Reforming campaign finance to curb special interests
Our Opinion argues that PACs and lobby money drive incumbency and cynicism in Washington. It supports Senate bill S.1219 to curb power, urges Specter and Santorum to back cloture, notes loopholes and constitutional risks, but sees reform as the best hope to empower voters.
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Willie Sutton
Congress
Washington
Common Cause
Citizens Lobby
Pacs
Senate
Readers urged to submit letters to the editor
The New Castle News invites letters for publication. Submissions must be legible and can run up to 350 words. Each letter should include the writer’s name address and telephone number and be mailed to Letters to the Editor Box 60 New Castle Pa 16103.
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New Castle News
New Castle
Clinton appeals as church arsons raise alarm across South
President Clinton calls for an end to a wave of church burnings in the South. Investigators seek to determine if the fires form a conspiracy or are the acts of copycat arsonists.
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Clinton
South
ValuJet halts operations after safety review
Federal Aviation Administration chief David Hinson says ValuJet Airlines agreed to a temporary halt. Airline officials expect about a month of suspended flights as safety and maintenance procedures are reviewed.
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Federal Aviation Administration
David Hinson
ValuJet Airlines
Torch bearer carries flame toward Atlanta Olympics
Rocky Robinson, an ambulance corps volunteer, carried the Olympic torch to NBC in New York and now the flame moves along the Eastern Seaboard toward its final stop in Atlanta for the 1996 Summer Games.
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Rocky Robinson
New York
NBC
Atlanta
Press Survey Says Washington Journalists Back Clinton in 1992 Vote
A Freedom Forum survey of Washington reporters and editors shows 89 percent voted for Bill Clinton and 92 percent voted four years earlier. The piece discusses perceived bias, party affiliations, and calls for overtly conservative hiring to counteract liberal leanings.
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The
Freedom Forum
Washington
Washington Post
House
Senate
Post
Washington Press Corps
Bill Clinton
George Bush
Ross Perot
GOP
Rush Limbaugh
Elaine Povich
Newt Gingrich
Bob Dole
Conservative Media Research Center
Povich
Clinton
Press Corps
Washington File Fairy haunts Clinton White House
A satirical piece alleges a mysterious File Fairy stalks the White House, misplacing and returning Hillary Clinton billing records and FBI files. The column names blame a prankish haunting by a spectral office helper, with references to Billy Dale, Neil Eggleston, and a chorus of staff archetypes. Chelsea Clinton is invoked as a last line punchline.
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Ine
Clinton
White House
Washington
Hillary Clinton
Little Rock
Billy Dale
FBI
Clintons
Dale
Neil Eggleston
America plays favorites in Balkans and NATO policy
King Features Syndicate argues the United States covertly armed Bosnian Muslims and trained Croatian and Muslim forces while publicly enforcing an arms embargo. It criticizes U.S. support for NATO expansion toward Russia, accuses Washington of prodding a civil war for strategic aims, and urges isolationism amid perceived hypocrisy and misaligned priorities.
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Balkans
United States
U.S
Military Resources Inc
Virginia
CIA
Clinton
Tibet
Yugoslavia
NATO
Russia
Europe
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Croatia
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King Features Syndicate
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