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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 01, 1996

Page

3

Clinton Urges Thanksgiving Spirit To Move People Off Welfare

President Clinton urged Americans to turn Thanksgiving charity into a year round community effort to reduce welfare rolls. He spoke from Camp David urging ongoing compassion and action beyond the holiday. Republican Rep. Watts echoed the theme that individuals shoulder responsibility, not government.

Clinton Washington Camp David Maryland Catoctin Mountains J.C. Watts Jr R-Okla Watts

Tornadoes kill 3 in Louisiana and Florida panhandle

A Simsboro Louisiana tornado killed two men installing a radio in a pickup cab and left a bystander with minor injuries as a strong weather front spawned multiple twisters. The storm damaged Simsboro High School gym roof and a Ball Foster plant front wall, knocked out power to the town, and injured at least nine. A lineman died restoring power in Farmerville. A second tornado hit Milton Florida injuring seven.

Simsboro Louisiana Farmerville Simsboro High School Ball-Foster Florida Panhandle Milton

Mystery lingers as TWA 800 crash probe widens

A new theory surfaces in the TWA Flight 800 explosion inquiry as investigators weigh if a center fuel tank explosion was caused by a mechanical fault a missile or a bomb. FBI and NTSB leaders caution a long probe with no clear cause could leave families and the public without answers.

Smithtown N.Y TWA Aurelie Becker St. Petersburg Fla Michelle Rita Agulla Red Cross New York Kennedy International Airport National Transportation Safety Board FBI James Kallstrom Kallstrom NTSB Pittsburgh Colorado Springs Colo

Florida couple slain as vampire cult linked suspects held

Divers probed the Mississippi River for the weapon in the Florida murder case tied to a self styled vampire group. Police reported one or more of five teen suspects cooperating and pointing to the riverbank. Victims Richard and Naoma Wendorf died in their Eustis home. Heather Wendorf and four Kentucky teens face Florida murder warrants.

Baton Rouge Mississippi Florida Cain Richard and Naoma Ruth Wendorf Eustis Fla

Zaire rebel rejects aid drive over refugees return claim

Zairean rebel leader Laurent Kabila called the Ottawa backed relief effort pointless saying most displaced in eastern Zaire are now Zairians returning or fleeing fighting. He noted refugees remain in the mountains while Western officials estimate over 100000 Rwandan Hutu refugees.

Goma Zaire Laurent Kabila Central Africa Kabila U.N

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