Soldiers searched for gang tattoos at Fort Lewis
Ninety thousand soldiers at Fort Lewis in Tacoma will undergo body searches for gang or extremist tattoos. Lt. Gen. George Crocker ordered the scans, following a 1995 incident where a white soldier killed a black couple for a spider web tattoo linked to skinheads. Catalogs list offensive marks such as swastikas, Celtic crosses, skulls and other symbols.
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Fort Lewis
Tacoma
George Crocker
82Nd Airborne Division
Fort Bragg
N.C
Crocker
James N. Burmeister
Good Housekeeping Refreshes Seal and Extended Warranty
The Good Housekeeping Seal, in use since 1909, gains a new look and longer warranty in a campaign by the women’s magazine. Items bearing the seal or advertised in the 5 million circulation issue will have double protection, with replacement or refund if defective within two years of purchase.
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Good Housekeeping
Women’s Magazine
Bombs seized as police raid Brooklyn apartment
Five bombs were recovered after a Thursday raid on a Brooklyn two story rear yard tenement. Two Middle Eastern men were shot and wounded while police thwarted a possible death by own action bombing intended for New York subways. A third suspect was arrested. others not life threatening. Police described the devices as potentially lethal and under investigation as a coordinated attack.
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New York
Brooklyn
Cial
Rudolph Giuliani
Howard Safir
United States
FBI
James Kallstrom
Atso
Long Island Rail Road
Army study details sexual harassment findings
The Army’s largest study of sexual harassment, based on interviews with 35,000 soldiers at 59 installations, shows discrimination against female soldiers and lax screening of male drill sergeants. It calls for psychological exams, expanded background checks to five years, enhanced training, and 100 new lieutenants in training units to boost oversight.
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Washington
Army
Pentagon
Tillie Fowler
R-Fla
House
Togo West
Aberdeen Proving Ground
Maryland
Aberdeen
Gene McKinney
McKinney
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