Senators Propose Social Security Reform Plan
Two lawmakers Bob Kerrey and Alan Simpson unveiled a plan to avert insolvency by 2030. It would divert 2 percent of payroll tax to individual retirement accounts, raise retirement ages to 70 for those born after 1966, and curb cost of living increases by targeting benefits, with increases only for the bottom 30 percent.
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Bob Kerrey
D-Neb
Alan Simpson
R-Wyo
White House
Simpson
Senate Finance
Kerrey
Kerrey-Simpson
Tank operator Nelson dies after armored vehicle rampage
Shawn Timothy Nelson a 35 year old Army veteran with tank training drove a 60 ton M 60 tank from a National Guard armory in a 23 minute rampage through San Diego streets plowing cars and destroying infrastructure. Police shot him as the tank halted atop a highway divider. Family and friends described a man consumed by drugs and financial collapse. He had lost his job and faced potential homelessness with utilities cut off and a foreclosed home.
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San Diego
Shawn Timothy Nelson
National Guard
Nelson
Germany
Mr. Nelson
Tom Hall
Scott Nelson
Haydn Draft Quartet Manuscripts Fetch Record $1.04 Million
A four string quartet draft by Franz Joseph Haydn, kept under a Melbourne bed, sold at Sotheby's for 1.04 million dollars. Hans Schneider of Tutzing bought the Opus 50 drafts numbers 3 to 6 from a German antiquarian book dealer. The Melbourne seller said an ancestor, a retired colonel, bought the draft in 1851 in London before moving to Australia.
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Franz Joseph Haydn
Sotheby’s
Hans Schneider
Tutzing
Munich
Melbourne
Australia
Packwood to Get Evidence From Senate Ethics Panel
The Senate ethics committee will deliver thousands of pages of evidence gathered over 30 months on Sen. Bob Packwood’s alleged sexual misconduct, improper lobbyist influence, and obstruction of inquiry. Chairman Mitch McConnell said the next step is up to Packwood, who can request a meeting or a public hearing.
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Bob Packwood
Senate Ethics Committee
Ethics Committee
Mitch McConnell
R-Ky
Sen. Packwood
McConnell
Richard Bryan
D-Nev
Packwood
Oregon
Senate Finance Committee
Pink uniforms aim to shame inmates in Alabama prison
In Alabama corrections officials plan to dress 50 male inmates labeled sexually aggressive as pink pants and shirts to deter behavior. Spokesman Charlie Bodiford says prison cameras and threats to reveal actions to mothers have failed, and inmates dubbed gunslingers are expected to be deterred by peer scrutiny.
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Birmingham
Ala
Corrections Department
Charlie Bodiford
Holman Prison
J.D. White
Montgomery
SAT score inflation mostly from scoring changes
SAT scores rose by up to about 100 points after a March 1994 recentering of the scoring system. College admissions officials say the change does not alter evaluation of applicants, but counselors warn of potential parental confusion as ETS explains the adjustment.
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Trenton
N.J
Princeton
Pope John Paul I Celebrates 75 With Birthday Serenade
Pope John Paul I marked his 75th birthday with a morning of three speeches and a luncheon with six cardinals. He planned a weekend trip to the Czech Republic and Poland and received Indian bishops who sang Happy Birthday, with the pope joining in.
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John Paul I
Czech Republic
Poland
Joaquin Navarro
Navarro
Ancient bee bacteria revived from 25 million year sleep
Scientists resurrect an amber entombed bacteria from a 25 million year old bee gut. The microbe, now producing a natural antibiotic, is studied for medical potential and to assess ancient origins. Researchers note spores as dormancy, not reproduction, and call for replication by independent labs.
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Washington
Raul J. Cano
California Polytechnic University
Cano
Mr. Cane
Mr. Cano
Peter Setlow
University of Connecticut
Science
Zaire Ebola expert blasts roadblocks and quarantines
Dr. Jean Jacques Muyembe Tamfum, a pioneer in identifying Ebola, urged Kinshasa to focus on doctors and equipment at the epicenter rather than roadblocks or mass quarantines. He warned that barriers slow containment and raise outbreak risk, citing 3,000 hopeful travelers at a Kinshasa roadblock and $550 bribes to pass.
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Zaire
Jean- Jacques Muyembe Tamfum
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Kikwit
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