Lasers Blinding Pilots Lead FDA Las Vegas Show Ban
The FDA orders Las Vegas casinos to shut off nightly laser light displays after 51 incidents over two years near McCarran and other airports. Southwest pilot Shelby LaCroix was temporarily blinded during takeoff, prompting safety fears and a blanket ban in the area. Hotels consider inside or modified use while negotiations continue with airport officials.
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Southwest Airlines
Food and Drug Administration
Las Vegas-area
Shelby LaCroix
McCarran International
Mr. LaCroix
FDA
Lillian J. Gill
Ms. Gill
Susan L. Johnson
Interstate 15
California
Nora Cooper
McCarran
Ms. Cooper
Jesse Jackson Jr Wins Chicago House Seat
Jesse Jackson Jr, son of civil rights leader, won the special congressional election in Chicago to fill Mel Reynolds’ vacancy. He defeated Republican Thomas Somer with 67 percent of the vote as 34 percent of precincts reported. Somer conceded in a Democratic district on the South Side and southern suburbs.
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Jesse Jackson Jr
Chicago
Mel Reynolds
Willie Brown
Frank Jordan
San Francisco
Jesse Jackson
Thomas Somer
Jackson
Somer
Silicon Valley
Tom Campbell
Norm Mineta
San Jose
Calif
Clinton
Jerry Estruth
Newt Gingrich
Reynolds
Park study approved in Myersville bid acceptance
Town officials approved a $7,500 bid from Harris, Smariga and Associates of Frederick to complete survey and design work at the Myersville town park. The decision came during a brief meeting that covered routine town business.
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Myersville
Harris, Smariga and Associates of
Frederick
Army orders review probe target racist troops
The Army will probe troop involvement with hate groups across the United States and abroad following the killings of a black couple in Fayetteville North Carolina. Maj. Gen. Larry Jordan leads the task force with a report due by March 1 1996, as Army Secretary Togo West calls for a close look at extremism among soldiers.
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Army
North Carolina
United States
Larry Jordan
Togo West
Pentagon
America
West
Fayetteville
N.C
Fort Bragg
82Nd Airborne Division
18Th Airborne Corps
James Norman Burmeister II
Malcolm Wright
Michael James
Jackie Burden
Pvt
Burmeister
Pvt. Wright
Mr. West
Oklahoma City
Fort Riley
Kan
Timothy McVeigh
Terry Nichols
Dennis Reimer
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