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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1996
Page
3
A liquid butane pipeline exploded near a subdivision in Kemp Texas killing two teenagers who had warned neighbors of the leak. Sixteen homes were evacuated as flames and a black smoke column spread for miles while firefighters from six communities fought the blaze.
President Clinton announced a national sex offender registry to track at least 250000 offenders within six months. The FBI will link state databases into a single system to enable instant access to predator records nationwide, aiming to deter crossing state lines to commit crimes. The plan follows recent crime measures and faces GOP critique as political timing ahead of the Democratic convention.
In Florida Dole vows not to cut Social Security and Medicare as he defends a 548 billion dollar tax cut plan. He says he will slow Medicare growth and aims to balance the budget by 2000 with tax cuts as a priority while campaigners attack the plan in Chicago.
A 2000 acre brush and forest fire pushed into residential areas southeast of Bend forcing evacuations for about 500 homes in two subdivisions. Fire officials said structures may be lost as conditions stayed hot and dry with forecasts of more lightning and about 30 statewide fires. Nearby smaller fires were contained, and evacuations extended to Waldo Lake area in the Willamette National Forest.
In Spotsylvania Virginia funeral rites were held for a Confederate soldier identified only as Rebel Butler. A grave ceremony with gray uniforms and black veils marked 132 years since his death in the Civil War battle. A skull found on the battlefield was carried home by a Union veteran as a memento. Gregory Collins led the ceremony and spoke of correcting a historical wrong.
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