World military shakeup in Afghanistan sparks concern
ISLAMABAD Pakistan Afghan rebels assassinated a Soviet officer in one ambush and attacked government troops in another. Western sources report the Afghan government has removed the army chief of staff and appointed a new deputy defense minister, with shifts in at least three key posts signaling growing concern over army performance against Islamist insurgents.
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Philippines Sinking Kills Over 100 People feared
In the southern Philippines a crowded motor launch capsized with more than 50 other passengers missing. Gen. Delfin Castro reported 53 bodies recovered and buried in Dibutu, as searchers race to find additional victims in the multi island province of Tawi-Tawi.
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Weather Outlook With Rain, Snow Flurries Across Regions
National forecasts call for rain in the Southeast and Northwest on Wednesday, with flurries in the Great Lakes. Most of the West remains clear. Tonight will be mostly cloudy with scattered northern flurries, Wednesday partly cloudy with more flurries north. Temperatures: highs in the mid 30s to mid 40s, lows in the 20s to 30s. Winds shift from 15-25 knots tonight to 10-20 knots Wednesday.
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Winter storm shifts from arctic chill to Gulf rain
Dense fog blankets the lower Mississippi Valley as arctic lows ease. Warm Gulf air brings rain from northern Florida to the Ohio Valley while freezing rain moves toward the mid Atlantic later. A winter storm warning covers West Virginia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia and North Carolina. Temperatures linger in the teens and 20s over the Great Lakes and New England with a slight drop in Maine.
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Cleveland custodians end talks as schools stay open
Cleveland officials and the Unity Committee that includes custodial and other non teaching staff halted negotiations after a 90 minute session. Superintendent Frederick D. Holliday warned of a contingency plan to keep schools open if custodians do not report. Federal mediator Buettner will continue private talks. The PA Daily Lottery listed 2-0-7.
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Jack F. Buettner
Salvadoran rebels report death of American comrade in struggle
Radio Venceremos says a North American internationalist, named Comrade Carroll, was fatally hurt in El Salvador during clashes with U S backed forces in the northeast last August. The broadcast notes Carroll left a wife and 12 year old daughter in New Orleans to join the rebel cause. An army drive pressed rebel strongholds in Usulutan, while about 2000 protesters marched to the U S Embassy in Mexico City opposing aid to El Salvador.
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New Orleans
Picasso painting stolen again from Sands Point home
SANDS POINT NY AP reports Pablo Picasso's La Dame a la Toilette, valued at 1.25 million, was stolen from garment maker James Howley and fashion designer Tina Leser. The work had been recovered in 1982 by undercover police and reported missing January 14 after the couple kept the house locked.
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Long Island
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Boy 7 Faces Shoplifting Charge At Wal Mart
In Smyrna Tennessee a seven year old boy named Roger Jarrell is charged with shoplifting padlock keys after shopping with his mother. Wal Mart says it is not their policy to prosecute small children and prefers turning them over to cooperative parents while headquarters questions the line between policy and responsibility. A juvenile petition was sworn January 4 and served on him Saturday with a Feb. 8 juvenile court hearing scheduled.
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Cambridge
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Bishop Bernard Law to lead Boston archdiocese
Pope John Paul II named Bishop Bernard F. Law to head Boston's 2 million Catholics after the death of Cardinal Humberto Medeiros. Law, 52, previously led Missouri's Springfield Cape Girardeau diocese and is noted for ecumenical work and civil rights activity.
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University of Illinois loses directory data in computer mix up
A university computer erased 6,000 phone numbers, names and addresses from a directory tape at the University of Illinois Champaign. The mishap left 6,000 blanks until the error was found after the directory was printed. University official John McManus cited the incident as a costly digression in administrative information systems.
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World Airways chairman Ed Daly dies at 61
World Airways chairman Edward J. Daly, a feisty ex boxer who built a shoestring airline into a no frills challenger to the giants, died at age 61. Daly died Saturday at his Orinda home after a long illness and was cremated after private services.
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Winning Ohio numbers from The Number and Pick 4
The Ohio Lottery reported The Number drawing 957 for Monday night and Pick 4 5090 for Monday through Friday. Earnings from the daily game reached 749,902 on sales of 997,618 with 247,716 to winning tickets. Pick 4 sales totaled 149,196.50 with 45 percent to holders. A $1 straight won 13,656 and a $1 boxed won 1,138.
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Davis-Besse to resume generating power this week
Davis-Besse nuclear plant near Port Clinton will resume electricity generation by mid week after reheating. The plant shut down January 8 during turbine condenser repairs on the non nuclear side. NRC allowed restart without completing repairs on an inoperable containment area fan due to missing parts and next maintenance window.
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Kohl visits Israel as West German chancellor
West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl arrives in Tel Aviv for his first visit in 11 years. Police arrest a Betar member attempting to pull down flags outside Shamir’s office amid anti-German protests. Police remove signs showing yellow badges once forced on Jews. Formal airport welcome planned with a 21 gun salute, but protests persist.
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Yitzhak Shamir
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Shamir
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Soviet obituary praises Weissmuller Tarzan films
A Soviet labor union paper Trad publishes a glowingly praising obituary for Johnny Weissmuller who died Friday in Acapulco at 79. It notes his 18 Tarzan films won wide popularity in the USSR especially in the 1950s with Soviets forming lines to view the pictures and naming dogs Tarzan.
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Medal of Honor plates honor World War II and Vietnam heroes
Ceremony at the California state Capitol awarded license plates bearing Medal of Honor designations to 30 recipients including Jimmy Doolittle’s era and Vietnam veterans. Age ranges from 35 to 96, with plates numbered by seniority. Boyington was absent. Also includes Paris Opera tribute to Martha Graham and Rudolf Nureyev with high society attendance. Prince Edward returns to class after glandular fever at Cambridge.
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