Trash Dump Clash Stuns Suburbs of Philadelphia
In Somerton NE Philadelphia about 50 residents blockaded five access routes to a designated dump behind George Washington High School. They protest a city plan to move strikebound city trash to 15 dumps, citing high odor and rats. Police kept barricades as workers sought new sites.
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Philadelphia
Somerton
Donald Kroger
George Washington High School
Edward Rife
Bud Atkinson
Atkinson
Delores Barbieri
Harry Perks
Klinghoffer Daughters Seek Extradition for Suspects
The Klinghoffer sisters Ilsa and Lisa vow to push for extradition of the Achille Lauro hijackers to the United States after six Palestinians were convicted in Genoa. Three fugitives, including alleged mastermind Mohammed Abbas, received maximum life terms. others got 30, 24, and 15 years. The U.S. embassy cautioned that Italy’s appeals process must finish before extradition.
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Leon Klinghoffer
Achille Lauro
United States
Ilsa Klinghoffer
Lisa
Genoa
Italy
Klinghoffer
Mohammed Abbas
U.S
Marilyn
Washington
State Department
Bernard Kalb
The
Kalb
Lisa Klinghoffer
Abbas
Palestinian guerrilla leader pushes ouster of Arafat for peace
Abu-Zaim also known as Col Atallah says he ordered fighters to halt extremist acts and prefers direct negotiations with Israel in concert with Jordan. He seeks to replace Arafat as PLO chairman, convene an Al Fatah congress, and elect a new PLO leadership while accusing Arafat of embezzlement and using funds for gifts and ransom.
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Yasser Arafat
Palestine Liberation Organization
Israel
Abu-Zaim
Atallah Atallah
Washington Times
Atallah
Jordan
PLO
al Fatah
Supreme Military Council
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Ara
Fat
Amman
Middle East
Beirut
European Middle East links seen in bombings, Italy says
Rome AP reports Italy's interior minister Oscar Luigi Scalfaro said investigations show collaboration between European and Middle Eastern terrorist groups, with attacks in Paris and Munich pointing to links. He cited Red Brigades seeking help from abroad and warns of NATO targets amid multiple bombings and arrests.
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France
West Germany
Italy
Oscar Luigi Scalfaro
Red Brigades
Scalfaro
Paris
Wholesale prices post largest half year drop since 1947
Wholesale prices fell at an annual 6.5 percent pace in the first half of 1986, the biggest half year decline since records began in 1947, while gasoline rose 2.9 percent and food prices were flat. The Fed cut its discount rate to 6.0 percent amid weak economy and low inflation signals. Analysts say price declines from oil shocks are over, but inflation remains unlikely soon.
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Washington
Labor Department
Federal Reserve Board
Fed
Allen Sinai
Shearson Lehman Bros
New York City
Kennedy space chief quits in shakeup at Cape Canaveral
Richard G. Smith, director of the Kennedy Space Center since 1979, will retire July 31 to become president and CEO of General Space Corporation of Pittsburgh. The move widens NASA's post Challenger shakeup after the Jan. 28 disaster.
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Pittsburgh
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Launch
Blue Cross appeals court ruling on hospital contracting
Blue Cross objects to a court ruling that affects hospital contracting and subscriber choices. Fred M. DeGrandis calls the decision a substantial victory protecting subscriber hospital choice. William Silverman says the ruling has mixed results and may affect premium savings and selective contracting.
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Lakewood Hospital
Appeals Court
Blue Cross
William Silverman
Franlin County
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