Explosion and Fire Injure Passengers Aboard Emerald Seas
An explosion and ensuing fire aboard the Emerald Seas near Little Stirrup Cay injure at least 19 passengers. The ship evacuated by lifeboats to Little Stirrup and Great Stirrup Cays, then returned to Miami as crews battled the blaze.
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Little Stirrup Cay
Bahamas
Coast Guard
Emerald Seas
Great Stirrup Cay
Miami
Bernard Chabot
Eastern Cruise Lines
Titanic wreck study: buckled seams sank ship, not a gash
Robert Ballard led 11 dives to the Titanic and reports no gash was found. Buckled hull plates below the waterline caused flooding and sinking. Survivors recalled only a slight jolt as the vessel struck the iceberg.
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Washington
Robert Ballard
Ballard
National Geographic Society
New York
Newfoundland
Alvin
Titanic
Senate votes to restore automatic budget cuts under Gramm Rudman
The Senate approved by 63 to 36 a revised Gramm Rudman plan giving the budget director power to order across the board cuts while Congress retains oversight. The vote signals renewed commitment to deficit discipline as debates over raising the debt ceiling continue.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
Sen
Lawton Chiles
Florida
Senate Budget Committee
Gramm-Rudman
House
Phil Gramm
Texas
Rehnquist Denies Voter Harassment Amid Confirmation Hearings
Supreme Court nominee Justice William Rehnquist told the Senate Judiciary Committee he never harassed or intimidated black or Hispanic voters in Phoenix. He also acknowledged a restrictive deed on a Vermont home forbidding sale to anyone of the Hebrew race and questioned his memory on past ballot challenges.
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Washington
Supreme Court
William Rehnquist
United States
Senate
Phoenix
Ariz
Rehnquist
Greensboro
Edward Kennedy
D-Mass
Senate Judiciary Committee
Paul Laxalt
R-Nev
Committee
Strom Thurmond
R-S.c
Democratic Committee
Thurmond
FBI
Patrick Leahy
D-Vt
Legislators press bid to evict Iowa officials from Capitol
A legislative panel unanimously asked the General Services Director to prepare options to move Secretary of State Mary Jane Odell, State Treasurer Michael Fitzgerald, and State Auditor Richard Johnson from the Capitol by Sept. 1 so spaces can be used for committees. The move, likely to face legal challenges, aims to reassign offices unless approved by the council.
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Des Moines
Iowa Capitol
The
Legislative Council
Iowa
Jack Walters
Capitol
Mary Jane Odell
Michael Fitzgerald
Richard Johnson
Odell
Summer painters keep Cedar Rapids railing vibrant
Joan McCallum of Van Horn and her husband, both teachers, paint a house railing on Second Avenue SE in Cedar Rapids. Now in their 20th year of summer painting, they rely on the income to support their son's college expenses this fall.
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Joan McCallum
van Horn
Second Avenue
Cedar Rapids
McCallum
Farmers lose big verdict against bank in Iowa case
Magistrate James Hodges voided a $3.6 million judgment against First National Bank of Oelwein, ruling the January verdict lacked sufficient evidence. Plaintiffs Kal and Robert Knickerbocker plan an appeal claiming the bank failed to pay rent on 4200 acres in 1983, ending their farming operations.
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First National Bank of
Knickerbocker Brothers
Knickerbockers
Kal Knickerbocker
Stanley
Florida
Robert Knickerbocker
Arlington
Arizona
Buchanan County
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Hodges
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Daytona Beach
Atlantic Ocean
Grand Bahama
Gazette Wire Services
Senate UK
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Rita Reed
By Judy Daubenmier
Des Moines Bureau
Donald Avenson
Oelwein Democrat
Roland Krekeler
Gazette Courts
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