Killer Executed In Texas After Robbery Shootout
A 34 year old man once a teenage burglar was executed by injection in Huntsville Texas for killing a clerk during a February 10 1980 robbery that netted $24 Warren Bridge nodded to his stepfather and said See ya as the drugs began flowing His stepfather Bill Mathis cried Bridge was 19 on probation from a Georgia burglary conviction when arrested for the shooting of Walter Rose a 62 year old clerk at a Galveston convenience store
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Governors Seek Federal Flexibility From GOP Congress
Governors from states led by Republicans express cautious optimism that a new GOP Congress and a Democratic president will accept broader state control over welfare health care and education in exchange for less federal funding and interference. Christine Todd Whitman and others urge Washington to grant flexibility while urging unity in the first 100 days as Dole Gingrich and party leaders prepare to press their case before the Republican Governors Association.
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Williamsburg
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New Jersey
Christine Todd Whitman
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Senate Gop
Bob Dole
Newt Gingrich
Republican Governors Association
John Engler
Michigan
Flood Devastates Jacmel Haiti After Tropical Storm Gordon
Debris piled high as floodwaters from Gordon devastated Jacmel, Haiti. Aid groups delivered 60 tons of food and plastic shelter sheets after three bridges failed cutting off the port town. Rescue teams searched for buried victims amid outages of electricity and water.
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Haiti
Gordon
Port-au-Prince
Jean-Bertrand Aristide
Kelly
U.S. Agency For International Development
NATO Bombs Serb Airfields Amid Bosnian Tensions
NATO jets attacked a Serb airfield in Croatia extinguishing a major threat while avoiding Bosnian targets like tanks and artillery. Officials called the strike necessary and Clinton deemed it appropriate, with Russia offering lukewarm support. The move risks driving Milosevic to renew backing for Serb efforts as cross border clashes continue.
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Aiken Address Line From Rutland Drive Record
A location listing shows Rutland Drive with a mailing box P O Box 456 in Aiken reflecting a postal address entry for the area.
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P.O. Box
Aiken
Names In The News elated Tandy Off-Camera
Jessica Tandy’s final film director says her greatest acting may have come off camera. Benton recalls her illness and strength during Driving Miss Daisy. she died at 85 after a four year ovarian cancer battle. Her last film Nobody’s Fool features Paul Newman. Kirk Douglas’ son Eric Douglas was arrested for drunken driving and leaving the scene after a bar fight and a car collision.
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Robert Benton
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