Record Seizure Nets 2700 Pounds Cocaine and Four Boats
Federal agents capped a yearlong undercover operation with 2700 pounds of cocaine captured near the Bahamas. A freighter Nerma and four other boats were seized, yielding 17 suspects and an estimated street value of 50 million dollars. Cocaine traced to Medellin, Colombia and loaded on Aruba.
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Miami
Bush
Aruba
Bahamas
U.S. Coast Guard
U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration
Tom Cash
DEA
Coast Guard
Customs Service
Medellin
Colombia
Venezuela
Reilly Opposes Aid For 9 States In Clean Air Bill
EPA chief William K. Reilly opposed altering the clean air bill to aid nine states with dirty coal plants. He testified before the House Energy and Commerce subcommittee, arguing the acid rain plan is fair to utilities that paid to clean up previously and that outside customers already bear some costs.
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Washington
William K. Reilly
Environmental Protection Agency
Reilly
House
Energy and Commerce Energy and Power
Energy and Commerce Environment
State kills drug card plan to cut costs
State officials scrapped a free drug card for employees after estimates showed the plan would cost about 9.8 million dollars by year end. The Budget and Control Board voted to end the program by January, forcing employees to file medicine claims again.
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Columbia
State Budget and Control Board
Jim Bennett
Insurance Services
Zsa Zsa Gabor Returns to Court for Second Day of Jury Selection
Beverly Hills California Zsa Zsa Gabor attended a second day of jury selection in her slapping a cop trial wearing a leopard pattern dress with her eighth husband by her side. The second day drew far fewer spectators than Monday with about twenty in attendance and only six reporters allowed inside.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Zsa
Zsa Gabor
Dahlink
Miss Gabor
Mommy
Gabor
Donna Karan
Administration considers alternatives to finance health insurance
The Bush administration faces elderly complaints and says it will consider replacing the unpopular syrtax to fund catastrophic health insurance. Senate Finance Committee seeks last-ditch options to avoid repeal, but officials deem repeal unacceptable due to revenue loss.
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Washington
Bush Administration
Senate Finance Committee
Congress
William Diefenderfer III
Office of Management and Budget
Aiken Standard Offers Home Delivery Rates
The Aiken Standard lists mail rates for 3 months and 6 months with prices. It notes the paper's long history since 1867 and publishing details. The notice includes address for subscription changes and post office information.
Dinkins Beats Koch in New York Democratic Rise to City Hall
David Dinkins won the Democratic nomination for New York mayor with 51 percent of the vote, defeating Edward Koch as Rudolph Giuliani led the GOP in a separate primary. Detroit Mayor Coleman Young also secured a strong primary victory, while Giuliani and Lauder battled in a bitter Texas and California GOP contest.
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New York
David Dinkins
Edward I. Koch
Cit
Detroit
Coleman Young
U.S
Texas
California
Jim Wright
Tony Coelho
Koch
Dinkins
Manhattan
Rudolph Giuliani
Giuliani
Ronald Lauder
Lauder
Brooklyn
Richard Ravitch
Harrison Goldin
Fiorello LaGuardia
Jesse Jackson
Wife Tests PTL Runaround Over Lifetime Partnership
In Charlotte a disabled coal miner's wife testifies PTL officials gave her the runaround when she tried to redeem a $1,000 lifetime partnership for a ministry resort. Prosecutors allege Jim Bakker diverted over $3.7 million for personal use as advisers warned of legal risk.
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Charlotte
N.C
PTL
Ministry
Sarah Combs
Jim Bakker
Bakker
John Yorke
Eddie Knox
Tammy Faye
Jim
Tammy
Guy Forcucci
Compromise Sought On Anti-Drug Package In Congress
Washington reported White House urged Senate Democrats to compromise on anti drug legislation while President Bush urged students to help friends avoid drugs. Senate leaders Mitchell and Dole held talks as Byrd pushed a 3.9 billion anti drug plan within the transportation bill. Bush urged youths not to blow it and warned of vetoes as subcommittees backed rival anti drug proposals.
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Washington
White House
Senate
Bush
George Mitchell
Maine
Bob Dole
Kansas
Dole
Cials
Senate Appropriations Committee
Robert Byrd
D-W.va
Mitchell
Sion
Byrd
Congress
White House Office of Management and Budget
House Passes Flag Bill Push for Constitutional Amendment
The House passed a flag burning ban 380 to 38, weakening momentum for a constitutional amendment. Democrats favoring a statute clash with Bush and GOP leaders who say Supreme Court ruling on flag desecration cannot be overridden.
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Washington
House
Bush
Mike Synar
D-Okla
Steny Hoyer
D-Md
Democratic Caucus
Capitol Hill
Supreme Court
Judiciary Committee
Jack Brooks
D-Texas
White House
Marlin Fitzwater
Reinforcements and Advisers Target Cocaine Regions in Colombia
The government dispatches hundreds of army and police reinforcements to Antioquia and the Medellin area to curb drug gang violence. Officials plan military advisers to govern cities overrun by drug lords as Medellin endures nightly bombings and a curfew.
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Bogota
Colombia
Antioquia
Medellin
Pablo Pelaez Gonzalez
Pelaez Gonzalez
Oscar Botero
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Aiken Standard
Rutland Drive
Aiken Standard, P.O
Aiken, S.C
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Aiken Communications Inc
P.O. Box
S.C
Young
Dems
Thomas Trask
Assemblies of God of
Springfield
Yorke
Tespany
Cocaine
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