Fourth of July celebrations face funding crunch nationwide
Across Massachusetts and other states budget limits threaten fireworks shows. Oak Park and Chelsea struggle to raise funds for displays while Annapolis diverts snow budget money to aid Independence Day. Revere cancels pyrotechnics for first time in memory as donors fall short. Separately, Clarence Thomas faces opposition over Roe v. Wade remarks and confirmation hearings begin at the White House.
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Supreme Court
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Thomas
Heritage Foundation
Senate
National Abortion Rights Action League
Thurgood Marshall
Judge Thomas
Lewis Lehrman
White House
Office of Legislative Affairs
Kenneth Duberstein
David Souter
Lebanese Army Seizes PLO Stronghold as Gaza Guerrillas Fall
Lebanese troops backed by parachute flares raid Sidon area around Ein el Hilweh and Mieh Mieh camps, killing 25 and wounding 60 in nine hours of fighting. Police tally 45 dead and 120 wounded over two days, with 35 guerrillas, six civilians, four soldiers dead. Over 300 Palestinians captured as troops tighten blockade of 5,000 hardliners led by Yasser Arafat. The battle marks the army’s first major southern Lebanon operation since 1943 independence. Tyre may be next as about 1,000 guerrillas are dug in there.
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Lebanon
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Mieh Mieh
Yasser Arafat
Palestine Liberation Organization
Tyre
Murder suspect linked to spree in Florida crimes
Danny Harold Rolling, 37, ordered to stand trial for Tampa crimes linked to the Gainesville college student slayings. Competency hearing delayed to July 22 as his public defender prepares for a plea, while Rolling faced robbery, burglary, car theft, two firing incidents, and house burglaries. The cases hinge on mental fitness.
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Gainesville College
Tampa
Danny Harold Rolling
Gainesville
Mary Lou Cuellar
Rolling
Theft ends murder suspect's flight in Mississippi
In Hattiesburg a murder suspect shot during a family van theft was killed by a 14 year old boy after his mother urged the shooting. Jerry Barnes, 33, linked to two slayings and two abductions, was pursued by 100 officers for a week before the fatal confrontation.
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Miss
Jerry Barnes
Forrest County
Raymond Howell
Barnes
Teens lack workplace skills in Bush plan for teens
Washington AP reports the Bush administration says half of U S teenagers lack job readiness due to schools not teaching planning teamwork and decision making. A commission led by William Brock urged parents businesses and schools to treat these skills as essential alongside reading and writing.
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Washington
America
William Brock
Lynn Martin
Iraq given final chance on nuclear cache by UN officials
UN inspectors pressed Iraq to reveal a hidden nuclear weapons cache or face serious consequences including possible military action. In separate moves, Iraqi ballistic missiles were destroyed under UN supervision. David Kay noted only sand at a site, while another inspection found nuclear related material, though Blix did not confirm uranium enrichment equipment.
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U.N
Bush
Saddam Hussein
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Saudi Arabia
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Hans Blix
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