City marks ninth King Day with service push nationwide
ATLANTA AP Supporters urge tying King Day to community service rather than shopping or TV sports. Alan Minton of the King Federal Holiday Commission says the holiday needs stronger credibility with broader white support and government observance.
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2.2 Million Kids Smoke Cited In AHA Report
The American Heart Association says 2.2 million American children ages 12 to 17 smoke cigarettes and 9 million under age five live with a smoker. The annual study notes about 50 million Americans have high blood pressure, down from 63.6 million a decade earlier, likely reflecting healthier lifestyles alongside survey refinements.
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Klansmen protest King holiday in Illinois and Denver rally
About 65 Klansmen protested a King holiday in Springfield Illinois amid snow and cold as counterprotesters hurled rocks and obscenities. In Denver over 100 police guarded a rally of about 19 right wingers.
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Korean War MIAs identified by Army scientists
Army scientists identified returnee remains from the Korean War, confirming the pilot and three crew members of an April 1951 Air Force bomber shot down near the Chinese border. Names not yet released publicly. three identities were provided to a veterans group and confirmed by officials.
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Yeltsin Accepts Gaidar Resignation in Reform Storm
President Yeltsin accepts Yegor Gaidar s resignation as Russia s Choice faction and critics clash over reform pace. Ruble sinks to a record low as Cabinet shakeup looms and key reformers weigh staying in government amid pressure from opposition and Clinton backed reforms.
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Yegor Gaidar
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Vyacheslav Kostikov
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Chernomyrdin
Interfax
Anatoly Chubais
Communist Party
Gennady Zyuganov
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Salinas Offers Amnesty In Mexican Rebel Talks
San Cristobal de Las Casas Mexico AP Soldiers hunted guerrillas in the southern mountains as President Carlos Salinas de Gortari announced a general amnesty for violent acts up to Sunday Eight suspects were arrested but rebel leaders gave no immediate response to the plea There was no public reaction from Zapatista leaders hours after the offer.
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San Cristobal DE Las Casas
Mexico
Carlos Salinas de Gortari
Mr. Salinas
Zapatista National Liberation Army
Italy dissolves Parliament as Ciampi kept on until elections
President Scalfaro dissolved Parliament and asked Premier Carlo Ciampi to stay on until elections to replace the corruption scarred legislature. No date set. likely late March or early April. Ciampi, former central bank chief, resigned eight months into his term amid reform pressure.
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