FCC weighs tougher rules for educational TV content
Regulators plan a first ten year hearing on children’s television to define educational programming and require stations to air a minimum weekly quota. The effort targets cartoons misrepresented as educational shows.
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Committee sets July hearings on Whitewater saga
The House Banking Committee will begin Whitewater hearings July 26 with invitation to special counsel Robert Fiske Jr. and top White House officials. The initial session will cover the Washington phase of the Arkansas land venture probe and the removal of Whitewater documents from Vincent Foster's office after his July death. The Senate aims for similar hearings by July 29.
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Father-in-law disputes Simpson alibi in LA case
Louis Brown, Nicole Brown Simpson’s father, challenges a key alibi detail by asserting his daughter spoke with her mother around 10 p.m. not 11 p.m. as a coroner’s report indicated. Prosecutors seek gloves, blood, and hair evidence while hunting for the murder weapon as motions proceed.
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Documents reveal more radiation tests
Washington AP reports 48 new human radiation experiments surfaced in a government release. Subjects included pregnant women given radioactive iodine 131 before therapeutic abortions, lab workers drinking plutonium contaminated water, and terminally ill patients injected with strontium-85. Additional exposure occurred at government weapons labs in the 1980s for equipment calibration.
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Supreme Court blocks Hasidic Kiryas Joel school district
The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that New York created a government school district for a Hasidic community, violating church state separation by singling out a religious sect for special treatment. The ruling also addressed broadcast free speech rights of cable operators in contrast to TV and radio broadcasters.
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Clinton Denies Jones Harassment Charges and Immunity Claim
President Clinton formally denies Paula Jones harassment claims and asserts presidential immunity. Sawyer files motion asserting immunity on her status as a state employee and the White House sets up a defense fund to cover up to $1,000 donations. The memo argues flaws in Jones’s suit and the case’s path to the Supreme Court.
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