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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1995
Page
1
Senator Phil Gramm of Texas said on CBS Face the Nation that he has the votes to push tougher work requirements in a Republican welfare reform bill, and he anticipated a close vote on cutting off benefits to single mothers with more children.
An Army friend of Oklahoma City bombing suspect Timothy McVeigh is likely to be indicted on lesser charges in exchange for testifying against him, according to McVeigh's attorney. The development moves the case toward a potential witness agreement ahead of trial.
The alleged chief of the world’s biggest cocaine cartel may hold key evidence about whether drug traffickers gave millions of dollars to President Ernesto Sampet’s election campaign. See story on page 4A.
At a Sunday anti-American rally in Havana Fidel Castro asserted that U.S. satellites monitor a dog visiting the park for its needs. The remark appeared on page 4A.
Grant Goodman, KU emeritus East Asian history professor and WWII Army translator, defends Truman’s order to drop Hiroshima and Nagasaki. He notes the invasion would have cost hundreds of thousands of American lives and argues public memory shifts with time as a TV documentary airs on KCPT Channel 19.
Yugoslav army tanks moved toward Croatia after Croatian forces routed rebels in a three day blitz that displaced up to 200 000 people. Both sides blamed civilians as fighting resumed after a UN brokered accord collapsed. A partial mobilization began in Serb villages though no direct combat was reported.
Washington report details the American Red Cross push to unify blood banks under national rules, triggering regional pushback in Springfield Missouri and labor strikes in Atlanta and Detroit. The plan includes a $162 million cost, budget deficit, job cuts, and a shift to centralized computer systems amid stricter donor screening for AIDS and related diseases.
A Ways and Means options paper outlines increases to the Medicare deductible and a possible 25 percent charge on doctors bills if seniors reject managed care. It also considers keeping pre65 group plans or allowing medical savings accounts paired with high deductible policies to pay costs.
House Speaker Newt Gingrich and other Republicans campaign to show Medicare can be saved without deep cuts. They plan dozens of town meetings to argue for retooling the program, claiming a 270 billion dollar reduction over seven years is needed while Democrats push forums and petitions to counter the plan.
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