Navy nominee under scrutiny
President Clinton named Adm. Jay Johnson to lead the Navy but he resigned a $33,000 corporate directorship after a senator raised questions. Johnson told authorities Pentagon rules allow his board seat with a firm serving military members, and he sought a smooth confirmation.
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Navy
Adm
Jay Johnson
Pentagon
Johnson
Naval Operations
Jeremy Boorda
Senate Armed Services Committee
O Leary Oversees Four Trade Missions Scrutinized
Draft Energy Department findings criticize Hazel O Leary led trips to India Pakistan China and South Africa for sloppy management and poor record keeping The draft suggests thousands of dollars may have been wasted on receptions travel meals and lodging for embassy staff during the 1994-95 missions The inspector general report is pending finalization.
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Energy
Hazel O’leary
Energy Department
O’leary
India
Pakistan
China
South Africa
Department
Associated Press
Dole Packing Office Collects Life Works for Archives
Memorabilia from Sen. Bob Dole’s political and private life is boxed for storage in the Capitol as he prepares to leave the Senate next Tuesday to campaign full time for the presidency. Archivist Brian Culp calls the collection a rare jewel and among congressional archives one of the finest examples.
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Bob Dole
Capitol
National Archives
Dole
Senate
Kansas
Brian Culp
Congressional
Skydivers OK after 10 second fall mishap
Two New Zealand skydivers Graeme Bull and Jeff Kay survived a tangled canopy incident during an eight-person maneuver at 10,000 feet. They spiraled 1,300 feet before Kay cut them free with a knife, then deployed emergency chutes and landed safely. Bull dislocated a knee at Toogoolawah north west of Brisbane.
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Australia
New
Brisbane
Kay
Channel Nine Television News
Internet use rules form for students nationwide
Washington AP outlines how schools nationwide require signed permission slips for Internet access and establish rules to curb obscene or harmful material. Education officials note networks are monitored, with locks on content and ground rules shaped by schools, parents, and civil liberties safeguards.
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Education Department
Congress
Linda Henderson
Parent Teacher Associations
Arlington County
Linda Roberts
Chris Hansen
American Civil Liberties Union
New York
Hansen
Dennis Harper
Tech
February
Los Angeles Unified School
Andy Rogers
Chapel Hill-Carrboro
North Carolina
Shelia Cory
Jefferson County
Kentucky
Experts baffled by failed plan to poison gulls
1826 gulls have died since the program began on Monomoy Island Cape Cod the plan aimed to protect piping plovers and roseate terns. Officials say deaths occurred over days with birds found inland and offshore and the cause is being revisited.
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Cape Cod
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Diana Weaver
Dorothy Checchi-O’brien
Plymouth
Chatham
Wayne Love
Love
White Pond
The
Wildlife Service
Department of Agriculture
Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge
Monomoy Island
Cheechi O’brien
Fish and Wildlife Service
Maine
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