Builders rally to curb zoning costs driving home prices
Washington AP reports rising costs for new houses spurring a push by home builders to roll back zoning rules and regulations. They cite 64 so called unnecessary requirements and blame rising land costs and financing as major price drivers alongside codes and standards.
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Washington
United States
Florida Home Builders Association
Michael Sumichrast
National Association of Home Builders
Fighting in Beirut and Abroad Escalates Amid Cease Fire Claims
Beirut Radio reports heavy fighting east and south of Beirut as Syrian troops clash with Lebanese and Palestinian forces. Communications are down due to damaged power lines. Christians and leftist factions accuse each other of attacks while Damascus and Arafat's group tout cease fire plans and a proposed reconciliation commission.
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Radio Damascus
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al Fatah
Yasir Arafat
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Harrises Lose Appeal Over One Year Trial Delay
William and Emily Harris lose their bid to delay their trial for a year over pretrial publicity tied to Patricia Hearst. Superior Court Judge Mark Brandler denies the request while noting eight prior continuances and grants a one week delay to June 21. The Harrises and Hearst face 11 counts each of kidnapping, assault and robbery with potential life terms.
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UPI
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Emily Harris
William Harris
State Supreme Court
Miss Hearst
Minnesota Lumber Industry Peak in 1902 Output
The Minnesota lumber industry reached its apex in 1902 with an output of about 2 percent billion board feet.
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Minnesota
Poster Child Rodney Brown Tours Pentagon Buttons
UPI reports in Washington defense secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld shows a 124-button phone to Rodney Lynn Brown, six, the cystic fibrosis poster child from Noblesville Indiana. Rodney asks to speak with General George S. Brown and jokes about calling officials. The visit promotes CF awareness and fundraising.
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Washington
UPI
Donald H. Rumsfeld
Rodney Lynn Brown
Noblesville
Ind
Rumsfeld
Pentagon
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Rodney
George S. Brown
U.S
Harold Brown
Nicholas
General Brown
Knights of Medusa Oldest French wine society since 1690 Marseille
The Knights of Medusa, France's oldest wine tasting society, dates to 1690 and was founded in Marseille as a tribute to a mythical woman whose gaze turned onlookers to stone.
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The
Knights of Medusa
France
National Geographic Says
Marseille
Hair-raising bridge sacrifice yields 3NT success
In a three notrump deal East-West vulnerable with hearts led, the winning line hinges on an unusual play. If West holds the queen of diamonds you can make by leading the club queen on the second trick and returning a diamond from dummy, even as East might defend differently. The texture favors a bold, rule-bending sequence to secure the contract.
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West
East
Camden’s First Drive-In Theater Opens in 1933
In 1933 a motion picture drive-in theater began operating in Camden New Jersey marking the first such venue in its city and a pioneering step in American film exhibition.
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Camden, N.J
Ming Handscroll Gift to Krannert Museum by 1908 Class
The Class of 1908 at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign donates a Ming dynasty handscroll to the Krannert Art Museum adding to its Oriental collection. This gift follows earlier porcelains and four Ming and Ch’ing hanging scroll paintings. Prof Kiyohiko Munakata explains the handscroll is meant to be unrolled gradually to reveal the landscape.
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Urbana, Ill
Krannert Art Museum
University of Illinois At Urbana-Champaign
Kiyohiko Munakata
Uiuc Department of Art and Design
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