Briefs from across the nation on crime spaceflight and death
A couple abandoned their 11 year old daughter on an interstate after she refused to join them in death. NASA weather threatened Atlantis mission. Georges Delerue, Oscar winning composer, dies at 67 in Los Angeles. Congress franking spending doubles in late 1991. two Illinois Central freight trains collide near a rail yard killing a crewman. a Missouri patriarch killed his wife and children before killing himself following a heart medication change.
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Lorne Wayne Cooper
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Woodbridge
Cooper
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Paris
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Dien Bien Phu
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Congress
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Illinois Central
Sullivan
David Schatz
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Neil Schatz
Spring storms blot East and Midwest snowbound Midwest and West
A fast moving spring storm dumped up to a foot of snow around the Great Lakes and up to 18 inches in Monroe Michigan. West Coast rain followed by a 20 car pileup near San Dimas California. Two deaths reported near Madison Wisconsin and Chicago suburbs.
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Bob Wartner
Wayne State University
Detroit
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Madison
Sue Thompson
Eau Claire
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Interstate 10
San Dimas
Poverty rising among U.S. youth says study panel
A Washington think tank report finds more than 20 percent of youths lived below the poverty line by the early 1990s, with a rise in deaths from violence and personal crisis between 1988 and 1989. Nine benchmarks show deteriorating child well being and lower high school graduation rates, especially among Latinos.
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America
Judith Weitz
Rise in women jailed for drugs jumps nationwide
The Justice Department study shows drug crimes accounted for roughly half of the 137 percent rise in women held in local jails over the last decade. In 1989 one in three female inmates faced drug charges, compared with one in four men, with more than two thirds having children under 18.
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Justice Department
Department’s
Bureau of Justice Statistics
Clinton Defends Free Plane Trips in Connecticut Clash
Presidential contenders Clinton and Brown traded barbs over ethics and defense plans in Connecticut as Bush defense cuts loom. Clinton said he disclosed nine plane trips from Don Tyson's Chickens with one personal ride while Brown faced questions over a law firm bill to oppose a contribution limits referendum.
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Clinton
Nbc-Tv
Meet the Press
Tyson
Arkansas
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Ex rivals named as possible running mates for Clinton
Two former Clinton rivals are floated as potential vice presidential picks as Clinton nears a decision. Names include Tsongas, Kerrey, Bradly, Gephardt, Wolf, Powell, with Powell rumored if Bush dumps Quayle.
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Bill Clinton
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Clinton
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Meet the Press
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Bob Kerrey
New Jersey
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Harris Wofford
Pennsylvania
Colin Powell
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Powell
Bush
Dan Quayle
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