Capybara Fatlip Returns to Dreher Park Zoo
In West Palm Beach the 130 pound capybara Fatlip slipped back into Dreher Park Zoo through a fence hole used in its earlier escape. Vet and zookeeper officials say capybaras are secure, noting Fatlip’s disappearance followed an escape on May 10 when the animal swam under a fence and exited through a vandalized gap.
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West Palm Beach
Fla
Sgmata Femdom
Palm Beach County
Dreher Park Zoo
Sally Lieb
Fatlip
Capybara Pen
Daredevil To Try Niagara Again
Dave Munday, who survived a 1985 Niagara barrel plunge, failed a second descent when his foam padded barrel snagged on a rock shelf a foot from the edge at Horseshoe Falls. He plans another attempt after paying the implied fine, saying fate may have saved him.
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Nagara Falls
Ontario
Niagara Falls
Dave Munday
Munday
Niagara River
Local Obituaries list for Roosevelt Chavous to Roseborough
Death notices list Roosevelt Chavous Emma E Curry James E Dowd Eva B Gardner Louie Mitchell and B A Roseborough with details referenced on Page 5A for full notices.
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Roosevelt Chavous
Blackville
Emma E. Curry
North Augusta
James E. Dowd
Eva B. Gardner
Aiken
Louie Mitchell
Barnwell
B.A. Roseborough
Williston
Deficit rise prompts alarm on Gramm-Rudman cuts
The Bush administration said the fiscal 1991 deficit reached 148.4 billion dollars, 64 billion higher than six months earlier, triggering a potential 84.4 billion in across the board cuts to meet the Gramm-Rudman target and possibly forcing major reductions next year. The mid-session review outlines revised forecasts and budget parameters for talks with Congress.
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Washington
Gramm-Rudman
White House
Bush
Congress
Complex Would Aid Consolidation
Energy Secretary James D. Watkins outlines options for modernizing the U S nuclear weapons complex in a letter to Senator Sam Nunn. The plan includes modernizing existing facilities, consolidating sites such as Rocky Flats and transferring work to the private sector, with a final decision delayed until the environmental impact statement due in 1994.
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Savannah River
Sam Nunn
Senate Armed Services Committee
Energy
James D. Watkins
Rocky Flats
Pantexa
Y-12
SRS
Watkins
DOE
U.S
Rain May Be Too Late To Save Crops In South Carolina
Drought lingered as farmers report limited relief from a weekend of thunderstorms. Rainfall ranged from about half an inch in Orangeburg to over two inches in other areas, but experts say the wet spell cannot compensate for a 5.8 inch precipitation deficit this year.
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South Carolina
State Forestry Commission
Orangeburg
Forestry Commission
Rhett Bickley
Simpsonville
Grady Jones
Upstate
Group Seeks Electoral College Reform Across States
The Electoral Fairness Project led by Democrat Skip Roberts pushes states to abandon winner take all voting. The plan mirrors Maine 1969 by awarding one electoral vote per House district and two for statewide win, aiming to reduce GOP dominance in the South and Midwest.
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Washington
Electoral Fairness Project
Linda Tarr-Whelan
U.S. House
Fairness Project
Maine
Presi
Skip Roberts
GOP
South
Midwest
Ethnic clashes injure at least thirty in Kirghizia turmoil
Tass reports weekend fighting between Kirghiz and Uzbeks in Kirghizia left at least 30 injured. Osh Uzgen and nearby villages saw crowds defying a ban amid renewed clashes as authorities patrol with armored units. The unrest stems from June clashes over land and housing shortages amid high unemployment.
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Moscow
Kirghiia
Tass
Tahyosh
Ane
Richie Leibier
Sule Vicor Condon Ve Saii
Osh
Uzgen
Goncharov
Kirghizia
Communist Party
Gorbachev Opens Soviet Airwaves to Competing Voices
Gorbachev decreed ending the Communist Party’s broadcasting monopoly allowing other groups access to radio and television. The move follows growing criticism, a mass Kremlin demonstration in rain, and comes after the Supreme Soviet passed a press freedom law.
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Moscow
Mikhail S. Gorbachev
Communist Party
Kremlin
Gorbachev
Supreme Soviet
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