Grand Forks Gripped as Red River Flood Crest Nears
Thousands flee as Red River nears crest in Grand Forks North Dakota. A 54 foot predicted crest prompts 90 percent evacuation of the city’s 10 square miles. Fire rips through downtown destroying the 1st National Bank building and Herald offices while the town loses archives. No injuries reported.
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N.D
Lee Lynn Nearing
Coast Guard
Nearing
Air Force Base
Red River
Peter O’neill
1St National Bank
University of North Dakota
Missing Beaumont boy found dead in rocky ravine
Autopsy identified 10 year old Anthony Michael Martinez whose nude body was found by a Bureau of Land Management ranger in Berdoo Canyon near Beaumont. Death cause not released. time of death uncertain due to heat and exposure. Family and town had posted missing posters and hung ribbons.
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Beaumont
Calif
Anthony Michael Martinez
Bureau of Land Management
Berdoo Canyon
Los Angeles
Rocky Canyon
Anthony
Riverside County
Mark Lohman
Lohman
Boy killed in coaster crash at Tulsa park
In Tulsa Oklahoma amusement park officials report The Wildcat roller coaster, inspected two weeks earlier, failed near the crest as a car slid back 45 feet and struck another car. A 14 year old boy in the front car was ejected and died. six others were injured. Witnesses described a loud noise and the front car reversing toward onlookers.
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Tulsa
Okla
Harry Baker
Kurt Vilense
James Earl Ray Hospitalized With Complications
James Earl Ray, serving 99 years for MLK's assassination, was back in Nashville Memorial Hospital in serious condition with terminal liver disease. He was moved from a prison medical wing and his family seeks a liver donor to extend his life enough to pursue a trial.
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Nashville, Tenn
James Earl Ray
Ray
Nashville Memorial Hospital
Freda Herndon
Martin Luther King Jr
Pope John Paul II greets faithful despite terror warnings
Vatican security tightens around St. Peter's Basilica as police sweep metal detectors and mount a heavy presence for Sunday Mass. John Paul II mingles with worshipers, shakes hands, and delivers his weekly window address urging a global ban on land mines amid Islamic militant threats tied to a German court ruling on Iran.
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St. Peter’s Basilica
John Paul II
Italy
John Paul
Iran
St. Peter’s Square
Netanyahu faces Supreme Court appeal on indictment ruling
Opposition lawmakers asked Israel’s Supreme Court to overturn the decision not to indict Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and two senior officials for fraud and breach of trust. Netanyahu announced a ministerial committee to oversee appointments to restore credibility amid the graft scandal. Prosecutors said there was not enough evidence to indict after a three month probe.
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Jerusalem
Supreme Court
Benjamin Netanyahu
Yossi Sarid
Meretz Party
Treasury ethics watchdog faces probe over no bid contract
Washington AP report details Valerie Lau, the Treasury Department ethics watchdog, arranging a sole source $113,000 contract for auditor Frank Sato to review her office. Sato had lobbied for Lau for the inspector general post and later praised her, while Lau admitted giving Congress inaccurate testimony tied to the same inquiry. Congressional investigators examine the Sato contract and related conduct.
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Treasury
Washington
Treasury Department
Valerie Lau
White House
Ms. Lau
Frank Sato
Sato
Lau
Sato & Associates
Federal Inspector General
Ms. Law
Congress
Congressional
Clinton Pushes Chemical Weapons Ban in Senate Vote
Clinton administration officials urged ratification of the chemical weapons ban treaty, arguing leadership stakes and global security. The Senate vote faces tough hurdles with Senator Helms opposing and Leader Lott weighing conditions, while Daschle backs passage and preparations proceed for a two thirds vote before the April 29 treaty activation.
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America
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Senate
Madeleine Albright
Ms. Albright
Reagan
Bush
Foreign Relations Committee
Jesse Helms
Rn.c
Trent Lott
R-Miss
Tom Daschle
South Dakota
NBC
Meet the Press
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