Public mourners recall Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis at Park Avenue service
More than 1,000 mourners gathered behind barricades outside St. Ignatius Loyola Church for Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis funeral Mass. People shared personal memories and stood apart from the procession as officials guarded the scene and notable attendees entered the church.
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New York
George James
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
James
Onassis
Park Avenue
John F. Kennedy Jr
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Camelot
Brockington
World Trade Center
Juanita Brown
Taurean
Honey
Two gunmen seize Denny’s in Indianapolis hostage ordeal
Gunmen opened fire during a lunchtime hold up at a Denny’s in Indianapolis. Ron and Tom Mathisen took about two dozen people hostage, released them in small groups, and surrendered after a six hour standoff. One man, Alfred Smith, 71, was killed and several others injured including a boy shot in the mouth.
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Indianapolis
Ron
Thomas Mathisen
Denny’s
Frank Evans
John Adams
Adams
Alfred Smith
Justin Basicker
Steven Johnson
Cecil Williams
Johnson
Justin
Court rules judges cannot block base closings
The Supreme Court unanimously ruled that federal judges lack authority to second-guess government base closing decisions. The decision, upholding the Clinton administration, prevents challenges to closings including the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard and affects 164 shut downs since 1991 with 93 realignments. Justice Rehnquist stated presidential discretion is not reviewable by courts.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Clinton
Sen
Arlen Specter
R-Pa
Mr. Specter
William H. Rehnquist
Rehnquist
Congress
Specter
Courts of America
Department of the Navy
Philadelphia
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Philadelphia Naval
Robinson urges hemispheric military action over Haiti policy
Political activist Randall Robinson, after ending a hunger strike, criticizes the Clinton administration for sanctions on Haiti. He says loopholes allow the military regime to survive and calls for hemispheric military intervention to restore democracy, asserting sanctions fail without sealing the Dominican border.
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Washington
Randall Robinson
Haiti
Clinton
Robinson
U.N
Dominican Republic
Bill Gray
PBS
MacNeil- Lehrer NewsHour
Jean- Bertrand) Aristide
Serbs Attack Muslims Inside U N Safe Haven
Two Serb tanks violated the U N designated safe zone around Sarajevo attacking Muslim led government troops as Bosnian Serbs refuse to withdraw from Gorazde. NATO threatened air strikes if terms aren’t met. New Zealand to send 250 soldiers for peacekeeping. French forces lead regional protection efforts for safe havens. Gorazde remains a major hurdle to peace talks amid continued Serb presence in exclusion zones.
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Sarajevo
Bosnia- Herzegovina
U.N
Gorazde
United Nations
Bosnia
NATO
Gerazde
Emergency room consent rules under scrutiny in Congress
Lawmakers heard calls for tighter controls on informed consent in emergency room research. Witnesses cited abuses where physicians waive consent to save lives, including cases involving mentally ill patients and specific hospitals. Critics accuse institutions of sidestepping FDA rules and ethics safeguards.
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Washington
Congress
Gregory Aller
Los Angeles
University of California
House
Small Business
Tion
UCLA
Aller
Bush
Rhode Island
National Institutes of Health
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Michael P. Procina
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IDOOR
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Howard J. Fezell
Broadway Street
Maryland
New Guinea
Snell’s
Runkles RD
MT. Airy
Watersville
Boteler
Runkles
Snell
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