14 year old boy completes Pacific voyage to San Francisco
Subaru Takahashi a 14 year old Japanese youth who sailed 4600 miles solo across the Pacific completed the trip by entering San Francisco Bay. His 30 foot yacht which jammed mainsail and dead battery left him without a radio or autopilot as the Coast Guard towed the vessel to safety amid his awaiting parents. In a separate ruling the U S Circuit Court of Appeals in Washington upheld candidates right to air graphic abortion ads during prime time.
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Tiburon
Calif
Pacific Ocean
Golden Gate Bridge
Subaru Takahashi
San Francisco Bay
Coast Guard
Washington
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Four USDA workers plead guilty in campaign fund case
Four Agriculture Department employees pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges in a federal probe into illegal fundraising for President Clinton's first election campaign. They conspired to violate rules against raising funds from government employees at work and implied political advancement for contributions. The House Agriculture Committee will hold hearings on September 24.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Clinton
House Agriculture Committee
Tupac Shakur Dies at 25 in Las Vegas Drive-By Shooting
Rap icon Tupac Shakur known as 2Pac died at 4:03 PM at University Medical Center Las Vegas from four bullet wounds suffered near the Las Vegas Strip. Death Row Records spokesman George Pryce announced pending statements. The 1996 death marks the latest in a string of legal troubles and prior shooting incidents. Shakur, born 1971 in New York City, rose to fame amid controversy over violent lyrics and his film work.
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Las Vegas
Tupac Shakur
Shakur
University Medical Center
George Pryce
Death Row Records
2Pac
Las Vegas Strip
Marion “Suge” Knight
Manhattan
New York
Knight
Orion
Janet Jackson
John Singleton
Ernest Dickerson
Tupac Amaru Shakur
New York City
Afeni Shakur
Black Panther
Baltimore
High School For the Performing Arts
Vibe Magazine
U.S. Purges Haiti Palace Guards Under Preval Protection
The Clinton administration orders removal of top security leaders and shields President Rene Preval. About 40 U S agents and 70 Canadian officers secure Port-au-Prince palace as Preval intends to purge at least a dozen of his 87 member protection unit. The move aims to stabilize governance amid election-year scrutiny.
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Knight-Ridder
Washington
Haiti
Clinton
Presidential
Rene Preval
Preval
U.S
State Department
Bureau of Diplomatic Security
Department of Defense
Port-au- Prince
White Palace
Port-au-Prince
Clinton releases 12 page medical history statement
Under pressure from Bob Dole the White House released a 12 page report detailing President Clinton s medical history. It states no history of major illnesses and discloses lab results medications and specialist statements. Some details were withheld including photographs of inflamed vocal chords while the document addresses Dole campaign questions.
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Bob Dole
White House
Clinton
Mike McCurry
McCurry
Dole
E. Connie Mariano
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FAA
Long Lines
Ulami
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Gazette Wire Services
Rick Julian
Green Lake County
Christian Coalition
Pam Smerman
First St. SW
Stacy Martin
Third Ave
Coralville
Hwy
West
Homecrest, Winston, & Tropstone Wicker
LLOYD/FLANDERS
Rattan
LANE/VENTURE & BENCHCRAFT
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Hiawatha
Boyson Rd
SS Center Pt
N. Center Pt
Ericsson
United States Cellular
Wel
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
First Ave. S.E
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