Prom Dress Trespass Arrest Sparks High School Debate
Des Moines AP reports 18 year old Brett Martin was charged with trespassing after arriving at Knox ville High School prom in a red sequined dress borrowed from his sister Jennifer Leslie. He said it was a joke and planned with Terry Massick after Massick’s date canceled. Officer Sam Nichols confirmed charges but would not discuss details.
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Massick
Koresh dies from gunshot before Waco compound fire
Waco Texas authorities report David Koresh died from a center forehead gunshot as the Branch Davidian compound burned. His badly burned body was found near the kitchen area and identified by dental and ore molds. The date of death was not released and investigators noted skull fragments.
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Waco
Tex
David Koresh
Koresh
Justice of the Peace
David Pareya
Pareya
Canadian average after tax income drops in 1991
Statistics Canada reports the average after tax income for a Canadian family fell 2.6 percent to 42612 in 1991 after a recession hit 1990 and 1991. The total family earnings reached 46759 with 6372 in government payments and 10519 paid in income taxes.
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Ottawa
Statistics Canada
Tory leaders top Liberal leader in Canadian race
Canadian federal leadership race heats up as Conservative contenders Jean Charest and Kim Campbell top Environment Minister Jean Chretien in polling. Charest campaigns in Laval proposing Senate abolition, while Chretien dismisses poll fears and recalls 1984 leadership shift.
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CTV
Environment
Jean Charest
Defence
Kim Campbell
Campbell
Charest
Brian Mulroney
Conservative Party
Angus Reid
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Liberals
NDP
Chretien
Audrey McLaughlin
McLaughlin
Mulroney
Laval
Que
Senate
Horsman Returns to Pension Cut Plan Details Lacking
Retiring Medicine Hat MLA Jim Horsman flew from Boston to Edmonton to face a government pension rollback plan. Premier Ralph Klein aims to cut pensions by about 25 percent, retroactivity debated, with Horsman awaiting full written details before commenting further.
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the News
Medicine Hat
Jim Horsman
Edmonton
Boston
Caucus
Alberta
Horsman
Ralph Klein
Klein
Jason Kenny
Alberta Taxpayers Association
Kenny
Rob Renner
Renner
Garth Vallely
Vallely
Bob Warner
Wanner
Srebrenica Safe Haven Under UN Protection
Swedish paramedic Leif Andersson recalls the humanitarian mission in Srebrenica where 210 Canadian UN peacekeepers guard a town swollen to 50 000 with refugees. The truce and safe zone relief depend on Serb cooperation amid heavy artillery and limited protection for Muslims.
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Belgrade
Leif Andersson
Srebrenica
Andersson
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Gorazde
Zepa
Bosnian Serbs Sign Peace Plan Amid Skepticism
Bosnian Serb leader Karadzic signs the Vance Owen plan under Western pressure but voices reservations. Bosnian Serb parliament leaders Kratsisnik and Lukic threaten changes, while Milosevic suggests acceptance. International observers note prior ceasefires and broken promises as UN troops monitor the region.
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Radovan Karadzic
Belgrade
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Cyrus Vance
Lord Owen
Vladimir Lukic
Slobodan Milosevic
Belgrade Television
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