Atlantis lands at Kennedy after historic Mir docking mission
Atlantis ends an 11 day flight marking the first U.S. shuttle Mir docking. Commander Robert Gibson and pilot Charles Precourt land at Cape Canaveral at 9 54 a.m. CDT. The mission delivered Anatoly Solovyev and Nikolai Budarin to Mir and brought home Norm Thagard and two cosmonauts. A further shuttle series is planned ahead of the space station project. Discovery prepares for a separate eight day mission with a $330 million communications satellite amid delays.
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California County Delays Payment On $800 Million Bonds
Orange County voters approved a one year extension to repay the 800 million dollar municipal bonds. Bankruptcy lawyer Bruce Bennett said 97 percent of bondholders backed the move. U S Bankruptcy Judge John E Ryan signed an agreement allowing bondholders to sue Merrill Lynch if payments fail next summer amid past losses from former Treasurer Robert L Citron’s bets.
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Organ donation shortage study challenges assumptions
A Philadelphia study finds relatives refuse more often than not when approached about donation, disputing beliefs that doctors rarely ask and that families will donate. Analyzing 10,681 deaths across 23 hospitals from 1991 to 1992, 16.5 percent were eligible to donate organs, tissue, or corneas, with actual donations at 40 percent for organs, 24 percent for tissue, and 16 percent for corneas.
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Jets to use faulty radar jammers over Bosnia
Defense Secretary Perry approved equipping about a dozen FA 18 Hornets from the Marine Corps with electronic radar jammers rejected three years earlier after test failures. More than 100 jammers had rested in a Navy warehouse since 1992 as a $1 billion project was terminated.
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Massacre in Mexico Leaves 12 Dead and a Survivor
In San Rafael Mexico villagers mourn 12 peasants killed on a red dirt road after a fishing trip. A 14 year old survivor said six gunmen ambushed the group, with three appearing as judicial police and the others in peasant shirts. He named Rafael Salgado as a local land official targeted during the assault.
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Mediator fired upon in Bosnia
European Union peace mediator Carlo Bildt escaped injury when Serb gunners attacked a road he was using to leave Sarajevo and shelled the Konjic airfield as his helicopter prepared to take off. No one was hurt. UN blamed the Serbs for the attacks near Mount Igman.
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NAACP delegates face tough choices at Minneapolis convention
The NAACP opens its 86th annual convention in Minneapolis amid a $3.8 million debt, leadership turnover and lawsuits. Acting executive director Earl Shinhoster says financial reform is priority as Supreme Court rulings on affirmative action and desegregation loom. Myrlie Evers-Williams, elected chair, backs public release of an audit as she leads a push for transparency.
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