24 Jul 2000
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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 2000
Page
1
The Fort Worth Star Telegram reports American Airlines and the Allied Pilots Association have tentatively agreed to extend the contract by one year and to wipe out the union’s $45.5 million debt related to a February 1999 sickout. The agreement lacks detail.
Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and North Korean Foreign Minister Paek Nam Sun will meet in Bangkok on Wednesday to discuss bilateral relations. The talks mark the highest level contact between the two nations ahead of ASEAN Regional Forum meetings. The drought in northern China has dried the Songhua River, straining farmers and industry in Hei longjiang province.
The AP analysis shows hundreds of companies sued or prosecuted for fraud remain eligible for federal work. Saybolt Inc in Houston pled guilty to false EPA lab analyses and a $50,000 bribe, yet won future contracts after new management reforms. About 737 of 1,020 firms studied remained debarrable, underscoring ongoing fraud risks in large contractors.
The Beatles US Ed Sullivan Show appearance in 1964 is named rock history’s biggest TV moment by VH1 and Entertainment Weekly. Elvis comeback, MTV launches, SNL, Motown 25 and Live Aid follow in top ten. Other entries include The Who, Madonna and Michael Jackson triumphs.
A retrospective list highlights events from 1964 to 1998 including Elton John at Princess Diana’s funeral in 1997, Nirvana’s Smells Like Teen Spirit video debut in 1991, the T A M I Show performances in 1964, and the infamous 1998 Grammy incident with a man bearing Soy Bomb on his chest, with plans to air five TV specials beginning July 31.
Leaders of the G-8 pledged to help poor nations reduce debt and boost education health care and IT but provided scant new money. They set targets for universal primary education by 2015 gender equality by 2005 and a 25 percent cut in AIDS infections by 2010 while offering few concrete financing plans beyond a $300 million surplus crops program for school lunches.
A 44-year-old man fleeing an arrest warrant approached a patrol, claimed to be Claudia Schiffer's husband, and asked for directions to her summer home in Spain. Police detained him as he knocked on the door with a bouquet. Schiffer was not in residence. The incident was reported by Efe.
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