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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1994
Page
3
Maria Cole criticized the U S Postal Service unveiling for a 29 cent stamp honoring Nat King Cole as the birth date is two years off. The service printed 36 million stamps to be issued September 1 with 1917 listed as his birth year.
A dead man identified as Louis Dorval, a Lucchese associate, was found shot in the head inside a large plastic tool box floating in the Atlantic about 30 miles off Fire Island. Dorval, 30, helped the crime family build heroin and cocaine networks, according to FBI statements. A federal indictment unsealed last week charges nine men with racketeering.
President Clinton celebrated turning 48 with a public event as Patti LaBelle helped cut the cake and the Democratic Party raised over a million dollars. Hillary Clinton called the birthday a milestone while predicting action in Congress on health care, which remained stalled days later.
Senator Byrd urged an end to partisan fights and a stripped down reform. A bipartisan bloc led by Chafee and Breaux prepared a compromise plan, after cost concerns from budget officials. The coalition aims for a fiscally responsible middle ground less than the Mitchell bill, with subsidies reduced and no employer mandate.
The defense in the O J Simpson trial filed a 23 page motion portraying detective Mark Fuhrman as racist and capable of planting evidence. It seeks personnel records and psychiatric reports and cites a witness alleging Fuhrman used racial slurs. Fuhrman denies wrongdoing. Judge Ito will rule on Aug 31.
Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen moves quickly to replace Altman with Undersecretary Frank N Newman as deputy and Edward Knight as general counsel. Newman, a fiscal conservative, and Knight, longtime adviser, would reshape the department after the Whitewater probe.
In Fort Lauderdale Florida police say a German couple slept through a foul odor and a corpse under their motel bed for a night. The body of 47 year old Bryan J Gregory of New York was found wrapped in plastic under a platform bed after guests checked out. A similar case occurred in Miami Springs in March involving a German tourist.
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