Tobacco papers show industry knew nicotine toxicity in 1960s
Arizona AG releases Liggett documents revealing early 1960s tobacco knowledge of nicotine toxicity and targeted campaigns. Liggett admitted addiction in 1964 and agreed to pay quarterly profits for 25 years to cover smoking illnesses.
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Clinton aides sought jobs for Hubbell after resignation
Two of President Clinton's top aides Mack McLarty and Erskine Bowles helped Hubbell find work after his 1994 resignation from the Justice Department. Bowles made calls to three businessmen, while McLarty contacted Truman Arnold who later hired Hubbell. The White House says the actions were to aid Hubbell during a difficult period, though Hubbell faced Whitewater probes.
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Lanny Davis
President urges FCC to study ban on liquor ads
President Clinton urged the FCC to study a possible ban on hard liquor advertising on television. He called for examining effects on underage drinking and preserving the preexisting no-backsliding policy, while noting the debate includes industry and broadcasters.
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Washington
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Fred Meister
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United States
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Reed Hundt
Commission
NASA delays Columbia launch for insulation work
NASA postponed Columbia's launch by one day to install thermal insulation on a coolant loop. Engineers found the loop lacked insulation and feared ice formation in orbit. The science mission is now slated for Friday afternoon.
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Fla
NASA
Columbia Now
Columbia
Bruce Buckingham
Fumes Sickens Dozens At Fort Worth Office Building
Firefighters carried a woman to safety as fumes seeped through a nine story Fort Worth office building. About 65 people were hospitalized and 135 treated on site for nausea coughing and dizziness. Investigators probe the AC system serviced the day before as a possible source.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Kent Morley
Morley
Man dies in apparent Heaven's Gate copycat death in California
In Marysville California a 58 year old man Robert Leon Nichols was found dead with a plastic bag over his head and a purple scarf covering his torso in a remote canyon. A note near the body claimed joining Hale Bopp on a spaceship. Undersheriff Gary Finch noted no evidence of cult membership.
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N.J
Lyman Spitzer Jr
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U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
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Heaven’s Gate
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Leon Nichols
Hale- Bopp
Gary Finch
Nichols
California
Heaven's Gate
San Diego-area
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