Payback Plan For College Backers In Congress
Sieene tlee Gar linton pushes bipartisan plan to fund thousands of college students through public service. House Education and Labor Committee approves the bill by voice vote. Senate Labor and Human Resources panel backs it 14-3 with GOP support. Clinton says national service unites Americans and Congress. Kennedy supports, Kassebaum may offer substitute after July fourth recess. House Republicans seek to strip health and child care costs. Ford frames program as service not welfare.
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D-Mass
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William D. Ford
D-Mich
House Education and Labor
Navy Keeps Charleston in Closure Push Amid Revised Savings
Charleston faces pressure as the Navy informs the defense base closure commission that projected savings from closing shipyards in Charleston and Mare Island California rise to 2.4 billion over 20 years, up from 1.23 billion. Local shipyard advocate Tom Williams says the figures make it harder to spare Charleston, while leaders scramble to respond to updated Navy data.
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Maine
Beachland plans huge Myrtle Beach resort at closed Air Fort
Myrtle Beach unveils 400 million plan to convert the abandoned base into Legends Americ theme park hotels and a 27 hole golf course. Projections show 5,000 jobs and a 6,000 seat amphitheater as plans proceed with formal zoning review underway.
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Charleston yard case flawed by adjusted Navy data says official
Williams charged Charleston altered figures to argue military value and savings. Commission spokesman Tom Houston said data arrived late Tuesday and could still be supplemented. Panel must recommend base closures to President Clinton by July 1 and will begin final deliberations next week, with five shipyard closing scenarios in play and none proposing Charleston or Mare Island.
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Southern Baptists Rebuke Clinton Over Abortion And Gay Views
Southern Baptists at the Houston convention rejected a resolution demanding President Clinton repent on abortion and gay rights. A milder, nonbinding motion expressing disagreement with his policies was approved, while vocal critics argued the move risked partisanship. Immanuel Baptist Church’s status in Little Rock was defended amid unseating speculation.
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