Father arrives to claim Elian in US custody dispute
Juan Miguel Gonzalez appeared on US soil in Washington to claim his son Elian, the Cuban shipwreck survivor, after a four month international battle. He said he hopes to embrace his son and criticized US officials and Miami's Cuban community for exploiting the case while denouncing anti Castro elements. Protesters shouted as the father spoke, signaling a heated custody fight to come with Elian's Miami relatives.
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Washington
Juan Miguel Gonzalez
Elian
Gonzalez
Miami
United States
Lazaro Gonzalez
Orkin TV Ad Bugs Viewers with Lifelike Roach Promo
Atlanta based ad agency J Walter Thompson created a pest control campaign for Orkin featuring a realistic cockroach on screen. Viewers laughed and cried foul with some reports of disrupted sleep and even broken TVs. A Greensboro Maryland woman recalled waking neighbors to hunt the bug, only to realize it was advertising. A Tampa woman attempted to kill the roach during the spot.
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Atlanta
Orkin Company
Michael Louis
J. Walter Thompson
Greensboro
Orkin Pest Control
Tampa, Fla
Masters Changes Roil Augusta Course For 64th Championship
Augusta National opens the 64th Masters with changes to greens on Nos 10 12 13 16 and narrowed fairways on 9 and 10. Chairman Hootie Johnson defends ongoing greens rebuilding as part of agronomic plans. Prolific favorite Tiger Woods remains top contender as field faces altered layout.
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Augusta
Augusta National Golf Club
Ciger Woods
Augusta National
Hootie Johnson
Johnson
Will Nicholson
Masters crowds flood area golf courses in Augusta week
Houndslake Country Club reports 400 to 450 players daily during Masters week with corporate outings and out of town visitors filling the three nine hole courses. Employees start at 6 30 a m and work nonstop through the day as rounds are constantly booked.
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Augusta National
Aiken
Houndslake Country Club
Scott Bibling
Houndslake
Bibling
Gary Benner
Battle flag march reaches Columbia Statehouse route
Charleston Mayor Joseph P Riley Jr led about 150 marchers in the Get In Step trek toward the Statehouse as NAACP official Nelson Rivers denounced the Legislature over the Confederate flag dispute. Police escorted past flag supporters on US 176 while protesters urged action to remove the flag.
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Riley
Nelson Rivers
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
South Carolina
Rivers
Charleston
General Assembly
Columbia
US 176
Bank grant boosts Aiken education effort
United Way of Aiken County received a 60000 sustaining grant from Bank of America Foundation United Way of America Success by 6% to boost early childhood development for children from before birth to age six The grant supports Child Care by Choice and Read Out And Read programs and joins other community partners in helping 22 percent of local children ready for first grade
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United Way of
Aiken County
Bank of American Foundation
United Way of America
United Way
Sally Frostholm
Ms. Frostholm
Bank of America Foundation
Kenneth D
Lewis
Bank of America
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