NAACP opens 87th convention with pledge to confront new threats
NAACP leader Kweisi Mfume announces renewed mission at Charlotte gathering as organization trims debt from 3.2 million to about 1 million. He cites fires at churches and attacks on voting districts and affirmative action as issues to discuss, with Clinton due to visit and Dole not yet confirming remarks. Myrlie Evers-Williams credits members for turnaround and urges supporters to come back home.
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Kweisi Mfume
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
North Carolina
Supreme Court
Clinton
Bob Dole
Mfume
Maryland
Ruary
Myrlie Evers-Williams
Evers- Williams
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Victims seek court access in McVeigh Nichols trial
Oklahoma City victims facing limited seating as 653 victims seek attendance at trial. Judge Matsch set 12 seats for victims, 42 for reporters, six per defense, rest first come. Proposed closed circuit telecast and daily briefings aim to ease crowding amid debate on rights and penalties.
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Timothy McVeigh
Terry Nichols
Dahlia Lehman
U.S
Connie Schlittler
Project Heartland Center
Denver
Richard Matsch
Matsch
Ms. Lehman
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Nichols
Lehman
Leesa Brown
Justice Department
Dan McKinney
Linda
McKinney
Colorado
Oklahoma
Richard Wintory
Wintory
10Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
U.S. Atty
Joseph Hartzler
Marsha Kight
Karen Howick
Ms. Howick
Fireworks fire victims identified in Ohio River blaze
In Scottdale Ohio a store fire killed eight and injured many at the Ohio River Fireworks site. Kathleen Wilkes of Proctorville Ohio was downgraded to critical with extensive burns. Todd Hall, 24, of Proctorville, faces eight counts of involuntary manslaughter as investigators probe competing witness accounts.
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Kathleen Wilkes
Proctorville
Ohio
Stevens
Cabell Huntington Hospital
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Scottown
Burton Payne
Matthew Sansom
Wayne County
Ryan Aldridge
Misty Cron
Shelby Cron
Coal Grove
Jason Wallace
Floyd Tolliver
Ona Jean Tolliver
Branchland
Candy Lee
Todd Hall
Hall
B. Collier Jr
Cadet Transplant Gives Pine City Cadet New Hope
Brian Bauman a 22 year old Air Force Academy cadet from Pine City Minnesota received a bone marrow transplant at VA Puget Sound Health Care System in Seattle from a donor in South Korea The transplant completed after a seven hour procedure doctors say the prognosis is excellent if the graft takes Bauman diagnosed with chronic myelogenous leukemia in October and faces transfusions while the new marrow begins to function The family described the moment as life changing and emphasized Brian's focus and discipline during the battle ahead
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Becky Metz
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Brian Bauman
Pine City
Minn
Air Force Academy
Bauman
South Korea
William Schubach
VA Puget Sound Health Care System
Schubach
Steve Bauman
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