Mayor surrenders records and freed from jail in Birmingham
In Birmingham Mayor Richard Arrington agreed to hand over personal appointment records to a federal judge after a week of contempt proceedings. He was released after spending a day in custody and the records were turned over per the judge's directive.
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Birmingham
Ala
Richard Arrington
Arrington
U.S
Edwin Nelson
Donald Watkins
Watkins
Panel backs plan for national education standards
A federally appointed panel endorsed implementing national standards and voluntary tests for all subjects. The plan aims to phase in over a decade with support from President Bush and potential federal funding, while shifting from multiple choice to essay and problem solving.
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Washington Post
Washington
Colorado
Roy Romer
National Council On Education Standards and Testing
Bush
Lamar Alexander
United States
Amoco Ordered to Pay 200 Million in Oil Spill Case
A three judge panel of the 7th U S Circuit Court of Appeals upheld about 200 million in damages against Amoco for the 1978 Amoco Ca diz spill off Brittany France. The ruling follows a 14 year legal battle with French villages and towns seeking compensation.
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Chicago
Amoco
France
Cadiz
Barry Kingham
Amoco Corp
White House moves to cancel W-88 warhead production
The Bush administration will halt the W-88 nuclear warhead, cancel any further production, and partially shut Rocky Flats Colorado where triggers were to be made. The action saves over 1 billion dollars and shifts funds to environmental cleanup as the United States enters a period with no warheads, orders, or active development.
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Washington Post
Washington
Bush Administration
U.S
Energy
James Watkins
United States
Rocky Flats
Colo
Denver
Watkins
Stan Norris
Natural Resource Defense Council
Shuttle astronauts chat with president and Young Astronauts
Discovery crew spoke with President Bush during a White House event with the Young Astronaut Council. Astronaut Norman Thagard and Hilmers discussed space life and farming seeds in Spacelab as observers asked questions. Hilmers, a De Witt native and Cornell College graduate, retires soon after his fourth space flight.
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Associated Press and Gazette
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Discovery
Bush
Young Astronaut Council
NASA
White House
Shuttle
Ronald Grabe
Spacelab
Norman Thagard
Iowa
Dave Hilmers
Thagard
Hilmers
de Witt
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
Marine Corps
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