First Lady Urges Peace Corps Surge Involvement
Washington DC First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton urged Peace Corps volunteers to inspire more Americans to join and help others. She praised the corps for projecting an image of Americans offering tools and opportunity to build better lives, while inaugurating new Peace Corps headquarters with Queen Noor of Jordan.
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Mexican immigrants illnesses charted in California study
A study in Archives of General Psychiatry finds mental illness rates rise among Mexicans after migrating to the United States, reaching near native levels.William Vega argues preexisting protection erodes in American society. 3,000 Mexican American adults in Fresno County and 1,700 in Mexico City were interviewed for mood anxiety and substance use disorders. Separately a federal judge orders stronger EPA action in Everglades cleanup, striking down parts of the Everglades Forever Act and pushing faster pollution control.
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Alabama says goodbye to George Wallace legacy of segregation
Thousands of mourners, black and white, filed past George Wallace's open casket at the Capitol in Montgomery. Dying at 79, the four term governor faced his controversial stance on race from the 1960s through the 1980s, including the schoolhouse door incident and the Selma march.
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Desperate Philadelphia mother kills triplets then herself
Miguellina Estevez a 19 year old Dominican immigrant raising 2 year old triplets in north Philadelphia allegedly shot all three boys in the head with a semiautomatic pistol before turning the gun on herself. Franklin and Frankelly Sanchez died at the home while Fabian or Franky remained brain dead after hospital care. Police say the father had returned to the Dominican Republic, leaving Estevez alone with the children.
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Ferraro Loses Bid in Senate Primary
Ferraro suffers a stinging loss in New York as Geraldine Ferraro trails Rep. Charles Schumer who leads a four way Democratic field toward the fall race against GOP Sen. Alfonso D Amato. Minnesota Governor race sees Humphrey win the Democratic nomination amid scion-supported results. Massachusetts primary returns show Paul Cellucci defeating Joe Malone and Scott Harshbarger securing the Democratic governorship nomination.
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Pryor to Receive Mark Twain Prize for Humor at Kennedy Center
Richard Pryor will receive the first Mark Twain Prize for humor at the Kennedy Center in Washington on October 20 during the center’s Celebrating American Humor. Guests include Chevy Chase Morgan Freeman Danny Glover Whoopi Goldberg Damon Wayans and Robin Williams. Tickets reach 75 dollars with proceeds funding young humorists. The event will be televised in January and Pryor lauded the honor and humor’s power to ease hatred.
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Local wire reports compiled by Phil Wilke
Phil Wilke compiles a dossier from J-W Wire Reports summarizing daily events and notes from a range of sources. The roundup emphasizes concise, fact oriented items suitable for quick newsroom consumption and archival reference.
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