Lithuania Sees Soviet Show of Force Amid Coup Tension
Supreme Council deputies warn of possible Soviet military action to stop a coup as tanks roll near Vilnius. Citizens express cautious defiance while deserters seek shelter, and Landsbergis headlines a response to Gorbachev demands on volunteer forces and guns.
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Kazimieras Motieka
Lithuania
Tokyo
Leonid Kravchenko
Tass
Gorbachev
Arnie Taunyte
Rimas Cequelis
Landsbergis
Hungarians Prepare for First Free Elections in 43 Years
Hungary readies for today's first free parliamentary vote since 1947 with 7.8 million eligible voters. The ruling Socialists face weak support after the Communists rebranded, while East Berlin's vote looms in Eastern Europe’s democratic shift.
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Hungary
Europe
West Germany
East Germany
Czechoslovakia
Romania
Soviets face job losses in shift to market economy
Advisers to President Gorbachev work on a 17 point reform plan to move from central planning to a market system. They fear unemployment could surge and a broad welfare program may be needed as inflation looms from price liberalization. The transition aims to curb Soviet economic stagnation.
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Moscow
Mikhail S. Gorbachev
Gorbachev
Interfax
Radio Moscow
Poland
Believers link Marian apparitions to Communist fall
At a two day conference at Duquesne University believers connect Mary’s visions in Yugoslavia Ukraine and Korea to the collapse of Eastern European communism. They cite Medjugorje messages and growing pilgrim numbers as context for the claimed tie. The Catholic Church is studying the three recent apparitions.
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Pittsburgh
Yugoslavia
Europe
Jesus
Robert Lacher
Wexford
Duquesne University
Medjugorje
John O’keefe
Our Lady of Peace Ministries
Kenneth J. Roberts
Florissant
Hrushin
Ukraine
Chernobyl
Na Ju
South Korea
Roberts
Democrats back Moynihan tax cut plan at Indianapolis meeting
At the Democratic National Committee session in Indianapolis the party endorsed Sen. Moynihan's payroll tax cut idea while also setting rules for the 1992 campaign. The move comes amid disputes over campaign tactics and a push to present a tougher stance on the Bush administration.
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Indianapolis
Democratic Party
Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Bush
Gus Savage
D-Ill
Democratic National Committee
Congress
Moynihan
D-Ny
Ronald H. Brown
Brown
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Hungarian Democratic Forum
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