FBI Director Frees Potts After Idaho Siege Controversy
FBI Director Louis Freeh removed deputy director Larry Potts amid Congress scrutiny over Potts role in the 1992 Ruby Ridge style siege in Idaho. The move precedes House subcommittee hearings into the 1998 Waco siege, both overseen from headquarters, and comes as E Michael Kahoe is placed on administrative leave in Jacksonville.
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Congress
FBI
Louis J. Freeh
Larry Potts
Bureau
Potts
Idaho
Justice Department
Freeh
House
Waco
Texas
E. Michael ‘Kahoe
Jacksonville
Fla
Heatwave claims more lives across the nation
Heat and humidity pushed the heat index to 103 in New York and as high as 120 elsewhere. Missouri reported eleven heat related deaths, with Chicago and Milwaukee seeing several fatalities including two children locked in a van. Cities urged water restrictions as residents sought relief indoors and at malls.
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New York
Central Park
Tye
Edwin Wilson
Clark County
Missouri
Milwaukee
Norman
Okla
Divorce rights and assets amid a dogged split
A Jacksonville couple finalize their 14 year divorce with Bruiser the 9 year old Labrador shepherd mix staying with the wife. Richie's preserved assets include boat and motorcycle while the wife keeps the house car and furniture. In Washington, Rubin condemns a racist police picnic and ATF probe into a whites only gathering in Tennessee.
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Fila
Richie
Carolyn
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Newt to give ethics testimony on book deal July 27
House Speaker Newt Gingrich will testify July 27 in the ethics committee inquiry into his book deal. Rupert Murdoch and two lobbyists will also testify this month, dates to be announced. The committee said it would begin hearing witnesses on the book deal next week.
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Treasury
Robert Rubin
Department
Rubin
Carol Moseley-Braun
D-Ill
Senate Banking Committee
John W. Magaw
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
ATF
Tennessee Hills
Newt Gingrich
Rupert Murdoch
Murdoch
HarperCollins
Gingrich
Astronauts Begin In Orbit Medical and Military Tests
In orbit aboard space shuttle Discovery, astronauts wrap up their main tasks and begin medical and military experiments. Commander Terence Henricks notes the challenge of being in space, joking about not taking family or all friends with him.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Space Shuttle Discovery
Terence
Tom” Henricks
Sharon Stone settles with jeweler over $400,000 necklace
Actress Sharon Stone and Harry Winston reach a settlement in a long running diamond dispute. Winston will donate to the American Foundation for AIDS Research to resolve the feud. Terms were not released. The 1993 case centered on a $400,000 necklace Stone wore during Sliver promotion. AmFAR praised the gift and Stone’s Cannes fundraising role.
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Sharon Stone
Harry Winston
American Foundation For Aids Research
Winston
AmFar
Sally Morrison
Mr. Winston
Ms. Stone
Baboon bone marrow approved for AIDS patient trial
Government advisers urged allowing a baboon bone marrow transplant for 38 year old AIDS patient Mr. Getty, despite slim chances of success and fears of cross species disease transfer. FDA decision expected in weeks as ethics and safety safeguards tighten.
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Kim Getty
Jeff
San Francisco
Food and Drug Administration
Mr. Getty
Hugh Auchineloss Jr
Massachusetts General Hospital
Getty
FDA
FDA Biologics
Philip Noguchi
United States
Suzanne Holstad
University of Pittsburgh
Ildstad
Susan Getty
W. French Anderson
Serb assault on Zepa escalates as NATO planes buzz area
NATO planes flew overhead as Serb forces attacked Zepa in eastern Bosnia. They shelled U.N. compounds, set homes on fire, and urged government troops to surrender. Refugees poured toward government-held zones, with reports of killings along roads and dire conditions around Tuzla airport. Dutch peacekeepers could not confirm widespread atrocities amid chaotic exodus.
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Bosnia-Herzegovina
U.N
Zepa
Bosnia
Srebrenica
Tuzla
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