Budget compromise shapes 1999 spending and 2000 census pace
Congress agrees on eight overdue spending bills totaling 500 billion for fiscal 1999 with nearly 20 billion in emergency spending. Republicans tout local control while Democrats stress education gains and a stalled school construction plan. The package funds education, state, health and human services, IMF, military needs, disaster recovery, and tax credits, with a June 15 resolution deadline on the 2000 census.
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Dick Gephardt
D-Mo
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State, Health and Human Services
Newt Gingrich
R-Ga
U.S
Bosnia
U.S. Capitol
Clinton
I-80 Drug Check Highlights Interstate Crackdown
Iowa authorities halted motorists during a first eastern Iowa operation near Tipton Wilton and Council Bluffs using an ion scanner to detect 13 drugs. Dozens detained for possession including marijuana, crack, powder cocaine and mushrooms. A rest area stop, plainclothes officers, and an air-assisted lookout aided the checks.
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I-80
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West Coast
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Iowa National Guard
Iowa
Des Moines
Council Bluffs
6 year old boy found in Virginia after kidnapping probe
A 6 year old ultra orthodox boy with cerebral palsy was found in Virginia. Babysitter Theresa Giannola Goldberg was arrested in Chester at a Fairfield Marriott. The child Chaim Weill was taken to safety and is in good condition.
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New York
Virginia
Theresa Giannola Goldberg
Fairfield-Marriott Inn
Chester
Emergency Services
Mary Johlie
Richmond
FBI
Chaim Weill
Johlie
Chaim
Brooklyn
Typhoon Zeb Leaves Death Toll Ranging Across Asia
Typhoon Zeb battered the Philippines killing at least 24 people, Taiwan four, and flooding roads with mudslides. It prompted mass sheltering, blackouts, closed schools and offices, and a suspended Taipei stock exchange as flights were disrupted while Japan prepared to face the storm.
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Taiwan
Japan
Philippines
The
Stock Exchange
Taipei
Taitung
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