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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1996
Page
2
Newsmakers report Katie Couric recalls a rough first day on NBCs Today show five months pregnant with a bad cold and a bloody nose. She marks her fifth anniversary as co-anchor and says the journey has been a wild ride toward her dream job.
The U N Security Council demands release of remaining prisoners of war by Bosnia parties. The Contact Group led by the United States Russia Britain France Germany and Italy warned of sanctions and a halted reconstruction meeting if prisoners are not freed. Officials estimate 88 to 90 prisoners still held by Bosnian Muslim Croat and Serb forces.
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South Korea activates heightened military alert and boosts border patrols in response to North Korea's move to end joint control of the demilitarized zone. The Defense Ministry says radar surveillance and spy flights will increase, with U.S. concurrence being sought though not confirmed.
LITTLE ECK Ark. Former banker David Hale, key witness in the Whitewater case, admits lying to federal regulators to avoid jail but says he conspired with James McDougal and Jim Guy Tucker. Hale testified that he lied to the FBI but contends the involved parties schemed on nearly 3 million in loans from Capital Management Services and Madison Guaranty. Testimony continues amid cross examination highlighting Hale’s loans and ties to Madison and the McDougals.
Two Mexican men beaten by Riverside County sheriff deputies during an 80 mile high speed chase filed a claim seeking more than 10 million dollars against the county. Enrique Funes Flores seeks 10 million and Santiago Garcia Pedroza 10 thousand for alleged baton beating and a ground throw. Deputies Tracy Watson and Kurtis Franklin were suspended with pay during investigations. A protest outside the Los Angeles federal building drew about 400 people led by Cardinal Roger Mahony.
In Dubrovnik a temporary morgue holds 16 of the 35 victims as American experts join to investigate why the plane carrying Commerce Secretary Ron Brown and executives crashed near Cilipi Airport in a storm. Initial blame points to instrument failure. Foreign and U.S. officials plan Dover Air Force Base transfer after identification. Flags at half staff, solemn observances noted.
On a dirt road fringe of their wheat farm in Jordan Montana the Freemen met negotiators marking the first sign of progress in a 12 day standoff. Federal agents watched from a distance as a surveillance plane circled above. The meeting occurred after the Freemen first arrived with a white truck and a blue tarp while eight men, including a talkative Freeman, shook hands with the negotiators. The FBI has a direct line to the farm and the talks followed arrests of two leaders on March 25 with a third surrendering Saturday prior to the meeting.
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