Big donors back conventions with subsidies for events
Washington reports that firms from ATS to General Motors contribute up to 1 million dollars each to Republican and Democratic host committees. Their support funds cocktail receptions dinners and transportation at the Philadelphia GOP gathering and the Los Angeles Democrat affair this year. Donors will be listed as primary partners and trustees in convention programs. The motive cited is to support democracy and offset event costs while courting officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
ATS
General Motors
Philadelphia
Los Angeles
Peace talks at Camp David resume after Sabbath ends
President Clinton and Israeli and Palestinian leaders push Mideast peace talks into higher gear after the Jewish Sabbath ends. Delegates tour Gettysburg Civil War battlefield in nearby Pennsylvania as informal meetings continue and pace picks up. White House spokesman PJ Crowley says Day Six will bring further intensification of discussions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sharmont, Md
Clinton
Mideast
Gettysburg
White House
Camp David
PJ. Crowley
U N troops free 222 peacekeepers in Sierra Leone rescue
UN troops rescued 222 Indian peacekeepers and 11 military observers trapped inside a Kailahun base as rebels fired on their convoy. The group faced heavy gunfire and muddy roads toward Daru while British helicopters airlifted observers to Freetown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freetown
Sierra Leone
U.N
Kailahun
Daru
Patrick Coker
Coker
Andrew Harrison
City to issue medical marijuana ID cards
District Attorney Terence Hallinan announced that medical marijuana users can obtain official city IDs entitling them to use cannabis. The program shields card-holders from local prosecution while federal law remains unchanged. Californians approved medical use in 1996, but legal disputes persist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uae
Uuciues Leen
Sier Probie
Terence Hallinan
Spears cancels sold out Red Rocks show in Denver
Britney Spears has canceled her July 26 sold out concert at Red Rocks Amphitheater due to a stage too large for the venue. Promoter Chuck Morris said efforts were made to prevent the cancellation as fans secured over 9,000 tickets in minutes. The Oops!… I Did It Again tour features a elaborate set and video, and represents one of the summer’s top tours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spears
Denver
Britney Spears
Red Rocks
Chuck Morris
Tornado kills nine at Alberta campsite near Pine Lake
A tornado ripped through Green Acres campground near Pine Lake Alberta killing nine people injuring more than 130 and forcing about 400 to spend the night in shelters. Divers searched wrecked trailers while police asked for military help as victims were rushed to Red Deer Calgary and Edmonton for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pine Lake
Alberta
Green Acres
Calgary
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Dan Doyle
Military
Red Deer
Edmonton
Cpl
Patrick Webb
Premier fulfills promise visits Blacksburg High School
Tasmania Premier Jim Bacon kept a pledge by visiting Blacksburg High School Friday. He spoke to about 30 students parents and staff about Tasmania during a trade mission that shifted from Charlotte N C to Texas. The visit stemmed from an April email from sophomore Katie Bell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blacksburg
Tasmania
Jim Bacon
Blacksburg High School
Bacon
Charlotte
N.C
Texas
Katie Bell
Katie
Cuban-Americans hold memorial flotilla near Havana
Dozens of Cuban-Americans aboard nine Key West boats memorialize 41 drowned Cubans near Cuba while praying for Elian Gonzalez. About 60 boaters sing the national anthem and flash mirrors toward Havana as a Coast Guard cutter warns them. Two Brothers to the Rescue planes fly overhead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Key West
Fla
Havana
Elian Gonzalez
Florida
Cuba
Ramon Saul Sanchez
Democracy Movement
Cuban Coast Guard
U.S. Coast Guard
Coast Guard
Brothers
Greenhouse aims to boost disease free shrimp seed in Bluffton
South Carolina researchers at the Waddell Mariculture Center in Bluffton plan a biosecure recirculating tank greenhouse to produce disease free shrimp seed. The project joins a regional network including Hawaii Oceanographic Center Arizona Texas A&M Mississippi and Tufts. Hopkins says the facility will enclose ponds to prevent bird borne viruses and hopes to start producing disease free seed by next season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluffton
Hopkins
Also Mentioned on This Page
Haley Barbour
Republican National Committee
Entertainment/People news
Clive Davis
Arista
Whitney Houston
Carlos Santana
Davis
Mariah Carey
New York Post
Carey
Columbia
Sony Music
Sony
Exhhubby
Tommy Mottola
Tommy
Crave
Rainbow
Bolton
Michael Bolton
Andrew Lloyd Webber
United Way
Re Singer
Massachusetts Bay
East Boston
Boston
Canada
Jean Chretien
Ottawa
Oliver Mahoney
Pickens
Pumpkintown
Hovie Keith
Ruth Keith
Pickens County
Mitchell Davis
State Highway Patrol
Dan Marsceau
Keith
Greenville Memorial Hospital
Clemson
Charleston
Clemson University Board of Trustees
Clemson Experimental Forest
State Budget and Control Board
South Carolina News
South Carolina
Ecuador
Meryl Broussard
US Agriculture Department
Broussard
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!