Republic of Texas leader sentenced in abduction plot
Richard McLaren receives 99 years and Robert Otto 50 years for the April 27 abduction of Joe and Margaret Rowe. The cases marked the first trials of five Republic members amid a weeklong standoff with police.
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Richard McLaren
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Robert Otto
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Joe
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U.N. pauses U-2 flights over Iraq as crisis lingers
United Nations will postpone U-2 surveillance flights over Iraq this week while mediators urge Saddam Hussein to cooperate with weapons inspections. Iraq delays expulsion threats. U.N. mission remains in Baghdad ahead of Security Council review. Clinton warns against shooting U.S. planes, Cohen signals possible consequences.
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Iraq
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Saddam Hussein
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Clinton
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Hatch opposes Clinton nominee for rights post
President Clinton’s pick Bill Lan Lee to head the civil rights office faces trouble as several Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans announce opposition. Chairman Orrin Hatch says Lee’s stance on race conscious policies makes him unacceptable. Lee needs 10 votes to reach the Senate floor. Grassley and Thompson may swing crucial votes.
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Clinton
Bill Lan Lee
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Los Angeles
Senate Judiciary Committee
Lee
Judiciary Committee
Orrin Hatch
Utah
White House
Charles Grassley
Iowa
Fred Thompson
Tennessee
U S buys 21 MiG 29 planes to deter Iran threat
Defense Secretary Cohen said the United States purchased 21 advanced MiG 29 aircraft from Moldova to prevent Iran from obtaining them. The planes were disassembled and flown to Wright Patterson AFB. Cost was not disclosed.
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U.S. Defense Department
Washington
Iran
Defense
William Cohen
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NASA bids farewell to Mars Pathfinder
NASA officials in Pasadena formally end the Pathfinder mission as the Mars rover Sojourner fails to reestablish contact. Pathfinding operations report no science data since September 27 and the craft remains silent while Sojourner follows its contingency path toward the lander but cannot approach within ten feet.
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Calif
Mars
NASA
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Pathfinder
Filter-tipped cigarettes linked to rise in deep lung cancer
Washington AP report notes a study showing filtered low-tar cigarettes drive deeper inhalation, increasing adenocarcinoma in the small air sacs and tubes deep in the lung. Dr. Clark Heath Jr of the American Cancer Society leads the Journal of the National Cancer Institute analysis.
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Clark Heath Jr
American Cancer Society
Heath
Journal of the
National Cancer Institute
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