Bar Tender Wins Batmobile For Batman Opening
Patrick McLynn, a Virginia Commonwealth University student and bar tender, won the Batman Batmobile in a MTV prize promotion. The car had no motor and was used as a film prop. The prize includes 25000 for bat gas and the car’s stunt-driven status.
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Richmond
Harvey Wallbanger
Patrick McLynn
Virginia Commonwealth University
Gotham City
Greg Drebin
MTV
Drebin
McLynn
Police Bar Hippies At Solstice Celebration
Amesbury England police arrested at least 170 hippies who tried to enter Stonehenge grounds before dawn for the summer solstice. About 300 were warned on a highway near the site. 800 officers moved in and made arrests in Amesbury and near the monument. Stonehenge sits on Salisbury Plain about 80 miles southwest of London.
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England
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Wiltshire
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London
Weather outlook Partly cloudy with thunder chances
Partly cloudy skies forecast tonight with a 20 percent chance of thunderstorms and highs in the 70s. Tomorrow will be partly cloudy with a 40 percent thunderstorm chance and highs in the 90s. Details appear on Page 4A.
Deaths of Ellen A. Allen and others noted around region
Obituary notices list Ellen A. Allen Conway Thomas H. Bodie Ethel D. Ford Joe Kneece and Melton O. Woodward with death details referenced to Page 4A for full information.
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Ellen A. Allen
Conway
Thomas H. Bodie
New Ellenton
Ethel D. Ford
Keysville
Joe Kneece
Aiken Melton O. Woodward
Warrenville
Three Shanghai Men Executed for Train Fire
Shanghai authorities executed three men Xu Guoming Yan Xuerong and Bian Hanwu for setting a train on fire during protests. The killings followed a June 6 blaze that killed six and came after appeals were rejected. The executions marked the first since Beijing's military crackdown.
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Shanghai
United States
New Po
Beijing Daily
Xu Guoming
Yan Xuerong
Bian Hanwu
U S Moves to Block Chinese Development Loans
President Bush tightens pressure on China by seeking to block at least 1.4 billion in World Bank and development loans. The action aims to curb funding amid a crackdown on leaders of pro democracy protests and broad arrests.
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Bush
China
Congress
United States
World Bank
International Development Bank
U.S
Rts
Beijing
Commerce
Robert Mosbacher
James A. Baker III
Aiken County Council OKs Balanced Budget Plan B
Aiken County Council, Tuesday night, backed a balanced budget with no tax increases while acknowledging property reassessments will raise local taxes. Plan B totals 20 million with 4.5 mill rate after agency cuts, as councilors debate drug fighting priority.
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Aiken County
W. Scott Barnes
Council
Carrol H. Warner
Target 2000 education reform signed by South Carolina governor
Governor Carroll Campbell signed Target 2000 School Reform for the Next Decade as a follow up to the 1984 Education Improvement Act. The plan aims to reduce dropout rates, boost arts education, promote critical thinking, and give teachers more instructional flexibility.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Carroll Campbell
Esa
Campbell
Oil majors plan $250 million spill response network
Exxon and other large oil companies will spend 250 million over five years to build a nationwide spill response network capable of handling a Valdez-scale disaster anywhere on U.S. coasts. The plan is voluntary, drawing criticism from environmentalists and some lawmakers who seek federal mandates. Transportation Secretary Skinner also announced an earlier Alaska oil line safety inspection, while a Senate panel advanced spill prevention bills including tanker crew alcohol testing and expanded mariner records.
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Exxon Corp
Bush Administration
Alaska
U.S
Transportation
Samuel Skinner
Ted Stevens
Coast Guard
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