Senate limits gifts from lobbyists and others
The Senate approved strict gift limits effective January 1, banning charity outings paid by interests and capping annual gifts at 100 dollars from any source. The measure tightens meals and tickets and bars free transport and lodging for charity events that grant access to lawmakers. McCain and Levin hailed the reform as significant, while House leaders cautioned it may not move as quickly.
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Washington
Carl Levin
D.mich
Senate
Fules
Bob ‘Dole
R-Kan
House of Representatives
Levin
House
John McCain
R-Ariz
Croats gain in Bosnia strike blows to Serbs
Croatian forces seize Grahovo and Glamoc in western Bosnia severing a vital Serb supply link and advancing toward the Bihac enclave. UN officials warn of risk to regional stability as Croatian and Serb forces reinforce amid shelling. Karadzic declares mobilization as war tensions escalate.
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Sarajevo
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Bosnia
Croatia
Grahovo
Glamoc
Bihac
U.N
Yugoslavia
Yasushi Akashi
Franjo Tudjman
Chris Gunness
Knin
Mus
Lims
Alexander Ivanko
Zvonimir Cervenko
Radovan Karadzic
Clinton forgoes vacation to aid budget work
President Clinton proposed his budget has a stronger family values emphasis than Republican plans and offered to skip his August family vacation to help Congress focus on it. White House spokesman Mike McCurry said Clinton is ready to stay in Washington to move the nation’s business forward as Republicans set a summer recess, with House leaders planning Aug. 4 through Labor Day.
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Washington
Clinton
Congress
White House
Mike McCurry
Capitol Hill
House
Dick Armey
Texas
Food stamp rolls decline as Clinton aid cited
Washington analysts say May participation in the nations food stamp program fell for a second month, continuing a 1990s trend after four years of growth. The White House ties the drop to its economic policies while Sen. Lauch Faircloth counters that state welfare reforms mandating work are reducing recipients.
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Washington
Clinton
Lauch Faircloth
North Carolina
Faircloth
Chain saw salute mocks Clinton logging law protest
About 150 environmentalists gathered at Lafayette Park near the White House condemning the logging law with a 21 chain saw salute. Sierra Club leader Robert Cox warned Americans will hear chain saws in forests for the next two years. Signs criticized Clinton as an environmental chameleon and thanked no one.
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Washington
White House
Clinton
Sierra Club
Robert Cox
Lafayette Park
Fay seeks normal life after Singapore caning headline
Michael Fay, once caned in Singapore for spray painting cars, now works at Universal Studios Florida. He keeps a low profile, aims to lead a normal life, earn his own money, and perhaps study business or marketing in Florida. At age 20 he says he did not do the acts.
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Disney
Michael Fay
Fay
Singapore
Universal Studios
Judge blocks Simpson witness bid in Fuhrman tape case
AP reports Judge William Z Wood halted efforts to compel screenwriter Laura Hart McKinny to testify in Los Angeles and North Carolina about taped interviews with Detective Mark Fuhrman. The probes focus on Fuhrman’s use of racial slurs during a LAPD related screenplay project and potential impeachment of his trial testimony.
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Winston-Salem
N.C
Johnnie Cochran Jr
Los Angeles
North Carolina
Lance Ito
Wood
Cochran
Laura Hart McKinny
Ms McKinny
North Carolina School of the Arts
Fuhrman
LAPD
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Eaen
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Wor
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Rockledge Plaza
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Westminster
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