Protests, White House fence case, and retiree health talks
Briefs cover a Los Angeles abortion protest with 25 arrests after a standoff at a clinic under a new city rule. A Secret Service officer wounded at the White House fence returns home for therapy while the suspected climber remains hospitalized. AT&T and unions edge toward a settlement on retirees' health costs avoiding a midnight strike. An ex juror from the O J Simpson trial denies racism claims and says she saw no racial animus during sequestration.
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Los Angeles
Washington
Secret Service
White House
Scott Giambattista
Merle Goldberg
George Washington University Medical Center
Leland William Modjeski
Falls Church
Goldberg
Anne Marklin
Communications Workers of America
At&t Corp
At&t
Herb Linnen
O.J. Simpson
Francine Florio Bunten
Kabc Radio
Bunten
Drug Spending Falls 1993 Study Finds A Decline In Cocaine Heroin Use
A White House funded Abt Associates study estimates Americans spent 49 billion on illegal drugs in 1993, down from 64 billion in 1988. Cocaine 31 billion, heroin 7 billion, marijuana 9 billion, other substances 2 billion. Hard core use declined about 15 percent over six years.
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Washington Post
Washington
Lee Brown
Clinton
National Drug Policy
Clinton presses bill to curb terrorism and expand tools
President Clinton urged passage of an anti-terrorism package detailing expanded wiretap authority and military involvement in terrorism cases. He argued Congress risks hindering police and tracking efforts while critics warn of civil liberty erosion and military overreach.
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Clinton
Bill
Washington
Congress
Senate
National Rifle Association
Volunteers fight flood threat with sandbags in Midwest
Rain drenched the Midwest as volunteers and Illinois officials mobilized 160 National Guard members to bolster flood defenses along the Missouri Mississippi and Illinois rivers. In Commerce Missouri the Baptist Church stayed dry while Cape Girardeau saw receding Mississippi waters. Residents faced displacement and renewed concern as crews filled sandbags upstream near St. Louis and scattered thunderstorms touched Illinois with heavy rain possible in northern Missouri.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Missouri
Mississippi
Illinois
Jim Edgar
National Guard
The
Baptist Church
Commerce
Cape Girardeau
Thompson
St. Louis
St. Charles County
Prison official denies gun in typewriter hoax at Turner's death
Virginia corrections chief stated no evidence inmate Willie Turner hid a .32 caliber revolver in a typewriter in the death house. Turner’s lawyer claimed discovery of weapon and ammunition behind the typewriter ribbon hours after the execution, prompting questions of a possible elaborate hoax.
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Richmond
Willie Lloyd Turner
Turner
Ron Angelone
Corrections Department
Ment
Department
Angelone
Walter Walvick
Walvick
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