SINKING SADDAM
Scripps Howard reports that Saudi leaders and President Bush consider removing Saddam Hussein as Iraq's president. Options range from maintaining the U.N. blockade to using air power against Republican Guard units, but a ground assault is ruled out and timing may affect the November elections.
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Scripps Howard
Amman
Jordan
Saudi Arabia
Saddam Hussein
Iraq
George Bush
White House
CIA
Saddam
Bush
U.N
Republican Guard
Ashbrook Stops Bessemer City to Claim Quiz Bowl Title
Ashbrook High School won the 13th annual Quiz Bowl at the Gaston County Public Library, ending a stretch without a title since 1980. Bessemer City High School Gaston’s first all female team finished second. Ashbrook will represent Gaston and Lincoln counties at the regional March 21.
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Ashbrook High School
Ashbrook
Gaston County Public Library
Bessemer City
Laura Owensby
Nicole Whitlock
Elisha Mitschke
Shelly Strout
Bush proposes 5000 tax credit for first time homebuyers
The proposal aims to stimulate home sales by offering up to a 5000 tax credit for first time buyers in 1992 and 1993. Real estate professionals warn buyers not to rely on the credit for upfront funds and note details remain uncertain as Congress weighs the plan.
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Gastonia
Bush
National Association of Home Builders
Gaston Association of Realtors
Terry Wallace
Accu-Trol Business Services
John Bridgeman
Coldwell
Bridgeman & Associates
Congress
Wallace
Blair Carr
CPA
Found Money Dispute Sparks Police Case in Alexis
A father and son claim to have found $100,000 in cash from an estate move and report a $7,000 theft. Kenneth Hilton and William Jonas are accused of breaking and entering and larceny as officers probe how $7,000 became $20 bills. Morgan Jr. and officers seek the rightful owner.
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Alexis
Gaston
Tony Carl Morgan Jr
Jay Human
Kenneth Ray Hilton
William Bradley Jonas
Mariposa Road
Stanley
Hilton
Morgan
Jonas
Gazette Classifieds and Local Details Digest
Fragmentary reader notes from The Gazette include contact numbers for Gastonia Lincolnton Charlotte and Fox areas. Weather shows partly cloudy with 56 high and 37 low.
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Callas Gastonia
Lincolnton
Charlotte
Fox
Man Arrested Over Missing J D McDuffie Uniform
Gastonia police charged Jeffery Tobias Bennett with obtaining property under false pretenses after a man posed as the late J D McDuffie’s brother to acquire the driver’s uniform. Local shop owner Earl Hill reported buying the damaged memorabilia to return it to Mrs McDuffie.
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Gastonia
J.D. McDuffie
Jeffery Tobias Bennett
Grover
McDuffie
Skylar County
N.Y
Watkin
Earl Hill
East Wilkinson Boulevard
Hill
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