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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1998
Page
4
A Duke University late donation highlights John Brooks Fuqua, an 80 year old philanthropist who grew up on a Virginia tobacco farm and built a Fortune 500 conglomerate. He repaid a librarian’s courtesy by giving $20 million to Duke’s business school in Durham. Fuqua never attended college.
Mildred Haines Alford died April 2 1997 in North Dallas at 91 after a life as a longtime educator and elementary school principal. At her death her estate totaled near $2 million with the bulk distributed earlier this month to five organizations The Stewpot Children’s Medical Center of Dallas Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Dallas Public Library and the Dallas Zoo each receiving over a quarter million dollars without restrictions.
A confidential Treasury Inspector General report finds IRS abuse allegations by Houston agent Jennifer Long during last fall’s Senate hearings unfounded and unsubstantiated. It notes concerns about disciplinary actions and backs Long’s stance, while Senate aides defend her and other witnesses amid political controversy.
Washington AP Gen John Sheehan, a retired U S Marine general, defends his dovish Cuba views amid ridicule from anti Castro circles in Miami. He cites Castro's blunt replies on chemical or biological weapons and recounts an 82 hour Cuba visit questioning biotechnology and vaccine work. Critics like Rep Lincoln Diaz Balart call Cuba a narcotics and germ warfare risk while Pentagon leaks note limited threat.
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