Briefs from Washington to California cover politics and incidents
Washington Clinton and Hillary were sworn in for interviews about Whitewater and Vincent Foster's death. Modesto a 16 year old opened fire at a car celebration wounding six, six counts of attempted murder filed. Richmond Coleman runs for Senate as independent. Santa Cruz Gulf War Syndrome linked to bug repellent and anti nerve gas pills. Austin Col Beckwith dies at 65. Chicago AMA warns doctors over prescription illegibility and errors.
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Clinton
Hillary
Whitewater
Vincent Foster
Robert Fiske
Modesto
Calif
Santa Cruz
U.S
Santa Cruz Sentinel
Clinton builds coalition for North Korea sanctions
President Clinton pressed for U.N. sanctions on North Korea, seeking Russian backing and Chinese abstention. Officials warned a Security Council vote could take weeks, with talks over milder initial sanctions and Beijing's cautious stance shaping the effort.
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Washington
Clinton
North Korea
Boris Yeltsin
China
Administration
U.N. Security Council
Yeltsin
White House
Dee Dee Myers
United States
Beijing
State Department
Mike McCurry
McCurry
United Nations
Clinton proposes cuts to fund welfare reform plan
President Clinton outlined a 9.3 billion welfare reform blueprint to convert cash aid for single mothers into a two year time limited program tied to job training and placement. The plan relies on cuts in social spending and immigrant-related restrictions and drew criticism at the Portland Conference of Mayors.
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Clinton
U.S. Conference of Mayors
Portland
Ore
Leaders draft civil rights agenda in Baltimore session
About 70 participants including Rev. Jesse Jackson Rev. Al Sharpton and Louis Farrakhan met in Baltimore to map a broad civil rights program. The closed door NAACP summit focused on economics and youth issues with publicity restricted.
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Baltimore
South Carolina
Jesse Jackson
al Sharpton
Nation of Islam
Louis Farrakhan
Cancer study leadership put to new competition
An National Cancer Institute board voted to reopen competition for leadership of the long run breast cancer study amid management problems including fraud and false data. The University of Pittsburgh has led the project for decades.
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Washington
National Cancer Institute
Ing
University of Pittsburgh
Supreme Court curbs residential sign bans nationwide
The Supreme Court unanimously limited local power to ban private home signs. It ruled for a Ladue Missouri woman who displayed a small notebook sign calling for peace in the Persian Gulf, saying the home carries strong protections for individual liberty. The ruling, while about residential signs, could widen limits on broader sign bans.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Persian Gulf
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