Kevorkian and seven doctors unveil self‑administered death guidelines
Dr Jack Kevorkian and seven doctors announced rules for physician assisted death by own action a process they term patholysis with a presiding obitratrist. The plan requires a written patient request signed by two disinterested adults and multiple medical verifications of mental competence and incurable agony. Critics labeled the proposal unethical and illegal, and Kevorkian said he would continue deaths if others do not assist under these guidelines.
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Portland
Ore
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Flint
Workers await Caterpillar call in Peoria after long strike
Strikers who fought Caterpillar for 17 months waited Monday for job recall as replacements and union defectors fill positions. Caterpillar seeks assurances that recalls are offered in good faith and unconditional, with about 1,100 new hires and 5,600 temporary workers noted. Transition back to union workers could take some 2 years.
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Caterpillar Inc
Backus
Caterpillar
King Fahd Hospitalized for Fifth Day Amid Health Emergency
In Riyadh King Fahd, aged in his 70s, remains hospitalized after a fifth day of treatment for exhaustion and arthritis. U.S. doctors were flown in for a “temporary health emergency” raising questions about the extent of his illness.
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Fahd
U.S
U S Pulls Out of UNIDO In Developing Nations Push
The United States said it will withdraw from the UN Industrial Development Organization arguing limits to what the government can achieve. With about one fourth of UNIDO's roughly $31 million budget, the move risks a financial crisis for the agency. The withdrawal becomes effective December 31, 1996, per U.S. delegate John B. Ritch.
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Vienna
Austria
United States
U.N
U.N. Industrial Development Organization
UNIDO
John B. Ritch
U.S
Kobe quake killed more elderly women than men
TOKYO AP reports the Health and Welfare Ministry's detailed January Kobe earthquake death toll shows almost half of about 6,000 victims were elderly. Among the elderly, nearly two women died for every man. Elderly residents on first floors were crushed as heavy tile roofs collapsed on flimsy wooden frames.
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Tokyo
Kobe
Health and Welfare Ministry
Lopez in Money Train demands bigger gun in role
Actress Jennifer Lopez to play a cop in Money Train objected to using a .38 revolver while Wesley Snipes and Woody Harrelson use larger handguns. She called a .38 a chat girl gun and refused to carry a sissy revolver.
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Wesley Snipes
Woody Harrelson
Ms. Lopez
GOP Blue Dog push aims at pressuring Clinton on budget
Republicans seek help from 21 Blue Dog Democrats to back a seven year deficit balance plan and tilt talks with President Clinton. They acknowledge the numbers to override a veto are unlikely but hope Democratic support grows as budget talks enter a second week. The Blue Dogs oppose the GOP tax cut and Medicare cuts, yet their influence could unsettle Clinton’s bargaining position.
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Rohio
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Forbes money drives GOP bid rising in polls
Forbes, late to the presidential race with no major endorsements or party operation, funds his campaign with personal wealth. He has spent about seven million dollars and courts second-tier status, leveraging saturated TV and radio ads across early states to challenge Bob Dole.
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Forbes
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Tom Rath
Tennessee
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