Richards recalls drinking days at SMU in sobriety speech
Former Governor Ann Richards, a recovering alcoholic celebrating 15 years of sobriety, spoke candidly at Southern Methodist University about her past drinking habits. She described drinking to celebrate, during bad days, and to relax, and said she still attends Alcoholics Anonymous meetings.
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Ann Richards
Richards
Southern Methodist University
George W. Bush
Alcoholics Anonymous
Love Bugs Swarm South Again Closer to Home
Love bugs are back swarming highways across the Deep South clogging windshields and bumpers. Entomologist HA Denmark notes the creatures mate in flight and thrive in heat and exhaust, a May and early fall pattern. First Named Storm Opal forms off Yucatan as Opal becomes the season’s 15th tropical storm. Mexico issues a tropical storm warning for the northeastern Yucatan with heavy rains causing flooding and port closures.
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University of Florida
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Opal
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Mexico
Yucatan
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Cancun
Progreso
Aiken Standard Subscription Rates and Address Changes
The notice lists HOME DELIVERY rates 93.50 monthly 25.50 for 3 months 51 for 6 months and 102 per year COUNTY MAIL 10.75 monthly 92.25 for 3 months 84.50 for 6 months 129 per year OTHER MAIL 17 monthly 51 for 8 months 102 for 6 months 204 per year Advance payments may be made to Aiken Standard PBM Subscription 0893 2557 1867 The paper is published weekday afternoons and Saturday and Sunday mornings by Aiken Communications Inc P O Box 456 124 Rutland Drive Aiken South Carolina 29802
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Aiken Communications Inc
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Rutland Drive
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Dole Faces Critical Year End Phase in GOP Race
The 1996 Republican contest tightens to Bob Dole as the race to lose, with Colin Powell and Ross Perot stirring interest. Powell tests appeal in California as potential White House run looms, while Perot vows to form a new party and field a candidate in 1996.
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Washington
Colin Powell
Ross Perot
Bob Dole
Powell
California
White House
Perot
Okinawa Protests Grow Over U S Military Base Crime Row
In Ginowan a gym overflowed with 3,000 Okinawans waving placards and demanding U S bases leave after a reported crime spree by service members including an alleged rape of a 12 year old girl. Organizers say Tokyo neglects local voices as protests widen. About 300 women across Japan rallied in Tokyo urging action against U S soldiers and the military presence.
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Japan
Yoshimasa Karimata
U.S
America
Nese Island
Tokyo
Pentagon
Karimata
Okinawan Peace Movement Center
Dead Fugitive Linked To Paris Attacks
Paris interior minister said Khaled Kelkal, a 24 year old Algerian killed in a Lyon shootout, may be connected to several terror attacks in France. He linked fingerprints on an unexploded bomb near Lyon to a Paris subway bombing and other blast sites, noting timing systems matched across incidents. Debre described Kelkal as firing first and dying in self defense.
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France
Khaled Kelkal
Lyon
Jean-Louis Debre
Kelkal
Debre
U.S. Envoy Treads Slowly In Balkans
U S envoy Richard Holbrooke leaves Sarajevo after inconclusive talks with Bosnian government and heads to Belgrade to press Serbs for a cease fire. He warns the road to peace is slow and difficult as fighting continues near Banja Luka and a designated escape route from Sarajevo is postponed amid safety concerns.
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U.S
Belgrade
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Slobodan Milosevic
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Holbrooke
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Kiseljak
Haris Silajdzic
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