Major victory reshapes Conservative leadership and cabinet
Prime Minister John Major won two-thirds of the Conservative leadership vote on Tuesday and immediately reshaped the cabinet. He promoted Malcolm Rifkind to foreign secretary, installed Michael Portillo at defense, abolished Employment and moved its duties to Education, and named Michael Heseltine deputy prime minister while dismissing party chair Jeremy Hanley.
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Veteran ends 30 hour standoff aboard USS Yorktown
Jimmy Jordan a Vietnam veteran with Bronze Star and Purple Heart surrendered to Mount Pleasant police after throwing down a pistol and ammunition clips into Charleston harbor aboard the decommissioned USS Yorktown. Negotiators and a bomb squad prepared to regain access to the ship as investigations proceed.
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Tornadoes Kill Three in Alabama and Missouri Damage
A tornado swept through Alabama destroying a boathouse on the Coosa River near Ragland where a family sought shelter during a holiday outing. A 28 year old woman, her four year old niece and eight year old nephew died, four other relatives were critically injured. In Moberly Missouri a tornado damaged city hall and about 100 homes with no serious injuries reported. Winds up to 60 mph struck northeast Missouri farm country as barns and outbuildings were destroyed.
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Atlantis Crew Reports Mir Receding During Prolonged Mission Tests
The Atlantis crew resumed extensive medical tests after five days linked with the Mir station, the joint 223 ton Earth orbit mission ending as the shuttle and station separated. Commander Robert Gibson noted Mir appeared as a distant bright ball in the sunrise as the pace of work slowed.
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Astronauts Thagard Strekalov Dezhurov Return Flight
U S astronaut Norman Thagard and cosmonauts Gennady Strekalov and Vladimir Dezhurov have completed a 115 day Mir mission and are set to land Friday in Florida aboard the shuttle Atlantis from Cape Canaveral.
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Vice President Gore's Mother Suffers Heart Attack
Pauline Gore, 83, mother of Vice President Al Gore, was conscious and in fair condition after a heart attack at her Carthage home. She was taken to Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville area. a news conference with her cardiologist was planned.
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Drug task force officers slain in Yuma office
In Yuma Arizona two police officers on a multiagency drug task force were shot dead at the Southwest Border Alliance headquarters. A Yuma County deputy, 37 year old Jack Hudson, is detained as a suspect as investigators sort out what happened. Lt Dan Elkins led the task force and Mike Crowe of the Department of Public Safety also died.
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Jack Hudson
Davelyn Rodgers
Dan Elkins
Mike Crowe
Department of Public Safety
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