Senate rejects move to cut NEA funding
The Senate voted 76 to 22 to maintain NEA funding despite Republican calls to eliminate $100 million for fiscal 1999. NEA Chair Bill Ivey hailed bipartisan backing as the House previously reversed moves to abolish the agency, which has faced years of criticism over art funding.
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India and Pakistan overstated nuclear tests in seismic study
Independent analysis based on seismic data says only two of Pakistan’s and two of India’s claimed explosions were real. Researchers claim authorities exaggerated numbers to gain political leverage, noting seismology reveals fewer detonations than announced. Clinton officials have doubted the tests’ scope.
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Pakistan
Los Angeles Times
Terry Wallace
University of Arizona
Seismological Research Letters
Wallace
Washington
Clinton
Democrats Back Parts of GOP Tax Plan Amid Surplus Debate
Democrats signaled support for an $80 billion Republican tax cut plan if funded from the projected $1.6 trillion budget surplus, while urging preservation of Social Security. The proposal includes boosts for education, the working elderly, and college savings accounts, with some provisions targeting two earner families and self employed health insurance deductions.
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Charles Rangel
New York
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R-Texas
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Clinton
Flood victims in southern Mexico lack food and medicine
In Huixtla and surrounding areas the flood zone left 1.2 million people without adequate aid five days after rivers overwhelmed homes and crops. Authorities warn death tolls rise. aid flights delayed by cloudy weather. army medical teams strive to reach isolated communities as thousands line up for food and care.
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Huixtla
Edgar Novelo
Radon in Water Poses Lesser Risk Than Gas Says Study
A National Research Council study finds radon in drinking water poses lower cancer risk than inhaling radon gas. It urges prioritizing indoor air radon reductions, noting most risk comes from radon transfer into air, not water consumption, with expert John Doull commenting on indoor air being the bigger threat.
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National Research Council
Council
Environmental Protection Agency
John Doull
Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics
University of Kansas Medical Center
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