Tombstone repossessed over unpaid bill in Arkansas
Nolan Parks III’s headstone at Gracelard Cemetery was repossessed by Dunlap's Pine Bluff Monument Co. for a $152 debt. His sister Kathleen Ladd says she paid $549 for the granite monument and $300 for a photo addition, but she never received notices and Dunlap's claims the family moved without forwarding address. The 24 year old homicide victim was buried in October 1992.
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Nolan Parks III
Gracelard Cemetery
Dunlap
Pine Bluff Monument Co
Monument
Parks
Kathleen Ladd
Endangered right whale found dead on Cape Cod beach
A 44 foot right whale washed ashore at Newcomb Hollow Beach Wellfleet after likely ship strike. It marks the sixth endangered right whale dead along Eastern shores since January, with only about 300 remaining. The species has been protected since 1935 though deaths rise.
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Cape Cod
Newcomb Hollow Beach
Wellfleet
Kathy Shorr
Center For Coastal Studies
Provincetown
Georgia
Florida
Shorr
NIH launches five year study on hypertension kidney disease in blacks
The National Institutes of Health begins a $60 million five year trial to find better treatments for kidney disease caused by high blood pressure in African Americans. The study aims to recruit over 1,100 black adults nationwide, targeting Northwest Indiana due to its large Black population in Gary.
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Gary
National Institutes of Health
Thurston Haggard
Hag
Gard
Lawrence Agodoa
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and
Kidney Disease
Agodoa
Chicago
Indiana
Ricardo Hood
Big money in big cities shapes 1996 donors
An AP analysis shows major donations over 200 to the 1996 presidential race come from wealth hubs. Dole and Clinton drew large gifts from Bloomfield Hills, Manhattan, and Beverly Hills, with notable donors including Steve Forbes, Barbra Streisand, and Kirk Douglas. Clinton led among $1,000 donors.
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Washington
Manhattan
Bob Dole
New York
Bill Clinton
Beverly Hills
Detroit
Dole
Clinton
Christian Slater
Kirk Douglas
Barbra Streisand
Major presidential donor totals from $200+ gifts
FEC records show Clinton raised 18.2 million from individual donors of 200 dollars or more through year end 1995, with Dole at 17.7 million and Gramm at 11.7 million. Other candidates include Alexander 9.75 million, Wilson 5.51 million, Lugar 3.11 million, Specter 1.68 million, Forbes 1.44 million, Buchanan 1.26 million, Keyes 0.49 million, Dornan 46 thousand, and Merry Taylor 19.8 thousand.
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Federal Election Commission
Clinton
Bob Dole
Phil Gramm
Lamar Alexander
Pete Wilson
Richard Lugar
Arlen Specter
Steve Forbes
Pat Buchanan
Alan Keyes
Robert Dornan
Merry Taylor
Paramedics market gruesome death cards in California
Paramedics Paul Schmidt and Todd Quilici market trading cards showing grisly corpses for 8.95 each. American Medical Response suspended the workers after concerns that graphic images and morbid messages could offend survivors. The two claim no job photos were used and plan to sell 3,000 packs and an advertisement in underground media.
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San Jose
Cauir
Paul Schmidt
Todd Quilici
Schmidt
American Medical Response
California
Quilici
Gore
Livermore
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Tombstone
Boston
Black
America
Preto
Corona
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Iowa
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