Cicero bars Klan rally with $10000 deal
Cicero Illinois struck a $10000 anonymous donation agreement to fund Klan literature printing and distribution in exchange for canceling a planned KKK rally amid fears of violence. Officials defend the plan as a practical solution despite local backlash and criticism from civil rights groups.
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Ill
Chicago
Ku Klux Klan
David Niebur
Martin Luther King Jr
Selma
Ala
Reagan
Scientists find young galaxy in earliest universe
Scientists led by Arjun Dey at Johns Hopkins report the discovery of a candidate young galaxy from when the universe was under a billion years old. Using Keck I and II telescopes on Mauna Kea, the team says these baby galaxies may be the first star forming episodes that evolve into mature galaxies like our own.
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Arjun Dey
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore
Dey
Mauna Kea
Hawaii
Senate approves 214 billion highway and mass transit bill
The Senate passed a 214 billion measure to upgrade highways and mass transit, preserve job opportunities, and curb drunken driving. It finances highway construction and safety at 173 billion through 2003 and mass transit at 41.3 billion, with added rural bus funding and ethanol tax credit extension.
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Senate
Iowa
Highway Trust Fund
House
Bill Archer
Methodist minister defends lesbian ceremony in trial
Rev. Jimmy Creech, 53, testified he acted to meet the couple’s spiritual needs after performing an unsanctioned lesbian Unity ceremony. He pleads not guilty to disobeying church rules as the first case testing United Methodist policy on homosexual ceremonies. The trial could shape church interpretation and Creech’s tenure at First United Methodist Church in Omaha.
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William Herschel
Uncle Sam
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Andrew Johnson
U.S. Senate
United States
Tennessee
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New York City
Kitty Genovese
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Scotland
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Neb
Jimmy Creech
United Methodist Church
Creech
First United Methodist Church
Omaha
Gore proposes live Earth video stream via TV and Internet
Vice President Gore will unveil a plan to provide continuous live video of Earth from a distant spacecraft named Triana. NASA aims for a cost under 50 million dollars with partner participation to lower costs, targeting a 2000 launch.
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Earth
Washington Post
Washington
NASA
Daniel Goldin
Triana
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Columbus
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