US Pays Families of Downed Cuban Pilots
The families of four private pilots killed when their planes were shot down by Cuban jets received 300000 each from frozen Cuban funds. A State Department official called it a humanitarian gesture not a waiver of rights to sue Cuba. Relatives of three pilots Armando Alejandro Jr. Carlos Costa and Mario de la Pea had sued Cuba in U.S. District Court on October 31.
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Miami
U.S
Miami Herald
State Department
Armando Alejandro Jr
Carlos Costa
Mario de la Pea
Lott calls for GOP Clinton cooperation after campaign
Senate Leader Trent Lott urged bipartisanship with President Clinton saying Republicans will work with him if he proves sincerity. He blasted Democrats as arrogant while promoting government limit tax cuts and crime fights as goals.
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Washington
Senate
Trent Lott
GOP
Clinton
Lott
Mississippi
Owens Concedes Defeat in Arizona House Race
In Phoenix on Saturday Democrat Steve Owens conceded to Republican J D Hayworth after four days of vote counting. Hayworth finished with 120,994 votes 47.6 percent Owens had 118,583 46.6 percent a margin of 2411. The AFL CIO spent about 1 million backing Owens.
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Arizona
Phoenix
J.D. Hayworth
Congress
Steve Owens
Hayworth
President denounces liquor ads as a threat to children
President Clinton denounces the distilleries plan to resume TV and radio liquor ads, urging 1 200 stations to follow networks in rejecting hard liquor ads. He argues the move endangers children during a peak holiday sales period while Distilled Spirits Council officials defend free speech and promise child protection measures.
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Los Angeles Times
Washington
Clinton
White House
Fred Meister
Distilled Spirits Council of the
United States
Meister
Grand jury indicts Kevorkian associate in Michigan
Janet Good, founder of Michigan's Hemlock Society chapter and dying of cancer, was indicted by the same grand jury that charged Dr. Jack Kevorkian in Loretta Peabody's death. Fieger called the move vicious and foolhardy as prosecutors remained unavailable for comment.
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Pontiac, Mich
Michigan
Hemlock Society
Jack Kevorkian
Good
Kevorkian
Loretta Peabody
Ionia
Fieger
Denver
Zaire calls on U.N. to condemn Rwanda Burundi role in conflict
Zaire urges the United Nations to condemn Rwanda and Burundi for alleged aggression as it accuses Tutsi led armies of seizing cities in eastern Zaire. U.N. Security Council debates a multinational force while Chretien signals cautious support for intervention.
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Zaire
United Nations
Rwanda
Burundi
Kinshasa
Europe
Bukavu
Goma
Uvira
U.N
Gerard Kamanda Wa Kamanda
Raymond Chretien
United States
Chretien
U.N. Security Council
FBI rejects Salinger document about Flight 800
FBI agents questioned Pierre Salinger in Paris and found his two page claim that a Navy missile downed Flight 800 to be Internet chatter. FBI officials say the document is the same hoax already investigated and disproved.
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N.Y
FBI
Pierre Salinger
Paris
James Kallstrom
Kallstrom
Salinger
ABC News
Kennedy
Long Island
U.S. Secret Service
U.S. Navy
CNN
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