IRA opens arms to inspectors in Northern Ireland peace push
Editorial supports IRA decision to allow international inspection of its secret arsenal as a step toward reviving Ulster home rule. It notes pressure on Unionists to rejoin government, cautions on credibility of Gerry Adams, and hopes for genuine disarmament and a return to peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irish Republican Army
Ulster
IRA
Northern Ireland
Gerry Adams
David Trimble
Tony Blair
Royal Irish Constabulary
Trimble
London
Leadership Chaos in Miami After Elian Raid
St. Petersburg Times questions Miami leadership as Mayor Joe Carollo fires the city manager and pushes out the police chief following the Elian Gonzalez custody battle. The piece argues the city is divided, civic leadership weakened, and warns of a dangerous trend fueled by anti Castro sentiment among exile groups. It calls for real civic leaders to emerge to stave off a drift toward poor governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Carollo
Elian Gonzalez
Miami
Carollo
Cuba
Castro
St. Petersburg
Fla
Gray Cap Defiance and Southern Identity in School Years
Brad Warthen recalls a 1960 61 school year in Woodbury New Jersey when a South Carolinian boy stands out with a gray Civil War centennial cap. He faces teasing and racism while asserting pride in his Southern identity and cul tural differences amid an integrated classroom and a minor gang of confrontations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodbury
N.J
Philadelphia
Ashley Wilkes
Cap
Letters to the editor voice discontent over Rep Sharpe action
Readers criticize Representative Charles Sharpe for proposing a non binding referendum on the Confederate flag, viewing it as shirking responsibility. A second letter laments a city curfew on the Lobster Race and urges voters to choose able leaders, including Gloria Busch Johnson for trustee at large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rep. Sharpe
House of Representatives
Columbia
Charles Sharpe
General Assembly
House of Represen
Busch-Johnson
Gloria Busch-Johnson
Aiken Electric Cooperative
Gloria Busch Johnson
Beverly Jamison North
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Aiken Standard
P.O
Aiken, S.C
Editorial
Duesouth.net
Cuba’s Castro regime under fire in Elian saga
Orlando Sentinel editorial condemns Fidel Castro's dictatorship as a terrorist sponsor. It cites the State Department report labeling Cuba a terror sponsor, noting Havana harbors Basque ETA fugitives and Latin American insurgents, and criticizes support for dictatorships while calling for better human rights. Myriam Marquez concludes the piece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elian Gonzalez
Father
Elian
Juan Miguel Gonzalez
Cuba
Fruid
Mary Ann
Castro
Gilligan’s Island
Comalidante
Fidel Castro
Commission On Human Rights
State Department
Portugal
Latin America
Angola
Iran
Iraq
Syria
Libya
North Korea
Sudan
ETA
Havana
Colombia
Revolutionary Armed Forces of
National Liberation Army
ELM
Jacobo Timerman
Argentina
Timerman
United States
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Scott B. Hunter
Jeffrey B. Wallace
Ellen C. Priest
Garth R. Groshans
James R. Bennett Jr
J. David Boyd
Defiance
Brad Warthen
Aiken
Aiken County
City of
Lobster Race Committee
Myriam Marquez
Knight Ridder Service
Lumnist
The
Orlando Sentinel
Marquez
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