Cable firm seeks to take over PBS to run Sesame Street
A subsidiary of a major cable company in Englewood Colorado wants to privatize public broadcasting and run PBS programs including Sesame Street. Jones Intercable Inc chairman Glenn Jones said the unit would oversee PBS and its network of public TV stations in response to Newt Gingrich privatization talk.
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PBS - Washington
Glenn Jones
Jones Intercable Inc
Englewood
Colo
Israelis weep for bomb victims at Mount Herzl funeral
Mount Herzl mourners gathered for Lt Yuval Tuvya and 18 other young victims of a Netanya bombing. Paratroopers sobbed as red Berets carried the coffin, reflecting a nation shocked by a second deadly blast. Weizman urged cautious unity while Rabin faced pressure over coalition politics amid grief.
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Mount Herzl
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Israel
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Likud
Rabin
Weizman
Labor Party
Court rules illegal firings carry liability and limits on remedies
The Supreme Court in a unanimous Tennessee case holds employers liable for illegal firings even if later they provide a lawful reason. After-acquired evidence cannot always bar relief. reinstatement and back pay may be limited if the employee engaged in wrongdoing. The decision affects many bias discrimination suits and upholds anti-discrimination aims. Justice Kennedy writes for the court. The decision also notes separate actions on tribal gambling negotiations and death row innocence claims.
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Supreme Court
Tennessee
Anthony Kennedy
Kennedy
Deborah Ellis
NOW
Legal Defense and Education Fund
Florida
Missouri
Gingrich foundation delays taxes and disclosures
The Progress and Freedom Foundation linked to Newt Gingrich has operated for nearly two years with tax filing extensions and no formal ties to the speaker. It has raised over 1.7 million dollars to fund his conservative agenda while delaying financial disclosures until after the 1994 election. Bethany Noble says the first report will be filed in two months.
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Washington
Newt Gingrich
Progress and Freedom Foundation
Internal Revenue Service
Bethany Noble
Foundation
Recording Released for USAir 427 Crash
Transcript of the cockpit voice recording shown at an NTSB hearing details three unexplained clicks followed by a rapid descent as Captain Germano and First Officer Emmett battle to control the airliner. All 132 aboard were killed near Pittsburgh International Airport on September 8.
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Charles Emmett
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