Albright links US policy to global family planning
Secretary of State Madeleine Albright warned on Capitol Hill that successful US foreign policy hinges on global family planning. She pressed for a higher State Department budget and for the release of 215 million dollars in family planning funds embargoed until July 1997, with distributions set to begin March 1. The US still bans using foreign aid for abortion services.
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Madeleine Albright
Albright
Capitol Hill
House International Relations Committee
State Department
Congress
Clinton
United States
Akron Beacon Journal
Clinton move to open Cuban bureaus could nudge democracy
The Clinton administration allows ten US news organizations to set up Havana bureaus, led by CNN and Chicago Tribune. The plan aims to increase information flow and loosen Castro's information monopoly, potentially easing embargo pressure and isolation if journalists can work with limited interference.
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Cuba
Clinton
CLA
Fidel Castro
Chicago Tribune
Castro
CNN
Havana
U.S
Aiken Standard Contact and Delivery Information
The Aiken Standard lists location at 326 Butland Drive and mailing address P O Box 456, 29802 Aiken. Office hours are 8 30 a m to 5 30 p m Monday through Friday. Subscriptions and delivery problems call 649 5315 with service hours 5 30 p m to 7 30 p m weekdays and 7 a m to 11 a m weekends. Switchboard 648 2311 fax 648 6052 story ideas contact 648 2911 Publisher’s number 648 2311 for Scott B Hunter who is reachable at the switchboard.
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Butland Drive
P.O
Aiken
Aiken Standard
Scott B. Hunter
Washington portrait on dollar bill should stay
The Mount Vernon Ladies Association argues Washington's portrait belong on the dollar bill to honor his leadership and legacy. They warn that replacing it with a coin or state scenes would dull national memory, urging Americans to defend tradition on Presidents Day and in schools and public spaces.
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Mount Vernon
George Washington
Washington
Congress
Gilbert Stuart
Continental Army
Adams
France
Potomac
Robert E. Lee IV
ClintonCare and Gramm’s tax plan collide over health reform
The piece argues Clinton's KiddieCare risks national bankruptcy, claiming most uninsured lack poverty, many are mobile and insured in six months. It endorses Phil Gramm's premium deductibility for middle class families to incentivize private coverage, predicting broader entitlements and rising costs.
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New Mexico
Arizona
California
Texas
Louisiana
RicieCare
Clinton
Sen
Phil Gramm
Congress
KiddieCare
Europe
Aiken infant mortality program gains national notice
Aiken County 120 member Growing into Life volunteers cut infant mortality from 12.8 to 8.4 per 1000 births between 1990-96 and 1996 saw no sudden infant deaths. Initiatives include hospital collaboration, 24 hour Medicaid pregnancy care, prenatal ID cards, and pre natal clinics run by public safety staff. The project is named a 1996 Model That Works and will help shape Disney Celebration City in Florida.
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Aiken County
Aiken
Fla
Disney World
Osceola County
Sunshine State
Barbara Morgan
Odell Weeks
Smith-Hazel
Karen Papouchado
Barbara Strack
Bureau of Primary Health Care
Florida
San Bernardino
Calif
St. Louis
Chicago
Kansas
Iowa
Nebraska
Growing Into Life Coalition
South Carolina
United States
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