Victims of Cold War Tests Call for Compensation
House members pressed for apology and compensation for veterans and others subjected to government radiation, mustard gas, LSD and other tests. The debate accompanied an $8.6 billion quake aid package and ongoing budget-cut discussions.
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House
Edward J. Markey
D-Mass
Administrative Law and Governmental Relations Subcommittee
Los Angeles
Tim Penny
D-Minn
Pentagon
Penny
Discovery lifts off on first US Russian crewed shuttle mission
The Discovery launched at 7 10 a m EST on an eight day science flight carrying five Americans and cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev. It marks the first US Russian manned mission since Apollo Soyuz and the first time astronauts and cosmonauts fly together aboard one shuttle. Weather was favorable with a 46 degree launch temperature and a clear sky. The mission aims to foster joint space ventures and a planned shared space station by 2001 with up to ten shuttle flights to Mir.
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Fila
Discovery
U.S
Ery
Russia
Mir Space Station
June Lockhart
Kennedy Space Center
Lockhart
Los Angeles
Fla
Kenneth Reightler Jr
Johnson Space Lockhart Center
Houston
Gene Lockhart
Joey the Star
Joey Buttafuoco
Virgin Steel
Bobby
Joey
19 Children Found Living In Filth In Chicago Apartment
A drug raid on a two story West Side building uncovered 19 children in a four room apartment living in filth with a stray German shepherd. Investigators listed injuries and neglect while six adult relatives were charged with contributing to child neglect. two mothers were detained and one mother was hospitalized.
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Chicago
Olice
Fred Bosse
Patricia Warner
Maggie
Willie Harris
Clinton Health Plan Rebuffed by Major Business Group
The Business Roundtable backed the Cooper-Breaux plan as the starting point for reform. Leaders rejected the Clinton plan citing unfunded entitlements and government price controls, praising market-based reforms instead.
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Clinton
Hillary Rodham Clinton
White House
America
Clintons
Business Roundtable
Cooper-Breaux
Prudential Insurance Company
Robert Winters
John Ong
BF Goodrich
Ong
We Just Have to Do What’s Right
A brief quote captures a resolve to act with integrity. The speaker emphasizes moral duty and the need for decisive, principled action amid uncertainty.
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Kirkalev
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Ree
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Aiken
Rutland Drive
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S.C
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R-Minn
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