Thatcher Turns 70 but Ready for a Rest
London AP notes Margaret Thatcher marks her 70th birthday with parties at Downing Street and Claridges. She says life is lived one day at a time and reflects on a long career in which birthdays were often set aside for state duties. Queen Elizabeth II is set to attend Thatcher's London party with further celebrations planned by the Margaret Thatcher Foundation in Washington.
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London
Margaret Thatcher
John Major
Downing Street
Queen Elizabeth II
Thatcher
Claridges Hotel
Nebraska author Roger Welsch promotes Old Tractors book
Brief item from Rumunt Nebraska notes CBS personality Roger Welsch plans retirement by keeping his tractors in original running condition and staying on the road to promote his new book Old Tractors and the Men Who Love Them Getting Started in Restoration.
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Rumunt
Neb
Roger Welsch
Welsch
Nebraska
CBS
Fremont
Bush Praises Roy Acuff as Symbol of Respect
Former President Bush lauds Roy Acuff as "good and decent" in a TNN documentary "The Life and Times of Roy Acuff." He says the word to describe the king of country music is respect. The program airs Wednesday at 8 p.m. EDT.
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Roy Acuff
Bush
Nashville Network
Aiken Standard Addresses and Contact Hours Noted
The notice lists location and mailing addresses for Aiken Standard, plus office hours for subscriptions and delivery support. It provides switchboard and fax numbers and identifies editors by role and a publisher contact for departments.
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Butland Drive
P.O
Aiken
Aiken Standard
Scott B. Hunter
Commandos Rescue Hostages On Kremlin Area Bus
Russian commandos stormed a bus near the Kremlin freeing four South Koreans and a Russian driver after a 10 hour hostage ordeal. The gunman died in the raid, officials said, with about 25 aboard and ransom of 1 million dollars cited. Police noted most hostages were unharmed.
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Moscow
Kremlin
Interfax
Yuri Luzhkov
Red Square
Boris Yeltsin
Russia
Roxanne Regains Hurricane Strength in Gulf Drift
Roxanne reemerged as a hurricane over the Gulf of Mexico and drifted eastward threatening coastlines from Tampico to Progreso. A cold front may push it toward the southern Gulf coast after it struck Cozumel, killing at least six and displacing tens of thousands while health authorities fight a cholera outbreak.
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Gulf of Mexico
Tampico
Central Gulf Coast
Progreso
Yucatan Peninsula
Gulf Coast
Cozumel
Tabasco
Bosnian government halts offensive as Milosevic threat looms
In Banja Luka and Sarajevo the Bosnian government claimed to halt a westward push while Serb leaders debated the truce. NATO plans consider sending 25 000 U S troops to police any peace settlement as Milosevic weighs troop action.
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Serbia
Sarajevo
USS
Joint Chiefs of Staff
John Shalikashvili
NATO
Bosnia
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Haris Silajdzic
Slobodan Milosevic
Shuttle Cleared For Launch Amid Weather Concerns
Cape Canaveral reports NASA clears Columbia for liftoff on Sunday after a final engine inspection though weather outlook shows a 20 percent chance of good conditions. Forecasters cite heavy rain and winds from tropical storm effects as the main risk to the 9 46 a m schedule.
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Fla
NASA
Columbia
Mississippi
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