Bush marks 100 days with bipartisan education and environment push
President Bush hosts a bipartisan lunch inviting all 685 members of Congress to celebrate his first 100 days. He highlights education and environment priorities with star teachers and young environmentalists while aides craft a public report card.
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Bush
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White House
House
Senate
Franklin Roosevelt
Karl Rove
Lyndon Johnson
Americas forge FTAA at summit in the Western Hemisphere
Summit of the Americas ends with 34 leaders endorsing a timetable to create the Free Trade Area of the Americas by 2005. The plan links $13 trillion economies, requires democracies only, and conditions membership on political stability. Haiti’s electoral issues draw rebuke as OAS aid is pledged.
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Quebec
Americas
Bush
FTAA
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Organization of American States
Tornado Hits Hoisington Kan Causing Fatality and Loss
A tornado ripped through Hoisington Kansas injuring 28 and killing 69 year old Gerald Tauscher who stayed above ground. The storm damaged 485 structures including Hoisington High School auditorium and local hospital. Emergency crews planned federal and state assistance as heavy rains added to the destruction.
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Huslington
Kan
Troy White
Jack
White
Wichita
Hoisington High School
Dairy Queen
Gerald Tauscher
Joyce
Delta pilots eye record pay under tentative four year deal
Delta air Lines pilots may become the industry’s highest paid after a tentative four year agreement with pay boosts of 24 to 34 percent through 2005 and 63 percent for Delta Express pilots, avoiding a strike weeks before 9,800 pilots staged action. The contract, reached after five days of talks with the National Mediation Board, also covers revenue, job security, and vacation benefits. ALPA officials said the deal was achieved without government intervention.
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Washington
Delta Air Lines
United Airlines
Delta
Air Line Pilots Association
Delta Express
National Mediation Board
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Disputed facts surround Peru mission plane downing
Relatives of American missionaries say the aircraft received landing clearance before Peruvian jets shot it down over the Amazon. The Peruvian account claims the plane did not identify itself. Missionaries Veronica Bowers and infant Charity were killed. Investigators review US involvement, flight plans, and intercept procedures as a CIA surveillance crew reportedly objected to the action. The single-engine Cessna 185 landed in the Amazon River near Huanta after the strike.
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Amazon River
Veronica “Roni” Bowers
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U S
Iquitos
Richmond Donaldson
Kevin Donaldson
Huanta
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