Balanced budget effort fails in House vote
House Democrats vow to cut the deficit after the balanced budget constitutional amendment failed by nine votes. Speaker Gephardt said the appropriations panel will trim agency budgets, while Bush and Perot urged continuing efforts. Obey and Brady criticized Congress for not tackling the issue directly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Appropriations Committee
Richard Gephardt
D-Mo
Gephardt
Bush
Mr. Bush
Brazil
Ross Perot
Bill Clinton
Mike Synar
Dekla
David Obey
D-Wis
Appropriations
Obey
Treasury
Nicholas F. Brady
Congress
Navy chiefs begin sensitivity training at academy
Fifty one sailors and a woman underwent a daylong sensitivity course at the Navy Senior Enlisted Academy. The Pentagon mandate aims to halt sexual harassment after a Las Vegas pilots convention scandal. Adm. Kelso urged completion by year end and released a 28 page guide with 16 case studies plus reporting procedures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport
Navy
Pentagon
Dennis Simpson
Chief of Naval Operations
Frank B. Kelso II
U.S. Naval Command
Adm
Kelso
Marine
Las Vegas
Galileo mission may survive with jammed antenna
NASA said the Galileo spacecraft can still explore Jupiter in 1995 to 1997 even if its main antenna remains jammed. With high tech workarounds it would complete about 70 percent of Jupiter studies, though 2,000 to 4,000 pictures may replace the planned 50,000. most moon pictures stay on schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pasadena
Calif
Galileo
Jupiter
NASA
Terrence Johnson
Walesa
Kearns wins 11.3 million in Chrysler case
Robert Kearns, inventor of the intermittent windshield wiper, won 11.3 million dollars from Chrysler for patent infringement. He previously won a similar claim against Ford in 1990 and settled later. Juries found the automakers unintentionally stole the device used on most vehicles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Kearns
Chrysler Corp
Mr. Kearns
Ford Motor Co
Sears Auto bilking customers across California probe
California seeks to revoke Sears license after undercover work found customers overcharged by an average of 223 per visit in a year long probe. Officials allege sales quotas fueled improper repairs and misled invoices. Sears denies wrongdoing and vows to contest claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Sears
California
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Jim Conran
Department of Consumer Affairs
Perry Chlan
Chicago
Leftists rally to defend Milosevic amid crisis in Serbia
Belgrade reports that former Communists and leftists rallied behind Slobodan Milosevic, warning that his ouster could trigger chaos and civil war as UN embargoes press Serbia. Opposition leaders fear a violent crackdown and widening bloodshed as Yugoslavia fragments and tensions rise. Taxi drivers clashed with officials including Seselj, his ally, with a pistol shot fired and police later guarding an armed motorist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Slobodan Milosevic
Serbia
Mr. Milosevic
United Nations
Bosnia- Herzegovina
Malosevic
Milosevic
Vojislav Seselj
Also Mentioned on This Page
Naval Chiefs
Goodness Sakes
Paul M . Brier
Dad We
Love You
Sue, Gary, Amy
Megan
Ranty
Carpets Unlimited
Jett St
Pesdenek
Wonder Book & Video
Vlas Jefferson A
RISE
Ae Colonial Jewelers Week
Warsaw
Poland
Lech Walesa
Interior Ministry
UPI
United Press International
Steve Germann
Germann
Quayle
Arlington
Dan Quayle
America
Murphy Brown
Tulsa
Okla
van Halen
McNutt
McNutts
U.S. District Court
Travis Tritt
Billy Ray Cyrus
Mr. Tritt
Prederich Clattfierd Direct
Poplins & Cords
Fradarion Warners
Poplin & Summer Cord
DFO
Big Man
East Patrick Sr
Frederick
Fagam
Comfortmaker
Flint Rice
Cere J.S. Kehne Electric
East
4Th Street
Sears Auto
Jim Schoning
Bureau of Automotive Repair
Conran
Phoenix
Seattle
Bushnell “Birder
Bluebird
Thistle
Waverly
Dr . Frederck
Fredercktowne Mall
Colonial Jewelers
Patrick Street
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!