alexandria
Detroit
Sheraftadas
Ronald Darreby
Philadelphia Union
HUD
Teens Riot Over Hawthorne Principal Move
In Hawthorne California police in riot gear contain hundreds of students protesting the resignation and reassignment of Hawthorne High Principal Ken Crowe. Crowe, Black, accuses the district of failing to curb racial harassment. About 400 students from LeVAmger High School gathered, looted a store, and damaged cars during the march from Lomdale to Hawthorne High. Six teens arrested. one minor injury reported.
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Hawthorne
Cali
John Beerling
Hawthorne High School
Ken Crowe
Crowe
Ins
Levamger High School
Lawndale
Los Angeles
Families Question If MIAs Remain Captive In Laos
A black and white photograph claimed to show Air Force Captain James W. Grace held by North Vietnamese or Pathet Lao soldiers has been identified by Colorado State University forensic lab director Michael Charney as Grace. Grace has been missing since being shot down in Laos nearly 21 years ago, a case spotlighting tensions between his remarried wife Lillian Bickel and the Defense Department over the fate of MIAs and the Pentagon’s handling of information about missing servicemen.
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Air Force
James W. Grace
Laos
Michael Charney
Colorado State Unversity Forensic Science Laboratory
Grace
Lillian Bickel
Defense Department
Pentagon
Snowiest U S town plowed 40 foot fall in Valdez
Snowstorm records hit Valdez Alaska as the town endures a winter with more than 40 feet of snow. Residents and officials report ongoing plowing, shoveling and ball-dosed cleanup while airport operations cope with relentless storms. Local aviation personnel describe unprecedented accumulation and continued delays.
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Valdez
Ala
Schedner Neitre Pike
Associac Pretska
Resi
Soviet Elections Signal Democratic Shift Across Major Cities
In Moscow and Leningrad pro democracy groups may win outright control of local bodies, with runoff races in two weeks. Opposition candidates, including former political prisoners, eye majorities in the Russian Ukrainian and Byelorussian republic parliaments and district councils. Boris Yeltsin led in Sverdlovsk with over 80 percent, while Vitaly Voronnikov won in southern Russia. Sergei Kovalev, once jailed, secured a seat in the Russian Parliament.
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Moscow
Leningrad
Vasily S. Shakhnovsky
Hepate
Akwii Guidanes Fies
Boris N. Yeltsin
Vitaly 1. Voronnikov
Russia
Communist Party
Sergei A. Kovalev
Andrei D. Sakharov
Death penalty push framed by Manhattan trooper shooting exchange
Bragman voted for the death bill while Melvin Zimmer opposed it. Assembly debate cited a Monday shooting in Manhattan that killed a state trooper and wounded two drug cops as evidence for the need of capital punishment. Assemblyman Hikind warned the veto override would honor crime victims.
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Bragman
Melvin Zimmer
Assembly
Monda
Manhattan
Vincent Graber
D-Buffalo
Prosecution Considered in East Syracuse Explosion Case
Indictment centers on the Oct 4 1988 Domermuth Environmental Services blast at 700 Hartwell Ave East Syracuse. Keator died when a tanker exploded. company operates temporarily at 101 Greenway Ave Syracuse. Charges include second degree manslaughter criminally negligent homicide reckless endangerment and falsifying records amid environmental and zoning violations.
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Plochocki
Domermuth
Peverly
Attorney General’s
Leslie Gersing
Attorney General's Office
Gersing
Domermuth Environmental Services Co
Hartwell Ave
Syracuse
Keator
Greenway Ave
Cunningham
Domermuth Company
David Roth
Lance Wilson
Hoth
Wilson
Federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration
OSHA
David Boyce
Boyce
Hostage release forecast amid Lebanon crisis
In Nicosia the Cyprus Tehran newspaper said 1990 would end hostage captivity in Lebanon and that U S Iranian ties need not be tied to release. Tehran Times predicted Hafez Assad would visit Tehran soon after a ministerial trip, denying Rafsanjani brother Damascus visit tied to the affair. Syria remains Lebanon’s chief power broker with around 40,000 troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicosia
Cyprus
Tehran
Iran
Lebanon
Tehran Times
Hafez Assad
Farouk Al-Sharaa
Aso
Hashemi Rafsan
Lead poisoning debate grows on scope and costs
The Environmental Defense Fund argues low lead levels harm children and urges broader defintions and federal action. It cites 17 percent of under six with blood above 15 micrograms and higher risks in urban, low income populations. The group proposes funding via an excise tax and estimates 2 million older U.S. homes present an immediate hazard.
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Silbergeld
Housing and Urban Development Department
EDF
Silvergeld
Environmental Defense Fund
Sergio Piometti
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
New York City
Susan Solomon
New York State
Syracuse
CDC
Solomon
Onondaga County
County Health Department
Baldwinsville
Solvay
Kirkville
Minoa
Strathmore
Salt, Springs
Karen Florin
U.S
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Alton
New Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church
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Calvin
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System For Change
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Supreme Soviet
Mikhail
Gorbachev
Washington
House
Richard Geprarut
United States
Bush
America
Liberal Center For National Policy
Communist
Sverdlovsk
Assecates
Mario Cuomo
Occupational Safety and Health Administration Office
Richard Plochocki
Plechocki
Jordan Fiske
Grand
Cicero
George Beaulieu
Beaulieu
Blaze
Richard Galavotti
Melanie
Anthony
Jessica
Fiske
Syracuse University
Matthew Waaser
Waaser
Grand Jury
Shaw
Syracuse University Biological Research Laboratory
Syracuse Square
Federal
Centers For Disease Control
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