Cloture Battle Ends Foster Nomination Power Play
In Washington the Christian Coalition and National Right to Life pressed for cloture to block Dr. Henry Foster's nomination as surgeon general. The votes fell short 57-43, killing the nomination for now and exposing GOP tensions over leadership and abortion politics.
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Washington
Christian Coalition
National Right To Life Committee
Henry Foster
Foster
Right To Life Committee
NRLC
Clinton
Congress
GOP
Bob Dole
Phil Gramm
Dole
First grader steals car to reach school on time
A 7 year old boy in Colebrook New Hampshire stole a 1989 Ford Escort to get to school on the last day of class. Police Chief Mike Sielicki followed the car for two blocks to stop it without sirens. The child asked to drive the police cruiser on the way home.
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Colebrook
N.H
Mike Sielicki
Sielicki
Karen Mercier
Major resigns as party leader in Britain
British Prime Minister John Major announces resignation as Sapecee Party leader, triggering a leadership election next month amid party infighting over EU integration. He warns he must resign as prime minister if he loses the July 4 vote as Conservatives face declining popularity and potential 1997 elections. CAPE CANAVERAL Mir awaits first US shuttle visit as Atlantis storms threaten launch. NASA aims to send seven to Mir with two returning, amid high emotion and Russian officials optimistic about historic moment.
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London
John Major
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Major
Britain
European Union
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Fla
Mir
NASA
Atlantis
Yuri Semenov
RSC Energia
Norman Thagard
Shakespeare death mask confirmed as genuine by scholar
In Darmstadt German experts and Hildegard Hammerschmidt-Hummel link a centuries old Shakespeare death mask to known portraits. Proponents cite 17 matching facial features and an associated eye ailment analysis. The claim follows years of dispute over the mask’s authenticity.
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Darmstadt
Germany
William Shakespeare
Hildegard Hammerschmidt-Hummel
Mainz University
Shakespeare
Wiesbaden
Hammerschmidt
McVeigh Ordered to Provide Handwriting Sample
Oklahoma City AP report says bomb suspect Timothy McVeigh must give a handwriting sample to a grand jury. His lawyer cites credibility concerns about eyewitness sketches from the Junction City truck rental office and notes one drawing portraying an innocent Army private.
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Oklahoma City
Timothy McVeigh
Prand Jury
Junction City
Kan
Stephen Jones
McVeigh
Fort Ritchie Fate Hinge in Base Closure Plan
The Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission proposed closing fewer than half of the 57 bases reviewed, with 22 to shut down, seven to realign, and 27 kept open. Maryland faces losing Fort Ritchie with about 2,300 jobs at stake but some relocations possible. Pax River praised as a military center while Naval facilities in Annapolis and White Oak Face shutdowns.
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Fort Ritchie
Naval Surface Warfare Center
Annapolis
White Oak
Montgomery County
Naval Medical Research Institute
Bethesda
Walter Reed Army Institute For Research
Forest Glen
Patuxent River Naval Air Station
Naval Air Warfare Center
Indianapolis
Ind
Barbara Mikulski
D-Md
Pax River
Clinton
Commission
Alan Dixon
Dill
Dixon
Senate
Army cites mistakes in fatal shootdown with no punishment
The Army found lapses by crew commanders in the December 1994 downing of a UH-58A in Korea but announced no disciplinary action. The investigation cited human error yet said no one should be penalized, while Defense Secretary Perry kept the door open for administrative measures.
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David Hilemon
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Tenn
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Defense
William Perry
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