Panel OKs New Cable Controls Amid Price Fears
A House subcommittee approved a bill to set new cost and competition standards for basic cable services amid voter concern over service quality and rising prices. The vote was by voice, with supporters hoping for passage this year and urging Bush to sign, while opponents push to allow telephone firms to compete.
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House
Congress
Jim Cooper
D-Tenn
House Energy and Commerce Telecommunications
Senate
Matthew Rinaldo
R-N.j
Subcommittee
Edward Markey
D-Mass
Bush
Commerce
Robert Mosbacher
Justice Department
Elvis Stamp Campaign Stirs Hope in Vermont Village
Nuran Geiger known as the Elvis Lady runs the Elvis Postage Stamp Campaign from Route 10 home, urging the US Postal Service to honor Elvis Presley with a commemorative stamp. A Postal Service official says there’s a good chance an Elvis stamp could come in the future. Nearby, Timber workers in McLeary Washington discuss displaced job signs as government plans to restrict logging to protect the northern spotted owl proceed, leaving loggers wary of impact on this small mill town.
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Nuran
Geiger
Postal Service
Elvis
Frank Thomas
Washington, D.C
Mccleaky
Wash
Waterhole Tavern No
Mandela snubbed by officials in Miami Beach arrival
Mandela endured a chilly welcome in Miami Beach as officials shunned him over his Castro stance. About 200 protesters gathered near his hotel while police mounted security at the convention center. He planned to address the AFSCME convention before heading to Detroit.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Nelson Mandela
Miami
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Mandela
Martin Luther King Jr
Atlanta
U.S
Gerald McEntee
American Federation of State
Doris Corcilini
Afscme
African National Congress
Detroit
Convention Center
Castro
Town Honors Shuttle Pilot This Week
In Orangeburg County town of Holly Hill residents praise native son Frank Culbertson Jr. as the space shuttle Atlantis flight approaches. Town Council proclaims Frank Culbertson Week with banners on State Street and Culbertson memorabilia in storefronts.
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Atlantis
Caroline Culbertson
Holly Hill
Frank Culbertson Jr
Orangeburg
Frank Culbertson
State Street
Culbertson
Ex-Model Testifies Barry Slapped Her and Used Drugs
RaSheeda Moore testified that Marion Barry slapped her to the floor after they smoked cocaine and crack, while she underlined his indifference as she nearly fainted. She described a long history of drug use, hosting 100+ encounters across 15 private homes, with Moore and Barry as lovers and Moore delivering cocaine to him at the mayor’s office. Moore also said Barry admitted addiction and talked of quitting as he sought spiritual life, amid an undercover sting that led to his arrest and ongoing trial. Barry, age 54, denies 10 misdemeanor cocaine charges, one misdemeanor cocaine conspiracy, and three felony counts of lying to a grand jury. Effi Barry attended the proceedings.
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Dallas
Vernon Savings & Loan
Don Sixon
Jim Wright
U.S
Joe Fish
Dixon
Vernon Savings and Loan
Vernon
Patrick G. King
Woody F. Lemons
Washington
Marion Barry
Rasheeda Moore
Moore
Barry
Restauri
Els
FBI
Effi
University Raises Its Student Tuition Press
The University of South Carolina trustees approved a budget raising tuition system wide by at least 4.6 percent for nearly all 40,000 students while faculty face loss of an 8 percent annual raise. Columbia residents pay $112 more, from $2,448 to $2,560, with out of state undergrads seeing a 15.4 percent jump to $6,400.
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University of South Carolina
USC
Arthur K. Smith
James B. Holderman
Smith
South Carolina
Aiken
Spartanburg
Coastal Carolina
Myrtle Beach
University
State Technical College System
Commission On Higher Education
USU
Democrats Propose Cuts to Benefit Programs at Budget Summit
At a budget summit, Democrats discuss reducing entitlement programs including Social Security in response to Bush tax stance. Negotiators, led by James Sasser, debate potential savings ranging from 6.7 to 10 billion while no agreements are reached.
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Washington
Bush
White House
Pete Domenici
R-N.m
Senate Budget Committee
James Sasser
D-Tenn
Riley Urges Relief For Survivors
Charleston mayor Joseph P. Riley Jr and Charlotte mayor Sue Myrick lead a national mayors effort to raise 138000 for a plane load of medical supplies tents and cats for Iran after a devastating earthquake that killed over 50000 and left 500000 homeless and 200000 injured.
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Charleston
United States
Iran
Joseph P. Riley Jr
Riley
Charlotte
N.C
Sue Myrick
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