Western attack warning and diverse brief notices
The State Department warned Americans in Riyadh of potential attacks on U S and Western interests with special concern during the holiday season. Lawrence Berk, founder of Berklee College of Music, dies at 87 in Massachusetts. A carbon monoxide tragedy in Cleveland linked to a furnace flue follows earlier flu misdiagnosis. U S and China sign aviation pact enabling non stop Detroit Beijing service. Northwest and China Southern to run new routes. Albert Rosen, 77, years, retires from Christmas Eve job tradition in Milwaukee hotel.
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Washington
State Department
U.S
Saudi Arabia
Riyadh
Department
Boston
Lawrence Berk
Berklee College of Music
Berk
Wingate
Brighton
Newbury Street
Berklee
Quincy Jones
Arif Mardin
Pat Metheny
Bruce Hornsby
Steve Vai
Aimee Mann
China
United States
Beijing
Transportation Department
Northwest Airlines
Detroit
China Southern Airlines
Guangzhou
California
United and
Northwest
Tokyo
Milwaukee (Ap
Albert Rosen
Rosen
Milwaukee Hilton
Suspect in toxin case kills himself in jail
Thomas Lewis Lavy, 54, arrested on a ricin possession charge, hanged himself in his Arkansas jail cell overnight. Prosecutors and officials note he faced life imprisonment if convicted under federal law. The case had involved allegations of intent to use ricin as a weapon and related border incidents.
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Little Rock
Ark
Thomas Lewis Lavy
Sam Heller
University Hospital
Heuer
Lavy
Arkansas
Alaska
FBI
U.S
Paula Casey
Canada
Robert Govar
Thomas Lynch
Lynch
Jerry Cavaneau
Clinton urges end to budget impasse and reopen government
President Clinton urged Congress to reopen the government over the holiday season as the nine day impasse idled 280000 federal workers. Smithsonian plans a private funded holiday festival at the National Museum of American History while some agencies provide minimal services amid shutdown.
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Clinton
Washington Post
Washington
Congress
Smithsonian
National Museum of American History
Veterans Affairs Department
Department of Health and Human Services
White House
House
Senate
Abandoned 12-year-old boy seeks foster care in Salt Lake City
A 12 year old boy was left at a Salt Lake City bus station by his father and stepmother with a letter stating they could no longer care for him. He wandered six days before entering a state youth services office carrying a bed roll backpack and a duffel bag. The note cites the father's AIDS illness as a reason. He remains in a state shelter as Juvenile Judge Frederic Oddone considers placing him in foster care.
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Salt Lake City
Cay
State Youth Services
Frederic Oddone
One dead two missing after Illinois train wreck
In Effingham Illinois one conductor died and two crew members remained missing after a three train collision and fire. About 100 homes were evacuated within two miles as diesel fuel and other cargo fueled the blaze. Officials worked to determine the cause while residents awaited safety assurances.
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Effingham
Ill
Mark Doris
Conrail
Bob Libkind
St. Louis
Illinois
Pittsburgh
Mike Wilson
Libkind
Turkish army fears rise of Islamic party
In Istanbul and across Turkey, the secularist military warns against a Welfare Party landslide as elections loom. Mustafa Atas of Welfare defies fears, saying the West need not fear them while Erbakan rallies in poor districts with social aid. Polls show Welfare far from a majority, though a surprise showing could challenge secular norms and Ataturk portraits in public spaces.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Welfare Party
NATO
Welfare
Mustafa Atas
Army
Necmettin Erbakan
Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
Ottoman Empire
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Kristen
Megan
John Jr
Fairview Hospital
Thomas Lavy
Efor
Deseret News
FOX Eye
Lee Birchansky, M.D
You
Ong
Rolla Allen Ill
Indianapolis
Islamic Party
Sane
Ayse
Motherland
True Path
R Kuba
C Null
Eece Wires
Donald Brush
Joe Davis
Michael Papich
Jim Cromer
Kuba Funeral Homes
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