Global Briefs Highlight Security Talks and Political Upheaval
Japanese cabinet ministers met in Phnom Penh with the USN head to press for stronger security for peacekeepers amid rising violence. U S congressional leaders call for retaliation if Iraq is found behind an attack on Bush. the White House says investigators are probing the Kuwait plot. Japan and Norway push to resume commercial whaling while envoys urge caution. Paraguayan presidential race shows Wasmosy in early lead after polls close. Packwood ethics case tests election integrity amid Oregon disqualification debates. Yeltsin faces protests on Red Square as confidence rises despite May Day clashes.
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Japan
Phnom Penh
Cambodia
USN
U.N
Yasushi Akash
Keijiro Murata
Iraq
United States
Saddam Hussein
Bush
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Lee Hamilton
D-Ind
NBC
Meet the Press
Richard Lugar
Rind
Bush White House
Kuwait
Kyoto
International Whaling Commission
Cpe
Norway
Retrial Of Miami Officer Opens In Orlando
The Miami police officer William Lozano faces trial in Orlando after moves among Miami Tallahassee and Orlando seeking an impartial jury. Lozano known for a 1989 self defense shooting that killed two motorcyclists sparked three days of rioting and $1 million in damage. Jury secrecy and heightened security accompany the proceedings as cameras are barred and juror anonymity is protected.
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Miami
Orlando
Fla
Florida
William Lozano
Lozano
Tallahassee
Iis
Violent Storms Sweep Across Southern Plains
Severe weekend storms raged through Kansas Oklahoma and Texas flooding rivers creeks and isolating communities. In central Oklahoma a man a woman and a child perished after a tan car was swept into rising Brock Creek while another woman drowned as water filled the car. Governor Walters urged federal disaster aid for two counties and warned the flood had not crested.
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Oklahoma City
Sandra Niles
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
David Walters
Walters
Brock Creek
Pope Reprimands Mafia Slayings in Agrigento Mass
At an outdoor Mass beside Doric temples in Agrigento Sicily Pope John Paul II denounced Mafia killings calling mobsters unrepentant and warned that God’s judgment will come He is the first pope to name the Mafia by description and singled out Agrigento with Palermo and Corleone as powerful factions
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Agrigento
Sicily
John Pal
Tallans
Ope
Palermo
Corleone
Pleasure Boat Explodes Killing Three at Riverfront Restaurant
A 33-foot Chris Craft cabin cruiser exploded near Shooters restaurant on the Cuyahoga River, killing the boy’s grandparents, mother, and possibly father. An 18‑month‑old rescued from the blaze was hospitalized in satisfactory condition. Three Viancourt brothers, off‑duty firefighters, helped save the child before the boat sank.
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Cleveland
Cuyahoga River
Jack Bornfeld
Vincent
Daniel
David Viancourt
Charles Hoffman Jr
Dwayne Salls
Denzil “Bud” Moss
Grafton
Aiken Standard Contact and Delivery Lines
Location at 124 Rutland Drive and P O Box 456 Aiken SC 29802 lists office hours 8 30 a m to 5 30 p m Monday to Friday Also provides subscription line 649 5316 delivery hours 5 p m weekdays 7 a m Saturday 8 a m Sunday with service line 649 5315 After hours Dial 648 2311 AnswerLine 642 5151 and News Tips 648 2311 fax 648 6052 648 2508 for standard line
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Rutland Drive
P.O
Aiken
S.C
Aiken Standard
Dial
Aiken Standard - Pbm
Ne Aken Standard
Srea
Satteay
Inten Communicators
Anon
McCartney holds news conference after Orlando show
Sir Paul McCartney spoke at a Citrus Bowl news conference in Orlando Florida despite earlier cancellations in Australia due to reporter focus on Beatles reunion over environmental issues. He announced a June 15 Charlotte concert tied to Fox network coverage.
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Paul McCartney
McCartney
Orlando
Fla
Charlotte
N.C
Sveen
Fox Network
Uecker
Bobh Uecker
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Juan Carlos Wasmosy
Colorado Party
Saka
Packwood
Bob Packwood
Oregon
James Fitzpatrick
Fitzpatrick
Senate Rules Committee
Katherine A. Meyer
Packwood Woter
Yeltsin
Boris Yeltsin
Red Square
Russia
Nazi Germany
Southern Plains
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Okla
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Klahoma
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Bornfeld
Kentucky
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Sunrise Town
Charleston
Mafia
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Azerbaijan
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Heathrow
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