Refugees to be sent to Jamaica
Haitian boat people seeking political asylum in the United States are to be screened at a facility planned for Jamaica. President Clinton’s Haiti adviser William Gray was in Jamaica finalizing details, with Deputy Secretary Strobe Talbott set to visit Kingston. Jamaica’s foreign minister said up to 100 refugees could be accepted at any one time. It was unclear where interviews would take place.
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United States
Caribbean
Jamaica
Clinton
Haiti
William Gray
Strobe Talbott
Kingston
Paul Robertson
Lincoln-era pistol sells for 70000 at Ripley’s auction
A pistol believed carried by John Wilkes Booth the night Lincoln was shot sold at an auction for 70000 to Ripley’s Believe It or Not. The derringer inscribed J Wilkes Booth was found at Ford's Theatre on April 15, 1865 and linked to Booth by a consultant.
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San Francisco
John Wilkes Booth
Abraham Lincoln
Ripley’s
J. Wilkes Booth
Ford’s
Washington
Lincoln
Greg Martin
Booth
Martin
Philadelphia
Plowman
Rostenkowski indicted after he turns down deal
AP reports 17 count indictment portrays Rep Dan Rostenkowski as a powerful House chairman pursuing opportunities to reward allies at taxpayers expense. The 49 page filing alleges schemes to drain nearly 640000 over 20 years, including ghost employees and phony leases. He may be arraigned within 10 days with potential long trial delays.
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Washington
Dan Rostenkowski
House
Chicago Democrat
U.S. Treasury
Rostenkowski
Ways and Means Committee
James Jaffe
Chicago
Confessman
Amily
U.S
Eric H. Holder Jr
House Post Office
Chica
Glycine Found In Galactic Clouds Signals Life Link
Astronomers report glycine, the simplest amino acid, detected in Sagittarius B2 clouds near the Milky Way center. Yanti Miao and Yi-Jehng Kwan of Illinois presented the finding at an American Astronomical Society meeting, noting this supports the idea life could form elsewhere. Patrick Palmer of the University of Chicago cautioned that more than 100 molecules have been found in space, but this is the first shared evidence of a basic life molecule, prompting reexamination of how life’s building blocks arise. The team used the Berkeley-Illinois-Maryland Array to scan 23,000 light years away and propose glycine coated dust grains released by heating.
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Minneapolis
Yanti Miao
Yi-Jehng Kwan
University of Illinois At Urbana
American Astronomical Society
Space
Kwan
Earth
Patrick Palmer
University of Chicago
Palmer
Miao
Berkeley-Illinois-Maryland
California
Gore proposes paying welfare by electronics
Vice President Gore outlines expanding Electronic Benefits Transfer to deliver welfare, food stamps, Social Security, and pensions via a national card system. He argues EBT would reduce waste and fraud while saving billions, with federal funds to design and deploy from 1994 to 1997 and a state-led prototype in nine states. Critics warn Regulation E delays and liability shifts could threaten expansion.
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al Gore
Gore
Maryland
EBT
Florida
Alabama
Georgia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Kentucky
Arkansas
Missouri
Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Michelle Meier
Consumers Union
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Gayle
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Larry C. Gabriel
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Joshua Gould
Christine
Riley Durst
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Nick’s Auto Body, Inc
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Dollar Savin Better GS Association
New Castle
Washington Centre
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