Protesters pray Elian will remain in Miami
Demonstrators gathered outside Elian Gonzalez home in Miami praying and chanting as the custody dispute stretches on. More than 250 people waved flags and urged Elian’s father to return to Cuba without his son while the federal appeals court in Atlanta considers a temporary injunction blocking Elian from leaving the country. The Justice Department paused reunification plans for a few days and pressed the appeals court to override the injunction. Lazaro Gonzalez had lost custody after defying a government order to take Elian to the airport. Juan Miguel Gonzalez has waited in Washington since April 6. A Newsweek poll shows a majority think the family isn’t cooperating with government and court efforts and disapprove of the Clinton administration’s handling.
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Justice Department
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Washington
Newsweek
Clinton
Poor Americans see higher IRS audit rate say report
Syracuse University TRAC reports that while overall audits dipped to under 1 percent, the poorest taxpayers earning 25 000 or less faced a 1.36 percent rate in 1999 up from 1.14 in 1998, reversing the former bias toward the wealthy. The IRS cites noncompliance in the EITC and nonfilers as reasons.
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N.Y
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Syracuse University
TRAC
Don Roberts
Woman rises to battalion commander at VMI
Erin Claunch 20 rose to battalion commander at Virginia Military Institute, leading half of the 1,200 cadets this fall as the school remains coeducational. The 1997 admission of women followed a federal ruling. 53 women now comprise under 5 percent of the corps, with classEs all coed this year.
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Erin Claunch
Virginia Military Institute
Claunch
VMI
U.S. Supreme Court
Ebony McElroy
San Diego
Calif
Clinton designates Sequoia groves as off-limits monument
President Clinton travels to the Trail of 100 Giants in California to announce a new national monument protecting about 327000 acres. The action would end logging mining and some recreation to preserve sequoia groves under the Antiquities Act.
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Palo Alto
Calif
Clinton
California
Sierra Nevada
Fire starts by trash blaze in Florida. 15000 acres burn
A 17 year old cleaning up trash on family property is suspected of starting a wildfire that burned over 15000 acres in southwest Florida. Investigators say an aerosol can exploded in the trash, the blaze nearly contained after heavy rain. No injuries reported. schools closed and some evacuations advised near Big Cypress Swamp. Authorities did not name the teen. In Oregon a German shepherd belonging to a Humane Society official was found shot and hanged, prompting concerns over animal abuse cases and possible retaliation.
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Florida
Florida Agriculture
Gerry LaCavera
Florida Division of Forestry
Big Cypress Swamp
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Ore
Humane Society
Donner
Kimball Lewis
Humane Society of
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Byron Maas
Society
Teacher donates kidney to student in moving act
CHAPEL HILL NC AP Fifteen year old Michael Carter received a new kidney from his science teacher Jane Smith of Fayetteville at UNC Hospitals. Officials said both are in fair condition and the transplant occurred Friday with Smith likely to be discharged by Monday and Michael staying until midweek. Smith offered after Michael explained his dialysis needs and poor kidney growth. The operation was delayed twice due to infections.
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N.C
Michael Carter
Jeffrey Fair
UNC
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Michael
Carter
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