Blair seeks talks as sectarian march tempers volatile week
Prime Minister Tony Blair offered indirect talks between Orange Order marchers and Catholic residents amid a tense week in Northern Ireland. Police foiled a London bombing plot with 10 arrests in a British Irish operation. In Dundalk, five miles from the border, police uncovered shotguns and bomb components and detained a man.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Tony Blair
London
Scotland Yard
Irish Republic
Blair
Jonathan Powell
Orange Order
Garvaghy Road
Portadown
Breandan MacCionnaith
John Grieve
Oxford Street
British Library
Dundalk
Ireland
Eye Safety and Sun Damage to Eyes and Skin
Dr Bruce Hodges from Frederick Eye Institute warns that ultraviolet sun exposure accelerates cataract formation and may worsen macular degeneration. It can also cause pinguecula and pterygia, with eyelid skin cancer being common. Wear sunglasses with UV protection, add UV-coated lenses, sunscreen, and hats for protection. New patients welcome.
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Bruce Hodges
Frederick Eye Institute
Thomas Johnson
Frederick
People pay to be chased by bulls in Mesquite Nevada
In Mesquite Nevada hundreds paid 50 dollars to run in front of two dozen bulls along a quarter mile road. Organizers aim to avoid Pamplona chaos by soberness and careful conduct toward the bulls. About 400 signed up with more expected before the event near the Arizona border.
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Mesquite
Nev
Pamplona
Spain
Oasis Ranch
Arizona State Line
Nevada
Homecoming for Lt Michael Blassie Ends Anonymity Of Unknown Soldier
After 14 years as an unnamed hero buried in the Tomb of the Unknowns, Air Force Lt Michael Blassie is brought home to St Louis for a solemn service at Scott Air Force Base Illinois. A six member honor guard carried the flag draped casket as family watched with tears and a crowd of several hundred saluted and expressed emotion. Blassie sister Pat spoke of a renewed grieving as the ceremony unfolded.
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ST. Louis
Air Force
Michael Blassie
Blassie
Scott Air Force Base
Ill
Pat Blassie
Babysitter Kills Two Children Then Shoots Self Near Chicago
A babysitter, friend of a Lyons family, bound and shot two children, Michael Parker Jr. four, and Nicole eight, with a 9 mm handgun after returning from church bingo. The suspect Robert Gordon, 24, was found dead at a relative’s home in Cicero, believed to have killed himself.
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Lyons, Til
Chicago
Theresa Piejko
Michael Parker Jr
Michael
Nicole
Loyola University Medical Center
Maywood
Robert Gordon
Cicero
Courts martial ordered for two Marines in Alps crash
A general ordered Capt. Richard J. Ashby and Capt. Joseph P Schweitzer to face court martial for manslaughter over the February Alps gondola cable cutting that killed 20 people. Lt. Gen. Peter Pace accepted the judge’s recommendation, saying there is enough evidence for trial. Each Navy captain, both 30, could face life in prison.
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Raleigh
N.C
Peter Pace
Marine Corps Forces Atlantic
Richard J. Ashby
Joseph P Schweitzer
Ashby
Schweitzer
Dallas Diocese pays 23.4 million to nine altar boys
The Diocese of Dallas agreed to pay 23.4 million dollars to nine former altar boys molested by priest Rudolph Kos, who is serving a life sentence. The Vatican had stripped Kos of his priesthood, ending the church's high profile abuse case and signaling a path toward healing and reconciliation.
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Dallas
Diocese of
Rudolph “Rudy” Kos
Vatican
Charles V. Grahmann
Senate backs Taiwan policy reaffirmation 92 to 0
The Senate approved a 92 to 0 resolution reaffirming U S policy toward Taiwan. It states the island must maintain self defense capability and calls on China to renounce force. Supporters say it rebukes President Clinton's China trip remarks. The White House notes no new policy, only reiteration of the Taiwan Relations Act.
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Washington
Senate
U.S
Taiwan
Clinton
China
Tom Daschle
South Dakota
United Nations
Trent Lott
R-Miss
Robert Torricelli
D-N.j
Lott
United States
White House
Mike McCurry
McCurry
Nixon
Medal of Honor for Vietnam Corpsman Robert Ingram
Retired Navy hospital corpsman Robert R. Ingram received the Medal of Honor for heroism on March 28, 1966 in Quang Ngai, Vietnam after being listed killed in action. President Clinton praised comrades who kept his status alive until Congress waived timing rules.
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Washington
Vietnam
Navy
Robert R. Ingram
Clinton
Ingram
Congress
Mr. Clinton
White House
Mr. Ingram
Quang Ngai
Jacksonville
Fla
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David E. Furrer
Seigel, Tully and Furrer
Terry Adams
Frederick County
Carrell County
William W. Wenner
Circuit Court
Frederick County Bar Association
Carroll County
Maryland
Washington, DC
Theresa M. Adams
Rita R. O'Connell
Ae Oieo
Laurel ‘Arviand
Columbia
Andrews
Stor Ill
Rockville
Lakes Center
Woodbride
Icentreville
Centreville
Cro
Fairfax
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