Lemonade Stand Shut Down Then Reopened in Charleston
A Charleston police officer shut down a street lemonade stand citing a pedlar licence rule. Public backlash prompted apologies from City Hall and police and the girls were allowed to resume selling. Police Maj. Charles Wiley arranged for a Friday sales spot in front of the police station.
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Charleston
S.C
Charles Wiley
Montreal Investors Lose Millions in Florida Fraud Case
U S securities regulators seized Premium Sales Corp in Florida after alleging a fraud that may have cost investors in Montreal and Miami over 500 million dollars. The SEC found that about six million in Premium deals existed and only 17 thousand were real.
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Montreal
U.S
Florida
Miami
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Premium Sales Corp
Premium
Kenneth Thennen
Securities Commission
North Korea pauses withdrawal from Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty
North Korea announced it would suspend its planned pullout from the Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty after negotiations with U.S. officials. It will still bar IAEA inspections at two military sites and keeps relations with the IAEA contingent on its impartiality.
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United Nations
North Korea
U.S
Pyongyang
United States
United Nations Security Council
IAEA
Kang Sok Ju
Charest Leading Polls as Conservatives Tally Speeches
A Gallup poll signals Jean Charest could defeat Jean Chretien in a general election, while Kim Campbell’s leadership might trigger an electoral disaster for the Conservatives. Delegates remain swayed by momentum and patronage concerns shadow the convention in Ottawa.
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Ottawa
Kim Campbell
Gallup
Jean Charest
Jean Chretien
Campbell
Mary Collins
Charest
Brian Mulroney
Quebec
Jim Edwards
Patrick Boyer
Garth Turner
Edwards
Boyer
Turner
Mulroney
Alan Thicke
Rob Voisine
Proposed cuts threaten native education grants in Alberta
Ray Martin of the New Democrats accuses Liberals and Tories of plans that would jeopardize funding for the native education project in Medicine Hat. The program, supported by Alberta Education at 100000 yearly, blends funds from provincial lotteries into a broader education grant. Martin urges direct funding and commitments, while local candidates Rob Renner and Garth Vallely defend the project’s value and funding.
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Jeff Welke
Ray Martin
New Democrats
Martin
Medicine Hat
Native Education Project
Klein
Decore
Alberta
Carol Pica
Pica
Saamis Tepee
Rob Renner
Tory
Garth Valley
Piea
Vallely
UN launches air and ground strike on Somali warlord Aidid
UN forces attacked from the air and on the ground targeting Mohamed Farrah Aidid after ambushes that killed 23 Pakistani troops and hindered relief work. Air raids lit Mogadishu and house to house searches followed as Italy claimed a captured Aidid loyalist general and President Clinton defended the operation.
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Mogadishu
Mohamed Farrah Aidid
Owe
Aidid
Somalia
Mid
Italy
ANSA
Fabio Fabbri
Bill Clinton
U.S
Clinton
Wanner praised as senior boon in Medicine Hat race
New Democrat leader Ray Martin campaigned in Medicine Hat praising ND candidate Bob Wanner as a strong choice for seniors. Polls show Tory and Liberal leads with ND at nine percent in city contests, while seniors’ concerns drive Wanner’s plan for more long term care and a potential care home.
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Wanner
Martin
New Democrat
Ray Martin
Medicine Hat
Bob Wanner
Alberta
Bob
Warner
Edmonton
Angus Reid
Red Deer
Lethbridge
New Democrats
John Tatz
Bob Renner
Renner
Fred Buttner
Social Credit
Marcel Guay
Garth Vallely
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