Delta staffers fired after joyride on plane
Delta Airlines agent Bruce Hetrick and mechanic Ronald Hamilton were fired after taking an empty Boeing 737 for a mile-long taxiway joyride. Hetrick, on probation, was jailed on charges of unlawful use of transportation and theft, while Hamilton was arrested on suspicion of DUI theft and unlawful use of transportation and released on bond.
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Serbia pulls rebels' plug as Milosevic tightens grip
In Zagreb, Serbia cuts the Pale broadcast link to Bosnian Serb rebels, signaling a stronger Serb-on-Serb split in Bosnia. Milosevic broke ties with Karadzic for rebuffing a peace plan, while supplies and phone lines to rebels were halted. Combat around Bosnia eased and UN patrols reduced sniper incidents in Sarajevo.
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Rabin to visit Jordan in landmark Jordan trip
Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin travels to Aqaba to meet King Hussein and open the Aqaba Eilat border crossing as part of steps toward normalization with Jordan. U.S. mediation continues with Syria talks and a push to curb Hezbollah attacks amid broader peace efforts.
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Expansion seen in Espy probe
Attorney General Janet Reno is expected to petition a federal court within two weeks for an independent counsel to probe whether Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy illegally accepted gifts from Tyson Foods and if the ties influenced chicken industry oversight. This would allow the Clinton administration to pursue two independent counsels at once as a three judge panel had already named Kenneth Starr to investigate Whitewater.
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West subsidy study alleges billions in resource giveaways
A House Natural Resources Committee report accuses the federal government of subsidizing private interests across the West with cheap water timber and underpriced energy. It argues these subsidies drain revenue from the Federal Treasury and are largely unnecessary today.
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Somber AIDS conference opens in Yokohama
The 10th International Conference on AIDS opened with a warning against naive optimism. Dr Peter Piot of the International AIDS Society said drugs and vaccines have largely failed and AIDS will be part of the human condition for a long time. He noted HIV mutates quickly and vaccines may not protect, with 17 million infected worldwide and a projection of 30 to 40 million by 2000.
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FBI Joins Wedowee High School Fire Arson Probe
In Wedowee Alabama the 56 year old Randolph County High School burned while racial tensions flared. Attorney General Janet Reno ordered FBI involvement as authorities probe arson and seek the temporary removal of Principal Huland Humphries ahead of a federal hearing in Montgomery.
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