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...native of nearby Glencoe, Dann was suspected by authorities in a 1986 ice- % pick attack on her estranged husband, although she was never charged. The FBI wanted to question her about making threatening telephone calls, and in March she had been picked up in Madison, Wis., for shoplifting. On Friday morning Dann delivered poisoned food to several homes and college fraternities. She then set fire to a house where she had worked as a baby- sitter, temporarily trapping her former employer and two children in the basement (they escaped by smashing a window). Dann drove six blocks to the school...
Evans' findings are based on the release in 1986 of a series of research balloons at Alert, Canada, near the North Pole. Scientific instruments aboard the craft detected a significant loss of ozone between January and March of that year. Unlike the Antarctic ozone hole, however, the Arctic crater formed only patchily in 1987 and scarcely appeared at all in 1988. For now, Evans' colleagues have reserved judgment about his discovery until further studies of the Arctic atmosphere can be made...
When the Moscow session was scheduled last March, there were hopes the two leaders might be able to sign a groundbreaking treaty on long-range weapons. But the Strategic Arms Reduction Talks in Geneva have proved so complex that a treaty anytime soon is considered unlikely. The remaining points of disagreement include establishing verifiable limits on air- and sea-launched cruise missiles, placing mutual restrictions on deployment of mobile missiles and, of course, working out an acceptable link between START and Reagan's cherished Strategic Defense Initiative. The START treaty is about 90% complete, but as TIME Washington Bureau Chief...
...first glance, last week's Government trade report looked like welcome economic news. The trade deficit suddenly narrowed to $9.7 billion in March, a 30% drop from February's $13.8 billion level and a far better performance than even the most hopeful economists had projected. After months of frustrating setbacks, the trade deficit was finally coming down sharply, and it appeared that the U.S. was making progress in solving one of its most pressing economic problems...
...economists and investors always seem to search for clouds in even the sunniest skies. They noted that exports in March rose 23%, to a monthly record of $29 billion, and that imports went up as well, by 3.5%, to $38.7 billion. Some economists would have preferred to see a more moderate rise in exports, combined with a reduction in imports. Reason: large increases in both categories may indicate that the economy is in danger of overheating. Already, factories are operating at an average of 82.7% of capacity, the highest level in eight years. In many industries, plants are reaching their...