Mount Unzen eruption claims first Japan deaths since 1962
Soldiers searched the Kamikoba valley as Mount Unzen erupted, recovering four bodies and sighting 24 others before gas and ash forced retreat. At least 31 remain missing including researchers and journalists. 20 injured. Kamikoba evacuated about 5000 residents as officials warn of pyroclastic flows and renewed tremors. Prime Minister Kaifu ordered a special task force to aid cleanup.
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Kamikoba
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Katia Kraft
Harry Glicken
Glicken
U.S. Geological Survey
Mount St. Helens
Washington State
Nagasaki
Mamoru Fujisaki
Tokyo
Toshiki Kaifu
NASA readies jellyfish and rats for Columbia flight
NASA counts 2,478 jellyfish and 30 white rats set to fly aboard the space shuttle Columbia for the third biomedical mission. Aimed for 8 a.m. EDT liftoff, the mission follows prior delays due to equipment issues. Dorothy Spangenberg leads the jellyfish work, planning rinses and counts before launch.
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Supreme Court bans race bias in civil jury selection
The Supreme Court, in a 6 3 ruling, extends the 1986 ban on race based jury exclusions in criminal trials to civil cases. Justice Kennedy writes that race based juror exclusions are forbidden in civil lawsuits, while Justices O Connor Rehnquist and Scalia dissent. The decision centers on state action and the integrity of the judicial system in multiracial democracy.
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Supreme Court
Louisiana
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Obstruction probe to continue in Kennedy case
Palm Beach police said new witnesses will be interviewed before deciding on obstruction of justice charges tied to the March 30 Kennedy estate assault. William Kennedy Smith, charged with second degree sexual battery, pleaded innocent with Aug. 5 trial date and $10,000 bond.
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Terlizzese
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D-Mass
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Barry
Moira Lasch
Ford Warns of Possible Fifth Israeli Arab War Without Progress
Former President Gerald Ford told reporters at the National Press Club that no progress in Middle East peace talks could trigger a fifth Israeli Arab war. He criticized intransigence on both sides while praising Secretary of State James Baker’s efforts.
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Mideast
Gerald Ford
National Press Er
Ford
James Aaker
Middle East
Infant donor child to save sister in California
Abe and Mary Ayala of Walnut publicly disclosed conceiving Marissa to serve as a bone marrow donor for their 19 year old daughter Anissa, who has leukemia. Doctors at City of Hope National Medical Center timed the procedure to allow Marissa to grow while watching Anissa’s cancer.
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Duarte
Calif
Anissa Ayala
Anissa
Abe
Mary Ayala
Walnut
Marissa
City of Hope National Medical Center
PTL aide Dortch parole approved over medical reasons
Richard Dortch, once a top PTL aide to Jim Bakker, has been granted parole for medical reasons after pleading guilty to mail fraud wire fraud and conspiracy. He and Bakker faced charges in 1988 for diverting over 4 million PTL funds and conspiring to defraud followers, with Dortch agreeing to testify against Bakker.
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Raleigh
N.C
Richard Dortch
PTL
Justice Department
Dortch
Jim Bakker
Bakker
Woman rescued from cliff ledge in Walnut Creek
Mary Brett Rogers, 21, of Berkeley, fell 150 feet on Las Tampas Ridge near San Ramon and spent the night on a ledge. Rescuers found her after a five hour search in fog. She was stabilized at a hospital with a leg injury and possible concussion.
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Calif
Mary Brett Rogers
Berkeley
Ms. Rogers
Las Tampas
San Ramon
San Francisco
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