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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1996
Page
2
Malibu California AP reports Frank and Barbara Sinatra renewed their wedding vows on the 20th anniversary in a traditional Roman Catholic ceremony. Sinatra, age 80, predicted an encore performance and jokingly said they would do it again in another 20 years. Hollywood figures attended the ceremony.
Denzel Washington portrays a complex Gulf War tank commander turned investigator in Courage Under Fire. He drew on DA input, psychiatrists and alcoholics for inspiration and trained with troops amid maneuvers, tanks, and battle simulations. Tim Robbins wins Humanitas Prize for Dead Man Walking, acknowledging its humane message and urging industry compassion.
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Moscow authorities mobilized about 1,000 Interior Ministry troops and raised patrols after a bus blast shattered Friday morning rush hour for a second day. Eight of 28 injured were in serious condition as riot police pledged to pose armed presence on every bus trolley and metro car. President Yeltsin vowed tougher anti terrorism measures while officials blamed Chechen rebels or gangsters. Vice President Gore prepared to meet Yeltsin after leaving Washington.
In Belfast, more than 100,000 pro British Protestants marched through Catholic neighborhoods to mark 17th century battles after days of rioting over a parade. Police protected a Catholic community as bands and Orange Order members passed. Violence flared earlier with 121 civilians and 110 police hurt and 200 arrested. three officers were lightly wounded in north Belfast amid ongoing clashes.
International war crimes investigators in Bosnia found a mass grave at Cerska showing about 60 men in civilian clothes, some hands bound with wire and spent cartridges dated to 1994, suggesting mass execution after the fall of Srebrenica last July.
NASA delays the Atlantis flight to the Mir space station by about six weeks to replace two solid-fuel boosters and move the docking to mid September. American astronaut Shannon Lucid remains aboard Mir, with her planned return postponed from early August.
NASA engineers plan repairs on the space shuttle Columbia after a hot gas leak appeared in both booster rockets last month. Investigations point to a new adhesive and cleaning agent also used in Atlantis boosters, yet Columbia's O ring seals remained intact.
Washington tests attempt to calm a party rift over abortion policy as Bob Dole proposes new tolerance language to sit beside the anti abortion plank. He and Henry Hyde back the wording intended for the platform draft to be presented in San Diego.
An Air Force F-16 attempted an emergency landing north of Pensacola and slammed into a house, killing 4-year-old Sean Cannon and severely burning his mother Robbin Cannon. Capt. Frederik G. Hartwig ejected safely as the single engine failed. Firefighters and neighbors described the fiery crash and its aftermath.
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