Four still missing after grain elevator blast
In Haysville Kansas rescuers reached over 600 feet into an 800 foot tunnel where four men are believed trapped after the DeBruce Grain Elevator explosion. Two workers died and 11 were injured as grain dust ignited in the third largest U S grain silo. Relatives waited as rescue teams from Oklahoma City Fire Department and federal squads searched the site for signs of life with little progress.
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DeBruce
Oklahoma City
World Cup pageantry erupts in rioting in Paris
AP reports a drunken World Cup celebration on the Champs Elysees spiraled into clashes with riot police. Eleven fans battled troops, thirty four officers injured, one critically hit by a bottle. Four 60 foot robots marched to Place de la Concorde before security tightened barriers and bottle throwing sparked arrests.
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Paris
Champs-Elysees
Place de la Concorde
Broad Avenue
Clinton demands North Korea act on Kim Dae-jung overtures
President Clinton urged North Korea to respond to Kim Dae-jung's outreach and move toward openness. He praised Kim's conciliatory gestures but insisted Pyongyang must take the next step to “get this show on the road.” The exchange came amid ongoing sanctions and tough U.S. stance.
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Washington
South Korea
Kim Dae-jung
Clinton
U.S
North Korea
North
Kim
America
Tobacco bill edges forward with tax cut amendment
In a thawing standoff, White House Senate leaders push a tax cut amendment to aid the tobacco bill. Senator John McCain says the legislation is not dead, while President Clinton calls the prospect brighter than earlier, though revival remains uncertain.
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Senate
White House
John McCain
McCain
R-Ariz
Clinton
Settlement ends Gammage family wrongful death suit
Jonny L. and Narves Gammage settle a 1996 wrongful death case with Brentwood Whitehall and Baldwin boroughs for 1.5 million. Each borough pays one third. The 1995 traffic stop and subsequent death led to multiple trials of Brentwood officers and Baldwin officer Albert. No admissions of wrongdoing were made.
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Narves Gammage
Pittsburgh
Gammages
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Brentwood
Whitehall
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King
Jonny Gammage
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Syracuse
N.Y
Ray Seals
Pittsburgh Steelers
Milton Mulholland
John Vostas
Michael Albert
Keith Henderson
Sean Patterson
Vostas
Mulholland
Albert
Viagra deaths rise to sixteen with seven during sex
AP reports 16 deaths among Viagra users, seven during or after sex, prompting doctors to warn at risk patients. FDA says no direct evidence the drug caused all deaths, while Pfizer notes many suffered existing heart conditions. Experts urge caution for heart disease patients and nitrate users.
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Washington
Ira Sharlip
Sancisco
American Urological Association
William Steers
University of Virginia
Urology
Eral Health
Steers
Food and Drug Administration
Hugh
Lorrie McLainseed
American Heart Association
Pfizer Inc
James Muller
University of Kentucky
Muller
FDA
Brutal killing draws national attention to Jasper racism
In Jasper Texas James Byrd Jr 49 was beaten and chained to a pickup truck and dragged for over two miles dying from his injuries. Three white men Lawrence Brewer Shawn Berry and John King were charged with murder amid federal civil rights scrutiny and KKK ties noted by sheriffs officials. Byrd's death sparked protests and calls for justice from the NAACP as investigators consider possible death penalty exposure.
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Texas
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Byrd
NAACP
Ku Klux Klan
Lawrence Russell Brewer
Shawn Allen Berry
John William King
Billy Bowles
Peyrd
Police
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Brewer
Houston
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Rowles
FBI
Kweisi Mfume
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Justice Department
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