U.S. weighs bug warfare as drug crop control
The administration weighs experimental use of insects against coca plants in Peru and Bolivia while pledging no deployment without invitation. Officials say research is in early stages and any action would require Peruvian and Bolivian consent, with funds part of a broader anti drug strategy.
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Washington
Peru
Bolivia
Bush
South America
Marlin Fitzwater
Agriculture Department
Fitzwater
National Drug Policy
William Bennett
The
Washington Post
Colombia
Department of Agriculture
Court upholds indefinite jail for non disclosure of childrens whereabouts
Supreme Court rules 7-2 that parents suspected of child abuse may be jailed indefinitely to locate missing children if necessary to protect their welfare. Justice OConnor says the measure targets child safety, not self incrimination, while Brennan and Marshall dissent. Other actions include social worker immunity, highway funds, and welfare benefits for disabled children.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Maryland
Sandra Day O'Connor
Nevada
Missouri Tops AP Ballot After Upsets Over Kansas Oklahoma
Missouri vaults to No 1 in the AP basketball poll following wins over then No 1 Kansas and No 11 Oklahoma. Kansas slides to No 2.
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Kansas
Oklahoma
Missouri
Jayhawks
Eastern Europe reform leader visits White House
Vaclav Havel of Czechoslovakia became the first Eastern European reform leader to visit the White House. The brief area report touches on the significance of the visit amid ongoing political changes in the region.
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Vaclav Have
Eastern Europe
White House
Board of Regents considers end to open admissions in Kansas
A Kansas House committee endorsed a bill to end open admission at the six state universities. It would require freshmen entering fall 1994 to meet one of three standards including a 2.0 GPA, 21 ACT, or top third high school ranking for in state students, with higher standards for out-of-state applicants.
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Topeka
House
Kansas
House Appropriations Committee
State Board of Regents
Rochelle Chronister
R-Neodesha
Ken Francisco
Wichita
Regents
Students lobby Kansas lawmakers for tuition funding
TOPEKA A group of 275 students from Kansas University and elsewhere joined in ASK Lobby Day at the Statehouse. Governor Hayden discussed higher education funding and signaled support for a Senate-approved $12 million yearly boost funded by a cigarette tax increase and higher tobacco product levies. The plan hinges on House action, with Hayden stating he would sign if the bill reaches his desk.
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Topeka
Kansas
Mike Hayden
State Capitol
Kansas Board of Regents
Statehouse
Associated Students of Kansas
Kansas University
Hayden
ASK
Lawrence
Senate
Regents
House
Quotable Cuban remark on defense posture cited by ambassador
A Cuban ambassador Elises Estrada Lescaille is quoted stating that although McDonald’s is unavailable in Cuba, no one starves and people will eat grass if needed to defend the revolution. The remark underscores resilience and self-reliance in the face of Western influence.
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McDonald‘s
Cuba
Elises Estrada Lescaille
Missing money a mystery for U S
Washington reports a puzzling drift of U S currency with about 1000 dollars per American in circulation while the nation’s 180 billion dollars of printed paper seems unaccounted for. Experts cite foreign holdings, drug trade, and repatriations as possible factors.
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Washington
Federal Reserve
Alan Greenspan
Congress
U.S
United States
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Reform
Robert D. Hershey Jr
N.Y
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