Retired Generals Aid Croatia Army Restructure
Four or five former U S military officers advised Croatia under a 1994 Pentagon contract to build a civil controlled army. They visited Zagreb to help create a chain of command while Croatia fought Serbs in Croatia and Bosnia. The move aims to support a political settlement in Bosnia while Washington urges diplomacy.
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Croatia
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Krajina
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David Johnson
Military Professional Resources Inc
Virginia
Johnson
White House
Jacques Chirac
Helmut Kohl
John Major
Yugoslavia
Serbs Flee Croatia as Refugees Shelling Reported
UN says shells hit columns of Serb refugees fleeing Croatia after a Croatian drive seized territory. Some 120000 Serbs and tens of thousands of Muslims move toward Bosnia and Serbia as Bosnian forces retake areas around Bihac. Refugees trapped between Croatian north and Bosnian south face attacks.
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Croatia
United Nations
Yugoslavia
Bosnia
Serbia
U.N
Yuri Shishaev
Bihac
Serb Exodus From Croatia Might Reach Two Hundred Thousand
UN and aid agencies warn the Serb exodus from Croatia could total about 200000, with 30000 refugees camped near Topusko and reports of shelling and civilian casualties along refugee corridors south of Zagreb. Witnesses say artillery fire hit crowded refugee routes as Croatian jets strike near Bosanski Petrovac. UN officials describe the situation as alarming amid a three day Croatian offensive that retook territory from Serb rebels.
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Croatia
U.N
Topusko
Zagreb
Alexander Ivanka
Sarajevo
Bosnia
Serbia
Yasushi Akashi
United Nations
Yugoslavia
Chris Gunness
Bosanski Petrovac
UNHCR
Geneva
Janowski
Krajina
Dole pushes tough welfare reform in Senate showdown
Senate debate heats as Senator Dole backed by 32 Republicans presses a bill shifting job training child care and cash welfare to states in three block grants. The plan would require teen mothers to live at home attend school and cap benefits after five years while aiming to cut welfare spending by 70 billion over seven years. Democrats denounce it as punitive and harmful to children.
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Lauch Faircloth
N.C. Dole
Senate
House
Dole
Edward Kennedy
D-Mass
Murdered director found entombed in concrete tub
Los Angeles AP reports independent contractor living in director Adamson s home during renovations was arrested on murder charges. The grisly case involves director Samuel Adamson known for Dracula vs Frankenstein and Blood of Ghastly Horror. Adamson body found buried in concrete under a whirlpool tub at his India California home after five weeks missing. Autopsy pending. motive unknown. Samuel Sherman of Independent International Pictures cites shock at the crime as Adamson had just begun work on Beyond This Earth. Suspect Fred Fulford, 46, was traced to a St Petersburg Florida hotel room, with extradition possible. Adamson s brother alerted police last week after noticing suspicious activity surrounding the house. Survivors include two sisters and a brother.
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Los Angeles
al Adamson
Adamson
India
Fred Fulford
St. Petersburg
Fla
Bruce Bower
Fulford
Florida
Bower
Samuel Sherman
Sherman
New Jersey
Independent International Pictures
Lon Chaney Jr
Stud Brown
FDA probes pacemaker part lead trouble in Telectronics
Federal officials are examining reports of adverse reactions tied to Telectronics Pacing Systems model 330-854. Englewood, Colorado based Telectronics, a major pacemaker maker, says a small number of failures involve a lead wire breaking in some devices, following a recall last year linked to two deaths.
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Colo
Telectronics Pacing Systems
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Don McClaren
FDA
Washington, D.C
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