Flooded Kentucky town seeks shelter in wounded churches
In Falmouth and nearby Lebanon Junction flood survivors gather in battered churches seeking solace amid ruin. Volunteers call for help as four residents are confirmed drowned and the region braces for more high water. Local clergy urge faith without blame while continuing relief efforts across a mile-wide disaster zone.
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Mary Billenmeyer
Wesleyan Community Church
Ohio
Licking
Lebanon Junction
Rolling Fork
First Baptist Church
Vanessa Nicklies
K.C. Fehl
Thomas Hughes
Arkansas
Mississippi
West Virginia
Indiana
Kentucky
IRS historian alleges document destruction by agency
IRS historian Shelley L. Davis charges mishandling and destruction of historical records by the IRS. In her book Unbridled Power she claims presidential tax returns were vandalized by employees seeking souvenirs, with signatures torn from many returns. She notes privacy laws limit detail, but cites visible autograph blocks torn from presidents’ returns.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Shelley L. Davis
Margaret Milner Richardson
Bill Tauzin
R-La
Agency
Fox News
Tauzin
Ms. Davis
Woodrow Wilson
Laborers push to organize Southern California asbestos workers
In a million-dollar drive the Laborers International Union aims to unionize about 2,500 asbestos workers in Los Angeles County. Protests will begin in downtown Los Angeles as organizers seek contractor leverage, better pay, and benefits while addressing unsafe conditions and immigration concerns.
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Santa FE Springs
Calif
California
Laborers’ International Union of North America
Los Angeles
Te Labor Movement
Afl-Cio
Richard Bensinger
Laborers’ International
Duane Stillwell
Los Angeles County
Stillwell
Gas prices fall again in nationwide decline
Gasoline prices declined nearly one cent in two weeks, extending a months long trend influenced by cheaper crude oil. The Lundberg Survey measured an average of about $1.28 per gallon across 10,000 stations, with self serve averages near $1.23 for regular, $1.33 for mid grade, and $1.41 for premium.
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Los Angeles
Lundberg
Trilby Lundberg
Total Solar Eclipse and Hale Bopp Visible in Asia
Tens of thousands in northern China and eastern Siberia watched the sun fade behind the moon for over two minutes as Hale Bopp appeared. Smoked glass viewers protected eyes while Mohe counted nearly 90,000 observers, and air restrictions kept skies clear for the event.
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Beljing
China
Russia
Siberia
Mongolia
Star-Tass
Mohe
Xinhua
Mubarak Calls U.S. Veto on Settlements Unfortunate
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said the U.S. veto of a U.N. resolution condemning new Israeli settlements in east Jerusalem was unfortunate and cost the United States credibility with the Arabs. He warned that settlements could disrupt the peace process and planned to press President Clinton to persuade Israel to understand future realities during his Washington visit.
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Washington
Hosni Mubarak
U.S
U.N
East Jerusalem
United States
Mubarak
CNN
Clinton
Patch issued to fix three IE security bugs
Microsoft released a single patch to repair three security flaws in Internet Explorer. Without the update, a malicious site could run hidden programs, spoof emails, or damage software on a user’s computer. The fix targets IE 3.0 and 3.01 on Windows 95 and NT 4.0, and is downloadable for free from Microsoft’s site. Internet Explorer holds about 25 to 30 percent of browser market share.
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Seattle
Microsoft
Microsoft Corp
Misdiagnosed Heart Disorder Often Mistaken For Panic Attacks
A study in the Archives of Internal Medicine finds paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia PSVT a curable heart disorder is frequently misdiagnosed as panic anxiety or stress. In 107 patients 59 initial PSVT cases remained undiagnosed and 32 were dismissed as psychological.
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Chicago
American Medical Association
Internal Medicine
Michael Lehmann
Wayne State University
Sinai Hospital
Detroit
Rapper B I G slain in drive by shooting in LA
In Los Angeles AP reports rapper Christopher Wallace known as the Notorious B I G was killed in a drive by shooting outside a Petersen Automotive Museum party for the Soul Train Music Awards. He died after multiple bullets struck his parked Suburban and police said no arrests were made. The incident follows Tupac Shakur's killing in Las Vegas six months earlier.
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Los Angeles
B.I.G
Brooklyn
Biggie Smalls
Tupac Shakur
Las Vegas
Christopher Wallace
Wallace
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Petersen Automotive Museum
Cardinals urge Clinton to ban late term abortions
John Cardinal O’Connor led seven U S cardinals at St Patrick’s Cathedral urging President Clinton to admit he was misled about late term abortions saving a woman’s life. They urged passage of a bill banning partial birth abortions, citing safety concerns and medical opinion shifts.
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New York
John Cardinal O’connor
Clinton
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Cardinal O’connor
National Conference of Catholic Bishops
Congress
William Cardinal Keeler
Baltimore
Bishops’ Conference
United States
Vatican
White House
Kathleen McKiernan
U.S
O’conner
American College of Obstetricians
Alexander Sanger
Planned Parenthood
ACOG
Sanger
O’connor
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