Tobacco Company Memo Links Smoking to Lung Cancer in 1953
A 1953 RJ Reynolds scientist acknowledged in a company memo that clinical studies tend to confirm a link between smoking and lung cancer. NBC Nightly News called it one of the earliest tobacco documents to connect smoking with cancer, noting growing medical suspicion of a cigarette cancer link.
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R.J. Reynolds
NBC Nightly News
Tobacco Company
RJ. Reynolds
Associated Press
Jet with 141 aboard reported missing
A Nigerian jet carrying 141 people was reported missing after losing contact with air traffic controllers en route to Lagos. The Boeing 727 owned by the Aviation Development Corp. disappeared near Murtala Mohammed Airport at 5:05 p.m. as daylight faded, with darkness hindering search efforts.
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Lagos
Aviation Development Corp
Murtala Mohammed
Port Harcourt
Nigeria Airways
Nigeria
Huang Granted Security Waiver Before Government Work
A Commerce Department memo released in Washington shows John Huang received a security clearance and an exemption from background checks six months before he started his government job on July 18, 1994. The waiver cited critical need for Secretary Ronald Brown and Huang’s expertise, with officials unable to explain the clearance’s necessity.
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Commerce Department
John Huang
Commerce
Ronald Brown
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Army officer and sergeants charged in rape cases
The Army charged Captain Derrick Robertson and drill sergeants Delmar Simpson and Nathaniel Beach with rape and related offenses at Aberdeen Proving Ground Maryland. Investigators seek whether similar sexual harassment occurred elsewhere in the Army as independent probes continue. The three await court martial while Army officials review training programs and trainee protections.
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Washington
Aberdeen Proving Ground
Maryland
William Hartzog
U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command
Derrick Robertson
Delmar Simpson
Simpson
Marine Corps
Quantico
Robertson
Nathaniel Beach
Shadley
Individu
Hartzog
Aberdeen
AP Proto
Amy
Army Ordnance Center
Yeltsin Renames Revolution Day After Surgery Return
Russian president Boris Yeltsin, recovering from heart surgery, issued a decree renaming Nov 7 the Day of Accord and Reconciliation. He ordered the abolition of the Communist holiday while acknowledging the revolution’s impact and urging national unity. Communists held rallies nationwide in response.
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Boris Yeltsin
Yeltsin
Sergei Yastrzhembsky
Soviet Union
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Russia
Soviet Republics
Virginia governor halts inmate execution in timing shift
Virginia Governor George Allen commuted death row inmate Joseph Payne to life without parole just hours before execution after four jurors expressed doubts and the victim's mother urged mercy. Payne, 40, had been on death row for the 1985 killing of fellow inmate David Dunford at Greensville Correctional Center, following a 1981 murder in suburban Washington, D.C.
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Virginia
Joseph Payne
George Allen
Allen
Payne
U.S. Supreme Court
Paul Khoury
Washington, D.C
David Dunford
Dunford
Senate Whitewater hearings called off
Senator Alfonso D Amato announced canceling his Senate Banking Committee probe into the Whitewater affair after President Clinton's re election victory in New York where he won 59 percent. The move follows poll data showing low approval for D Amato whose panel spent about 1.3 million on the inquiry led by Kenneth Starr.
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D’amato
Kenneth Starr
Arkansas
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Alfonso D’‘Amato
Rn.y
Schwarzenegger to headline Bloomington jingle bell premiere
Arnold Schwarzenegger arrives in Bloomington for an indoor premiere of his film Tinela By the time Pe near gergee All the Way. City officials plan a 10 000 bell handout and the world’s largest Jingle Bells chorus with co stars Sinbad Robert Conrad and Phil Hartman. Premiere is a week from Saturday at Mall of America with a Nov 22 release.
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Bloomington
Minn
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Sinbad
Robert Conrad
Phil Hartman
Schwarzenegger
Saint Paul
Twin Cities
Mall of America
Access poll asks if Clinton will meet promises
A voluntary poll of 185 respondents asks whether President Clinton will fulfill campaign promises. Results show 134 say yes and 51 say no, with a disclaimer that the poll is not scientifically representative.
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