Senate approves Cuba sanctions despite foreign protests
The Senate passed a Cuba sanctions bill 74 to 22 tightening the embargo and letting Cuban exiles sue foreign companies in U.S. courts for assets confiscated by the Castro regime. Clinton backed the measure after initially opposing it. European, Canadian, and Caribbean governments protested the extraterritorial provisions.
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Los Angeles Times
Washington
United States
Senate
Cuba
U.S
Clinton
House
White House
Congress
Grenada
Jean Chretien
State Department
European Union
Beleaguered lawmaker quits bid for Congress in 1996
Rep. Enid Greene Waldholtz, amid a sprawling financial and divorce case tied to her estranged husband, announces she will not seek a second term in the 1996 race. She cites a difficult campaign while a single mother and ongoing Justice Department probe, while denying criminal wrongdoing.
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Salt Lake City
Enid Greene Waldholtz
Republican Party
House Rules Committee
Waldholtz
Justice Department
Congress
Washington
Ents
Utah
Joe Waldholtz
Elizabeth
Court lifts order for Bailey jail in asset forfeiture case
An 11th Circuit panel cleared the way to jail F Lee Bailey once a district judge approves, after Bailey failed to turn over assets from a drug dealer client. The case returns to Judge Maurice Paul in Ocala Florida who has yet to set the start of Bailey's sentence. Prosecutors contend most assets belong to the government under forfeiture and Bailey should have turned over the rest.
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F. Lee Bailey
Atlanta
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Bailey
Maurice Paul
Ocala
Fla
Paul
Ron Wierenga
U.S. Marshal’s Service
Amish family torn by publicity over son’s rescue and medical bills
The Herschbergers of Sullivan Illinois opened their home to outsiders after Samuel Herschberger nearly lost a limb in a farm accident. Donations paid about 250000 in medical bills but drew widespread attention, sparking concern about outside influence on their community and a wish for the publicity to stop.
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Sullivan, Ill
Samuel Herschberger
Nity
Samuel
Oba Herschberger
Herschbergers
Associated Press
Simon & Schuster
Southern Illinois University Press
Herschberger
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