Irish luck for sale ships clover nationwide
Apopka Florida businessman John Piergross ships thousands of four leaf clover plants nationwide from a local nursery. He owns exclusive rights to a University of Florida developed strain, grown from a single specimen. For St Patrick's Day, about 30 000 pots have been shipped to stores at ten dollars each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Apopka
Fla
St. Patrick's Day
John Piergross
United States
Apopka Nursery
University of Florida
Reform MPs Draft Code Of Conduct In Ottawa
Reform lawmakers discuss a personal conduct code to curb alcohol problems marital discord and public disgrace. Leader Preston Manning says guidelines matter while some members question intruding into MPs private lives. Alberta MP Myron Thompson urges caution about wife dependent scrutiny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Reform Party
Reform
Preston Manning
Alberta
Myron Thompson
Manning
Rabin Offers Golan Territorial Compromise for Mideast Peace
Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin proposes a territorial compromise on the Golan Heights to salvage peace talks with Syria while rebuffing PLO security demands. Washington officials plan to brief Yasser Arafat and Hafez Assad as Rabin meets in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Yitzhak Rabin
Syria
Golan Heights
Mideast
PLO
Rabin
Rome
John Paul
Clinton
Yasser Arafat
Hafez Assad
United States
U.S
Gaza Strip
Israel
Khan Younis
Peacekeeper convicted of manslaughter and torture
Private Elvin Kyle Brown of the Canadian Airborne Regiment was found guilty of manslaughter and torture in the 1993 Belet Huen incident in Somalia. He was acquitted of second degree murder and faces sentencing, potentially life with unknown parole. The verdict marks a historic torture conviction in Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CFB
Petawawa
Ont
Elvin Kyle Brown
Brown
Canadian Airborne Regiment
Patrick McCann
McCann
Shidane Abukar Arone
Belet Huen
Somalia
Edmonton
Canada
Arone
U.S
Teen moms seek day care center at Medicine Hat High
Teen mothers still push to establish a teen-parent resource centre and school day care at Medicine Hat High School with hopes for Brighter Futures funding. Organizer Kathy Kimberley says the program was returned for revisions, not rejected, and a revised application is expected by mid June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medicine Hat
Monte Solberg
Kathy Kimberley
McMan Group
Brighter Futures
Canada Health and Welfare
Kimberley
Salvation Army
Solberg
Ald
John Hamill
Harding cuts deal in court ending figure skating career
Tonya Harding pleads guilty to conspiracy to hinder prosecution over the Nancy Kerrigan assault plot, resigns from the US Figure Skating Association, and receives no jail time. She must pay 160000, seek psychiatric evaluation, and is barred from amateur competition for three years with travel limited to the Pacific Northwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tonya Harding
Multomah County Circuit
Portland
Ore
Nancy Kerrigan
U.S. Figure Skating Association
Harding
USFSA
Japan
Oregon
Washington
California
Tories attack Decore tailgate incident at legislature
Edmonton report says Liberal Leader Laurence Decore joined a staffer for a post noon tour of the legislature grounds on Friday, drank wine, rode in Margaret McCaffery’s four by four, veered onto the grass, hit a parked truck, causing over two thousand dollars in damage. Decore apologizes saying no one was hurt and noting there was a full report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton Journal
Laurence Decore
Decore
Ken Kowalski
Kowalski
Liberal
Margaret McCaffery
Legislature
McCaffery
Nick Taylor
Alberta health minister weighs private sale of unused hospitals
Health Minister Shirley McClellan says unused Alberta hospitals could be sold to private buyers if a deal is negotiated with the facility owner. She notes there are some on the market and stresses any sale would be examined under Canada Health Act rules to avoid penalties. A medical ethicist warns private sales could invite large US hospital chains and threaten the public system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton Journal
Canadian Press
Shirley McClellan
Alberta
McClellan
Edmonton
Dennis Modry
Modry
Charles Camsell
Misericordia
Grey Nuns
United States
Eike-Henner Kluge
Canadian Medical Association
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ann Landers
Hat High
Teen Mothers At Hat High
Tion
Tories
ALLY
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!