Specter accuses Reno of reprisal over LaBella omission
Sen. Arlen Specter asks Senate Judiciary Committee to probe why Charles LaBella was not nominated as U.S. attorney for the Southern District of California after he urged appointing an independent counsel to probe 1996 campaign fundraising. He says the move signals retaliation amid Reno clash with House panel.
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Washington
Charles LaBella
Justice Department
Department
San Diego
Arlen Specter
Senate Judiciary Committee
LaBella
U.S
California
Janet Reno
Reno
Specter
House Government Oversight Committee
Dan Burton
R-Ind
FBI
Louis Freeh
Burton
Freeh
House Rejects Census Sampling in 2000 Count Amid Debate
The House rejected a Democratic proposal 227 to 201 to allow statistical sampling in the 2000 census, rejecting the veto threat and signaling a protracted fight as Clinton vows to veto the related spending bill. The vote frames the fiscal 1999 measure for Commerce Justice State and the federal courts.
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Ashington
House
Clinton
Joel Hefley
R-Corp
Departments of Commerce, Justice
State
Census Bureau
Tazewell Festival Lineup Highlights Community Events
Continued from A-1 the schedule lists senior citizen events at 10 a.m. golf at Tazewell County Country Club 1 p.m. ice cream contest 5:30 p.m. gospel by Daren Smith 5:30 p.m. barn party for exhibitors and sponsors 6 p.m. flower show workshop 6 p.m. greased pig contest 6:30 p.m. gospel showing featuring the Kingsmen and the Crabs Family 6:30 p.m. car and mini stock racing 7 p.m.
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Tazewell County Country Club
Daren Smith
the Kingsmen
the Crabs
Wave victims still washing ashore off Indonesia
AP reports at least 33 decomposed bodies have been found off Biak Numfor as wreckage from the Papua New Guinea tsunami of July 17 claims many lives. Indonesian officials cite 2,000 dead in PNG and say 200 bodies were found in Irian Jaya last week.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Papua New Guinea
Biak Numfor
New Guinea
Antara
Irian Jaya
Bluefield Police Investigate Standoff After March Incident
In Bluefield, Sgt. G.A. Ruth Cpl. C.S. Myers and patrolmen M.A. Beck J.A. Williams interviewed by Rogers after a standoff with William Starling at Luther Street. Starling, with a long arrest record, was charged with wanton endangerment and brandishing a deadly weapon. He was free on bond on prior charges. The last officer involved shooting in Bluefield occurred in spring 1990 at Hardees Restaurant.
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A-1
Rogers
G.A. Ruth
Cpl
C.S. Myers
M.A. Beck
J.A. Williams
Bill Akers
Starling
Bluefield
Luther Street
Robert Youther
E.M.T. Tom Tyree
Hardees
Bluefield Avenue
Investors eye 401K gains as market dips and rises
Campbell and Crowe discuss how market fluctuations benefit long term investors with 401K plans. They forecast Dow hitting 10 000 and advise choosing stable stocks with earnings potential while avoiding volatile Asian exposure.
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A-1
Campbell
Crowe
County weighs I-73 corridor tied to Coalfields Expressway
Urps says commission backs a preferred corridor through Indian Ridge and an industrial site for an interchange near the Coalfields Expressway. Construction hoped to start in 1999 or 2000, with the landfill two to three miles away and facing a state lawsuit over its permit. The county also campaigns for a federal prison, believing the project boosts chances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Urps
Commission
Indian Ridge
Philadelphia mother accused of suffocating own children
A 70-year-old Philadelphia woman, Marie Noe, was charged with first degree murder for allegedly suffocating eight of her ten children over a 19 year span beginning in 1949. Investigators note insurance policies on six children. motive remains unproven. Noe may face life imprisonment.
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Hiladelphia
Marie Noe
Lynne M. Abraham
Noe
David S. Rudenstein
Arthur Noe
Abraham
Jamie Talan
Mary Beth Tinning
Schnectady
N.Y
Ildren
Tinning
Neil Kaye
Kaye
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Matthew Minga
Knightdale
N.C
130Th Aviation Regiment
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Fort Bragg
130Th
Kuwait
Tazewell
McDowell
The
Bureau of Prisons
Nikhat Zohra
Siddiqi, M.D
Board Certified
American Board of Internal Medicine
Juail Valley Medical Center
New Hope Road
Princeton
West Virginia
H&s Sporting Goods
Locust Street
Philadelphia
Mercer Mall
Bluefield, WV
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